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Jf HAWAIIAN GAZETTE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1917. . SEMI-WEEKLY. . J' THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE RCDCUCX 0. MAT1IKS0N, EDITOR The Week In the War BRINGING in larger reinforcements and more guns from the now quiet Russian fronts and 'walft -a 1 1 1 mt .at - t at aft-. w.M M en vaaiiU - F cessation, of hostilities on those other fronts, the Austro-Geroians have continued their strong of fensive on th Italian front, made it even stronger, aty kept that war theater the most active center . of "any in all Europe. .'',"'' . .' , Multiplied man power and increased gun power .-v-a ana11.-.f f tilt anamaafcat tf nut otl intpne. ticr.-kr Mo their' attacks nipon' the Allies just within the gates of Italy. Some gains, have been made, it is . .indicated! and this the Teutons claim- in the offi- cial reports issued from Berlin." Those gains have net been large since even the German official re '. port claim a taking of only 3000 prisoners in all of the fighting on the Italian front during the past week.' It is along the Brenta and Piave fronts where the Austro-Germans claim their gains but a study of the war map does not show these gains ' to be of importance. On the other hand Italian reports all tell of the great losses which are being suffered by, the enemy in the terrific assaults by , massed forces that are being thrown against the ' 'desperately resisting Italians and Allies. Marvel ous as has been the Teutonic persistence, the de- . ... f a i. . am:., t t . ........ i iciisc vi nit, antes liu irecii (vdi iiiuic nuuuciiui , for they have been outnumbered. It would appear that the present "Italian-Allied , positions are of great strategic strength, .From the. Cambrai sector of the Western front reports differ radically, those coming from the AI ' ' lies telling of a successful stand made against at tack irom a greatly reintorcea i. . ' . I . ' rcpons u appears inai : vjcncrai - jriaig ana nis forces are more than holding their own. The at- . "C ! r.' - . .1 -at " ' 2-J '. 1 iacK9 in lorcc oi inc enemy arc rcponcu io nave been all repulsed and blood stained fields strewn with dead and mangled grey clad forms is the . i.. . i . ...u:v. .u. r-:.:..i. .J : . , .iiit itaun nuitii iuc uimait auiiui. . German victory and British reverse is the Teu tonic' version of the warfare there told in official ' German despatches. . Berlin does not admit that jiatgwon any real victory oeiore vamorai but on the; contrary claims that subsequent engagements : turned any advantage which he m-glit have won to .the favor of the Germans. . ' ' . ' -Comparison of the daily despatches from this i front with, the war maps show that the British are occupying .not all of the positions taken at the . height of General Byng'a drive. British reports ' haveS told of the abandonment of some of these and it is clear that the mam Bntish line is not so close, -tp Cambrai as it ; was when Rupprccht launcnea nis nrst turning movement wnicn Ainea teports have called unsuccessful. as is claimed, that the British position is the btrongcr by . reason of the abandoning of those more exoosed and advanced positions. ,;.. Hints at an investigation of the Cambrai cam paign by the house of commons were contained in one despatch last week and in this there were veiled insinuations that perhaps the drive of Gen- ' i nl Kvnir u-a nnt th creat stirs that had rin ' reported.. - -, ' Subseauent develooments indicate that one sue- cess which General ' Byng achieved was the fore ' stalling of a Teutonic drive on the Western Front. It tc viAni that hi. AiA m-llr rr-a . , ,ai a, aa, .. . a ... a w.v .. u ' If . A ' ' oncv. u.a uerman anve was . those gains take on an added they prevented the possibility of Germany mak , , ing inroads into territory previously taken by the ttrmsn. There arf .indications that General Byng was tT vntA f rrm ntielii tier hia Ar'txi tr a uiiiccfitl , conclusion and taking Cambrai ..tt.A r.Mo u . large forces of Teutons and thus it has been made possible for Rupprecht to dig in deep and cause ' further delays -in the British advance which ap peared to be going forward so smoothly. - .;' It thus comes back as ever to the fact that the A ustro-Germaa position ; has been materially . strengthened . by the Russian collapse and the ' work of the Allies made proportionately more dif- ... t. ' T . i .. . . -: ...... i. . . 