Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XL, Number 1, 25 April 1945 — NA MEAHOU O KE AO NEI [ARTICLE]

NA MEAHOU O KE AO NEI

* HAI.AWAI ME KE KU E IK MKA IA MAI EHa na mahele kaua A:melika ke halawai' nei me na kue ikaika -ana a na Kepani ma Okinawa. I kinohi ua maalahi ka lakou nej ana aku, a mahope mai ua ]3ato imaila na Kepani me iloa, a oia ke kumu ulolohi o ka i lakou nee ana aku. 1 Ma keia hooili kaua ana i hemo mai -ai na aumokukaua Kepani e kaua pu me na Amelika. Ua halawai maila nohoi lakou me na moku a ua makaukau, a o ka hopena he eono mokukaua Kepani i hoopiholo ia, i huiia me ka mokukaua Kepani nui, ka Yamato. Ua haalele ia aku he ekolu mau mokukaua 'luku e a ia ana e ke ahi. He ekolu mau mokukaua luku o Amelika i hoopiholo ia. Ua hiki aku ma kahi o ke 97 mau mokulele enemi i luku ia e na moku kaua Amelika a pela pu nohoi e. 'ha mokulele Amelika. Ua hiki ole ina Kepani ke hoohahoa mai i ka ikaika o na mahele kaua Amelika.

UIIA'I I KA AELIKE Ua hoike ae o Busia iiq ko lapana uha'i ana i ka aelike kuikahi mawaena o laua i hana ia ai i Apelila 1941, mamuli o ko lapana kukala kaua -ana ia Amelika ame Enelani ko Rusia mau hoa hui iloko o ke kaua. Ua kokua pu ak,u nohoi o lapa-n-a ia Kelemania ma o ke komo pu ana mc Kelemania ma ke kaua ana aku ia Amelika, Beretania ame Rusia. Mamuli o keia mau hana a lapana, ua uha'i iho la oia i ke kuikahi hana xa a i mawaena o laua 1 ka makahiki 1941. Ua hana la ke kuikahi no elima makahiki a ua hiki i kekahx ke hoopau ī ua: kuikahi la he Uookahi makahiki mamua aku o ka piha ana o ka manawa i hana. ia ai e Jaua, .

.Nolaila no ka uha'i ana o lapana i keia kuikahi, ua hoopau ae ia o Kusia i ua kuikahi nei o laua. w 4

Wo kona huli kaua mai ia iapana, aoie i naaopopo i keia manawa, aka malia e kakali ana oia (Rusia) a haulepio o Kelemania, alaiia, huli mai a kaua ia lapana.

He maaawa lehulehu ko laua kaua ana kekahi i kekahi, he mau makahiki loihi i hala aku, ua kaa no" ka lanakila ma ko lapana aoao, aka, ina laua e kaua hoi ana he hana paakiki ka iiiki ana ia lapana ke lanakila, a no ka mea, ua hoiomua loa o Rusia ma na mea apau.

Ua nui hewahewa kona mau koa, ua lako pono ina iako kaua a pela waie aku. E nana aiiu na'e hoi ma keia mua aku.

NUI NA lUOAIO I LUKU IA Ua hoike ae o Kauka Befet Fabian, k& peresident o ka mahele kuokoa o Hunagaria, ua hiki aku tna kahi o ka eiima miliona mau ludaio i iuku ia mea o na ea make a- o kekahi ua puhi ahi ia maloko o na hale i hoomakaukau ia e na Kelemania no ka luku

