The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-02
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the enthusiasm Of this reception.
''To all of US, the embIems in the
flag flying over the San Gabriel repre-
sent and revive the traditions of that
European nation. whose Odyssey of dis,
coveries and conquests has never been
equaled; the nation that was one of
the most brilliant and far-reaching fac
tors in accelerating the march of prog
ress which has eliminated in the pres
emit magnificent condition of the civil
lzed world.
''To our minds through this flag are
brought back the heroic deeds of those
men who, with indomitable courage,
sailing in rude vessels through unknown
seas, after an entire fleet had been
lost in the first attempt, doubled the
Cape of Good Hope, discovered and
settled there, in India, having to fight,
thousands of miles from their country,
the warIike Mussulman and Mongol. And
not satisfied with this, they started a
triumphal march through all the ORR
ent as far as China and Java and es-
tablished the first Christian missions
in Japan.
'In Abvssinia, in Alden, in Mascate,
in the Persian Gulf, in all the western
coast of India, in Ceylon,, in the Ma
laysIan Straits, in Java and China, ey-
erywhere in the Orient, where in many
places the natives still, after so many
centuries, speak the old Portuguese
language, are still seen today the an
cient fortresses, monuments of our past
glOrles.
''These things naturally are not new
to US. We begin to learn them as soon
as we begin to talk. But it is well
to recall them, especially in the coun-
tries of this side of the world, where,
with the usual superb Indifference of
youth. they show such disregard for
the past Is it not opportune to recall
that Columbus himself, if he did dis
cover America, had to learn in Port
ugal the way it could be done2
1.-The older | grow the more intense
has grown my ADM cation for that his
torical epoch. for its wonderful results
on the general progress of the world;
and also for the men, who so nObly
gave their lives for the glory Of their
country and for the good of humanity.
"What men! What splendid men!-
! think that some of them, like AlphOnsO
d Albuquerque, st. Francis Xavier and
Don Juan de Castro, realized in their
lives the ideal of the superman, now
proposed to us as a model by some of
the modern philosophers. Not, how
ever, in the selfish and individualistic
conception of life they teach us, but,
on the contrary, in the broader altruls-
tic and humanitarian direction. In fact
the spirit of goodness and Justice mani
tested by those men towards the ma
tIVes of the countries they occupied
have been unsurpassed, This IS so true
that even today. after centuries, on
the anniversary of the death of AlphOnso
i Albuquerque, bontires are lighted in
many places in the west coast OF INDIA,
n respect to the memory of tlS great
and Just viceroy of whom, after his
death. the Mussulman kings, whom he
mad fought in many battles, said:
Albuquerque is not dead, he has simply
gone to command the armies Of God in
heaven
And also, even today, the temple
where the body of St. francis is ex-
posed is VISITED by thousands Of In
dams, who, coming from the farthest
regions Of India, although non-Chris-
l-t'tl7' i1tA'f g .itSL d tLifLA y III - a II
brothers do. their offerings near the
sarcophagus. Such is their reverence
for that saint, the worthy companion
of the conQuerors.
Greatly. those were the times when
knighthood was in flower, The times
when the fathers would promise to their
boys that, if they behaved well. and TO
behave well meant to fight ten against
one hundred that they would arm them
knights on the Mount Sinai-aud they
were armed.
'Captajn, these are a few Of the
facts, representing centuries of our his
tory. that the presence Of the San
Gabriel has revived in our memories
and in our hearts.
"A last request Of You ana your of
foerS; Captain, you are now acquaiDt-
ed with the picturesque Hawaiian Gus
tom of adjoining departing friends with
lels. These, in our case. win symbolic
more than loving farewelI-thc San
Gabriel viii he full of leis. Keep some
ON board. Keep them till YOU reach
the Cape OF Good Hope and then. n
the name of the Portuguese Of Hawaii.
throw them overheard. to the memory