1. . i nas dcch maae impossioie. . it is that the United States must speed up. ., Jn Palestine the British are again advancing and arc pushing forward ouf from Jerusalem. On other j-.asicrn irouia ine ucauiocK oi pasi wccks is un- ; broken.' .: ; ' " . While ' government officials of England and .France believe the solution of the submarine men uce is at hand and that recent increased losses to Britain result from a spasmodic speeding up, they agree that it will not do to be over optimistic even 9$ to; this, Lloyd George again sounds the slogan ; to speed up on .shipbuilding for he reiterates it is tonnage that will win the war. And the United ; . fatcs , is speeding up its building campaign, doing m under some great difliculties as to transporta tion. a'd la'jor; It is here that the government ' ui.HM d,9 its earliest big part in the winning of the : war."'- -: ... '. k ''.'"'j'JV?- . ..' ' ' ' i . . ... : ;' '.- .. -"Don't talk about what you hae,done or what you are going to do. The enemy has cars every where..; Secrecy, means safety." Mighty sound and pertinent advjee is this at the preent time. It is prominently printed on placards just received from the, mainland., "Don't discuss naval affairs ur the movement of ships and their cargoes or f curse with strangers or foreigners," is further g'ooft advice which it contains. TUESDAY MORNING, DEMERBER 18, 1917. enemy, from tnese t i , It is probable. irl an1 imnnrtint v . . v. ...tj'v". . u i . k .1 . It inus ioresiauea importance bince by the arrival from Dkd.i.J r..... c anoiner argument i,f the Kaiser. THE ADVERTISER'S SU3-WEEKLY Bolshevikism ' : ; s THE pacinst faction of the Russian revolution ists is known to the world as the, "Bolshe viki." Russians tell us that by derivation the word means "those of the majority," referring to a bygone schism in one of the revolutionary par lies under the old .Tsardonr. However that may be, says the Independent, tne Bolsheviki are real ly, in the whoe population of Russia, a very small minority. Their relation to the rest of Russia is characterized by a paradox: they are of all poli tical groups the most radically republican, demo cratic, pacifists and anarchistic, and yet they are the most willing to consent to a German peace, of, in other words, to the triumph of everything that is monarchists, aristocratic, militaristic and . bu reaucratic in Europe. Were the Bolsheviki logi cal extremists, did they simply carry their prin ciples beyond the limits of moderation, we should expect to find them emblazoning on their banners such devices as "Death to the Hohenzollcrns? or "No Peace with the Prussian State." Instead we find them willing to fraternize wit,h the' armies of despotism,' to give friendly ear to the agents of the Kaiser, to abandon republican Poles and Czechs to Hapsburg rule, and to denounce in fiery language the democracies of England, France and the Uni ted States. ; :; . , v But every country is faced by a similar problem, and we may well use "Bolshevikism" as a general term for those extreme radicals who for temporary factional purposes ally themselves with, the dead liest enemies of all that they-believe and hope. The Sinn Feiners are typical Bolsheviki What they profess to desire is the creation of a small in dependent nation on their verdant island, ..To achieve this aim they call upon the assistance of a vast and arrogant empire whose attitude, toward the small nations may be read in Serbia and Bel gium and whose apolitical philosophers have re peatedly declared to the world that great military might alone gives a eople the right to independ ence. By using Germany to wreck England the Sinn Feiners are doing their best to ensure that Ireland shall for al c6ming time be a despised vas sal state of Greater Germany. Jn Canada the French population complain that Misufficient recognition is given to their national language and distinctive culture. But what shall W said of the foly of these champions of Gallicism who are trying to hamper the military activities of the Canadian government, and are thereby giv ing aid and comfort to the enemies of France? Should the Germans ever rule Quebec, and the military power of the Entente Allies is the only shield that protects Canada from annexation, there will be no. language problem. German alone will be tolerated, as German alone is tolerated in Metz and Strassburg today. There are other Bolsheviki. The anarchists who wish to abolish government and are selecting the present time to attack the public order of, the Uni ted States are, whether they realize it fit not, "do ing their bit" to bring to this country the Prus sian Superstate, the rule of strengst verbotcn and the trampling