&n& i na kanaka. Ua hoike ae o Kauka Fabi&n no kona lawe ia ana aku oia no Ausschwitz me 500,000 mau ludaio e ae. a h<? 400,000 o iakou i lukuia me ka oa meke & puM ahi i& nohoi, a he 100,000 wale no i koe iiw. I U& hoike pu ae oi& he 5,000,000 | n« ludfluk> i luku ia ma Ausch\silz |i huiia me na lueiaio i lawe ia |mai Belegiuma, Holani, Kuaia, |P&lani, H\m*£*ria am« Helene imai. | U* hoike ae o Kauka Fabiaiv

ua oia he eha maliina J tua Avu*tthwvU. a mailaila aku j ua nee aku ao Oraiiīivburs, he; walu « kokoke aiia i Bereiitia, no, k& mea ua kau ka weli i iia Kcl«uuutūa « konio mai ua Kukini tua Auaciiwita, Mahope iho o elua pule m Graninbuf6, ua hoihoi ia aku o Fahia*i uo Oshrdru£ ma ka hcuv& mai o CoUva, kaiū aua i uoho ai a hiki i koua hookuu aia ai « na Aiuehka, O iu |*w maluua o ke 50 īuakahiki ua luku ia \akou a pela uo me ua %v tU'ivr.c i &c ole e msu iak-:u uv?.u koki.

kele wale no kie ola o keia kanaka mamuii o ka puni ana o na Kelemania he 46 wale no ona ma--k&hikf ia manawa. HELUNA NUI O NA POINO Ua hoike ia maila o ka nui o na koa Amelika 1 poino ma ke l kaua ma, Iwo Jima ua hiki aku I i ka 432 i make a he 2,100 i hoeiha ia, a he 116 i nalowale, a o ka nui o na Kepani i make, ua hiki aku I ka 5,000. I Aole nae hoi i hoike ia ae ka i nui o na poe i hoeha ia a paapio mai paha. He mea maopopo loa aole na Kepani he poe haawipio i wale, «ka, e paio ana lakou no ke i ola aine ka make. E aho ko lakou make ana mamiTa o ka haawipio ana. Ma Okinawa, eia. no na 1 Amelika ke kaua maila, a ua lilopio hou maila he mau kauhale e aku 0 na Kepani i na pualika.ua Amelika. - He nui nohoi na poe kiwila i j haawipio mai imua o na Amelika, | eia. no lakou ke noho ala ma .ko j lakou mau kauhale, a e lawelawe ana nohoi i ka lakou oihana mahiai e like me ia mamua o ka lele kaua' ana aku a n-a Amelika. Eia nae hoi e ku kiai ia 1 ana owaho e na koa i ole ai e hooalaiala ae lakou i kekahi hana ,e k<*'e mai ana i na Amelika.

Ma na aina Filipino, ua hoike ] ia ae ua hiki aku ma kahi o ka | 318,000 msai Kepani i, luku ia ma na wahi like ole i kaua ia ai i

Ma kekahi. mau mokupuni liilii mawaho #iku o Luzon, i ka pae ana aku a na koa Amelika, xia naholo jiiua na Kepani, a ua lilo mai ua mau mokupuni la' me' ka nui ole o na poe i make. Aole nae i pau loa na Kepani i ka make a paapio, eia no na pualikaua o Kenelala Makaaka ke hoomau maila i ka hoomaemae ana i ua mau mokupuni la. OKI PU IA NA P€[ALIKAUA E hoike ana kekahi lono kaua no ka oki pu ia ana aku o kekahi mau pualikoa Kelemania inawaena o Holani ame na kahuakaua o mua o lakou e na mahele kaua Amelika 1 hookuukuu ia iho mai na mokulele iho.

Av& m iiahi t> ke 50.&Ō& mau koa Kelemanīa ma Holani e ake āna e hemo mai, i pakele ai lakou mai na aoao huiīa mai, eia nae ua oki pu ia ko lakou alahele e hemo mai ai.

O ka huina nui o na koa Kelemania i hoomaopopo ia ai ma Holani ua hiki aku ia ma kahi o ke 90,000. Me he ala, ua hemo mua aku he 40,000 mamua iho o ke komo ana aku o na koa Amelika.

KE KOKOKE LOA AKU LA Ma kekahi mau la aku nei ua loa maila na lono aia na puali kaua malalo o lukanela Kenelala Patton ma kahi o ka 170 mile mai ke kulanakāuhale mai o Berelina.

