Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-19
BY JOHN PHILLIPS MARoUAND.

| HONOLULU, January 10 (N.A.N.AD.-
| When stranger on these SHORES strives
= to gain enlightenment concerning
Honolulu's present situation, he soon
becomes aware that he is an off,
| islander. clannish mystery. courte-
Gus wall of silence and reserve, lies be-
| tween him and the old-time residents.
The descendants of the missionaries,
however hospitable, keep him at
Watchful distance when 1t comes TO
! island talk.
But when the stranger walks north
! Of Nuuanu street. that distance becomes
greater. There is the subtle mystery
| of the Orient in it. There is the smll-
| ing, indomitable courtesy OF Japan.
| There is a veneer as concealng as
! LACQUER. Your japanese and Chinese
resentS criticism from the mainland AS
keenly as a Californian resentS criticism
of his climate.
AS for the native Hawaiian, he is like
any politician under ffre-and he Is
! born politician. His answer IS silence
| Few influential men Of any race, few
government officials, are anxious now 10
| be either frank or interesting. Inc
| following interviews show it, but they
also show certain viewpoints charac-
! teristic of the HonoluuanS since the
| l1CdpdtlGy VI GllSll lOlLSt' WV 'A'SA'~~
| tiveness of their law enforcement and
of elected officials have been revealed.
Race Problem Denied.
c. K. Al is a Christian Chinese who
| has been on these islands for more than
| 40 years. His business capacity and MS
ethics are held in the highest respect by
! his own race and by white executives.
| He is president of the City Mill Co. and
! member Of the chamber of commerce.
There is" Al says no race prob
| lem here. We are all friendly to each
other. There is much intermarriage
| among the races Such case as the
! Ala MOana (the MaSsie caSe) is very
rare. Such a thing happens only once
! in wears II is a difficult crime to prove
and matters have been much eXagger-
/ ated"
Dr. Dai Yen Chang is Chinese, born
! here and educated on the mainland.
! He is a graduate Of Northwestern Uni
versity. a dentist with a large practice,
and former member OF the Honolulu
( City Board Of Supervisors.
Among my regular patients, DR..
/ Chang said are Chinese, japanese,
/ Hauaiians. part HawaiianS and whites.
/ The races work together here, although
| we feed that the natlve-born Hawaiian
( is entitled TO city posts.
There is a miX-up IN the Police De-
partmcnt There are two kinds Of police
mcn-the old type CT Hawaiian police
man. who can neither read nor write,
Who has been growing old and who has
! not been retired, and a new, smart,
alert type, with an eighth grade cduca-
ton
! we have an education problem.
Children going TO the public school
grow away from their parents. They
| are taught TO want the very best IN
clothes and fmusements, and they can
not buy tN"-l.
Danger Seen in Trial.
whenever there is a crime here
there is much hysteria. Conditions are
very much worse on the mainland,
| There has been no race trouble here.
but the prospect of murder trial like
this one, resulting from the shooting
of KahahaWai has elements OF great
danger, no matter what the verdict
The viewpoint Of the japanese. by tar
the largest race group, is much the
same. That of Dr.. Harada, professor
of japanese history and institutions at
the University Of Hawaii and a grad
uate of Yale, represents the educated
element
| Il think it is unfortunate" DR.
Harada said, that the situation has
received so much attention. There is
lack of law enforcement, especially by
the police force. There has been no
friction between civilians and military
people until this time, although many
soldiers and sailors have done rough
, things. l think the mainland people
have drawn on imagination, and that
many anti-Japanese papers have taken
advantage of the situation"
Here is the opinion of Yasutaro Sega
president and editor Of the Nippujiji
a conservative japanese newspaper Of
this city:
The recent unfortunate happenings
here, however grave they may be, were
, after all merely local affairs. They
: were much misrepresented and eXag-
/ ,crated on the mainland, chiefly through
/ rather hysterical reports sent by local
naval people OF course it cannot be
denied that there have been lavity of
, law enforcement and signs of ineffi-
riency on the part of police authorities,
} here as anywhere else.
Still. we are confident that these
!. conditions can be remedied by our own
citizens. We welcome any fair inVesu-