Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-11


to factors Of material advantage. al
most aggressive In eagerness.
The keynote Of educational enthHi
siasm, within the Empire. has been
nowhere more strikingly illustrated
than among the young women attend
ing the Girls Higher Normal School
at Nara. the recollection OF which will
never leave me.
should fail II | omit 10 pay deep
respect TO the scholarship OF Japan.
notably to the attachments Of those
students who have attended the great
est universities and technical schools
Of Europe and America, and. by closest
application, been enabled to carry to
their own country stores OF most adj
vanced knowledge and skill
To them does japan owe not only
rapid material. and possibly political
advance, but her position among the
intellectual forces u, the world,
Certain professional altruists, upon
many occasions, endeayOr to claim q
notable and fundamental part IN the
modernization< Of japan. ~ esq.
: / fear this II g. harrow and special
lists point Of view mat overlo0ks the
innate capacity ana initiative OF the
Japanese people as7 & 81 80 81.
!. To q degree Japan has neglected no
means that tended to the realizatio
Of her varied hopes, and ambitions.
She has, in her progress, deeply
studied and then adopted what has
seemed to her the wisest and most EFF
'fective experience and highest devel-
opment, irrespective Of affiliations,
sentiment or nationality.
Japan desired q navy and q mer-
chant marine. The United States hay-
ing been driven from the high seas.
she logically took Great Britain as the
most notable and brilliant example
initiated 1t, ana, so successfully did
she push her merchant marine. she
forced differential In her favor in
competition in tne carrying trade to
England's main nome ports.
The ultimate attainmepts of her
merchant marine and navy cannot
now Ne predicted. 10 s -. s,.se J,
She desired an, army and organiza-
ton IL highest mobility and effective:
ness hence she could not and did not
fail . turn to Germany Tor EXAMPLE,
and framing. s.,,.. :.,s s.. s. q. : !.
The result need not be here re-
viewtd.
JaI,an has realized The vital imports,
ance OF trained diplomats and consul
lar organizations d - lsfaff 81 ~. -.
Today her dipl0macyhis in evidence
IN every principal IN the World Hen
ambassadors and ministers are not sb
lent "a whatever concerns ON possibly
might concern the EmpireaOf Japan
Sht realized the fact conyentionali
ties are a powerful lever, hence her
IN al capitals Impress OBJ
servers with hers importance. fs.s,l
The consulate in Honolulu ia an Ill.
Itistr4 fion OF Japanese appreciation OF
the value of dignifedS officialr sHFs
~ 81 Il sssgsf. .Sesssss o.
can testify 10 the thorough and eff
fectiFe organization and work of His
japanese Majesty's Consulate
covering this city and these islands.
That the japanese people keenly
seek expansion and appropriate TO
themselves opportunity when within
their reach, singly or in association,
ceases to surprise when the pressure
Of numbers within the Empire is rea-
lized.
Here, not opportunity for the imni.
grant but for all maturing island-born
children OF whatever nationality,
causes local official anxiety
Hardest presseds Japan's imperial
solution of this problem may. direct
other NATIONS as they too contend with
over-ppph1atif. s.. 80
TITS 1T Tor me. on this occasion and
to delve into the nys-
Eeries of international politics Or prob
lens or to speak as one knowing I'M.
purposes Is,
- am here to speak in behalf of the
of Hawaii. OF It's people. Of.
Is local government. and o ,their,kind.
Iiness toward the Japanese people.
whom we Invited here TO make their
homes, share a greater prosperity than
possible In their atherland, and to In
crease and multiply. as thes Creator
planned, and. having invited them.
have shared with them every advant-
age we possess.
Mere words, written or spoken.
which almost daily flood MS and you'll
mean little. Acts accomplished, not
promised. and things provided. that
enter deeply into every day existence
and welfare, are the proof Of true
Impotence of normal and safe
growth of race assimilation seems to
be the only discordant and dangerous
note. sounded by the body Of the jap
anese people, but by self?constituted