The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-05

and silver and even life were sacri-
feed for righteousness.
When l see the prejudice that has
arisen in our land (America) in the
past year or so against Japan, / won
der where the end viii be. - said the
doctor: FThere are presidents of col
leges, senator's and representatives,
ministers, bankers and business men.
who have shared this sentiment
against Japan and japanese. | have
observed this same sentiment even in
Honolulu. And there is one story 90
ing the rounds, that the Japanese are
so dishonest that they have to employ
Chinese to keep their books and handle
their money I defy anyone to look
through the great banks of Japan and
the branches scattered through the
large cities of the world and find even
the shadow of a Chinese employed
there. I heard this from college
president and a motOrman the same
day. Then there are the writer's who
make absurd misstatements about this
nation.
Language is the greatest barrier
between the East and the West. /
believe Japanese is the worst language
under heaven to learn, for it is com.
posed of all the thousands of eharae
tiers of the Chinese. as well as Japa-
nese, and the order of thought and
speech is just the reverse of our own.
For instance, in Our Father which art
in heaven, the japanese begin with
heaven and end with 'our. This is
one of the most dangerous barriers to
human intercourse.
The speaker then referred to that
great treaty signed by Commodore
Perry, on behalf of the United States,
and the premier lord of Japan, for
Nippon. He said he visited the castle
of that great daimio, where the birth
day anniversary was being held, and
he was asked to attend, the first for
eigner to do so. He paid tribute to
the worth of this man, who in the face
of the express command of the Mikad0
not to sign a treaty with Commodore
Perry, did so, at the risk of his honor
and assassination as well, in order to
save his country from a war through
a refusal to enter into treaty relations.
He was far-sighted and saw the sig
nifcance of the treaty. He sacrificed
his life in his devotion to his country,
for ne was assassinated, and he was
dishonored by the nation, for the title
and emoluments were taken from the
family. and to this day this great man
has not been honored On the other
hand. the japanese have erected
monument to Commodore Perry. DIR.
De Forest said he had heard recently
that Japan soon intended to return
the titles to the family and to honor
the man, and he hopes also that some
day statues of both Commodore Perry
and the japanese who signed the
treaty will adorn Washington, the two
men who opened the two hemispheres
to intercourse.
Speaking of the manneS in which
Japan has prepared her diplomats for
service, he said: "We are unified for
the solution of this problem, because
we are Anglo-Saxon, and because we
are ct, and because we think it does
not make much difference to anybody
else. We are away up in our conceit.
We had better open our eyes and enter
into fellowship with these nations
which have histories and civilizations
older than our own, and systems of
that are bound to have a
tremendous influence in the twentieth
century and in the ages to come.
81 am glad to find in these Islands
such a delightful spirit towards the
people of the East. -