The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-12-27
Peace on Earth--Where Races Meet
BY s. sheba.

Now that the local Y. NJ. c. A. has
extended to our eleve-eonsul the court
esq that is extended to most any other
people, and it has not, in spite Of its
wanton alarm, the expected crowds of
japanese cooks, haekdrivers and vege.
table vendors swarming at its door for
admittance; likewise the society bellies
of Pasadena would not have had any
japanese cadets putting arms around
sacred waists, even If they had shown
the gracefulness of accepting the invi-
tation of Vice-Admiral Yashiro.
Japanese know too well that the Y.
NJ. c. A. is not place for everybody,
and it would be a task to enroll many
Japanese names for its membership,
even if the association wished it; so
are our cadets aware that it is lawfully
bad form" for them to propose to
American girls - for dance even -
when they know not how to toss up
and down in waltz and two-step.
If the Y. NJ Q. A. had opened wide
its door to Mr.. Mori in the first in
stance, things would have run much
more smoothly, without any fuss from
within or without. Had the Pasadena
''society" women accepted the admi
raj g invitation, they would have en-.
joyed the ball all to themselves, and
to their hearts content, as Honolulu
guests of our consul did here at the
Young during the squadron IS visit, and
they might have indeed insisted on a
repetition upon the homebound trip of
the ships They have unfortunately
manifested what we call "kuwazu
mono girai' {" disl Ike without tast-
ing'O, and lost much more pleasure
which was theirs.
Nowadays people invent some beluti-
full nightmare and frighten themselves,
and newspapers try to add to the hor.
ror to gather in more nickeis.
For instance, japan sends abroad an
order for dreadnought, and there is
current a rumOr of war throughout the
length and breadth of the American
continent; when the United States con-
gress discusses theicoast deferses there
IS corresponding scare in japan.
The Honolulu ", NJ. c. A. mess and
the Pasadena disgraceful hodgepodge
brought out some unpleasant feeling,
which, however, was of short duration !;
but the scare of the dreadnought and
the "unpreparedness'' is a big night
mare, and the hobgoblin of it. STAYS
dim imaginations.
ga suspicious mind begets an ogre, -
says our proverb, but if the people of
the East and West could come into
closer touch and bring about better
: understanding, then there should be no
room for any more nightmares and hob.
, COLLINS.
A poet sings, "The Eastyis East and
the West is West, and never the two
), shall meet We can let poets sing as
: they please in their vain fantasy; but
let the men who have the brains and
: inclination to promote the true happi.
I ness of all human beings aspire to bring
e the two hemispheres into closer touch
t for the peace and prosperity of all man.
o kind. We of Hawaii, who commngle
l. here in peace and amity, should aspire
r to make this Paradise of the Pacific a
y connecting link between the East and
l. the West, to promote the best of feel
Il ing between our mother countries
i For when the world was blissful al
II perfect peace, cry was raised here
v At first it was low and feeble, but later
Y it grew and resounded across the Pa
il cifc. 1t was about Japanese spies il
II oahu s canefields, and sampans in Ho
a noIulu IS harbor for the purpose of land
- ing japanese armies on Hawaii shores
" These cries were kept up until Hawai-
= got large appropriations from the fed
u eral government for Notifications anC
. ornaments. Some bogeman was need
y ed to scare congress and the people o:
the mainland, and an innocent planta
tion labOrer was called Japanese mill
tary spy and suspicion was cast upon ;
sampan built and engaged for an homes
purpose of trade.
I
a line of an old Japanese poem run
thus: ''Omoshiro no harusame va han;
no chlranI hodo fure, which trans
u lated into English is somewhat like tn
t. following: go merry rain of a Sprin
lie morn. Come thou just so that cherr
n, blossoms be not scattered. !" Merry
TX went indeed at first to scare the peopl
ir thousands of miles away across til
~ sea, but it is doing its mischief no,
to and may in course'of time scatter ava
he the blossoms blooming out of the fowe
II. bed of apanese.American friendship
Imagine a conflict between Japa
at and America-which God forbiG
to Though actual warfare may not distur
he Hawaiis sunny shores, yet Japanes
nd will not stay here should a crisis /
he reached. They will depart for hon
in leaving behind the teeming fields whiC
ia will, without the tillers and worker
he turn to desert places. Then, the wealth
ld men of today win lose everything the
e. have and the poor will be poorer, fl
he business will be demoralized and wor
il abandoned. And the money the Teri
,h tory got from Washington through ii
oh boyle of Japanese spies and sampaI
Sc will be lost an hundredfold and a tho
sandfold We have sown the wind, an
we shall reap the whirlwind. Ho
penny wise and pound foolish would Y
be should we plunge ourselves into Il
NC troubled
nd The only way for us to save on
as selves is to realize now, and turn
ca once In the realization of the true mi