The New York herald., 1922-02-19
in Hawaii. and long afterward he

that one: no other land could so
longingly and beseechingly haunt mo
sleeping and waking, through half a
lifetime, as that one has done. Other
things leave me, but it abides; other
things change, but II remains the
same. For me its balmy airs are
always blowing, its summer seas
flashing In the sun: the pulsinG of its
surf-beat is In my ears; can see its
garlanded crags, its leaping cascades,
its plumy palms browsing by the
shore, its remote SUBMITS floating
like islands above the cloudrack;
cam feel the spirit Of its woodland
solitudes; I can hear the plash of Its
brooks: in my nostriIs still lives the
breath of flowers that perished
twenty years ago."
'Our Hawaii Is q revision Of the
book CHAIRMAN London published
five years ago. She has eliminated
the bulk OF personalities concerning
her husband which she put into
"The Book of Jack London" and
besides adding matter about the
Government and affairs of Hawaii
has begun her new book with three
articles written by her husband In
1916.
He relates how King Kaiakaua Of
Hawaii went to Toxic. and in the Me
kado's palace offered the hand of the
Hawaiian Princess. Kaiulani to q
Japanese imperial prince. He sug-
gestcd that such an alliance would
give Japan q stake in Hawaii and
strengthen his own kingdom against
the aggressions of the Yankees. Tho
Son of Heaven scratched his head
for moment. but he did not aceede.
However. his folks have taken the
hint, and Hawaiian born Japanese
will soon outvote others having tho
franchise. The city of Honolulu is
iE appearance almost as Japanese .
city as Yokohama: there are 10000
Japanese in the Territory of q total
OF 256,000 people.
OF course, the Hawaiian as fac
tor is inconsiderablc: there are fewer
than 25 900 pure Hawaiians living.
The Hawaiian is doomed to extinc-
ton. The representatives % all the
old chief stocks are seven-eighths,
three-fourths on one-half whites. The
Hawaiian strain grows thinner and
thinner. but the grandsOns and great
gra1dsons Of the white settlers OF
the early part and middle Of the last
century have continued their fore
fathers hold upon the power and
wealth OF the islands. Their foe in
the future in the fight for money
and prestige will be the American
Japanese fthat is. born in Hawaii).
II they maintain their solidarity. It
is not proven that they win. One
must remember that the American,
English. German and Portuguese
whites made a brave showing in
Hawaii quite long time ago, and
established their civilization there
when California was still fairly wild.
They grew wheat. potatoes and
milled flour. and sent them to the
Forty-niners. and exported many
comforts to the white pioneers about
San Francisco Bay, who sent their
children to be educated in Hawaii.
The newspaper which l helped edit
under the republic of Hawaii sent
the first printing press to San Fran
cisco for the publication OF an Amer
lean weekly.
Chairman London's story runs on
from day to day and month to month
during several visits to Hawaii, and
until her last journey alone, a few
months ago, much OF it is devoted to
Jacks reactions in the various tours
and their hourly life about Waikiki,
the bathing beach of Honolulu.
There are scores Of pages of evidence
of her love and admiration for the
husband since gone. as the earnest
and appreciative biography. THE
Book of Jack London" indicates that
the years since his death have been
given to the preparation of his
eulogy.
In the mass Of running comment,
of gossip, of outbursts of enthusiasm
for caaDao op1 raopl, II Ie, NOT ,,ifr;