Evening star., 1932-01-09
PRATT ORDERS WAR
GAMES TO PROCEED
Officers and Men of Fleet De-
MED Shore Leave in Homo
lulu, However.

lulu, However.
Due to conditions in Honolulu, thu
Navy today instituted a virtual boycott
Of the Island of Oahu, on which tha
city is located by restricting liberty TO,
officers and enlisted men when the flee
reaches there next month. The join
war games with the Army will gc
forward, however, but instead of basinl
at Honolulu, the fleet will go to Lahaint
Roads, which is located IS miles souti
of Honolulu, on the Island of Maui.
This was made known today at thu
Navy Department, which made public
dispatch sent by Admiral William v
Pratt, chief of naval operations, tx
Admiral Frank H. Schofield, com
mander in chief Of the United States
fleet, who is now aboard the U. S. S
Pennsylvania at San Pedro, Calf.
preparatory to sailing for the Hawaiian
Islands
Games Will Go On.
Admiral Pratt's message follows:
Grand Joint exercise No. (sched
uled from February to IL, stimulating
an attack on Honolulu, with Army ant
Navy forces engaged on each side) viii
be carried out as scheduled. Upor
completion, sail Immediately with flee
to Lahaina Roads, granting no liberty
to men or officers at Oahu.
Upon arrival at Lahaina critiqut
may be held and any islands visited
except Oahu. Liberty may be granted
at any island except Oahu, the situa.
ton there being too tense to permit
of it.
"You are authorized to modify tht
schedule within reasonable limits i
you so desire, in order that the f1eet
may not be forced to stay any undue
length of time at Lahaina, which might
affect morale and efficiency, but such 6
prior sailing must not interfere with
the efficient conduct of the following
u. S. Fleet problem No. Is Gan attack
by the battle force on the West Coast
Of the United States, which is to be
defended by the scouting force and is
scheduled for March 8 to 23). Make
any arrangements with the Army which
suits them"
Violence Is Feared.
Under the original schedule, before
Honolulu was thrown into a welter oi
excitement over attacks on white
women, the fleet was supposed tx
anchor at Honolulu. Naval officials ex.
planned that Admiral Pratts message
today gives Admiral Schofeld the
option of staying at Lahaina Roads OF
sailing Immediately, but under the re-
vised itinerary Honolulu is eliminated
from the visit.
officials were advised in dispatches
from Honolulu that the three prisoners
accused of implication in the alleged
murder of a Hawaiian, Mrs. Granville
Fortescue, New York and Washington
society matron, her son-in-law, Lieut.
Thomas H Massie, U. S. N, and Ed
ward j. Lord, fireman, first class, U
S. N, have been given into the custody
of naval authorities to prevent any
possible violence at the city prison
Shore liberty has been restricted by the
Army and Navy authorities on the
island
Lord, the enlisted man of the Navy
held by Honolulu authorities in con-
junction with the murder, is % years
old and is fireman, first class, aboard
the submarine S-22 He is a native
of Milford, Mass, where he was born
February 2, 1909. He enlisted in the
Navy at Springfield, Mass, on February
IS, 1927 He served first at Newport
r. l., then aboard the u. S. s. Reid
then at the submarine base, New Lon
don, Conn, and was aboard the U. S. S.
Camden before going to the S-22.
Pratt Explains.
Admiral Pratt, in a birds eye view OF
conditions at Honolulu and vicinity
leading up to today's decision by the
naval authorities, said in substance:
Briefly, the situation is this On the
night of September r. 1881, the wife
of young naval officer was abducted
near Honolulu by five men of mixed
blood, taken to a deserted spot, attacked
repeatedly, horribly beaten and aban-
doned. The trial of the case COM
menced November 16. The best Grim
inal lawyers on the islands defended
these men and it is understood they
were paid extraordinarily large fees.
Police officials made reports to defense
attorneys instead Of the city and county
attorneys office. The jury could not
agree on a verdict. The defendants
were placed at large on bail. A retrial
is scheduled.
Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Petten-
gille, commander mine craft at Homo
lulu, advised Admiral Leigh, COM
mander battle force, that in view of
the conditions existing in the islands-40
similar cases having been recorded there
in the previous II months-it was not
safe for wives Of naval officers to come
to Honolulu during the fleets stay
there from February II to March 8,
Other Incidents Described.
"On December 12,lone of the defand-
ants was attacked and beaten by a
group of unidentified men. Other dis
turbing incidents followed, some in
volving threats to naval personnel and
their families.
THE Governor has promised to re-
organize the police laws and has sent
us word that the situation there is
exaggerated. This does not agree with
the reports rendered me by Admiral
Stirling, the naval commandant in the
islands.
American men will not stand for
the violation of their women under any
circumstances. For this crime they
have taken the matter into their own
hands repeatedly when they have felt
that the law has failed to do Justice.
The present action is taken because
we believe it will be unsafe to send the
feet to anchor near Honolulu, for acts
of violence which might result in blood
shed are almost certain to take place
under present circumstances"