E like me na lono hope i hoike ia mai, 110 ka holo loa o ka nee ana aku a na pnalikaua Amelika, ua li«a aku la lakou ī ka muliwai hope loa e kokoke aku ana i Berelina, a he 64 wale no mile a komo aku na Aji\elika tka palena o waho o ua kwlanakauhale la.

līe mau kauJiak khulohu nohoi i£*i hauiepio umi i ap. pualikaua

Amelika, me ka nui ole o ka hr\na, §o ka mea aole lakou i makemake i kaua kupe mai. Ua ike no paha lakou he mea makehewa ka huli ku'e ana mai i na Amelika.

NUI NA MOKULELE I POINO E hoike ana kekahi lono kaua mai Ladana mai, ua hiki aku ma toahi o ka 989 mau mokulele i luku ia iloko o eono 1a,.0 ka hooili kaua ana me na mokulele 1 Amelika. I Ua hooneoneo ia aku kekahi mau kahua hoolulu mokulele o ka enemi me ka luku ia ana he 350 mau mokulele enemi ma ke kahua hoolele. Ua hoomau aku ka hahau ana 1 na mokulele Amelika a hiki i ka pau loa ana o -ka lakou mau poka. I ka hope loa, ua helu ia he 74 mau mokulele enemi i luku ia a he 18 i hoopoino ia. Ua hahau hou aku na mokUlele 0 na aoao ia Berelina me na poka pahu i na hora o ka po a e haawi ana hoi i na puupuu o k& make maluna o na moku Kelemania me ka hooemi ana aku i ka ikaika kau-a lewa o ka enemi. He elima mau moku Kelemania 1 a ia e ke ahi ma ka pa ana aku i na poka pahu »a na mokulele o na aoao huiia mawaho aku o na kapakai o,Norewai. He kaleaikahi loa na mokulele o na aoao huiia i poino a i ole nalowale paha. Ke emi mai nei ka ikaika kaua lewa o Kelemania, >a ke pii mahuahua aku nei ka ikaika kaua fewa o na aoao huiia. Me he mea la he manawa wale no koe a haawipio mai o Kelemania a o ka pau no ia o ka oe hana a pio ka oe ahi.

NUI KA POINO O NA KELEMANIA

Ua halawai ae na Kelemania me kekahi poino koikoi loa i hekau aku maluna o lakou i paa ma ka moolelo o keia kaua ana i hiki aku ma kahi o 377 i lukuia, he 336 i luku ma ka honua a he 41 me ke kaua lewa. Ua hekau āku keia poino i ka wa i Hlo aku ai kekahi heluna nui o na. moleulele Amelika o na ano like ole i hiki aku ma kahi o 2,150 a hahau -aku i na kahua mokulele o Kelemania no ka eha 0 na la, a e hahau naa hoi i na kahua mokulele o Berelina mahope o ka hahau ana aku o 600 mau mokulele o ka mahele RAF o Beretajiia nui maluna o ke kahua hoolulu mokulele o Kelemania ma Kiel. 1 O ka heluna kiekie loa o na mokulele Kelemeunia i luku ia ai ioia no he 177 i luku ia i Sepatemaha 1944 aku nei. ITa hahau aku n a mokulele Amelika he ehiku mau kahua mokulele ma ka henwa ame ke koi moliana aku o Berelina. j Ua h&hau aku na mokulele j RAF o Beretanja ma o ka hoolei i ana iho ma kahi o ka 3-t 4 00° | paona poka pa-hu maluna o ke ; k«hua hoolulu mokuluu ma Hams burg, a pela nohi>i ma ke kahua >ma Kiel. Ua hoike ia ae no ka ,ike ana o ka a o k« ahi ma Ki«I»

Ma kekahi kahua e aku ua luku liou ia ae he I§6 ma\> mokv>lele enemi, Oo ka nui o na mokuteV Berotania i poino he eono» a o ka nui ma ka aoao o Amelika he «ni-kumaniaha i huiia me na mokulel« hoopa-hu nimui he \3n\i-