Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-02
CONSUL CANAVARRO
HONORs GUESTS

Having waited for twenty-five
years To celebrate the coming of n
Portuguese warshlp, Consul-General
Canavario last evening closed the
long list OF festivities In honor OF
the Portuguese cruiser San Gabriel
and its officers with banquet. The
function was perfect in every detail,
we'll ordefed. representative. ami
marked By a cordiality most fitting.
over fifty guests, including the Of.
fcials and leading citizens. were in
vlted TO the affair They were
greeted in the parlors OF the Young
Hotel by Consul General Canavarro
and Captain Bastino, commander NJ
the San Gabriel. The dinner was
served in the banquet hall of the
hotel. that had been most exquisite
ly prepared. The table decorations
were in red. on the walls the flags
OF America and Portugal were en-.
twined. and in rear of the guest OF
honor was magnificent floral piece
IN white and purple surrounding u
photograph Of the King Of Portugal.
The first toast CT the evening was
proposed by Consul-General Cana
varro-"The President" The com
pliment was returned by Governor
Frear, who proposed the heath OF
THE King Of Portugal"
Consul General Canavarro made 2
short but very effective speech. to
which Commander Pinto-Basto re-
sponded briefly and cordially.
Consul Canavarro said:
1--WE have been waiting for You
for the past twenty-five years. In
the meantime. In Hawaii. children
have been born TO our Portuguese.
and, at last, the children OF taese
children have the pleasure OF seeing
the San Gabriel. We forgive you
the delay. .r.....
Captain. you have seen with
what eftusion the officers and sailors
have been greeted by thousands OF
our countrymen wherever the cruiS-
err has passed. Undoubtedly the per,
sonality of the officers accounts in
part for th6; but other reasons con-
tribute powerfully to the enthusiasm
of this reception.
ITO all OF us. the emb.ems in the
flag flying over the San Gabriel rep
resent and revive the traditions OF
that European nation, whose Odys.
sey of discoveries and conquests has
never been equalled: the nation that
was one of the most brilliant ami
far-reaching factors In accelerating
the march of progress which has cul
minated in the present magnificent
condition of the civilized world.
ITO our minds through this fiag
are brought back the heroic deeds
Of those men who, with indomltable
courage, sailing in rude vessels
through unknown seas, after an en-.
tire feet 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
warllke Mussulman and Mongol. AMI
not satisfied with this. they started
triumphal march through all the
Orient as far as China and Jaya ami
established the first Christian mis-
sions in Japan.
In Abyssinia, in Alden. in Mas
cate, in the Persian Gulf, in all the
western coasts of India, in Ceylon,
in the Malaysian Straits, in Java and
China, everywhere in the Orient,
where in many places the natives
still, after SO many centuries. speak
the old Portuguese language. are
still seen today the ancient fort
resses, monuments OF our past
glories.
These things naturally are not
new to us. We begin to learn them
as soon us we begin to talk. But /,
is well to recall them, especially In
the countries OF this side OF the
world, where. with the usual SUI
perb Indifference of youth, they show
such a disregard for the past. Is II
not opportune to recall that Colum
bus himself II he did discover Amer
lea, had to learn in Portugal the
way 1t could be done?
1.-The older | grow the more In
tense has grown my admiration fol
that historical epoch. for its won
derful results on the general prog
ress of the world; and also for the
men who so nobly gave their Lives
for the glory of their country ant
for the good OF humanity.
What men! What splendid men
think that some of them like