The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-13
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fairly but we mus, treat with Justice
and good win AN immigrants who come
here under the law. Whether they are
Catholic or Protestant, jew or Gentle,
whether they come from England or
Germany, Russia, Japan or Italy, mat
tcrs nothing. All we have a right To
question is the mans conduct If he
Is honest and upright I'm his dealings
with his neighbor and with the state,
then he is entitled to respect and good
treatment Especially do we need to
remember our duty to the stranger
within our gates 1t is the sure mari,
Of a low civilization, a low morality
to abuse or discriminate against or i'm
any way humiliate such stranger who
has come here lawfully and who is
conducting himself properly To re-
member this is incumbent on every
American citizen, and it is, of course,
peculiarly incumbent on every Govern
ment official whether of the nation or
of the several states.
TREAT NATIONS FAIRLY.
I am prompted to say this by the at
titude of hostility here and there as
country. This hostility is sporadic and
is limited to a very few places. Never
theless, it is most discreditable to us
as people, and it may be fraught
with the gravest consequences to the
nation. The friendship between the
United States and Japan has been con-
tinuous since the time, over half a CEN
fury ago, when Commodore Perry, by
his expedition to Japan, first opened
the islands to western civilization.
Since then the growth of Japan has
been literally astounding. There is not
only nothing to parallel it, but nothing
I to approach it in the history of civ
ilized mankind. Japan has a glorious
ana ancient past. Her civilization is
cider than that of the nations of North
cru Europe-the nations from whom
the people of the United States have
chiefly sprung.
EULOGIZES JAPANESE.
But fifty years ago Japan's develop
ment wah still that of the middle ages.
During that fifty years the progress of
the country in every walk in life has
been a marvel to mankind, and she now
stands as one of the greatest of civil
lied nations; great in the arts of war
and in the arts of peace; great in mill
tary, in industrial, in artistic develop
ment and achievement. japanese SOL
diers and sailors, have shown them
selves equal in combat to any of whom
history makes note. She has produced
great generals and mighty admirals;
her fighting men, afoat and ashore,
] -1,g
questioning, unfaltering loyalty, the
| splendid Indifference to hardship and
death, which marked the loyal Ronins;
and they show also that they possess
the highest ideal of patriotism. Japa-
nese artists of every kind see their
! products of every kind see their
products eagerly sought for in all
| lands. The industrial and commercial
development of Japan has been phe-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS than that of any 9TH
! er country during the same period. At
| the same time the advance in science
and philosophy is no less marked. The
admirable management of the Japanese
/ Red Cross during the late war, the
efficiency and humanity of the Japanese
officials, nurses and doctors, won the
! respectful admiration of all acquaint-
ed with the facts.
GIVEN SOCIAL WELCOME.
Through the Red Cross the japanese
! people sent over $780, 900 to the sufferers
of San Francisco, and the gift was ac-
cepted with gratitude by our people
The courtesy of the Japanese, national
ly and individually, has become proven
bal. To no other country has there
been such an increasing number of Wis
itors from this land as to Japan. In
return Japanese have come here in
great numbers. They are welcome, So
cially and intellectually, i'm all our col
leges and institutions of higher learn
ing, i'm all our professional and social
bodies. The Japanese have won in a
single generation, the right to stand
abreast of the foremost and most en-
lightened peoples of Europe and Amer
lea; they have won on their own merits
and by their own exertions the right
to treatment on a basis of full and
frank equality
The overwhelming mass of our peo-
pie cherish a lively regard and respect
for the people Of Japan, and in almost
every quarter of the Union the stranger
from Japan is treated as he deserves
that is, he is treate das the stranger
from any part of civilized Surope is