THE HAWAIIAN 'STAR-, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1912.
THE HAWAIIAN STAR
Published eTory afternoon (oxccnt Sunday) by Tho Hawaiian Btar
tUwspaper Association, Ltd., McCandless Building, Dethel Street. Honolulu
WALTER G. SMITH EDITOR
MONDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1912.
KNOX AND THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
It is said to be the mission of Secretary Knox to the Latin coun
tries on the Caribbean sea to assure each one of the continued adherence
of the United States to the Monroe doctrine and of their safety under
it. The occasion for the coming journey is not Riven out ; but it may be
supposed to refer to present or possible plans of European states to get
footholds for naval and military stations near the Panama canal.
The Latin Americans 'have not put full faith in the Monroe doc
trine during late years, regarding it as a measure to save Central and
South American states intact merely for seizure by the United States at
future convenience. On our own side distrust of the old policy has
grown up in the fear that it may draw us into an unnecessary war for
ungrateful people; that it has merely made of this nation the un
paid police force of countries that dislike us anil prefer to trade with our
rivals ; that to uphold the doctrine efficiently would require us to build
a navy as large as England's and maintain an army at least as large as
that of France. Furthermore, the acceptance of the Drago doctrine by
all the Latin American states is rightly held to be as intentionally hostile
to us on occasion as to encroaching nations of the old world. i
.The argument has been made on this side that it would be better for
us and better for South Americans if the United States should permit,
and share in the partition of the southern continent. At present more
than one-half of South America is practically unused. It is of but the
SCantcst value to the world as compared with what might be had from
its development in agriculture, railway enterprise, mining and shipping
at foreign hands, and if made to do its best the continent would enrich
mankind enormously and help defray the vast burden of national debts.
In time, especially if put to the threat of a gigantic war to pre
serve the antiquated Monroe doctrine, the United States may come to
this view ; but it is probably best, just now, to draw the lines as tightly
as possible about the Caribbean sea. There arc enough European foot
holds near the canal now, and if there were more, in other hands than
the present, the country might sec even more reason than it does now
to rush the fortification of the canal and make that work impregnable.
Walt Mason
The Poet Philosopher
in
GROUND-HOG
DAY
On Groundhog day once more we might make firm resolve to live
iglit. The groundhog is our boast and pride, and we should let him
be our guide; our imitation he deserves, so let us
mark his skillful curves and follow in his shining
tracks and reach tile goal or break our backs. He,
doCSIl t siicd the brinv tear rihnnt flic vup.ntlmr nil
the year : he lets the climate tro its wnv iitiln'twWrvl uvn mi nrnuiwilmtr
Day; then lie emerges from his lair to see if things be foul or fair, just
once a year he casts his eyes prophetic on the bending skies, then
weather topics he forgets ; he never walks the floor or frets. We human
cKtiiliDS. in heat or rimo. discuss tin- wpntlmr nil tUn thvin (nr,y iiMtl.
gobstboncs half the day, and when we put those traps away, we study
Foster or Irl Hicks, or almanacs or fiddlesticks. This waste of time is
most absurd ; the groundhog is a wiser bird.
Copyright. 1910. Dy Creo. Mattnew Adams. WALT MASON.
years in an effort to encourage rifle practice, now practically' admits tint
interest is falling off due to a lack -of suitable ranges near large cen
ters, and to the cost attached to target practice. With the government
assisting in these matters, it is expected that' a few years would find our
Civilian marksmanship vastly increased, and our preparedness for war
many times doubled.
San Diego's exposition backset could hardlv have been avoided, as
Washington could not have been supposed to invite the nations to ex-
ubit at two world s fairs at the same time. San Dieno wanted the only
fair and when it lost out it should have dropped the matter instead of
going ahead. Its only chance now seems to-be to follow the example of
San Francisco which waited until the Columbian cxnosition was over.
got as large a transfer of its exhibits as it could and opened a midwinter
iair wiui me ueDris.
and knows how to uso his feet to nd
vantage, lie rccontly returned from
Austrnlla, where he was on the Rlcard
circuit, which Is known as the Or
pheum circuit of Australia, and It
takes a person with a reputation to
get an engagement with the Hlcards.
The other vaudeville act will be
supplied by Miss Blllle Under, a Cali
fornia soprano who comcs'licro 'fi'lgfi
ly recommended. 'The riiqttdn pictures
will all bo now nnd''lntcrestlng.
