The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-06

worship Of the dead is one Of the most
powerful moral forces in the making
Of the nation. Those OF us who have
come to regard worship as only for the
Supreme Being miss tho deeper mean
ing as the East knows IT., for the wor-
ship of the dead in the East holds tho
whole nation together as one family.
He spoke of an experience during
the Japanese. Russo war, when no went
to the front with letters to the field
generals, and while no was MT Liao-
Yang $4,000 wounded were brought 60
the hospitals there from Mukden. He
attended a funeral of an officer as an
especial honor accorded him, and he
stood close to the altar, where there
were patriotic rites over the officers
ashes. and incense was burned.
81 have no objection TO the burning
of incense for the dead, and il it gives
the living any satisfaction, let them
do it, said the doctor. When he was
asked to offer a tribute. he took
small flag from his pocket and spread
it before the Japanese altar and ex-
pressed the sympathy of the people of
the West for the dead one who had
sacrificed his life for his country. This
act gave immense satisfaction and he
afterwards sent the flag to the family
of the officer.
Good" he said, chad raised this
people and nation step by step until
Japan is now a great nation, a nation
of sacrifice, such sacrifice as we
know that Christ made for all man
kind.
cit is from all these great moral in
fuences that has arisen the spirit of
T.. A. L.. H.. ,F
old had three great rules of life, and
these were, in their order, righteous
ness, life and gold and silver, but gold
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 will be- said the
doctor. "There 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 GO
ing the rounds, that the Japanese are
so dishonest that they have to employ
Chinese to keep their books and handle
their money. 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 n Chinese employed
there. / heard this from a college
president and motorman the same
day. Then there are the writers who
make absurd msstatements 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 charac-
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 sour 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
, egner to do so. He paid tribute to
, the worth of this man, who in the face
of the express command of the Mikado
! 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 n war through
, refusal to enter into treaty relations.
J He was farsghted and saw the sig
/ nfcance of the treaty. He sacrificed
al hiG Ii n N his dauntiop 10 |, io 49,,
for he 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
a hand, the japanese have erected
? monument to Commodore Perry DIR.
. De Forest said he had heard recently
1 that Japan soon intended to return
a 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 tive
F. men who opened the two hemspheres
to intercourse.
: Speaking of the manner in which
, Japan has prepared her diplomats for
service, he said: "We are untitled for
the solution of this problem, because
we are Anglo-Saxon, and because we
are It, 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
government that are bound to have
tremendous influence in the twentieth
. century and in the ages to come.
! "I am glad to find in these Islands
such delightful spirit towards the
people of the East"
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