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. .:.-v HAWAIIAN GAZETTE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1915. SLTwI-WMiKLT. THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE RODERICK a MATHESQN, EDITOR DECEMBER 31911 FRIDAY MORNING, THE ADVERTISER'S SEMI-WEEKLY Love of Country . MANY thousands of Americans praise Ger many tor her efficiency and loyalty who re fuse to, do anything-toward efficiency and loyalty in the Unified States;" '' No one can" estimate' the relation of .military drill to love of country. Until withifi recent years high school boys were instructed in military tactics. Now this has been abandoned. The state university which has a mili tary instructor is now the exception rather than the rule. , , ... "'. , Men are,wilbng for, jbe.ir son to tale dancing TwsonS'in onler'that they may be graceful in bo Hety. The same fathers are opposed to military i. truction, which is the only thing which will cause a man to carry himself as if he possessed life and vim. . . - The colleges, whose presidents advocate peace at any price, will shout themselves hoafse at a football game and scarcely give a second thought to the boy who is hurt on the field. If the second thought is given the boy is called a hero and his wounds are incidents of the battle. Germany is praised for her stalwart manhood by the people who hope to make stalwart manhood in the United States at prayer meetings. System and order are demanded on the farms of Iowa, and nothing promotes system and order like military training. The United States needs an army of reasonable size for the defense of her shores, but the United States, more than all else, needs to build up a pa triotic citizenship. If the youth has not learned patriotic airs while he is a youth he will never learn them. A youth loves his college songs because they recall college days. The old soldier loves "Marching Through Georgia" because it recalls his glorious days of the past. But during the last forty years the youths of America have been wandering. Their hearts have not been located. The minister says, "Trust in God." The heavy taxpayer says, "This nation does not need defenders until attacked." What is needed in the United States is not a tig standing army but a big hearted citizenship which will not stand around and listen to any man ma ligning the great republic, which represents the last struggle for self-government. In Portland, Oregon, the peace craze bas gone so far as to ask that tfchool children shall not march out two and two to the music of the piano when they are going out to play. The power of the peace party has not only given our country a pitiful standing abroad, -concludes the Des Moines Capital, but demoralized and de stroyed patriotism at' home. Death And Revolution THE repeated announcements from Berlin, ' which quote Constantinople as proof, that there are revolutions in India, Ceylon and Egypt are probably safety valves, in which respect the French and British press have the German Crown Frince to fall back on. About every time "India seethes" the Crown Prince "meets his death." The first time the Crown Prince died it was as the result of an assassination in Berlin on Au gust S, 1914, when the war was just gathering headway. On August 18 he was mortally wound ed in a battle on the French frontier and two days later he was again the victim of an attempted as sassination, this time losing one leg. The third attempt against his life was made on August 24 and on September 4 he committed suicide. Nine days later he died in a Brussels hospital and on September 15 he had a narrow escape while lead ing an attack upon Verdun. The next day he was tut by schrapnel in Poland and two days later was again wounded on the French front. On Sep tember 20 he was hastened from the firing line to his death bed in a field hospital and on October 24 he was buried in Berlin. The same day his dead body was found on the battlefield in the Argonne and he was again buried on November 3. The next day, November 4, the French killed him again and on November 8 he went violently insane and was taken under guard to a lonely Prussian castle. On November 13 he was ap pointed commander-in-chief, on the.ea&t front and on--November 7 he. was. once more killed, Until January 16, this year, he was unchronicled by the press of the Allies, but on that date he was once more mortally wounded and on February 3 he waa sent home crippled and in a hopeless con dition, Just new the revolutions in India are breaking out again in the Teuton press and the Crown Prince is recovering from his latest death. "II What la become of the old-fashioned man i wko-wsed to think when be ' stopped his paper" the publication woul.l rease ' He ia surely sorae- WMVBV. UWIgf.VTCIl V.UIIJ 1,1 1 I V 11, rerhaps, he can be found trailing along with the advertiser, who, by the way is also old-fashioned, who thinks he's doing the newspaper a favor by giving it an advertisement, when, as a matte of fact, the sheriff would be closing his doors if he didn't advertise. Both of these worthies have been known to appear in most every com munity in the country as late as the year 1915. Judiciary Pension BUI ; IN behalf of a phase of "home rule" in Hawaii, or rather of keeping Hawaii as far as possible on the basis of a State as a Territory can be, as