The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-07
An Early Welcome.

The Chiyo Maru arrived off port very
early and at half-past seven the local
chamber of commerce committee, Con-
sul-General Uyeno and several Japa-
nese, together with Miss Crewes and
Miss Taylor, bearing leis, boarded the
liner at quarantine. The commission
ers and the ladies of the party were
already on deck and an informal re-
ception was held in the social hall
where the visitors were decorated with
leis. On reaching the dock the party
was given a musical welcome by the
Hawaiian band, which played, among
other selections, the japanese national
air. At half-past eight the party left
the ship and was conveyed in autos
to the railroad station, where they
boarded a special train consisting of
two coaches and an observation car,
leaving town shortly after nine clock.
1ney went directly to Wahiawa, where
they remained only ten minutes. The
train was taken out over the new rail
road trestle over the gulch, one hun
dred and fifty feet above the bottom
of the ditch.
On the return to the city the train
stopped at Eva mill, where the Wis
itors alighted and were met by Man
ager Renton and his staff The party
was broken into smaller crowds and
under guide, each section was con-
Quoted through the great mill, and the
process of turning cane into sugar ex-
planned in detail.
The train was sent back to town at
a rapid rate and shortly before one
O'Clock the entire party arrived at the
Young Hotel where luncheon was
served in the mauka pavilion It was
a buffet luncheon and quite informal.
A number of town ladies, including
Mrs. Walter F'rear, Mrs Ernest Mott
Smith, Mrs. C. P. Rees, Mrs. G. P.
Wilder, Mrs. John Waterhouse. Mrs. C..
Hedemann, Mrs. Alonzo Gartley and
Mesdames Sheba, Mitamura, Motosni-
&c, Takakuwa, Tokieda, Sega and Ha-
ida, who had received the Japanese
ladies of the party in the parlor, as
sisted in entertaining them at luncheon.
Members of the merchants association
also Joined with the chamber of com
merce committee in playing hosts, in
which pleasant task they were also
aided by Acting Governor Mott Smith.
British Consul Forster and H. P. Bald
win. During the luncheon Kaai's Ha-
wallan orchestra played many selec-
lions, each evoking rounds of applause
from the visitors.
Morgan Welcomed Them.
j. f. Morgan, president of the cham
| Der OF commerce, made brief address
of welcome to the commissioners which
was responded to by Baron Shibusawa.
whose remarks were interpreted by Mr..
| Mldsuno, the japanese consul-general
| at New York. Mr. Shibusawa express.
| ed thanks on behalf of the commission
ers to the chamber of commerce for its
hospitality in the eden of the Pa.
clfic. - His concluding words were a
| poetic outburst of feeling 1or the Ha.
waiians Islands. He said:
To us who have viewed the glories
of the United States, this too brief
| glimpse of Hawaii is as the adding OF
| the flowers to the work of a beautiful
embroidery. Hawaii, to us, is the per.
feet finishing touch of your great Uni.
| ted States.
Acting Governor Mott-Smith pro.
! posed the toast 'The Emperor of jap.
| am which was drunk standing. and
Baron Shibusawa called for a toast ia
the President of the United States
which was responded to with three
rousing banzais.
Immediately following, B. Dol, one of
/ the principal business men of Osaka
| president of the Osaka Chamber of