The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-15
HE GETS ALOHA
Cordial Welcome Extended to
Joseph Ch0ate.
ADDRESSES AND RESPONSE
Greeting al Southampton OF the
Nations - From Day OF the
mayflower,

dor to the court or st. James, arrived
here this afternoon on board the Am
| erican Line steamer st. Paul from New
York. Several thousand persons await
ed the arrival of che United States En-
bassador. The Stars and Stripes were
displayed on many buildings, and i'm
mediately after the arrival of the St
Paul she was boarded by delegation
of 200 of the principal citizens OF South
ampton, headed by the Mayor and 9TH
er officers in their official robes. They
were introduced to the ambassador by
Lieutenant Carter in the dining-saloon,
where the addresses were delivered.
Afterward many members OF the wei
coming party shook hands with the
ambassador All MIR. Choate's refer
ences to the friendshipex between
the two nations were loudly applauded.
as was graceful tribute which he
paid to Queen Victoria during the
course of his reply to the Mayor.
In welcoming the ambassador the
Mayor said he was proud to be Mayor
of Southampton in order to welcome
such a distinguished guest, accredited
as ambassador from the great country
of America He also spoke of the cor
dial relations between the two coun-
tries.
The president of the Southampton
Chamber of Commerce presented the
new ambassador with an address, ten
dering him the most cordial welcome,
land saying: Your arrival in the mag
nificent st. Paul. which recently did
such signal service in your Navy. gives
unique interest to the occasion and
forcibly reminds us OF the facilities af-
forded the commerce of the two coun-
tries and the cordiality and friendship
whereby we recognize that your Ma
ton is akin to us in common ancestry.
Language and pursuits
Mr.. Choate replied in short speech
of thanks, saying in part: The ports
of New York and Southampton are now
closely united by the great steamships
plying between them, like the shuttles
of a weaver'S loom, connecting the i'm
lperiahable. This mutual commerce. in
Iterchange and travel will do more to-
! strengthen ...e ties which already unite
the two countries than anything else
can do. If the men and women OF
, your country could visit my country
as freely as ours do yours. the good
!, understanding which now exists would
, never fail.
Southampton has a special signifi-
canoe Tor Americans, as it was the
point of departure Of the Mayflower on
the historic voyage which was to end
in planting a new nation. 1t proved
to be the first great departure of the
iEngliSh race from their island home
and inland life. They went to take pos
session of the continent waiting to lie
. subdued and replenished. The God in
whom they trusted prospered the good
work. They carried with them the
English Bible, the common law, the
idea of representative government and
liberty OF the individual.
''Springing from this stock is a repub.
lie of seventy millions, allied in blood,
instnutions, interests and hopes of the
future, stretching across the Atlantic
the right hand of fellowship and is
READY to meet the mother country more
than half way in everything that will
the two nations and the general well
fare of mankind.
The Mayflower of 1920 and the St.
Paul to-day furnish a symbol of the
marvellous change which time has
wrought. The crazy little bark of 1SO
. lions, bearing beneath her deck the for
tunes OF race. putting in for repairs
at Dartmouth and Plymouth, hardly
strong enough to hold together across
the Atlantic, landed her hundred he
roes and heroines after more than four
months on a rock which was TO be the
corner stone of American freedom. To-
day the representatives OF their de-
Scendants traverse the same seas in Z
single week in a mighty cruiser just
converted from a swift messenger Ot
war to a welcome messenger OF peace
J herself an emblem of the sea power
upon which the destinies of the Anglo
Saxon race depend.
"As go to present my letter OF ere
dence from the President TO Your illus
= trious sovereign, who after more thar
!. sixty years still reigns supreme over
q the hearts of her subjects and com
mands the affectionate admiration o
my own countrymen as their Yer!
steadfast and faithful friend. 1 accep