The Kaal Concert.
What with the. r hearsal of songs,
now to the Knal Troubadours, the
company has been kept busy during
the past week getting ready for tho
entertainment of the tourists by tho
S. S. Clovolanu due tomorrow. So
pleasing was the lust entertainment
to the passengers on the Cleveland on
her Eastern voyngo that Mr. Kaal pro-
KUHIO'S ISSUE OF RACE.
.
The color line is as clear in Kuhio's letter to Desha as is -the red
line across a railroad map. Desha himself is a lialf-white politician
occupying a pulpit at Hilo and Kuliio writes him to assist in getting a
solid Hawaiian delegation from here to the Chicago convention so
that Kuhio may use it to coerce President Taft into exchanging Gover
nor Frear's place for convention votes. Kuhio suggests that lie him
self be one of the delegates and urges Desha to be the other, the latter
to possess himself of the proxies of the four remaining ones in cjsc
they cannot go, thus compassing the object of a solid native delegation.
"Taft," explains Kuliio, "wishes to get the support of the six delegates
from Hawaii. Arc we going to lose our best opportunity? Wc have
been made fun of and the people here know all about it. Isn't this the
proper time for the native Hawaiians to come forward and show they
are not worthless and good for nothing in their native land?" Kuhio
urges the natives to forget their party differences and gather for a dis
tinctively Hawaiian object, that is to say, the acquisition of the public
domain. "The most important matter," he urges, "is for us to get
together and work for the benefit and betterment for the poor people
who arc being kept down," and then he adds: "I have fought the battle
vvith perscverencc, regardless of the abuse which has been thrown at
me; paid no attention to the condemnation of some of my enemy. I
have moved onward knowing well that this fight that I am carrying on
is for the benefit of my people and those who arc homeless. Some
of my friends have left my company, and yet I am moving on regard
less of all the obstacles which are placed in my way, so that all the evil
things which have been said of the Hawaiian people may some. day be
cleared away.
There wc have a letter which precisely bears out the Star's first con
clusion, that when Kuliio attacked Governor Frear "in the name of the
Hawaiian people," lie did so for a purely racial purpose ; and that this
purpose was the organization of a native party on a land-grabbing plat
form. The proof is now at hand and it will lie the fault of Governor
Frear s friends if they do not place it at Washington where it will do
the most good.
The Desha letter throws as clear a light upon Kuhio's political in
competence as it does upon the suicidal character of his main plan.
About everybody else but Kuhio knows tliat President 1 aft has ,no fur
ther fear about convention votes ; he has enough in sight to more than
nominate him ; and he doesn't care a Kalakaua dollar whether -he erets
the votes of Hawaiian delegates or not. Under such circumstances, if
our delegates should go into that great Taft convention with six votes,
or as many of the six as the convention might choose to admit, and try
to force the presidential hand, they would be literally laughed off the
lloor if anybody paid any attention at all to sucli end-man vaudeville.
Meanwhile we regret to note Kuhio's assurance that the "commis
sioner" may not come until after the Presidential election. If he could
come now he might be in position to tell the President while the Frear
case is before him, what the Hawaiians did with all the land they once
owned and what they would like to do with the rest if they had it.
TRAINING CITIZENS FOR DEFENCE. ,
When Kuhio comes back he will find Governor Frear doimr the
work he is paid to perforin not running thousands of miles away from
it to do dirty politics instead. Kuhio would be in Washington if there
were a Federal law against drawing pay under false pretences.
We have not seen any paper going around for signatures rebuking
Kuhio for race prejudice. Uncle William O. must be out of town or he
would attend to it.
If Desha would make himself more dangerous to the Devil in his
pulpit he might inspire more apprehension elsewhere.
Since Taft waded into The Republican sea the tide is rising.
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LITTLE INTERVIEWS
One-of our weakest spots in our military establishment, according
to the Secretary of War, is the lack of training for that portion of our
citizens who would make up the major part of our armies in case of
war. All military authorities agree that in case of war with a first-class
nation we would have to mobilize not less than a half-million troops. Of
this number we could not hope to have more than 150,000 trained or
partly trained soldiers in the United States army at the opening of the
war, representing merely the trained soldiers and the national guard at
peace strength. The balance would have to be recruits. If the war was
of any consequence, it is admitted that double this number of troops
would need to be raised. This would mean in all 850,000 untrained'
men.