out of the last embers of individual liberty. The Industrial Workers of the World are deliberately crippling American industries neces sary for the pnecution of the war, though noth ing human can be more certain than that -the man who was detecU'd in such activities in Germany would face a firing squad at sunrise. The paci fists who object to serving in the American army would soon have an opportunity of tasting the cruel discipline of the Prussian army if they were successful in converting their fellow countrymen to their non-resistance policy. The little knot of militant suffragets (to the credit of the sex they do not comprise ne suffragist in ten thousand) who are denouncing President Wilson as their "enemy" and badgering him in Washington might well reflect if they are not giving aid and comfort to that well known anti-feminist, AV'ilhelm von Hohenzollern, and how much chance they would have of a real share in the government if they lived in Germany. Finally the good liberal, justly concerned over a tree speech and a free press, sometimes urges an immediate peace with the gov ernment which censors newspapers even in time of peace and imprisons for years the mildest critics If you are a monarchist, an aristocrat, a reac tionary politician, an anti-feminist, a militarist or just a naturally serv ile and submissive 'person, you have a right to be a pro-German,' But if you call yourself a republican, a democrat, an individ ualist, a rebel, a pacifist, a feminist or a liberal you ought to le not only a pro-Ally but more strongly pro-Ally than any one else. lit arfy' other case you are a catspaw, a tool, a dupe. You belong to the Bolsheviki. 1 There were some things that were highly amus ing in the episode of the Dutch 'soldiers rushing their officers and going for a stroll through Hono lulu, thereby giving to the police a busy afternoon and evening. They broke for the suburbs,, the nearest approach to the tall timber. All of them returned at bedtime and it is reported that all re turned sober, they did not make their break to go on a debauch. Not the least amusing part of the whole affair, howe er, was the repeated arrest of ihe non-commissioned officers who were trying t6 hunt down their escaped men. The Honolulu po lice could not distinguish between enlisted men j.nd non-commissioned officers in those iiniforms. To ask them to do this was asking entirely too much, There, was only one out. No discriminar lion, grab every Diitchmmi in sight. . , BREVITIES rdrt hkve liwncd from th I kmilqunrter tke Hawaiian dopurt- mrut relieving Meat. Jomrph B. rarker ! rrom activp duty. , ; ' ( ; ;; 'A aw M-liool U t,V. built by th ('lam Kdui-tUail Uoti at a, tout of tl3U8 and tBotber atmetnre to eot $3M, according to building permlti is- T( avfrt any foRibilltr of tkildrea being awtrit Into tb'-dltchea, bara ba been plaited arrom the months of the storm drains ia the M ollilll dis trict br the city engiaeer's depart meat.; ';,' V . . , .. '.The engagrmrnt of Mis Violet Rod rigues, daughter ef Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Rodrigues ., of Keoaaona Htreet, . to Andrew. Boyd, ton of Mr. and Mrs. W. . Boyd of Waialua, has been ana ouaced. "', . , . . j ' ..The Commnsitr Christmas tree bene- td by about $400 as the result of the j Outdoor Circle, matinee on the . roof garden n Wednesday afternoon. One handred dollars of that sum was a gift from m Honolulu, woman for the tree. ' ,.Msj. liureaee '"W.: Medington whi ba. been hi the Fort rJhaf ter hospital with a broken leg for several weeks, will be out for the Brat time an Hun day. . He v has applied " for a ; two months' -leave of absence, and may take a' trip te the mainland during his eoavalesreaee.. . Cant, V?.' 0. ' AH"", 1 Company, H Q.. 1IM was artestml yesterday, after noon and charged with violating a traf He ordinance. The police assert that Captain Allen drove his machine past a .standing street car while passengers were boarding and alighting. He will appear in police court this morning. , While attempting to sjight from a moving . King.. Street ear near South Street at ten o'clock last night, Chock Wai, Chinese, fell to the pavement aud aristalned painful, though not serious, bruises about the fare. . He was taken to the fmergency hospital in the am balance where nis injuries were treat ed by Hospital Steward Htevenson. He was later seat to his home. Friday evening, lit six-thirty in the Bible Hehool rooms is the time set for Central I'nloa's Christmas entertain ment and at this time all pupils of the school, parents, teachers and officers are