The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-04
Special Committee Address to
General Anderson.
READ BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE
The Occasion and the Cause-Best
Wishes of the People of Hawaii.
Brief Response.

The feast was at its height yester-
day when the formal address Of vel
come to the expedition was made to
Brig. Gen. Anderson, I. S. A, military
commander of the force en- route to
Manila. The scene of the incident
was the main hall of the Executive
Building. Those present were Brig
Gen. Anderson and staff, the address
committee and a number of prominent
citizens, Government officials and Off
GERS of the \. G. H. Chief Justice Judd
read the address, prepared by the spe-
cial committee. as follows:
BROADER = GENERAL THOMAS
NJ ANDERSON, L. S. A, Com
mandiug L. S. Troops en- route to
Manila.
Our city presents itself today in hCli-
day attire. Our men have left aside their
usual vocatiOns to greet you and those
whom you command. We offer to you,
and TO the American soldiers of your
command a glad welcome in which not
alone your cOuntrymen of this Island
Republic join, but all people who dwell
in Hawaii nei. The war of Indepen-
dence and the war of 1912 we may look
back upon as a family quarrel; the
civil war lies happily in an almost
forgotten past. In 1915, whilst the
United States were in actual conflict
with the mother country, before they
had attained a slight part of the
strength with which they have entered
into this trial with Spain, they bravely
undertook to chastise and subdue the
pirates of Northern Africa. This
work had been accomplished before
England or France followed the action
of the United States, but our present
adversary refrained from meddling
with those enemies of mankind. This
was the first occasion on which the
United States carried the war into
Africa" The present is the second
occasion in which the United States
have become engaged in a foreign con-
fict.
We feel-we know-that this war is
not one of revenge. It is holy war,
to arrest the hands Of an enemy that
are dripping with the blood, not only
of insurgents but also, of nOn-cOm-
batants Of the aged, of women and
children. It is a war kindled to teach
the Spaniard that a higher policy now
sways civilized nations than that Of
murder, oppression, misrule and con-
fiscation, which he has followed from
the time of the conquest Of Granada
until the present day. It is a war to
impress upon his stubborn pride that
the methods of the Turk in Armenia
and Crete, cannot be followed
within the recognized sphere of Am
erican influence. You have the exalted
and glorious task Of assisting in this
war Of civilization, enlightenment and
humanity against cruelty, tyranny and
injustice from which the victims in
Cuba appeal to our great Republic and
to her alone for redress and prOtec-
ton.
1T Is the cause that raises or casts
down the soldiers courage
Shame will unnerve his hands
should that cause be unjust"
You take the field in just cause.
May success attend you, and safe
return, after duty we'll performed, be
vOuchsafed to you and those who you
lead In the language of our fellow
Hawaiian citizens we call to you we
la ka hao"-Strike! the iron is hot!
Remember that those who take part in
this demonstration today viii cherish
a tender and hopeful sOlicitude for the
we'll being and good fortune Of your
self. your officers and men. This is
not a war of conquest; it is blow
for human rights.
May the God Of Battles protect you
and may He grant that after your mis-
sion is fulfilled you will follow the
great example of our cOuntry's sol !
diers both North and South, sheatne
your weapons, and show that you can
be great in peace as well as in war!
On behalf the Citizens of the Hawai- J
ian Islands.