Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 184, 1 May 1891 — THE EX-SCHOOLME'EM. [ARTICLE]

THE EX-SCHOOLME'EM.

The ex-schoolme'em who writes j the loeal eolnmn of the Advcrtiser rashly aeeuaee us of misstating facts in regard to the )epers and says that we are kt an enen.iv to the progress made therft," whatever that niav mean. f Now, let us see. ,W.e said that the lepers are :.n a terribl« eondit:cfn. Is not that true? It was observed that the afort k said reporter dul n©t have the nerve to lopk at ghastiy. sights but hae to turn away to hide his emotion. We said that another j phyBician waM needed' There ars twelve hundr€ d very si<jk people in Molokai located at two settiements threē miles apart. They are dying at the rate oi' ten a month. Can one physician attend to thenv? We Baid thf ,t four were. found in a room ten feet square. Now, whnt ean that repni ter kuow about that? He stuck. to the roTal party and endeavored to keep clear of the contagion. lie sawonly whāt was ahown to him and wrote what w«s told His business was to r*port that every thi»g wae all right That is the noiicy of the Advertiser —to suppress unpleasant facts. Ours is to exposethem. We wrote a truthful acco«nt. Ko description, ean give more than a faint idea of the reality. Our rej>orters went in l the houses and ialked with the inmates. Thej were there to fmd out the truth iibout the lepers aod their needs; not to report the speeches of the Qeeen, Priaces or Excellencies. It is our taek to point out the road te further improvements, not to indulge in congratulations and coifipliments about what has already been accomplished.