The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-19
Lynch Law to Strengthen the
War Machine in Hawaii

mother-in law, Mrs ForteSque plotted and car
red out the lynching OF the young man. barrow
fought to shield and justify the lynching by re-
echoing the traditional lie originated by the slave
holders OF the South against their victims of
lynch terror-"the sanctity of white womanhood
is threatened" That slave holders rallying cry
for wholesale butchery Of defenseless Negroes
is the slogan of the imperalist fends against the
natives Of Hawaii today, who want to make Sc
cure their rule of frightfulness in the Islands
and strengthen their war position in the Pacific
Honor Of Womanhood Is Real Issue Before
Honolulu Jury" screeches the headlines of
Hearsts reptile press The Hearst editorial of
April is continues
"The real case before the court is the Cause
of the killing of Kahahawsi and not the killing
itself.
"Under the circumstances ii is irrelevant to
speak Of the 'sanctity of the law
There has been no sanctty of the law in
Hawaii SO far as it is concerned with the pro-
lection of white women.
cat least forty cases Of vicious Outrages
against them have been reported in recent
months and nobody has been punished.
THAT is to say nobody has been punished by
the law. -.
what more natural than that the husband
ana the mother of the outraged woman should
take the law into their own hands and thereby
vindicate the sanctity of womanhood-"
The same daStardly lie, the same infamous
SANDER has appeared, word for word in hun
dreds OF editorials defending the monstrous in
stitution Of lynching. The papers of Scottsboro
Huntsville, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Atlanta
said the same thing in regard to the frame up
against the Scottsboro boys, against Willie Peter
son, is used in the South (and in the North) to
0PSfrnV ING 1YnitU of aV,d
Negro workers in the fight against the hunger
and war-mongering program of Wall Street.
In Hawaii the same policy Of fomenting, lynch
lngs and maSsacres is being introduced by the
agents OF American Imperialism. Members of
the Hoover cabinet republican and democratic
senators from the North and the South, have
convicted themselves out of their own mouths
OF plotting to establish lynchng as an institution
In the Hawaiian islands, as part of their policy
OF colonial frightfulnesS and to strengthen that
important war base in the Pacific.
Secretary of the Navy, Adams, stated at Wash
ington on January 16 that he does not wish it
to be understood that the navy is satisfied with
the present system of justice in the Islands"
In reply to questions of Senator Mcclellan, lynch
senator from Tennessee, Adams let it be known
that he wanted definite assurances that naval
interests in Hawaii would be secure. Secretary
OF the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur, whose de-
partment has jurisdiction over Hawaii, upheld
Adams views, $50 officers and their families
could safely be on shore in Hawaii"
Senator Bingham, the republican senator from
Connecticut and Mcclellan, the Tennessee demo-
crat, attacked the Hawaiian jury system because
natives, and other racial groups other than white
were permitted to serve on juries. Both those
senators advocated the establishment OF q sys-
tenn prohibiting any but whites serving on juries,
the same system prevailing in the Southern
states, which bars Negroes from Jury service.
Congressman Fred A. Britten of Illinois, rank
ing republican ,nenber of the House Naval Com
mittee, urg1 changes in the laws to secure COM
plete naval tyranny over the Islands. Britten
declared:
NAVAL maneuyers in Hawaii are absolutely
essential to developing the efficiency of our
navy. Nothing should be allowed to interfere
with them"
Senator Bingham whose Committee on Ter
rtories has Jurisdiction over legislation affect
ing Hawaii, urges q virtual naval dictatorship
and contends that:
Hawaii is our chief strategic outpost in the
Pacific. 1t is obvious that we must maintain
large military and naval forces there at times
and that the officers and men of the army and
nay must be able TO live at peace with the In
habitants Of the territory"
Senator Mcclellan, commenting upon Slae lying
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