The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-06-03
NAVAL VISITORS
ARE HONORED
Brilliant Banquet for Commander
of San Gabriel and His
Gallant Officers.
(From Thursdays Advertlser.l }


The climax of the entertaining of
which the commander and officers of
the Portuguese cruiser San Gabriel
have been the motive during the past
three weeks in Hawaii came last night
in the banquet rendered the visiting
naval men by Consul l-General Cana
varro, given at the Alexander Young
Hotel. The list of guests at this event
included, in addition to Commander
Pinto Basto and his principal officers,
the Governor, the secretary of the Ter
ritory, representatives of the army and
navy, the members Of the local consular
corps, federal and territorial officials,
members of the local bench, representa-
tives of the local Portuguese colony and
other representative men of Honolulu.
The room in which the banquet was
spread, the Waikiki dining hall, was
tastefully decorated, a feature of the
decorations being an enlarged photo
graph of King Manuel, set in bank of
white marguerites on blue background,
wlrile opposite the colors of America
and Portugal were intertwined
COnsul-General Canavarro met his
guests in the reception room, present
ing them to Commander Pinto Basto,
tho scene at the reception being bril-
liant one, with the army and navy Off
GERS in full dress, the consuls wearing
their decorations and the officials and
other civilians forming the background
for the white and gold.
The Toast List.
Only two addresses were made during
the evening, one by Consul Canavarro
in proposing the health of Captain
Pinto Basto, and the other by the COM
mander in replying,
The first toast was that TO the Presi-
dent of the United States, proposed by
the host and drunk in silence. Governor
Frear then proposed the health of the
King of Portugal, which was also drunk
in respectful silence.
Consul Canavarro made an excellent
address in toasting the health of Cap
tain Pinto Basto, referring to the proud
place Portugal occupies in the history
of the world IS progress, and concluding
by requesting the commander of the
San Gabriel to take some Hawaiian leiS
and cast them on the waters off the
Cape of Good Hope as the tribute OF
| Hawaiian Portuguese to the memory OF
| those great men who lost their lives
there to carry the flag of Portugal intC
unknown seas. Mr.. Canavarro said;
An Eloquent Address.
''We have been waiting for you foi
the past twenty-five years. In the
mean time, in Hawaii, children have
been born to our Portuguese, and, Al
last, the children of these children have
the pleasure of seeing the San Gabriel
We forgive you the delay.
"Captain, you have seen with what
effusion the officers and sailors have
been greeted by thousands of our coun
trymen wherever the cruiser has passed
| Undoubtedly the personality of the Of
feers accounts in part for thisi bu
other reasons contribute powerfully 4
the enthusiasm of this reception.
ITO all OF as, the emblems in tbs
flag flying over the San Gabriel repre-
sent and revive the traditions of that
European nation, whose Odyssey of dis
eoverios and conquests has never beer
equaledi the nation that was one OF
the most brilliant and far reaching fac
tors In aeeeierating the march Of prog
reas which has eliminated IN the pres
ent magnificent condition 0f the evil
zed world
"To our minds through this flag ars
| tf0uRhi back The heroic decide Of thnss
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