General Wheeler, speaking of the volunteer forces sent to Cuba,
said that not over fifteen per 'cent, had ever even fired a military rifle, i
It is little short of criminal to send to the front men untrained "in the'
handling of firearms when that instruction is to be so easily obtained, in
the opinion of the Secretary of War, who lias written a strong endorse
ment of the bill introduced by Senator Warren for the encouragement
of rifle practice among the youth of this country.
That the training of the youth of a country in the use of arms is
a fundamental principle of national defense is recognized by every coun
try in the world, and every other nation is striving to thus instruct its
boys and young men. Some nations go so far as to make a certain
course in marksmenship compulsory. The place for us to begin this
work, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, is with the school boys in
educational institutions. It can be done with small expense, and but
two things arc necessary to bring this about. The issuance of guns must
be authorized and provision made for ammunition anil rifle ranges near
large cities.
The ordinance department of the army has on hand about 300.000
model 1908 .30-calibrc magazine rifles, popular known as the "Krag,"
and 34,000 carbines. It is no longer necessary to hold a vcrv great
number of these arms for a reserve, and they are available for issuance
to rjfle chilis if the Warren bill becomes a law. The first year or two
it is estimated it would not require more than 10,000 or 15,000 rifles.
Ammunition is the-largest item, and this would probably amount to
tw.uuu rounus tor tne tirst year, allowing 1U0 rounds to each club
member. This amount would naturally increase with time, but during
the first few years the money not used for ammunition could be advan
tageously expended on rifle range improvement and the securing of
other ranges.
The National Rifle Club, which has been working for the past ten
TREASURER CONKLINB The
prospects are good for tax collection,
and the Territory has a goodly sum
on hand.
SAM HOI' A few teeth more or
less don't trouble me much. That
was a hard knock I received yester
day In the ball game.
DR. GILLESPIE Tho Thetis Is a
fine sea boat, and behaved well. Tho
storms sho encountered coming down
from Seattle were the worst I have
ever seen during my connection with
tho revenue service.
E. B. BLANCHARD 1 am sendiug
samples of adulterated food and soft
drinks to the Palama exhibition. Tho
samples will be marked with the
names of the prohibited dyes that arc
used in' .the .stuff. i
. E. A. HERNDT The Promotion
Committee has asked the Central Im
provement Committee to look Into
the matter of having Waikikl beach
cleaned of coral and made more com
fortable and safe for bathers. Tho
matter will bo brought up at tho next
meeting of our organization to be
held soon.
R. W: MORTON (American Can
Company) We have a number of
.Russian girls employed in our factory
and they are doing very well. From
.their dress and general appearance
you could not tell them from Ameri
can factory girls of tho higher typo.
They Americanize all right.
HARBOR OFFICER WEDAY Since
the raid on the crapshooters near the
coal chutes on Allen street we have
kept tlie boys quiet. It was one of
the funniest things imaginable to see
those boys dive into tho water,
clothes and allj Hut wo got them all,
ana only one escaped conviction. Ho
squealed.
II. P. WOOD I understand that
there is likely ;to bo further increase
of facilities for caring for tho tourist
who desires to live at Waikikl beach.
I believe that any rational scheme of
this kind will be successful. By the
way, the beach itself is in dcplorablo
condition from exposed coral. Some
plan should be devised to remedy this
condition.
M. C. PACHECO What is the uso
of having circuit court judges It the
government itself has no confidence
in their decisions? Lately tho Loan
Fund Commission and banana van
dals appealed from decisions In which
they got it in the neck, so to speak.
Now tho attorney general's depart
ment lias also decided to appeal from
Judgo Parson's decision in which
Homesteader Henderson is declared
entitled to a patent. The government
should be tho first to abide by the
decisions of their judges If they wish
tho "common peoplo" to have any de
gree of confidence In their knowledge
of tho law.
THE THEATERS
.
Norwood at the Empire.
.More properly to meet the demands
ot their uudiencos, which have been
taxing tho capacity of the Orpheum,
the Norwoods will open tonight at the
Empire, giving two performances each
.el-cning. Saturday night nt the Or
lilieum standing room was at a prem
ium and those turned away numbered
in tho hundreds. Tho success of tho
Norwood company is well deserved
their work Is clean-cut and genuine
ad tho program is well balanced.