lavited to present themselves. The program includes Christmas carols, an address by JBer. A. W. Palmer, a sleight f hand entertainment by ' Dr. B. D. Williams, a Santa Clous, and refresh ments. ' The pupils of the school will bring gifts which will be distributed among the. Missions of the eity. Jaggar To Continue As ycicriologist At KUauea Volcano Directors of Research Associa tion Reappoint Scientist To ' Post He Has . Satisfactorily filled For Several Years Dr. T.1 Jaggar, expert TOlcanolo gist in charge of the observing and experimental station maintained at Balaues, whp has made many notable contributions io the world 'a store of knowledge regarding voleanocs as the result of . bis work at Kilauea, was re appointed to th.e post he has filled, at Friday's meeting . of the directors f the Hawaiian Volcano Kesearch As sociation. ' The term of the agreement 'under which he has been working recently expired and it was the opinion of the directorate at the meeting that not only should Dr. Jaggar 'a research be eontiaued, but that it should be ex tended along such lines as 'may be practicable. , . , The association derives its funds en tirely from voluntary subscription and ia not in any way, as seams to be the prevalent idea, supported by the Vnited States government. Its possi bilities are regulated entirely by its income, and though it has now become recognized as doing a work of national importance and the suggestion ' has been made in official circles that it should be merged in one of the import ant federal : departments, it is felt that as long as sufficient local support is forthcoming, it should remain dis tinctiveiy Hawaiian and tnat tne credit for the many discoveries made onder its auspices should remain with the islands ' . A proposal that the work should be extended to other lands with the ob ject of Unking np and systematizing observation work all over the globe waa before yesterday's meeting. The directors were of opinion that this should be .done' as soon as practicable though' it would probably entail the transfer of the station to the govern ment. Professor .'Jaggar announced Hie eommeaeement of a aeries ef interest ing experiments which should show the connection between the purely local earthquakes and tremors and the move ment of the lava column under Kilauea and Mauaa Loa, with the possible in fluence upon more distant seismic hap penings. , The i meetings will be continued throughout the Week. , ' questionnaires sent '" WASHINGTON December 1 (As sociated Press) Five percent of the questionnaires sent out by the provost marshal general to direct the operation of the draft have been mailed. With in sixty days it Is expected that there will be complete registrations of nine million men.' ,.t- ' : BIU0V8 HEADACHE All that. In needed Is to correut the bilioubness and the headache disap pears. Take Chamberlain's Tablets and you will soon lie as well as ever. For sale by all dealers. Benson, Smith ft Co., Ltd., Agts. for Huwaii. Advertisement,' PERSONALS .MIss.Ns.urine Psnsno left on the Kin an for Kanal to spend the Christmas holidays with friends. '' Rev. .Samuel K. Kamaloplli,' assist ant pastor of Raumnkapili Church, who has been In Msul the past week on business wilt return to the city in the Mauna Kea this morning. '' The Governor left Inst night for Kanai where it is stated be will be the guest of Col. Z. 8. Rpalding end ether residents. The Oovernor stated he was taking the trip primarily for rest.. ' : Mrs. J. A. Maguire, commissioner, who attended yesterday the meeting of the board of education, will Tetnrn in the Mauna Kea tomorrow morning to her Big Island home. 8he will prob ably go by way of Hilo to Kona. Miss M. Hester Lemon, registrar-general of the territorial board of health, began-yesterday her 'annual month's vacation. 8he will spend the time mainly in a leisurely tour of the Isl and, visiting relatives and friends en route. . NAVY LEAGUE SEEKS NEV LEGISLATION Effort Is Made To Secure Con gressional Action On Decor ations For. Bravery ; Kfforts to secure legislation that will permit Vnited ftates service men to receive and wear honors awarded them for distinguished service are being made by the Navy League and cir cular letters have been sent broadcast through the United , ftates, ; one of which has reached Honolulu. . . "Before your' member of congress leave for Washington,', says a state ment issued here by the Navy League, "urge him to vote favorably upon a resolution permitting American soldiers and sailors to receive from the .Allied government medals of. honor award