The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-06
THE JAPANESE
CELEBRATE
VICTORY
CFrom Saturdays Advertiser1


unveiling of picture of their beloved
Mikado. 1t was the battle shout of a
brave race, cried before their god of
war-and there went up with the shout
a kissing stream of rockets to dim the
stars.
Assuredly the triumph of Togo, the
latter day Nelson, was most fittingly
celebrated by the japanese residents in
Honolulu. Crowds of workmen had been
busy all day preparing Aala Park for
the celebration. In that side of the
park over against Beretania street, a
sort of tower had been built, having a
succession of platforms, the first and
widest lowest down. Upon this plat
form was the band and seats were
placed here also for the japanese dig
nitaries. Next above this was a gigan-
tic effigy of Admiral Togo in the full
dress uniform of an admiral, even to
the white gloves. and still above this
platform smaller and carefully closed
all around about with a lattice screen.
The tower was draped to its summit
with the japanese and American col
ors, and from the extreme top foated
flags, the japanese and American, while
over all was a gigantic ensign of the Mi
kado's empire, topped by tiny Amer
lean flag to mark the courtesy due to
the friendly nation upon whose shores
the celebration was held. The whole
structure stood within an enclosure
containing seats for distinguished
visitors, and from the four angles of
the tower ran long ropes from which
dangled hundreds of paper lanterns of
every imaginable color.
The park began to fill up early. There
We're in the crowd, representatives of
all the diverse races that go to make
up the population of Honolulu, and the
children of these were squirming and
frolicking about on the grass. But the
dominant note, as the dominant race in
the crowd, was japanese. The sons of
Dai Nippon We're honoring their great
est hero, the man who had saved their
nation and the people Of other races |
looked and generously contributed to
the enthusiasm
The celebration began early. 1t was |
not that it was necessary to begin 10 |
hold the crowd, but the enthusiasm was
bubbling and 1t must have outlet. And |
so from the mortar fixed for the pur- |
pose a little apart from the central |
tower the discharge of rockets and
roman candles began even before the
first speaker was introduced. Already
the park was alive with nodding lam
terms, lodging here and there like mon
ster firefies, and the people as they
came toward the center and crowded
about the enclosure containing the
tower, were beginning to shout Ban
zai!''
Then the band struck up, and in |
stantly, it seemed, the magnates came |
upon the platform and Fred *. Ma
kino. who acted as sort of master of
ceremonies, introduced DIR. Haida as the
chairman of the evening and the first
speaker. Mr.. Maxine said
THE SPEECHES.
Gentlemen and all those present. |
We have come here tonight to cele-
brate the glorious victory of our coun-
try, and as the time is limited l will
not take up the time specially reserved
for the speakers tonight; but before
introducing the next speaker, DR.. X.
Haida, wish to call for three cheers |
(banZaD."
Gentlemen and all the subjects of
His Imperial Majesty of the Great Ja-
pan; / am pleased to stand here before
you tonight and say that our naval
hero Admiral Togo has successfully |
shown to the world what we Japanese
can do in handling the modern war
machines. When We look back to the
history of the great generals and the
admirals, we find that Lord Nelson has
been considered the greatest of all ad-
mirals; but when Togo was commits
stoned by His Majesty to the command
of our navy he went out to sea and
Immediately attacked the enemy to its
finish. In the fight in the Korean strait,
he astonished the whole world by COM
pletely annihilating the famous Baltic |
fleet under Admiral Rojestvensky l |
am almost certain to say that Admiral |
Togos name will ever remain in the |
history of the world as the greatest |
of all the admirals."
At the conclusion of DR.. Haida's |
speech the picture of the Mikado
was unveiled, and the crowd went wild. |
Standing, they threw their hats into
the air and yelled and yelled, while |
the lattice curtain in front of the pic
ture was slowly raised. and while the
band played the Japanese national air.
And, as they stood, the leaders pres
emily began to sing the anthem the
crowd on the ground joining in.
OTHER ADDRESSES.
The second speaker was Vice Consul
Matsura, who spoke very briefly of
the glorious naval victory achieved by
the navy of Japan, and who was en-
thusia stically cheered.
Mr.. II. Haramoto, chairman of the
japanese Hotel Union, was next intro
duced and read from a japanese paper
giving an account of the naval fight.
He touched upon the destruction of
the Russian fleet and commended the
wisdom of Admiral Togo. There
were three banzais.
Mr. Onodera of the Hawaii Shinpo
was next introduced and spoke as fol-
lows:
Gentlepen: am exceedingly glad
to be here tonight and express myself
before the public, to the effect that