The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-10
THE PEACE MASS MEETING AN
IMPRESSIVE LOCAL DEMONSTRATION
FOR ARBITRATION WITH BRITISH

Teacher came multitude OF the neaN-
emily host proclaimed, On earth peace,
good will toward men, Every step
which is made towards the accom-
plishment of peace for the world
should be heralded with joy.
much progress has been made in
efforts to mitigate the evils of war,
and looking to the final accomplish
ment of universal peace, but no effort
of modern times has so profoundly
stirred the hearts of men as the pro-
posal of unlimited arbitration now be-
fore the people of the United States
of America and Of Great Britain.
"The committee is to be congratulate
ed in having obtained the consent of
Mr.. Walter G. Smith and Mr.. 7. Give
Davies to address us tonight.
81 now take pleasure in introducing
Mr.. Smith, who will speak to us and
present resolution which has been
prepared by the committee"
Mr.. Smiths Address.
MIR. Smith spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman:
AS you have indicated, it will be my
pleasant duty tonight to offer a resolu-
: ton expressing the hope of the British
|, and American people of Honolulu that
: the two great English-speaking nations
: which have kept the peace with each
other for nearly a hundred years, may
now make covenant that, whatever
differences may arise between them in
future, this truce of kindred and of
civilization shall not be broken nor
:. dissolved.
There is much, sir, th~t is peculiar
ly fit in a gathering for such purpose
on this soil. Most of the crucial events
y, in the annals of Hawaii bark back
either to Englishmen or Americans-to
one or the other great branch of our
common race. 1t was a British sea-
farer who put Hawaii on the worlds
map 1t was another who prepared the
% way to the civilized uses Of our soil.
Then came American missionaries
with the Christian religion and an
l. American .jurist with the codes of
civilized law The commerce and
staple industries of Hawaii were Great.
u ed and developed by the people OF
both countries. For a little while the
- British flag waved here; the American
i flag remains over this as an outpost OF
u" Anglo-Saxon power. And all this debt
of origin is recorded in our own Terri
~ torial flag-the flag with the cross OF
~ st. George and the stripes of union
- blended into one pledge of fraternity
a and peace. (Applause.) And so, sir,
- il is fitting indeed, that we of Hawaii
should take a keen and hopeful in
is terest in anything likely to bring the
IS greater communities of Englishmen
lg and Americans together in that nat,
a ural and peaceable cooperation
lg which, without the need Of formal
he compacts, we have accomplished
er among ourselves.
Ladies and gentlemen, let us not for
to get that the proposal to arbitrate al
'r. future differences between the United
al States and the British Empire, is not {
to forced and dubious experiment. We
ir- are not here to see if we can mix OF
is and water or hndle iron and rock int
NJ a lamp for our feet. 1t is as natura
re- now for our people to deal with eacl
M ether in a friendly spirit as it is t
y. utter the same speech, to read thu
same Bible, to obey the same common
law, to worship the same God and t,
is love the same simple and wholesom,
he things of life. EXpediency has no par
is in this high plan. We may go on
d. separate ways, if need be, safely ant
in without fear or self-reproach But i
nd is in the nature of things that We o
* the common family should draw to
ut gether. Was it not this pride of race
M this fellowship of spirit, this common
in footing and good will that made tn
N, stanch old Yankee commodore go t.
CHI the aid of a stricken British ship in
no quarrel not his own saying blood /
on thicker than water?" that caused tn
M wrecked American sailors in the Apial
he hurricane-men on the brink of dealt
to man their tattered rigging an
ss cheer the seamen Of the Queen a
ne they fought their way to safety
on Enthusiastic applause)
he Admiral Mahan reveals a diplomat
to- secret when he says that continenta
ut Europe would have hindered our wa
IN with Spain but for Englands refuse
es