Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1895-01-04

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The following ole written 10
the occasion by Mr. Fukuch
who is considered the most gifte5
and versatile poet of modern Jap
an may be of interest to our read
ers That the song has suffered BY
being translated into English
goes without saying. The ode
had been set To music and was
distributed among the partisi-
pants of the feast:
/ 1st Verse: Flag of the Morn
ing San. Flag of the Morning
SUM- Across the rolling waves
of the ocean 70 = far distant land
have gone the splendour and bril-
lance. the strength of our land.
Confronted by the Imperial In
/ teiIigence of our Great Lord, by
the invincible hosts of our war
riors, who can hope to conquerl
Refrain: Teikoku Banznil Ban
ban -zai.
End Verse: Flag of the Morn
ing Sun, Flag of the Morning
Sun, Bv thy favour we have
multiplied the glory of our land;
we have pressed forward with
speedl The strongholds of the
enemy have fallen continuously;
the ships OF the enemy have been
ground to powder. The war has
been victory upon victory this is
a particularly striking line in the
Original, the ALTERATION being
very musical kachini kqttaru kdchi
ikusa).
Refrain: Teikoku Banzsil Ban
ban-zai.
3rd Verse: Flag OF the Morn
ing Sun Flag of the Morning
SUM- To our Sunland (hi no mo
to in the original) there is no
parallel in the world. We have
but one spirit of loyalty. Even
to boys and maidens, if for Thy
(the Emperor sake, we ready
to die: for the sake of our coun-
try, we grndge not our bodies.
Oh Mountain Cherry. send out
thy perfume in the morning SUM-
Refrain Teikoku Banzai! Ban
ban-Zai,
The following incidents" from
the feast are rather characteristic
and show that Japan is as civil
i1ea --.rarrAn7 England or
even Hawaii:
On the tramway between Shin
bashi and UYeno fares were re-
duced for the day, with the con
sequence that no less than 66 O47
people rode on the cars. the total !
amount paid by them being over !
eighteen hundred yen On the
"ace-course and in the Park were
next day picked VI. no less than
three cartuls of odd geta or
wooden clogs, which proves that
1T least two thousand people
must have travelled homewards
minus one shoe or barefoot.
seventeen Aurumas were broken
o pieces in the crush; ten fights
we're of slch serious nature
hat the police were forced to in
erfere. On the previous day no
ess than ire hundred one-time
onvicted !ickpockets Of else such
$ were strongly suspected to
elong to tie light fingered frater
ity, We're kept under lock and
ey or else strictly forbidden to
cave their dwellings. Despite
Il this. fully seventy thieves were
rrested In the Park and its vicin-
y Faggaats deiicto. One gold
atch was reported missing and {
Inc silver ones. 4 farmer who
al come no to Tokyo expressly /.
take part in the fete, WAS given :
taste of metropolitan life on
aching Shimbashi, where he C
as skilfully relieved of bundle {
notes of l30yen. No less than f
ty four persons were either
lshed, thrown, or fell into the y
g pond One policeman. who
mt to the rescue of several in
rates WHO had fallen in, Was m
zed by 50 many hands that he V,
It both his cap and sabre, and 4,
rely managed to get ont unin- ~
ed. Twenty -four people were '"
re or less hurt, and an old man al
roughly handled that his arms ST
re broken and he is not ex- g.
ted to recover. The ground -,
simply strewn with battered .i'
shapeless hats. bundles of TIC
ious disruption, broken hair he
S, garments of all kinds
luding three haEqma. and