As a comedy featuro tonight the
class will be given the suggestion that
they are hard-working darkies on the
Mississippi levee only they won't
work. Singing and dancing will be
the order and It promises to be good
Ope young man who helps to amuse is
an, exceptional foot-tapper whllo un
der tho inlluonco, and Saturday night
Wought down tho house as one of tho
en.d men in tho "Hypnotic Minstrels. '
! Colored Mlnstrely at BIJou.
Tito Uljou will present three colored
vaudoville acts tonight, each on0 dis
tinctly difforent from tho other.
WIso nnd Milton will featuro sing
ing in olaborato costume an.l dialogue.
Tho Glllam and Williams four, as clov
er a toam of colored entertainers as
ever appoarod horo, will sing, dniu t j
ana spring now jokos, while Jones,
Grant and' Do Hearde, also known ns
tho Coonvlllo T.rio, will appoar in buck
and wing dancing and Southern mo
odies. These three acts will make to
night's show at tne Bijou well worth
seeing.
Reopening of the Savoy.
Tho Savoy will bo reopened tonight
(and will have two vaudeville acts, be
sides a now line of motion pictures,
which arrived today.
Alf. Verne, who made his first ap
pearanco at this theater tonight, is
favorably remembered as the clover
entertainer who delighted Park Thea
ter audiences when that open-air thea
ter was running. Ho is a quick change
and versatllo artist, has a good voice
ERNEST KAAI.
poses to give the same amount of
pleasure to those of the malnlanders
just starting on the cruise of tho
wdfld. He has selected a number of
the most popular American and Eng
lish songs In addition to the best Ha
waiian melodies, and these, with the
excellent instrumental numbers,
should be a great artistic success.
The folk dances are to be changed
in the matter of -costuming so there
will bo no objections from the press
on that score. One of the fcatmes of
the last Kaal concert was the stage
setting. Mr. Kaal says this will bo
the same at the Bifbu omorrow night,
so there will bo harmony of surround
ings as well as harmony of sounds.
This will be the last appearance or
tho Kaai Troubadours In concert for
some time, so that residents as well
as visitors in Honolulu will undoubt
edly take advantage of this opi ortuu
ity. The most popular singers will
have the solos and the choruses wifl
i
be by the full strength of the com jfjj
puny. The concerts have been we'.ljCj
attended in the past and the demaiii' i fn
for tickets .for the one tomorrow r.s
sures Mr. Kaal a banner house. i
The Hawaiian Tableaux. I
Tho Kaahumanu Society is giving j
the series of tableaux at the Orpheum '
tomorrow night really for the passen-
gers by the Cleveland, due tomorrow
morning from San Francisco, and for
this reason D. Wiliam Douthitt, who
is In charge of the booking at the
Promotion Committee's rooms, will
hold 375 tickets for the Cleveland pas-1
sengers. The local peop'e will, there
fore, readily understand that there is
no favoritism about the matter at all.
The entertainment is for the tourists,
and Mr. Douthitt has decided to give
them every opportunity of witnessing
it. Wireless negotiations have been
carried on with the Cleveland, and it
is felt that this number will suffice. I
Should, of course, the 375 tickets
not bo taken up by the Cleveland pas
songers, Mr. Douthitt will know
pretty soon after the big liner is
berthed, and then tho local residents
can havo their choice. He will bo on
hand at 10 o'cock at the Promotion
Committee rooms, and all those who
want to go can obtain their tickets,
for ho will then bo in a position to I
sell all tho seats without any reserve
whatovor. ,
His Mascot Ring.
Harry Corson Clarko has a mascot
that ho wouldn't glvo up for all tho
wealth of the Indies, Klondlko" and
Nomo combined. It Is a curious ring,
and It never leaves his hand, waking
or. sleeping. It has a history, but its
origin no one knows, and probably
never will know. It Is a broad, band
ot antique silver ornamented with a
sinuous snake design and strango
lileroglyphicB. Sunk Into tho band Is
a Ceylon cat's eye, flanked on elthor
Bide with a diamond. It camo Into
Mr. Clarke's possession In this wise:
Several years ago John Bookwalter
of Springfield, Ohio, brought from tho
old Country a shipload of antiquities
and curios. As soon ns It arrived tho
Ladles Aid Society gained permission
to put tho whole collection on exhi
bition, becamo tho willing victim ot
depleted treasury. Somo of tho prom
inent society girls acted as "guides."
