The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-12
GOV. FREAR At
BOSTON FEAST

Boston Globe, May 29-How close
and vital have been the ties binding
Boston and Honolulu for nearly CEN
fury was evidenced in a very pleasant
manner at Young's yesterday afternoon,
when Gorham D. Gilman gave an in
formal luncheon to his excelleney Wal
ter F. Frear, Governor of the Territory
of Hawaii and ox-Chief Justice of its
Supreme Court.
| Mr.. Gilman, ex-consul general of Ha-
waii for New England, and for many
years familiar with affairs in the
Islands, conceived the happy idea of
inviting representatives of the national
state and city governments, newspaper
men and representatives Of other bust
informally on the occasion of his brief
visit to Boston.
| The Governor has been attending the
Conference of Governors in Washing
ton and the Peace Conference at Lake
Mohonk, and is for a few days the
guest of Vernon B. Sweet of Newtown
He intends to start for Honolulu next
Monday.
| Those invited to meet Governor Frear
all of whom were present, included
Lieutenant-G Governor Draper, Mayer
Hibbard, Postmaster Mansfield, Hon. s.
B. Capen, president of the American
board of commissioners for foreign mis-
sions; J. F. Hunnewell, president of the
Bostonian Society; Edward H. Clement,
George P. Morris. Charles E. Wingate,
Herbert S. Underwood, Fred E. Good
rich, Rev. E. J. Dunning, E. NJ. Brewer,
Lawrence Bond, Vernon B. SWEET,
George Angler, and Clifford Kimball
| of Honolulu.
Those who had not met Governor
Frear before found an exceedingly af-
fable man, simple and direct in man.
ner, with little trace of the oppressive
dignity of a judge or high official.
He is a graduate of Yale College and
of the Yale Law School, has been a col
lege professor, and subsequently Judge,
first in the Kingdom and then in the
Republic of Hawaii, and since last year
Governor of the Territory.
CREDITS AMERICAN BOARD.
After luncheon Mr.. Gilman spoke in
the reasons why the guests he'd been
invited to meet Governor Frear. Since
1920 Boston and New England had had
especial interest in the Hawaiian
Islands, he said In that year the sail
ing vessel Thaddeus carried the first
missionaries of the American Board to
Honolulu, and ever since thep American
influence had been the determining fac
tor in the development of the Islands.
The first officer on that vessel was
the father of President Hunnewell of
the Boston Society, one of the guests
of yesterday. Two of the other guests,
Messrs Bond and Brewer, were natives
of Hawaii, and President Capen of the
American Board had especial interest in
the civilizing of the Islands.
The missionaries had gone there with
the Bible, the school book, and with a
conscience, and those three Influences,
more than any other, had made the Ha-
waiian Islands what they are today.
The American Board said Mr.. Gilman,
is entitled to greater credit then any
other force for the development of
Hawaii.
: Lieutenant-G Draper brought |
the greetings CT the commonwealth to |
Governor Frear, and spoke briefly on
the tremendous importance of Hawaii |
to American supremacy in the Pacific
and in the settlement of the Eastern
question.
DEBT TO NEW ENGLAND.
Governor Frear dwelt briefly on the
fact that Hawaii owes mere to Boston
and to New England than to any other
section of the country. Hawaii had
been civilized by New England. The
vessel that carried the first missionaries
had also carried printing press. With
in two years the press was turning cut
literature in the Hawaiian language,
and it was not until fifteen years af-
that there was printing press
in this country west &C the Rocky
and that press was import
ed from Hawaii. The people of Cali
fornia sent their children to Hawaii to
be educated.
The Governor said he would be glad
to answer any questions about Hawaii
that might be asked, and Mr.. Clement
wanted to know whether he had any
fears that the japanese would capture
Hawaii
'tNo fears Whatever replied Gov
srnor Frear. ''In the first place, the
financial condition of Japan will not
permit that for manv years at least
Then immigration to Hawaii from
Japan has ceased
In reply to other questions the Gov
,rnor said that there are about $4,000
Japanese in the Hawaiian Islands, and
$4,000 japanese ard Chinese children
n the public schools. The school ques-
ion had caused no trouble, as in Cali
ornia, because Hawaii had settled it
" establishing standard in English
s prerequisite for admission to the
ehools. The japanese were not dis
riminated against.
GOOD STOCK FOR CITIZENS.
The population is very much mixed, r
ut it is rapidly becoming thoroughly t
merican. There are many children of d
hinese fathers and native motfars, s
nd these are exceptionally good stock a
seems to be just the right mixture. o
he offspring of such unions is veryi n
Born on American soil, they g
i'll become American citizens, and this f,
,untry will have reason to be proud e
them. The daughters of Chinese IL