the Organic Act intends, the bill now before con gress dealing with the pensioning qf a 4 retired United States judge calls for considerate' amend ment before it will meet the requirements. No adequate reason can be advanced why a judge of a territorial United States court should not be given retirement on full pay on the same principle that a federal court judge of a State is retired at theaije of seventy or on the same principle. as an officer of the Army r the Navy is retired for age, and the only logical objection that can be ad vanced' agairist" the bill introduced by Delegate Kuhio, as noted at length in this paper yesterday, is that it fails to meet the situation. In the first place, the Delegate's bill purports to amend "section 714 of the Revised Laws of the United States," and there is no such thiirg as the Revised Laws of the United .States, nor is there any such thing as section 714 of the Revised Statutes of the United States which of course is what is referred to the latter section having been repealed by section 297 of. the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1911, known as the "Judicial Code." The repealed provision, however, was re enacted in section 260 of the Judicial Code, and it is the latter section which requires amendment. ' In the second place the language of the bill is not adapted to the supposed intent of the drafts man, to place the United States judges of this Territory on the same footing as those of the States as to retirement on full pay. . The language, instead of "YVhen any judge of any court of the United States resigns his office, after having held bis commission as such at least ten years, and having attained the age of seventy years," etc., as the proposed, bill has ft, should better be some thing like this: ... tWhen any judge of any court of the Unit ed States resigns his office, or his term of ' office expires, after having held a commission or commissions as judge of any such court or courts at least ten years, and having attained the age of seventy years, etc. Without some such a wording the bill does not clearly" cover. Judge Dole's case. -Our judges never have a .ten years' commission, but they have six years' commissions which may be renewed. Hence the suggestion. - And the proviso of the proposed bill is to be criticized for gross uncertainty, for creating pos sible confusion ; for it applies the statute only to "the judge of the United States court in and for the District and Territory of Hawaii." Why not apply it to the judges? It may happen some day that we have two judges both of seventy years' age and ten years' service. If it should happen that the word "resign" is used with any idea of Judge Dole's being appoint ed with the understanding that his resignation would follow when required, then it may be said that the added words "or his term of office ex pires" still do no harm and they are there ready to cover possible cases of long service in which the judge does not resign. Why resort to such trifling, undignified, unworthy subterfuge? Why not make the law, according to the above sugges tions, the same as in the States and not place our senior judge in any such position of having to bargain to resign so that some one else may be appointed in his place, and who, though over seventy years old, is as active and competent mentally and physically as are such notable con temporaries as James Bryce, James J. Hill, Thom as' A. Edison, Elihu Root and Mr. Ripley, who at seventy, on account of his services, has just had his salary as president of the Santa Fe Railway increased from $75,000 to $100,000 a year. fie)) and Automobiles T"HERE are more people riding to hell in au JL tomobiles than in any other manner," shout ed a sensational preacher in Buffalo the other day. And he might have added that most of the autos are made in Detroit, without slandering anybody, says the Free Press of the latter city. For If any are "riding to hell" in autos it is not the fault of the auto nor an argument against the use of this modern means of transportation. There was a time when people "rode to hell" in buggies. But the buggy is going to join the Sedan chair, which in its day was sometimes spoken of as a popular conveyance to brimstone regions. The auto' is everyman's vehicle now and is subject-to the whims of its owners. The auto is not in trinsically or characteristically fiendish or devil possessed. It is metaliferous, so to speak. It does not think. It, is no more than a machine. Some varieties excel others, according to report and belief. But all of them act as they are made to act by their drivers and road conditions. - The sensational preacher can't shift the respon sibility of the individual to the inanimate machine. If any auto is carrying anybody to hell or toward high water it is made to do so. Blame the driver, the individual driver, not all drivers. The mayor of Stockholm says that Ford's peace plan is better than nothing at all, and what he says about it is better than the mayor of Copen hagen and the mayor i Christiania said about it by just that much that something is better than nothing. For Full Efficiency THE. maintenance of top-notch efficiency and ' the desire to keep abreast of a public senti ment Which is growing more and more averse to the -liquor business are the chief reasons, accord ing, to the Indianapolis News, why American railroads- are .giving up the practise of serving alco holic liquors on dining- and buffet-cars. After the first of the year, the Denver & Rio Grande is to go "dry." 