Mr. Clarke, who was in tho city on
a professional visit, went to tho exhi
bition becamo the wiling victim of
oae ot the guides, who "did" him after
the manner of all guides, society or
otherwise
Of all the curios, however, that at
tracted the actor's attention, nono
proved Irresistible Bavo tho ring
above described, which' had fallen dur
lug tho process of unwrapping from
tho two hundred years or so of cloth
which swathed tho body of ono of tho
two mummies in tho collection.
Whether or not it originally
udorned tho hand of tho mummy dur
ing life, who could, or can, tell? At
nil events its mystery and its beauty
combined aroused a mad deslro for
' possession in the breast of the 'come
Idian, but neither for love nor yet
money would its owner part with it.
When, therefore, Mr. Clarke visited
Springfield the folowlng season and
the self-same ring was presented to
him, his joy know no bounds and
ho has regarded It as his mascot over
since.
Sparkling
Diamonds
are being sought every day. We
sold a number of them last
month.
A new assortment just receiv
ed are ready for your inspection.
J. JL'P. Uieira&'fio.
JEWELERS
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Silvers Toggery Ltd.
"THE STORE FOR GOOD
CLOTHES."
Elk's Building, King St.
For Rent
Furnished Houso on Green Street
$45 per Month.
House at Trcgloan Place, Beetanla
Street, near Alapal street.
$25 per Month.
Bishop Trust Co.,
Limited
924 BETHEL STREETS
Honolulu, Hawaii
Cable Address "Takapu," Honolulu.
Telephone 1675. P. O. Box 968
Y. TAKAKUWA.
Commission Merchant and Manufac
turers' Agent. Japaneso ' Provisions
and General Merchandise.
Nuuanu Street, near King.
FORI RENT
Three 2 Bedroom Cottages in Cot
tago Walk $18.50 por Mo,
FOR, LEASE
School Street 17,475 Sq. Ft
Suitable tor Building Site.
FOR SALE
Residence Sites, Pacific Heights, Tan
talus, Sea View, Kaalaw.al and
PuunuL
Hawaiian
Trust
C o m p a n y ,
Limited & &
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HOUSES FOR RENT.
FURNISHED.
No. of Bedrooms. . Price.
Tantalus, 3 B R $40.00
KalmuUi, 8th Ave., 3 B R 40.00
Kalmuki, 4th Ave., 2 B R 40.00
Waialae Rd., 3 B R 60.00
Waikikl, 2 B R 30.00
Unfurnished.
Waiplo, 3 B R $12.00
AVilder Ave., 6 B R 50.00
Wilder Ave., 4 B R 30.00
Young & Pawaa Lane, 4
B R 25.00
College St., 3 B R 35.00
Kalmuki. 4th Ave., 2 B R 30.00
Lemon Rd., 3 B R 17.50
Punchbowl St., 6 B R .. 40.00
Kalmuki, Sth Ave., 2 B R 22.50
Walalao Rd., 2 B R 30.00
Robello Lane, 2 B R 15.00
Trent Trust Co.,
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mm
I $3.00 A pumps I
I pumps m? $3.00 1
Ba mm
These are all new styles. Right up to date, high round toes and Cuban heels. Of good
material and well made. Wc are showing them in six materials Patent, Suede, Dull Calf,
Satin, Velvet and Tan Calf.
Waterhouse Trust
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
Manoa Valley Modern Bungalow
nnd half acre of land. Well improved
with plants and trees. Barcain urico
t for quick sale.
, Makikl District Modern Bungalow
and 10,000 sq. ft. of land in tho Makikl
District. Price reasonable. CASH OR
INSTALLMENTS.
FOR RENT.
Waialae ltd. and 9th Ave $35.00
Matlock Ave 30.00
Kalakaua Avo 2o!oo
Manoa Valloy EO.OO
Wilder Avo 4o!o0
Kalakaua Ave 4c'oo
Waikikl Beach 4o!oO
Lunalilo St., opp. Kewalo 35.00
Furnished.
Palolo Hill 35,oo
Kahala Beach 85.00
Waterhouse Trust
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