Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-19


In this way of human solidarity when
We are learning how lutricately races
nave blended and how truly alike
physically and spiritually We all are,
il is impossible TO draw such lines
as Monaghan or white or black. No
supreme court could do il with scien-
tific accuracy, even though its MEM
5ers were the first experts on blood
analysis in the world In fact the
passed muster as candidate for
American citizenship, though he is
as brown or yellow as many Mon
golian, on the score of his being an
Aryan, a white man. with white
blood, suppose.
NO. the question can be treated
by Christian America only in one
way Jesus Christ pointed out the
way One is your Master even the
Christ and all We are brethren. God
waited long TO demonstrate this
truth on grand scale. He prepared
suitable locus, a broad continent
beautiful as Paradise, fertile as
Eden, rich as the tabled gardens of
the Hesperides He entrusted it TO
handful of pioneers who accepted
i; in trust for all peoples. Your IA
Tiers and mine were numbered in
that God-Handful AS descendant of
such sires are We willing TO prove
false to that trust or deny the only
guar antee of human liberty, firm as
Rock OF Ages. "One is your Master,
even the Christ and all We are
brethren"
Rare Hour for Real Men.
The noblest utterance on this
question of Japan and America,
which | have heard was not spoken
ty cur preacher President Roosevelt,
Eor our lawyer President Taft, nor
cur scholar President Wilson. Ii
came from no American prophet 1t
vas uttered by a man whom our
erandfathers would have called a
heather. Unprofessed disciple of
Jesus though he be, / think of him
as one of those other sheep whom
the Great Shepherd is bringing to
that one flock whittier we all are
tending, Count Okuma, the grand old
statesman of Japan. He said in To-
kyo lately, calming the excited minds
of his countrymen, Diplomacy or law
or craftsmanship will not work in
this case: the power of Christianity
the teaching of the Brotherhood of
all men and universal peace-alone
will save the threatening situation
Christianity is stronger in America
than in any other country and the
concerted efforts of the Christian
workers here and in America will
achieve what We all have at heart. ;"
In the face of that appeal re-echoed
from nlyriads of hearts of the noblest
men of the Orient, the Church of
Jesus Christ in America has only one
answer to the question: What is our
nations duty to Japan 1t is, apply
that word all men are brethren to
our dealings with the man whom our
nation calls Monaghan Open our
privilege of naturalization to him on
equal terms with the European.
Treat him justly and honorably as a
brother and the future of this great
ocean will be mirrored in its pro-
phetic and beautiful name. Pacific.
And whence should the plea to
president and congress- thus to ce-
ment the lasting peace and friendship
of three great nations arise if not
from Hawaii to whom the Asiatic has
meant so much? We have been en-
gagged in an earnest campaign at the
capital to save the hard
earned prosperity of scores of years
OF strenuous endeavor. Good! Let
that work go on. Now we are faced
with missionary opportunity of
real greatness, an opportunity for
exercise of world craftsmanship.
chance to utter an unselfish appeal
for Justice and brotherhood. 1t will
not long be ours. Why not show
Washington that We care for some
things besides sugar dividends, that
we stand for the humanity of those
who have helped us swell our for
tunes. 1t is rare hour for real men.
Is it judgment day for this mid-sea