The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-11-24

At six O'Clock shnrp Editor Chez
Wah Kw0ek, chairman Of The mace
meeting, advanced TO tho front Of the
stand and addressed the crowd. lie
made patriotic address, calling at
tenton to the long list Of victories
and achievements which have come 20
their forces In China. He told Of tho
purpose Of the meeting, which was TO
demonstrate their approval Of the prog.
ross Of events in the Empire and to
arouse the entire Chinese population Of
Honolulu to declare themselves always
and unalterably for the cause Of the
republic of China. He was followed
by several others and at last introduced
Frank Damon OF the Mid-Pacife In
stitute, who spent many years in China
in mission work. Mr.. Damon spoke
first in Chinese and then in English.
He said he believed in the rebel
cause because he believed it to be God
ordained and for the advancement Of
humanity. He believed in it because
the Chinese race was a splendid one
and he believed they would achieve
their ideal. He could conceive of no
other lasting form of government than
republic, he said, and called upon the
God of Battles to grant success to the
rebel arms.
Mr.. Damon further said that he felt
it to be one of the greatest honors in
his life to have been so intimately ac-
quainted with DR.. Sun Vat Sen, the
Honolulu-born and educated leader of
the republican propaganda. He knew
him as a boy and as he grew to man
hood. He spoke of the honor of hav-
ing placed in the hands of the Chinese
leader a copy Of book on the ideal
of democracy and he believed this was
the basis Of the ideal he had formed
for the Empire Of China. Concluding,
Mr.. Damon asked the people, whether
Chinese, Hawaiian, Americans, Japa-
nese or whatever nationality they
might be, to Join him in three cheers
for the success Of the Chinese Republic.
The cheers were given with a will, and
Immediately the order was given to the
Hawaiian band to strike up the march.
The Parade.
Headed by a squad of mounted pc.
lice, the procession moved out into
King street, crossed the Nuuanu bridge
and marched over TO Hotel street, up
that street which marks the central
thoroughfare of Chinatown, to Nuuanu,
thence to King, down King to Mauna
Kea, thence to Beretania and back to
Aala Park.
The procession was a noisy one, for
with the Hawaiian and Chinese bands,
trumpets and horns, crackle-boxes and
tens Of thousands of crackers being ex-
ploded all along the route, pandemon-
ium seemed TO have broken loose. Tow.
ering above the paraders were many
transparencies and signs and above
them all lowered the liberty bell. From
the windows of buildings facing Nuu.
anu avenue long strings of firecrackers
were lowered and exploded and finally
all Hotel street seemed TO be a mass Of
/ fire and smoke. Horses reared and
plunged but the riders kept them in
line. The gutter water soon turned red
! from the frecracker coatings. Red was
everywhere, for not a Manchu flag was
to be seen.
In front of the Liberty News news
paper office the paraders cheered them
selves hoarse. The front of the build
| ing was decked with American and Chi.
nese Republic flags and an arc light in
| front gave evidence that there was
the hotbed of revolution in Honolulu,
for it was in that office that DIR. Sun
! perfected his final plans for the upris-
ing, before leaving ON his world tour
| preaching the gospel oe revolution.
| 1t was disjointed parade-iust a
mass of people, young and old, who fol
lowed the leader, but enthusiasm per-
vaded the line The old men were as
enthusiastic as their co-marchers, the
little fellows. It was a short.haired
parade and the queue was conspicuous
by its absence. The paraders had dis
carded almost every sign of the old or
der of things. The Chinese musicians
who have nearly always been seen-and
heard-in Chinese robes, last night
wore haole clothes like everyone else