'And several important lines of the Mid dle' West, The News heirs, have decided to, do likewise at 'an' early date. Among these are the Michigan Central, the Misouri Pacific, and the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul. The reasons given, by several of the roads running out of Chi cago are quoted as follows by the Indianapolis paper-:'" !". ' : , .h la too brd to keep track of "wet" "dry" counties through which train are mailing, nl to con- . form to the local lawa. ' .. The iacreaae ia prohibitloa lentiment hat made the ale of intoxicant an economic lose. .The. sale of intoxicant oa train la laeonelatent r. with the railroad . order prohibiting employe drink ing.' .uf - -: '', '' ?' : ;v ' - ' -.. ... , Thechange and the reasons given are thus com mented on in the editorial columns of The News: , iLlquor waa served la the dining-car, for the con venience, of the public and for the profit of the railroad. Now that, they find public sentiment chang ing and becoming generally aver to the liquor ban He, the railroad likewise discover that by dispens iag liquor on board train they are actually weaken- : lag discipline. Many of the greatest traaaportatloa system of the country long ago declared In favor , of temperance, among their workmen, if not, indeed, in favor of absolute prohibition. Promotion and favor are- conferred on' those who do not drink, and a premium ia thu placed On " efficient abatineoce." -'The. Denver k Bio Grande operate In Colorado, tftah and New Mexico. Colorado-will become "dry" January I, 1010. On that dat the railroad will alo . declare prohibition throughout the eytem. although Utah and New Mexico are net prohibition state. The railroad are Aiding it embarasaing and incees-. ingly difficult to. operate traveling '"blind tiger." Ia these days of county option they wiab to observe local law which, of course, have the enaction of atate legislatures. Passenger train speed ia ao great, aad some counties are ao email, and some dining-car waiters are ao slow, that it ia not impossible to order -'a, drink ia d "wet" county only to have it delayed - by the train entrance into "dry" territory,- , The . . railroad, of course, have not alwaya obeyed the. law. But they are not blind to efficiency and public policy,,........ ri . ,. Ohio, Pennsylvania, . ome of the New England, tatea, and all of the prohibition atate of the coun try have passed lawa prohibiting the aale of intoxl ' canta on railroad train. In Some atatea where local option law are ia force, aa in thla atate, the preaence , ia the statute-book of a law permitting the aale of '' liquor on train create a elasa distinction. Those who have the money may ride from one etatioa to another for the sole purpose of procuring the liquor which they can hot legally procure ia "dry" territory. In thia respect there isa conflict which is seriously in need of elimination, n not by the voluntary action of the railroads, then by the legislature. Where Authorities Agree GENERAL Wisser and General Strong have each expressed themselves recently as de cidedly in favor, of the establishment on Oahu of a branch of the Army Y. M. C. A., which expres sions of approval should forever and most effect ually do awtay with the impression retained by some civilians that the men of the Army do not want and would resent the establishing for them of Y. M. C. A. headquarters. The average enlisted man of the United States Army is jusan average, Ypung American, no bet terand no worse, and'the average American youth has long since graduated from the idea that it is either manly or necessary to "act tough." The average young American wants something better than the high jinks of the tenderloin and the dreary joviality of the saloon, and, at the same time, he feel that he cannot find at all times that recreation and companionship he craves in the evening prayer meeting and allied diversions. Yet, in Honolulu he is almost compelled to choose one or the other. There is small room for him in the middle ground. This is not because the average Honolulan docs not want td mix with the average soldier, but mainly because the soldiers are here in such num bers that they cannot be assimilated into civilian circles, and the barracks life of the soldier pre vents him, on his Side, from meeting the civilian in his own circle. , The Army Y. M. C. A. has been shown else where to supply the point at which soldiers and civilians may meet on a common ground and be as men to men in' their activities. Major General Leonard Wood, in speaking' of the work of the Army Y. M. C. A. as he has observed it, shows the almost universal feeling toward the institution by the higher men of the service. "I am thoroughly familiar with the as sociation work in the Army," he says, "and can not say too much in praise of it in Havana and at points in the Philippines and in this depart ment where it has come under my observations." H Those in charge of the New Year's racing pro gram for Maui have arranged for a good series of events, which many from Honolulu will journey to the Valley Isle to witness. Whenever Maui announces a race meet the public