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I THE GARDEN ISLAND. TUESDAY. NOV. 23, 1919 THE GARDEN ISLAND Issued Every Tuesday KENNETH C. HOPPER ... Managing Editor TUESDAY NOV. 25 THE XEEDS OF KAUAI man SCHOOL The letter written by Prof. Wm. McCluskey, principal of Kauai High School, to Superintendent Vaujjhnn MacCaughey, stating the needs of that nchool, should be read and thoroughly digested by the people of this Island. The Kauai High and Grammar School is doing excellent work and would do better if it was support ed as it ought to be. The first great need of this in stitution is a donuitary system. It is practically impossible for children living in. the outlying dis tricts to get the beuetit of this school solely for the reason that there is no place for them to stay Numerous parents from different parts of the Island have expressed to the writer, a desire to send their children to this school, in both the grammar grades and high school, and would undoubted ly do so if there were proper domi tory accommodations. Make tfcis school accessible to the whole Island and the rest of the needs will come. RAISIXG THE RATES 0 Increased rates, both passenger and freight, have just gone into effect on the Inter-Island system, and now we will have to pay ten percent more on our fares and twenty -five per cent more on our freights. If the Inter-Island was a los ing proposition like the Hawaii Kailroad, and was barely able to keep its nose above water, there might be some justification for another raise, but for a corpora tion that lias hard work to spend its income and keep its dividends down to a reasonable limit, it looks like a wholly unnecessary fleecing of the defenseless public to raise the rates again. THE COMIXO DEEP SEA HARBOR We are very glad of the assur ance of the American Factors Company, and the Li hue l'lanta tion Company, of their loyalty to the Nawiliwili Harbor project in the ultimate issue. We can quite understand their very natural de sire to have a satisfactory deep sea harbor which will meet their needs in the meantime which will, at best mean a number of years. We are also very glad of the assurances that " a railway com puny will probably be formed to take over the harbor, and in any event, proper railroad connect ions and roads will be constructed so as to give the people of Kauai every facility for the use of the landing." This puts a very different aspect on the matter, and will give peo ple a much easier feeling in re gard to the enterprise. The Shantung Question Under the title of "The Shan tung Question: An Unpopular View," the Atlantic Monthly, for November, gives a very intelligent aud fairly convincing presentation of the Wilson aspect of this much discussed question, from which we condense as follows: 'There is much more to be said or President Wilson's action than is immediately evident. The Allied Powers were under agreement with Japan in regard to the dis position of Shantung. This agree ment, to be sure, was made under the stress of war, but could not on that account be lightly disregard ed, after the familiar "scrap of paper" policy, not even in the in terests of justice itself. To have done so would most surely have alienated Japan from the incip ient League, and laid up a casus belli which would sooner or later have born its fruit. "It would have also discredited the Allies as unable, or unwilling, to make good their undertakings, and would probably have ended in the complete break up and ruin of the whole League of Nations program. "In dealing with Japan we need to take Japan and her home con ditions very much into account. Japan is, more than most coun tries, in the development stage, emerging from feudalism into de mocracy. "There is an increasingly power ful radical sentiment in Japan which resents the autocratic, mill tary policy of the Government. If this sentiment could be fostered and strengthened, Japan, of her own free will, would enter into the spirit of the League of Nations and become a vital factor in the new program of the family of na tions. "To wrest Shantung by force from Japan, aud restore it to China, would drive this radical opposition sentiment into the arms of the military party, and cement Japan for years to come into a national bitterness that would be disastrous to the peace of the world. N "Japan has made certain prom ises, even though these as yet are not entirely satisfactory. If the League, the organized conscience of mankind, is worth anything, it will hold her to them, and will in sist, if necessary, upon better ones being made and kept. If it cannot do so, it would not have been able to prevent her from de fying the Paris diplomats and re taining the Shantung properties, ihe League is certainly mucu more opt to hold her within bounds if she is inside rather than outside it. The experiment of trusting Japan and, if she proves false, of trying the machinery of the League, would seem to be pref erable to telling her bluntly that she cannot be depended upon, and thereby wrecking the League be fore it is formed, and making al most certain early hostilities in the Far East. "If Japan is wise, she will re turn the Shantung properties at an early date, and without asking even for special financial reserva tions. Any grudging or partial restoration will only add to the rancor of China and strengthen the suspicions of the United States and Europe. "The policy of trusting Japan is certainly worth testing. It is also to be hoped that our State Department will continue to bring pressure to bear on Tokyo, either directly or through the League, to publish definite assurances of an early and complete restoration of the Shantung properties to China, and will not allow itself to be di verted until these promises are fulfilled. If we can do this firmly but tactfully, we shall prove our selves to be true friends, not only of China, but of Japan. "And while we do this we must guard ourselves against vilifying our neighbors of the trans-Pacific Jslands. We are far too prone" to substitute abuse for argument, and those of our newspapers and people who aid ih the campaign of slander are doing far more harm than good." LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE Editor Garden Island My mention has been called to the article In your Issue of November 11th, entitled "Abu kinl. The Coming Deep Sea Harbor." In reply to the statements contained In this article, I would state that tne Directors of The Llhue Plantation Company, Limited, recognising the un satisfactory nature of the present boat landing at Nawiliwili, and believing that It will take a long time before Nawiliwili can be developed Into a satisfactory harbor,, decided that an Investigation should be made Into the possibilities of making at Hanamaulu Bay a landing suitable for Inter-Island steamers, or even for larger vessels, at a reasonable cost and without very much delay. When this preliminary Investigation has been completed, If such a plan Droves feasible, the results will be made public and if it is then decided in the interests of all that the Hana maulu Day project should be gone on with. railroad company will proba bly b. formed to take over the Harbor, and In any event, proper railroad con nections and roads will be constructed so as to give to tho people of Kauai every facility for the use of the land ing. The Lihun Plantation Company, Limited, by their action In this matter, are doing nothing to "block" the Na wiliwili project as your article Implies, but on the contrary have notified the Kauai Chamber of Commerce that In tho event of the Nawiliwili Harbor project being gone on with, they will make the necessary railway connect ion from their main line down to the harbor and will do everything possible to assist in furthering the project. I shall be muc h obliged It you can see your way to give this letter space In your valuable paper. Very truly yours. AM KMC AN FACTOHS, LIMITED, Agents. THE L1HCE PLANTATION CO.. Ltd.. Ilv Allen V. T. Dottomly. Pres. X Koloa Plantation Store Wholesale and Retail Groceriet Dry Goods of all Descriptions. General Plantation Supplies. Order It By Mail! Our Mail Okdek Depaktmknt if excep tionally well equipped to handle nil jour Drug and Toilet wants thoroughly nnd nt once. 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