The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-06

ends or the wagons, Roman canules
shot fiery streams into the air and
rockets exploded high IN air.
Then came a canvas cannon with
lights inside, and borne on wheels. 1t
was labelled "Stoessers Cannon Cap
tured by Japan" An effigy of Cen
eral Stoessel was tied to the cannon.
Transparencies represented duels be-
tween Nogi and Stoessel. There was
a warship on wheels surrounded by Jap
anese sailors in white costumes. and
close behind this came a model of a
torpedo boat done in fire. 1t was most
appropriate, for the japanese torpedo
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boats are nothing If not fiery. There
were transparencies also of Togo and
Nogi, and floats of bamboo and cherry
branches, with leaves and foliage and
blossoms of fire.
The Kaleidoscope procession moved
ur Liliha street to the residence of
Governor Carter, where there was a
massing of the lanterns and the floats.
Incidentally, it should be mentioned
that all the Japanese newspapers had
floats of fire in the procession.
"Banzai" shouted the enthusiastic
sons of old Nippon, and Governor Car
ter came out on the lanai of his house
and returned the greeting that went
echoing from thousands of throats,
and that shouting must have been
heard at the Pail and beyond there.
Mayhap the Japanese Prince, on the
big steamer just then ru hing down
across the darkness toward Koko
Head, may have caught an echo of
that shouting.
Leaving the house of Governor Car
ter. the process ion marched straight
down Nuuanu street to the Japanese
Consulate, which was decorated with a
great profusion of flags and lanterns.
The Consul Mr.. Saito, received his re-
joicing countrymen in a speech which
was all "Banzai" said over and over
again words that raised the widest
enthusiasm in the ranks.
Leaving the consulate, the process
sion still moved down Nuuanu street,
intent upon honoring the Advertiser
with the "Banzai' of the Japanese of
Honolulu. Before the procession start
ed, Lieutenant Kurokawa, who was
marshal of the parade, had called at
the Advertiser Office and requested the
management to review the procession
and receive its banZais, as a compli-
ment to the paper. A force of Adver-
tiser men stood on the balcony of the
office as the marching column went by,
each japanese yelling his banzai the
Advertiser receiving the cheers with a
discharge of Roman candles. Although
a large supply of the pyrotechnics was
on hand there was not enough for the
whole parade, though fiery showers fell
until the greater part of the rejoicing
procession had gone by. Viewed from
the Advertiser balcony the march past
was a splendid show of movement and
color.
Moving out King street and filling
that thoroughfare from side to side
and from Alakea street to Nuuanu with
what seemed from the Advertiser Office
to be n sea that beat up and down in
waves of fire, the procession moved tc
the British consulate, where Consul r
De b. Layard, under acanopy of lanterns
stood and, made speech to the Japa'
nese in their own tongue:
II congratulate you upon your vic
tory" he said, "and give you the ban.
zai of my country to yours!"
The crowd went fairly wild at that
and there were cheers and still more
cheers for the Consul, who had witt
him DR.. and Mrs. Humphris and Mr.
Hawes. Leaving the British consu-
late. the procession moved to Bereta-
MIA and down to the Chinese consu-
late. where there We're more banzals
and then went out into Thomas square
and broke up under the trees like a
lot OF gigantic fire flies scattering
through the foliage OF a tropical
garden.