is assured of good events honestly contested. Maui has estab lished an enviable reputation' as the home of square sports, a reputation that has allowed the racing game to live there and prosper. Honolulu is trying now to get back to the point where the sport loving public will have confidence in the honesty of horse racing. It requires hard work to reach that point and it will take constant vigilance to stay there,' but we are after the Maui standard and expect to reach it. In the meanwhile, Maui is reaping the benefit of never having slumped. Now that the tariff on sugar is assured, Chri-t- mas is over and Jeff McCarn gone, it's time to revive the scheme for setting back the clock. We must have some excitement. Protection Needed Noiv : it A FTER the war, and that may be six v -V months, a year, a dozen years hence, the United States will be the one great nation that can pay cash for what it buys Hence It is Inevitable that our markets wtll'be flooded with manufactur ed goods and raw materials produced iti foreign' countries. Is it therefore the'part of wisdom, now that; the protective tariff wall has been thrown down, to ait calmly with folded hands and wait for the; flood'?' " -.;y'- .-, ...- ; ,';.. - Free, trade ; has already flattened the national purse, created vast doubts' and uncertainties, "de stroyed confidence, and f discouraged , legitimate American enterprise. , It was one thing to have dreamed of world-wide extension. o,f. trade while the nations' were at peace . War haa .destroyed that opportunity because With an inadequate navy, a handful of merchant vessels,' and week-kneed sentimentality in dictating foreign policy, Amer ica is unprepared tq; carry tnrotrjhthja, ante bellum program..;' : vf ihVv, ,-The .stcare fit a, mmmhh,nm of its own people jwst as the first duty of citizens is to give undivided loyalty and allegiance. The welfare of the people calls for protection of home industries. America most fee selfish. In all the world she has not one single: ffiehd whose friend ship has not a string to it. The selfishness of self preservation has become the first law.' 'Hence, irrespective of j; the6rif sT: and political philosophies leading in a cohtaryT direction con gress an4 the administration must rettirn to the principle of protection. , K Is right. - It b both com mon sense and good business. If the party now" holding the reins cannot see that war has brought about a changed situation 'itwilf be relegated to obtivion next November!?'.'1'' v ,-;.' ' ; '- ' -i' - Rizal Day Vr:'.. TODAYRiial Day will be celebrated in .Hawaii by nearly, ted per cent of the people, the Filipino population of the Territory, according to the latest figures, being;, in , the' neighborhood of twenty thousand. Jose RizaT is 1 th S Filipino patriot-martyr, wha was. executed "by the Spanish authority of the Philippines on this date in 1896, his death place on the Manila Luneta being today marked by a statue erected to hia memory. Riral argued the right, of the Filipinos to self government through the 'inherent knowledge of the principles of free government he claimed for them and through their, ability to both make and obey laws. His teachings' went of honesty, in dustry and thrift,, ajiI. ,h, is'; patriotism .'was shown as. much' in the ' manner.' in which'1 lie, cpmbatted the evils he 6aw, amongst, his own countrymen as those he traced lo Spanish tl ovcriof'dship'. His blood was $piUe4.f.s!muco!iret'is countrymen from their own errora as jrptn:( tjkje rule of Spain. The Filipino patriot' was convicted' of farryirtg on a revolutionary . propaganda before a Spanish court, but .on ritipf:n his execution was as mqcb.a jCx as of Spanish cruelty Tbaqt'.Filipinos would do wejl to remembecJ ... ' ' Rizal's death, was the tcginnjng of a new era for the Filipino people,, " opened , up the future for them. It brpught'to the. attention of the world not only the nan . bin; j KUr doctrine. ' It "brought him nearer than ever to the hearts of his own peo ple. But, as is generally the case his people have availed themselves. but. little of the salutory coun cil he gave them. His adviCe has been overlooked for the glamor of the .celebration of his memory. Hero worship has taken' the place of the worship of his ideals. If the Filipino people wish to make Rizal's name a lasting memory, let them engrave his teachings upon their hearts and make them a part of their daily life. They will then become better residents of Hawaii and better able to grasp the opportunities held out to them at home by the administration which ha,S supplanted, that of Spain. If the Filipinos li.ve the, teachings of the man in memory of whom they celebrate today, they will become a great people. The merit of the Boy Scout organization is that it develops faculties which are usually neglected and makes boys more useful; all-around, self-reliant citizens. A necessary part of their teaching is to serve their country in' war,' and the times have brought that . necessity ; to; the 'front.1' Instead of objecting to the military. training which the boys receive, Thompson Scton should rather wish that all bc)ys receive the, same draining.4' They wtyild then be'equipped to do theif part whf'it their coun try called instead of standing impotent witnesses of its defeat. : ' ' ,' ,.. If the police would only, let up on their