The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-20
THE PERRY
MONUMENT


YOKOHAMA, July s.-Interest is CEN
tering in the unwilling of the Perry
monument, for which the following nro-
gram has been made up:
Program of the ceremony 1,,, =
1901:
7;45 a. m. The guests viii leave
Shimbashi by special train.
S:S2 a. m. They will arrive at Yoke
hama station, whence they will be con-
veyed at once by jinrikisha to the Gus
tomhouse pier
a. m. The Hakuai Maru will leave
the pier with the guests.
II a. m. She will arrive at Kuriha-
ma
The chairman and members of the
committee will receive the guests at the
entrance of the enclosure where the un-
yelling will take place
| The guests will then take seats in the
enclosure.
| The memorial will then be unveiled
and an address given by the president
! of the eiyu-Kyokwai
! Congratulatory addresses will be
given by the United States Minister.
a Minister of State, the commander of
the United States Squadron, the Gov
ernor of Kanagawa-Ke Rear Admir-
al Beardslee, U.S.A
Presentation of arms by the Rifle
corps sent as guard of honor from the
! japanese men-of-war
Refreshments will then be offered.
Music and a display of fireworks will
be given in the course of the proceed
ings.
i AT p. M, the Hakuai Maru will
leave with the guests for Yokohama
! COMMODORE PERRY'S VISIT.
/ On the morning of July g. 1853, Com
modore NJ. C. Perry's peaceful armada
was ranged off the shore of Yedo Bay
opposite the village of Kurihama, and
well within Morrison Bluff, from which
the japanese, sixteen years before, had
fired on the unarmed ship sent by
American merchants in China to re-
turn Japanese shipwrecked men. Re-
fusing to go to Nagasaki, Perry waited
patiently to hear from the government
in Yedo. A pavilion was erected on
the strand, and with all due pomp and
ceremony the letter of President Fill
more asking for International courte-
sizes was received. Giving the Japan
csc plenty of time to think about pro-
posals for a treaty. Perry came back
next year with a larger squadron. La
ter, Townsend Harris, our envoy with
out a ship or soldier, reached Yedo to
become the educator of the hermit
statesmen. ,fs
Today japan is a world power, and
her people appreciate the events of
1858 and 1854. This is what they them
selves say:
J This visit of Commodore Perry was,
in a word. the turning of the key which
opened the doors of the Japanese EN-
pire to friendly intercourse with the
United States, and subsequently to the
rest of the nations of Europe on similar
terms, and may in truth be regarded as
the most memorable event in our an
nais-an event which paved the way for
and accelerated the introduction of a
new order of things, an event that en-
abled the country to enter upon the
+ unprecedented era of national ascend
encyf in which we are now living"
Last autumn Rear Admiral L. A
Beardslee, who was cadet in one OF
Perry's ships, paid a visit to Japan
Going to Kurihama, he found in the
village survivor Of bygone days, who
pointed out the ground on which the pa
wilton had been built. 4aa 4s
On December s., 1900. Admiral and
Mrs. Beardslee, Baron kaneko, Mr.
George Scidmore - representing the
United States Minister, Colonel Buck
the Governor of Kanegawa, the Mayor
of Yokohama, and President Otanf OF
the Chamber of Commerce, planted a
! Kurihama the seven ceremonial pine
trees around the inscribed woode1
shaft Our picture shows this shaft anf
;. the pine trees, the two poles in from
bearing the crossed flags of Japan ant
of the United States. s,iI