THE YANKEE YAHOOS.

NZ Truth, Issue 161, 18 July 1908, Page 4

THE YANKEE YAHOOS.

THE APPROACHING ADVENT OF THE AMERICANS.

Why This Lavish Entertaiflpaient Expenditure? The Activity of the Sydney Police. - A Point for the New Zealand Authorities. Though Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., was m a hopeless minority m the House the other night when, he protested against .the lavish expenditure of- the public cashupy the Ward Government m entertainirifij&be American Fleet, little doubt can PsQSSjbly exist that tire member for The Huts, xi£.voicing a vigorous protest, echoed.! thesentiments of a large, sensible -and sane, arid if need - toe, sofipr, section of the people of the Dominion! Not only does it seem that thlis altogether too Liberal Governrhent is practically going to waste thousands of pounds m entertaining 12,---000 or, more Yankee yalipos m all. sorts pf guzzles and entertainments /which will partake of the nature of bjeer, winies, spir-. its, ad lib, but the work of the country is gofing to be suspended, or as Mr Wilford very properly put it, everybody who goes to Auckland to welcome (?>) the Fleet is going to make a fool of himself. Just now, while this .Yankee Fleet is m the air, lots of people seem to haye tak 7 en absolute leave , of their senses. We have heard much about the Stars and the Stripes, but more likely it will turn out to. be • '

THE -TARS AND THE SWIPKS. We hear a great deal about, the "Glorious Fourth" and "Old Glory," and signs are rife that the few days the Yankees intend to spend, m Auckland will be taken advantage of by thousands to have a darpned "good soak. ' Jt will be a perfect saturnalia of swankey,- and the Government Which, by voting thousands for this Saturnalia is countenancing scenes of riot arid drunkenness, is going t6 act the\ kind father by Sending strong reiniprcerritei.its of policemen to the Northern capftel to control arid prevent otherwise respectable individuals from making asses of themselves.

Now, this much can be said for. the common sense of tHe people of Sydney, who, m addition tp being asked to foot the bill, which the State or Federal Parliament has passed for entertaining ' the visitors, to publficly subscribe more cash to 'make the feel at home, This the people of Sydney have very emphatically declined to do, - and the authorities Who have the most tq i gain from the approaching advent of the Americans, declare the people to be apathetic. Arid this much ' can be sajid tor a large majority of New Zealanders, They are willing to five the glad hand of welcome to the r anks, but they draw the line ,at anything like a Maflick. J_fob6dy, nowadays, wants a repetition of the days when Alafeking and I_adysinj,th were relieved. Those days will long be' remembered with -' feelings pf shame. Mr Wilford- s protest might not suit the susceptibilities of I'-'Sassiety snobs," who want tp iipb-nob With a Yankee Adniiral, oaptains lieutenants, but unfprtunataiy it must be borne m mind that the Yank hates anything black, and though the Maori is " respected by the pakeha dn New Zealand, it plight so happen tljat the racial prejudice of 12,000 Yankee bluejackets might manifest itself

IN A REMARKABLE MANNER,, and here m New Zealand we stand for tlie kind treatment of 'our brown breth^ ren. The Yankee kficms no such humane feeljng. Pur Maori girls and women, our v/liite igirlp and women, have to be protected at all hazards arid for the reason that the character of the Yankee tars is ripy of the best. Truly, the Yankee jacky can look forward to a hell pf a good 'time m New Zealand, and as- they qre our kinsmen the people of this Do-' minion, m welcoming thetn sanely, would be only doing the duty that' is expected of then?.. There is., however, .one point that must not be overlooked, and "Truth" is going to emphasise it all it is worth. So far where these bluejaplcets have landed there have bepn. indes'ctflbalkle scenes of drunkenness and debauchery 'and the American Admiral m command for very shame's sake had to appeal to the citizens of Sari Franciscp not to indulge the b°y s ia blue because raos.l< Qf thenx. ''could not stapd corn," and desertions have been wholesale. It is, moreover, a matter of common knowledge that Yankee gnan-o'-waiJSinen are the most polygpt and cosmopolitan crew that ever served under a nations flag. They, represent every nation under tlie sun; "they have becoipe naturalised Americans, and. this 'fact serves ■to save their skins fpr crimes camnilitted m other climes. Whether desertions will be wholesale m Auckr land, whether the bad side of the boys m blue's nature will assert itself remains to be seen. That the police and coropion citizens generally will not have a rough time oMt as a result of the encounter, or intercourse, with our Yankee cousins, is what everybody prays and hopes for. In Sydney the. .police authorities are, NOT GOINfr TO TAKE ANY CHANGES as we learn fro^i a Sydney contemporary that a vigorous alarm has been sounded concerning . a very, unpalatable matter, which, nevertheless, 'ought to CQinmend.it-; self to tin? authorities . of New Zealand. With a view to preserving public health hy the adoption of measures to restrict cpinmunicfvble disease, the $ydney authorities were appealed to and tlie police were "confidentially instructed" to make inquiries. A circular has been issued from headquarters to ail police stations within the city and. suburbs, directing plain-rclpthes constables to ascertain, the number oi houses* pf ill-fame ip thp metropolitan area ; to prepare a list of houses whiph are known to the police as places of resort ; to discover the number of public women residing m each establish^ ment;~ and, finally, to report as to the nupiber who afe diseased. "Truth" W.a.nt§\ to .know if the health autbprities. m New/Zealahd are gqing'to tdke any precautionary measures. 7 . In the ancient days lepers walked abroad crying, "Unclean, uhclean," and were given a wide berth. In these modern days there seems to be a similar aversion to TOUCH THE CONTAGIOUS PISOII-: . " DERS

which are so disastrous m their consequences, and render their stricken victims such loathsome wrecks. The G/° v " ernment has power to appoint a portion of any hospital receiving aid from the consolidated revenue as a place fpr the treatment of such disease, and to thus guard against anything not unforeseen but highly probable.