ruthless pursuit of all forms of . gambling for a few min utes, we wouW Uy a aylapynlhawh Kuhio's speeding case is called in the circuit court on appeal it will be dropped by the dty attor ney's department. . While. Kuhio is slaving away at Washington, neglecting his own business and getting nothing in return but the measley stipend allowed by congress ja) the way of . a salary, it would be a shame to make him pay for trans gressing a law of the city and county. , ft- Until we learned that '.our old, friend Mrs, Alice Parks of Palo Alto was with 'the Ford party in Stockholm we had our doubts about the success of the voyage, X Will somebody please 'send Jailer Fern a copy of the grand jury report on the McGrath getaway. Joseph is getting careless again and has allowed another prisoner to locate the low place in the fense. TRAVELER SAYS CANADA FACES GOLDEN ERA Capitalist of Winnipeg Speaks ! M, Prosperity which. It Con ! vHno To Dominion ! , According to W, M. Westwick, a pass-' enfet aboard; the steamer ; Makura, which passed through Honolulu yester day, the outlook ia western Canada, from the financier' point of view, ha net bee better at any time ia the past fonr rear than It la aow, - ; Payments on loans have been coming ' la promptly, the private iadebtednes of iae I arming clasa la being wiped ,out, and the general effect of this teasoe 'a , . .. .. feeling of optimism among. Canada's money magnates. ' '"... t Mr. westwick ia a capitalist of Win- . nipeg ana ia going to Australia oa a butinea venture connected with shoep. "The. actual results of thresh! how thia year 'a Wheat crop to be much more abundant than has been generally estimated," aaid Mr. Weaiwiek. "There ha been virtually two wheat crop rolled into one, and the recent rains, which delayed threshing opera tions, Served the country well, because it prevented an inevitable congest ion of grain along the linea of railroad he tween ihe prairie and the head of the lakes.' ' Qtvea Interesting Information Mr. Wtwick gave the very inter eating information that the farmers, the grata men and the country generally have recognised the impossibility of getting all the grain crop threshed this year. Much of it will have to be held over until next spring, aad accordingly many farmer throughout the west are bow busy ataeking their wheat ao that it mar more easily endure the winter. . "Thl mean," aaid Mr. Westwick ''that the railroad will have their work of carrying forward the western wheat extended over a much longer period than haa baea known in former yean." Regarding the situation In many of the municipalities, Mr. Westwick is of the opinion that none of the cities in ao embarrassed financially that it will not aurviv the present depression and emerge five years hence into a flourish ing period of development. Exports Much Produce "The recuperative power of the weat and its people," aaid Mr. West wick, "are not sumoiently appreciated. The wonderful productive capacity of the three middle western province has been shown in the quirk adjustment of that country to it eruuomic needs dur ing the past two or three yeara." ' Winnipeg, for instance. .Mr. West wick point ont, ban changed from an Importer of all ita email food products, aueh aa egg, butter, chicken and vege table, to an exporter of those products. Everywhere there is evidence that th people of the land have accepted their position as that of producer, and not a' speculators. The . future depends, Mr. Westwick claims, on colonisation, but condition are improving gradually to such an ex tent during these quiet times that. a great wave of, business activity should roll over the country when the vacant places begin to fill up. 1 RNALLY DECLARED OFF On account of paucity of bookings the Inter-Island company has called off ita, projected excursion to Kahului by the steamer Kilauea; which was to have Bailed for the Maui port tomorrow night. Mere than one huntled soldiers who had expeeted to be able to make the trip have been prevented from doing so on account of their services being .required to repair the damage done by the recent storm at BchoAeld Barracks. vp to noon yesterday only fifty other bookings had been .received. The com pany, required a guarantee that 200 per sona would make the trip in order to ensure the excursion. Honolulans who are desirous of spending Sew Year 'a Day on plrtnr- esque jnaui win nave 10 lima me trip by the liner Manoa leaving this after noon. ; . TO .VI Tlils' afteruoon the freighter Minne sotan probably will leave for llilo from which port she will sail for Delaware Breakwater via the Btrait uf Magel lan, January fl. Owing to adverse weather conditions on Hawaii hard work is sal to have been experienced to get enough sugar to fill the American-Hawaiian steamer. - The Minnesotan will take 8Gu tons of cargo from the islands, but thin will include several hundred tons of mer chandise and prodtieW other than suHr, inatead. OlLa full cargo of sugar which wtfuW'nave ''been' carried had the weather ruled fair. t THB CHILD REN'i COLD. Watch tha children' colds and cure them before they weaken the vitality. Use Chamberlain' Cough Remedy free ly. It is perfectly af. It ha been testeed by chemist and pronounced free from injurious substances aud costs but a trifle. For sale bv all deal er. Benson, Hiuith k Co., Ltd., agents for Hawaii. v