Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 25, 30 Ianuali 1894 — A Cry for Help. [ARTICLE]

A Cry for Help.

Mr. C. M. Byde who has but j lately returne«i from an extended ! trip abr*>ad and who may be ; rcui.-mbere«l in eonne-elion with a , censori< us artieh* on the a|H >tlc |of Moiokai, the late F«ther Damien, is ont in an appeul for heip to supply water to the pnpils «nd teacbers of the Maknwao Sominnry. 'Ihis is ; nnder tbe care of the Haw.iiiaa Board of Missions and the prineipal. Miss Martha Mc Lennau. in a letter for help to the secre- ■ tary f (Hyde) charges him with a | previons knowle<lge of the scarcitv of wuter, say<ng: “Our water supply. as you , know, bas never beea plentiful; bat there wa< so little rain last : wint< r, and there has heen so ! litt e during the last few months 1 that the sitnation is mn'eh more rtlarmii:g now than ever before, , when Miss Carpenter used to | sutier from anxiety so many j times lest there shonld be a water faraine. We have boen ou 1 short allowanee for seveu ! iuonths.’ r Short of water for seven m ntf>sl And \vhat bavo the members of the very Christian BoarJ been doing during those past seven months? An auswer roay be easily given by anyone who has I been present at eaeh celebration giyen under the auspices of the raissionary eleraent during the past time not the least of whieh was that of the “glorious 17th.” Few, if any, of the raembers of tbe Board walk to or from their business or their clmrch. None of them are suffering frotn want of water. Do they- think, for one moinent, of contribnting their doliars to aid the sufferiug peo- j ple at the Makawao Seminary? ■ No iudeed, far frora it, their thoughts are bent on aeenmulating not distributing dollars, and when one suffers, it is, uccording to their code, a dispensatiou of Providence. Aml liow does secretary Hyde of the Board answer the appeal? j By visiting other mcmbers of tbe Board, Messrs. Hall and Castle, who bave profited mneh on war material and aleohol, and asking thera to relieve the existing necessity from their stores of golden and silver ammnnition? No, indeedi The usua1 appeal is raado iu business parlauce, to tho poor to help the poor, and the Hawaiians to help Hawaiian girls, in an institutiou everv director of whieh is wealthy and enjoys the lnxurv of his carriage aml his golden shekels. “Save it from the disaster whieh soeras iiupending.” he cries, yet he has known tbat the water supply “has never heen pleutifur’ and he contents hiraself with publishing a few lines folding his arms and with a sweet smile heaven\vards he iuwardly gurgles “well done thou good and faithful servant,” Yet the Mnkawao pupils, ami teachers, are still on “a short allowanee of water.”