ed them for their brave and splendid work in this war. ;'C. . "At least a dozen' such medals awarded by the British government to officers and seamen of the naval forces operating under vice admiral Hims are now being held by the Htate Department.' But the constitution of the United States forbids their accept ing any medal or other recognition of service from a foreign government, ex cept upon the express- consent ef con gress, r.. ' . . "Obviously this is a time when con gress should grant such permission. It doe not, as a matter of international courtesy, harmonixe with the relation ship now existing between this govern men and the Allied governments, to re fuse them the right to make appropriate acknowledgement of American services ia the common cause. ' ' The Navy League believes also that the government should make known the names and the deeds Of these men for bravery by our Allies. As history is but the shadow of great men,' so too patriotism is largely a reflection from the deeds of brave men. We need the inspiration of the acts of these men to give us the will to Win." , - , FOR NEWOFFICIALS Chamber of Commerce Commit tee Completes and Presents List of Candidates Nominations have been -made by the nominating committee of the chamber of commerce for all the office aud board of directors for the annual elec tion whit'.h takes place on January 16, liUX. The list of names includes many of the leading men of Honolulu. Kor president, Walter F. IMlling Iibui and Norman U. (Judge have been limned, one to be selected,' the same iieing the case io the offices of first vice president, second rice-president and treasurer. Kighteen directors are to be voted iu from a list of thirty three names. The nitines and offices are as follows: I'resident, W. K. Dillingham, N. E. Ciedge; first vice-president, G.,11. Angus, F. i'. Atherton; second vice president, O. P. Denison, A. Lewis Jr.; treasurer, B. J. Buculy, E. W. Button. Directors Albert Afong, W. O. Karnhart, J. J. Belser, E,-A. Berudt, A. L. Castle, W. W. Chamberlain, J. F. Child, J. L. C'ockburn, J. H. Drew, W. V. Freer. A. J. Oignoux, E. C. Oouaalvea, John Guild, J. F. C Uageus, 0. U. 1 lei Her Jr., 0, K, lieinenway, Bichard Ivers, M. M. Johnson, L. jil. Judd, 8. M. Lowrey, W. C. McQonagle, W. H. Mclnerny, 'I. K. Mveri, A. M. Nowell, L. Teuney Peck, W. A. Bam ssy, P. A. Hwift, A. V. Thayer, Win. Thompson,.. II. K. Vernon, C. C. von llmnin, J. T. Warren, E. 0. White, J. M. Youug. JAMES D. DOLE BACK FROM MAINLAND VISIT After an absence of several weeks on the mainland James D. Dole, man ager of the Hawaiian Pineapple Com pany a returned to Honolulu. Mr. Do).! reports canned pines in great demand and says that a larger output eoul.l be disposed of were it possible to be certain of deliveries. The army and navy will want 40,000 cases and the . balance of the outturn will bit distributed among regular cus tomers on a pro rata basis. No criticism of prices charged has been made by the federal trade com mission, he says, following receipt by that body some time since of informa tion relative to costs end prices so that he believes the price has been found legitimate by : that body, since demands for reductions were wads of the Alaska Packers on salmon and up on other producers. NOMINATIONS MADE SPECIAL BOARD AT WORK UPOII REPORT ;' .- axsassMa, ' Results of Investigation of Na tional Guard May Be Secret Military Document " ' ' Compilation of thereport on the Ha waiian National Guard from the note that were taken during the recent ses sions of the board appointed by Gen eral 8. I. ' Johnson, commanding' the gnard, was one of the duties of that board members yesterday. The notes taken, by a shorthand re porter covered, it is ssid, n large num. ber of closely typewritten pages, and from these the report on the whole situ ation .Will be formed.. The report will be sent to the Gov ernor, as eommander-in-chlef of the guard, and will probably be regarded as a confidential military report, not withstanding, the emphatic statement made recently by members of the board that a full report, concealing nothing, would be made to the public. Board members said they felt that the public, as those whose - money supports the guard, were entitled to know what tbey were getting for their money., Copies will be .sent to the commanding officer of the Hawaiian Department, and also to the officer in charge of militia .af fairs, representing the regular army, and presumably will eventually reach the bureau of militia affairs at Wash ington1. .