Ke Aloha Aina, Volume XXXIV, Number 31, 22 August 1919 — The New Freedom [ARTICLE]

The New Freedom

Judging by the preparatlons ttiat have gono hv r&}£ptm of Secretary of fhe N»vy Oaniels, tjīat s due foa* one of the most en£husiastic weleooiee ever >, Visiting meraber of the President's cabinet. While āpal of Mr. vifit is to at the >f |he jDry' Dosc next lrhursaay, no v doul^^H vs|jfcst by h& to wxjiiamt himseU mnf tHe defensive systera"of titese islandB ; on lana 18 £f sea, With'the firobfibility that any recommendations xtfdce to Coßgres9 will be &cted upon. We hope the 3omrtterce will see to it that Mr. Daniels is made ¥itb the «!eat need that exists en the island of Oahu for iaiy belt road, and' that his influence will be sQ]icited tQ iloag this vitally important matter. Xhere are many other matters of eoneem to tho ivhich suggest themgejves as of Mr. DanieVa auiwhieh it,is unnece#sary to refer to here. No doubt nercial bodies are fullj awake to the importance of Mr. mit,' and will see to it that our loeal need» are suitably 3efore him. ! The entire community will unite in wiĀing an hearty to Secretary o! the Navy Daniels, with the hope that to thesē islfs of the Southern Seas may be a thoroughly ible and delightful experieoce. On the Wrong Tack H Everybody in Honolulu nowadays is Y< hollering" lustily over the high coat of living, £md nobody seems to just what to do about it~we beg pairdon, nobody but Mr. Low. This gentleman has announced in emphatic he knows all about why living is so high and -$iat, like a Sir rushing to a wahine in distrfsss, he is rescue Miss Honolulu from the blighting grasp of the and make everybody healthy, happy and husky, by plaee where fish ean be had for about half the amouni pay for it. In order to accolnplish such a laudable aim, Mr. finnly convihced that Governor McCarthy must, will and donate a government lot for the establiiiment of a munieipal market where fish can and will be sold at or near that the people of Honolulu will all rushtodig up $50,0t)0j§|H fund for the erection of on the aforesaid lot so erously donated by the Governor; and that in addition to bond issue for $150,000 shall be sprung for the financmg said market. AU of whieh, to an innocent bystander, would appear adding considerably to the already outrageous high oost of living. Now, granting that there is any merit in Mr. Low'smH tentions why go to all this needlesa expense when we markefTalrēady in operation ; the services of whieh on seraH ocearfons ,have. been freely and even generously pressed coy and bashful Oriental a matter of fact, the«H room enough available at the Territoriai Market to handlJH aeed be, all the fish that eomea into Honolulu. But for rea«H perfectly satisfaetory to the fish tru§t and those amiable the pit«sing. iny of tjae Territorial m]H ketkg authorities have always been. sidestepped, and fish oH tinues to be sold at the old staJud, and at increasingly exorbi|H prices. |H To be frank, we #rmly believe politics to be at fche botSH |of Mr. Low's pathetic solicitude for the Jreduction of fish ! although for purely personal reasons we have no doubt he wJH like to see the price of fish considerably reduced. Just as | Hollinger rose to fame and political opulenee upon ihe baclc 1 Daisy, so Eben Low, in the hope of being, in the near fut\j( mayor or delegate or something, is building.up his political fem by appealing to the most vulnerable part in a man's his poeketbook. i If Ben would devote his time and talents to dissolving i fiāh frust instead of p]ayiog into its hands, he would indeed,. !.doing something for whieh we woukl rise up s |call hnn blessed, even if he is a blue-blooded Republicai). [ * i Make a Clean Sweep j The Board of Commissioners of Education, aa a result., ,ita recent investigation into charges of miseonduct preferi against Mrs. Burke, late principal of the schools, has e cided that there was no foundation for such dharges, and th Mrs. Burke's accusers wert self-confessed liars and perjurers. - face of such a decision one would think that, accordi !to the most approved rule in fictioii. (and onp tihat frequen ,holds even in everyday life) vjrtue w.ould. haYe been duly I wārded, and vice fittingly. punished. ,TJiis process eeems to been reversed, however, for soo3® iuscrute,ble reason, known oī ;to4he commissioners, and as a result w© have contumacio I trouble-makers auu self-coiifessed liars get practically sc< [free, while the seemingly innocent victim o( their [ia puni&hed by being removed from the principalship of t |Kapaa schooL .. - % j i The decision of the Commissioners is sp juiuch [the principles of justioe and fair dealing as between individui that one is perforce driven to the eoneluaion that Uie whole tru m this particul4r inyestigatjon has not been givea the publ ,1$ this is so, and if thare is any good and sufficient reason f |Withholding all the facts from public knowledge, probably tl t decisioa of the Commiafeioners •is the ooly one possible thi do justice to the circumstances ol the case. p To a maa up a tree, however, it would appear if, for ti . ultimate good of our territorial school system, the pedagogic and perjurers of Kauai should get an extended vacation i .iheh: own expense; that even if Burke is iimocent, Ū of Kapaa is so cliai"ged with feeling over this matt ,as W make her reinstatemcnt at the present time iuadvisabl Mr, Knudsen sliould be displaced by some prominent cit of Kauai iu whom all eau ha\e oonfideuce; that Miss Hun< ;iey als> should be to some othcr field of activity; ai j an offieial warning sliould be sent out to all the schools th M future such 4 vicious and demorali®iag tactics as %>se "tcachen£ a t Kapaa will be sternlj- anJ t