The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-12-24
DOCTOR MABIE
MADE MUCH OF
With His Family Is Guest OF
Baron and Baroness
ShibusaWa.

III AlhIuiANuu NIlKnl MHhlts NSsOti-
ate editor of Outlook and exchange pro.
fessor in Japan, who recently was the
quest of Judge Dole in Honolulu, is be.
ing extensively entertained in Toxic
according TO the Japan Times. One af
fair is described as follows:
Doctor Mabie and Mrs. and Miss
Mabie were the guests of Baron and
Baroness Shibusawa at a luncheon at
their Oil residence Thursday. Besides
the honored guests of the day there
were present Mayor Baron SakatanI,
Baron Takahashi, governor of the Bank
of Japan; Baron Kondo, president or
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha; DIR. j. Soeda,
president of the Japan Industrial Bank !;
Mr.. Okura, head of Okura & Co.; s.
Asamo, president of the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha; S. Hayakawa, of the Mitsui
Bank; s. Ohashi, wee president Of the
Toxic Chamber of Commerce. DIR. and
Mrs. l. Nitobe, NJ. IZanihara, secretary
of the foreign office; E. Kamada, pres
ident of Keio University; DR.. s. Ia
kata, president of Waseda University; !;
DR.. NJ Anesaki, of the Toxic Imperial
University; X. Fukui, managing direc-
tor of Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, and Mrs.
Fukui; E. Ono, director of the business
bureau of the Bank of Japan; z. Hori-
koshi, proprietor of Horikoshi & Co.,
and Mrs Horikoshi, and NJ. Zumoto, of
the Japan Times.
In proposing the health Of the dis
tinguished guest and his wife and
daughter, Baron Shibusawa said among
other things, that nothing tended to
promote friendship and mutual regard
among nations than the exchange OF
visits between men of thought and in
fluence on both sides. We have been
fortunate in having number of dis
tInguished citizens from America visit
us in recent years.
But in welcoming Doctor Mabie to
Japan, the Baron saw reason for spe-
cial qualification, for this was the first
time we had among us prominent rep
resentative of the world of letters In
America, the other visitors of eminence
having mostly been representative of
politics or education. 1t was only on
the previous day that the Baron had
made the acquaintance of Doctor Ma
bic, but such was the latter's power
of inspiring confidence and esteem that
he fancied he was face to face with a
friend of many year IS standing instead
of a stranger.
The Baron, therefore, felt sure that
the distinguished scholar, in carrying
out his important mission in Japan,
would be eminently successful in pre-
senting the ideals and aspirations OF
the American people before the Jap
anese in way that will go straight to
the hearts of his audience. In conclu-
sion, the Baron expressed his confidence
that when the distinguished visitor
went home after his successful stay
amongst us, he would contribute in a
powerful way to the better. understand
ing of Japan by his countrymen.
Doctor Mabie made beautiful little
speech in response. After paying nice
compliments to the japanese on their
artistic capacity, their patriotism, their
martial qqualities, and their aptitude
for advance in the sphere of bust
ness and administration, he referred
to his mission in a deprecatory man
ner. He had come, he said, not so much
to teach the japanese as to learn from
them.
In this connection he incidentally
paid high compliment to Doctor Nj
tobe on his work as the first japanese
exchange professor in America. The
speaker said he did not fiatter himself
that he would be so successful in MAX
ing America known to the japanese as
Doctor Nitobe had succeeded in making
Japan known to the Americans. The
publication of Doctor Nitobe's address
ses, just out in America, would, the
speaker said, be n powerful means of
spreading knowledge of japan among
the Americans.
As for his first impression of Japan,
Doctor Mabie said that coming from a
country of big buildings and enormous
material development, he was very
keenly struck by the wonderful free
dom which the spirit enjoyed from the
weight of material things. The spirit.
the human element, was in evidence or
all sides. This characteristic feature
of the Japanese civilization was notice.
able in its art and in every other sphere
of activity.
Japan, he said, has a great mission
that of extending its civilization to the
West. In the up.building of civiliza'
tion it was essential that different races
and nations should endeavor to make
the most of their specially strong
points, because in that way alone could
the ultimate produet-the civilization
of the world-be made perfect. He
therefore hoped that Japan would pre-
serve her special feature and devloI
along her own lines, instead of being
Germanized or Anglicised or American
lied.
After luncheon, the party was con
Quoted to the beautiful garden at the
back of the mansion and finally treated
To n few classic dances by some of the