- Most of the' report will center upon the brigade work at Kawailoa Camp, and also include, considerable data con cerning the personnel of. the- guard, particularly with reference to the Fili pino companies. i 4-i : . TO CONSERVE FOOD Prevention of Waste Urged By Secretary Baker; Troops On Oahu Aiding In Movement ; All the Vnited states treopa '. sta tioned on Oahu are aiding in the food conservation ' movement, in line' with the assistance ' asked of , the civilian population, Brigadier-General Wisser, commanding the Hawaiian Department, having issued an order to this effect on November 10. , '. ; In the general demand for conserva tion of food products , throughout the country, Food Commissioner Hoover and Hecretary of War Newton B. Baker, had a conference, on Friday in which the war secretary announced he wooed issue an order. directed: to all canton. ment and department commanders, "re questing them to seek the preven tion of 'waste of food in ' their com mands and to aid the commission par ticularly ia the saving of wheat flour by using a substitute.. A message to this effect reached Food Commissioner J. F. Child, local food administrator, on Saturday. . ; ,'. ' The arrangement between the nation al food administrator and the war sec. retary was to secure the voluntary as sistanca of the soldiers in the canton ments. Food Commissioner Child took the matter up with General Wtisser, who ex pressed his willingness to issue an or der on this basis to the unit of his command and get behind the conserva tion movement in every way possible. Mir. Child - was informed, however. that the army had already begun such a campaign, sad attention was called to the order issued here in November, asking all commands to observe the con servation movement. Mr. Child stated that the army has already ordered quantities of corn meal to be used a a substitute for wheat flour. The food eemmiasioner said that a number of people in the Islands had asked why they should be required to sign food pledge cards while the armr itself waa not observing the movement. Mr. unua said these statements were made in ignorance of the fact that the army was already doing its part and had, in fact, started the movement be fore being requested to by local food offieiula. "However," said Mr. Child, "these were on(y isolated cases and I believe the people now generally understand that all departments of the government are observing the request for conserva tion just as much aa the civilian pub lic." ; KEWANEE TO UNIFY ALL CITY WAR WORK KEWANEE. Illinois, November ' IB Hixty organizations of Kewanee, in eluding churches, lodges, clubs, and central bodies, voted at a. meeting of delegates to uuify all war work in this community by pledging undivided support to Kewanee 'a National De fense Commission. This commission is to consist of Mavor B. F. Baker, James K. Blish, J. C. Banuister, the Bev. P. II. Durkiu, and Frank M. Lay, the latter beint chairman. This commission will assign different fihases of war work to certain orgau .atlous, which will be responsible for it. It Is believed duplication of effort will thus be. avoided and great effi ciency secured, Orent enthusiasm was shown iu the plan, and much is ex pected of it. DENIES CHARGES AND SAYS EVIDENCE FORGED PAKIH, December 17 (Associated , Press) Carslaux, once a cabinet of ficer and now accused or machinations with the German for a peace which would have been dishonorable to France appeared before a committee of the house of deputies yesterday and em phatically denied that he had been guflty of any unpatriotic, acts. The documents upon which th charge were based and which were highly incrimin ating, be prononueed forgeries. ARMY IS ORDERED YOU CAm DO TOO MUCH FOR SOLDIERS VARNSSGT. MEEK Treat Them Like Heroes ;' and They Will Live Up To Expecta-,-' tions In Hour of Battle ' LOCAL BOY READY.TO- ' : RETURN TO THE FRONT ' ' - h " nsaaasanBsi i . "Doing 0ir Bit" Not Enough, He e lit-.! tat. a.A " an ' mues, we.wiusi, .oe ,uur ,aii, f,To Be Assured of Victory . A note 'Of warning to those who. are left at home, urging them to do their tltntfMt fur ttm man Am nnifnrm ' ts sounded By Bgt. James Meek, a iormer nonoiuiu noy, in a wucr writ ten to Albert Wallace, of the Honolu lu Iron Wiorks. " You 'cannot do too' much for the ' boy who are. leaving you to fight in France", write Sergeant Meek. "Treat them like heroes and they will live up to your expectations when the battle hour arrives," he add. "Nothing you . . 11. . . . M . . can aa win oe ipo- gooa ror mem. tie prouu oz tnem ana mey win t proud ; oi you, proua or meir country, and proud of themselves. " . Hergeant Meek, whose many inter- rinu iffiif n niva ufwn nuoimnrn in The Advertiser during the past three V. .a Wmm wrl.t.n V, i a ' m .... ...... j--, : ......... ,. p.".. i.i.ui . InnminUtltAii ' Imm rnnl...l ... --"---" v 1 K " MVM vre m series of patriotic American postal cards, some of which beWr these inscrip tions: "Advance America", "For Liberty", and "Now we shan't be long." His letter, which conclude with the inscription. "Yours for Libertv" is n follows: . Reminds Him ' of Hawaii ''' "I, am iout today with a party of forty Maori boys on trench practice. , a su me oniy --naoie-- in tne ounen and listening to them talk and sing aa thev din- I am remlndml nf tka Hv when I worked alongside their Hawaii-. aa kinsmen on Honolulu jobs. Thev are being trained as Pioneer at this depot, aad being naturally good at bush , eraft they are a great asset to the New Zealand division.. While here thev usuaiiy pacxea to tne door and bring ; a lot of money to local hospital funds. They have Just finished lunch and had a CUD of coffee made an the flM anit are. now playing "two up". They are "7 " me Hawaiian ooys; rond of a bit of a flutter at gambling. They are not sent to the front aa fln4ln units now althongh they fought well ' mry were organixea a infantry on GallipolL They feel sore at not be- inufr'dAllirtlh.wa'' kilt ka T.. land covernmant douhtlxas m.lh to cei.oacs io ineir native BOtl. and SO. 1-ltnJ nf nalas tk. K.. onet they, use the pick, shovel anl axe. T-l. . ... . 1 a a. r mmB woruri, oeiieva me. '! Today they, are making model trenches on our training ground. In spite of all the improvement in the machinery of warfare trenches .till re tain their importance. The only refuge from modern high explosive shells ia in mother earth. Big cities are no longer considered impregnable if they have a ring of isolated forta of stone and steel and edncrete around them. 'They are aeieaaea ty trencbea now, similar to those which defend the small village of Flanders. . . . ; "Trenches are Important because1 they are difficult to observe. Even if observed they are difficult to hit ex tetly. And even if hit by a shell the effects of the explosion are compara tively local. They conceal the move ments of troops. They nre easy to construct. They screen the defender and at the same time allow him to use his weapon againat oncoming forces. And they serve jumping 'off places for troops who could not be brought across the open to attack strongly fortified positions. Of course, I cannot tell yon what we consider the best method in laying out trenches but I have no doubt that your U." H. A. boys nre being instructed in the fattest methods employed by the Allies. Eager for Battle ?My time here is drawing to aa end. I feel like a shirker here and considering the set hk of Tralw ,j the chaos in Russia, I shall go back wn a good Heart and feel that the full services of vryooe, including myseir, will be valuable at the front. From what I can see here I am satis fied that Fngland is still capable of In creased effort. There are too many idle women iu places like this and there are too maa-r aorvanta tit a. I them. The time has gone for talk of "doing out bit". We must do our II. We must be loval tn tl.a AmA k.' nave given an. must generate every nlltlMa. r 9 . . . .... ...4 J- . ... . - , J "" uireci u toward the battle front. JI;Vlif welmlj j univer sal eonscriptiQi vexyoiU.n soldier or working to feed, 'clothe,' and will put all previous struggle. In the shade. Mnould Russia and Italy be weak Ger many will aim a heavy blow at Franca in hope that she may stagger. Hurry up, America! Almost every day I read in the paper about the vast prepara tions being made in the U. 8. A. ' I thrill .with the thought of beintr tn a. tion alongside American lads before long. I tell my mates that the Yank are stickers and If they were slow to enter the war they will be slow to quit . Can't Bo Too Much i to" those of you who are lert at home that you cannot tbiuk too muoh of or do too much for the boye who are Reaving you to fight in France. roat them like, heroes ,nud they wilt l ..!00 yur, "Ie''ion when the battle hour arrives. Nothing you can do will be too good for them. Be proud of them and tbey will be proud of you. p.uim r meir. country and proud of themselves. - - "A f AW ' an,, 'a..... - M a . a u.j vi comrori nnu pleasure and I am going back to th. eold, the mud, the shelling, the ga, th snow, the monotony of the front. But J. ' ,"'et ere. men of America and there is nowherc'else at present that I they or I should wish to be,"