Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-24

should devote all his efforts and en-
ergies 10 help build up the institutions
and support the principles of his
adopted country. ....-. -. T..
i Il think We Americans are quite apt
to be impatient and 10 like to see
things accomplished quickly, AS /
have grown older have come to real
i lie that anything really worth while,
that is to be enduring, necessitates a
great amount of hard work, serious
| thought and much time 10 perfect
| Consequently, | do not believe that
we can expect great results in any
one decade This is matter which
is rather going to take one or two
generations. =........ 49,.
But coming to know the Japanese
as well as | have, having been fairly
i closely associated with them during
the past 10 or Is years, firmly be-
lieye that they are fully capable Of
becoming loyal and good American cit
| liens and that If given sufficient time
and the right training and environ
ment they will develop a loyalty to
this republic equal to that of other
races which have already proved them
4 selves. ... II. II -. - -.
And right here / want to say that
believe the Japanese nave a wonder
full opportunity of proving to the world
that they possess this capacity. The
eyes of the nations are turning toward
! the Pacific, as you we'll know, and
Hawaii is here in the center of the
Pacific. Many world leaders have
passed through Honolulu during the
! last few years and, almost without ex-
ception, those whom / have met and
spoken to have expressed the belief
that Hawaii was to play great part
! in the future life Of the Pacific. We
are being looked upon as an expert
ment station of the nations. This is
where the East and West are meeting
and learning from and of each other,
and / believe that the spirit manifest
ed here to a large extent is such as
| to assist and influence the develop
ment of the highest type of citizen.
ship.
Therefore, If the people of the races
growing up here will only realize 1t,
this is their great opportunity to show
to the world that they are capable OF
the best and most loyal citizenship in
their adopted country. BY doing this
during the coming years they will
prove conclusively that they have
those qualities and characteristics
which have come to be regarded as
the greatest and best by the nations
of this world
81 found the United States much
more friendly toward Japan and the
japanese than when I visited the
mainland a few years ago." said
Baron ShibHzawa this morning on
board the T. X X. liner Chiyo Maru.
II predict that If the present good
feeling between my country and yours
continues, it will be only matter of
a short time before all differences dis
appear"
The distinguished Japanese finan-
cier said that from talks with Ameri-
cans in every part of the country he
had visited, he was sure that public
opinion In the United States is far
more friendly to Japan than three or
four years ago. and that misunder-
standings are rRDfdly being cleared
up, in spite of Hearst and his Japan
ophobia."
A reception committee of local
Japanese met Baron Shibusawa at
Pier as the steamer locked. Lloyd
R. Killam, representing former Gov
ernor Walter F. Frear as chairman of
the Y. M. c.. A. citizenship committee,
welcomed the baron. Baron Shibusa-
wa is accompanied by his two sons,
NJ land T. Shibusawa, and his inter.
prefer, Mr.. NJ. Zumoto, former editor
of the Japan Times.
Critical Time, Says scudder.
DR.. Doremus Scudder, pastor of the
Central Union church and a former
resident for several years in Japan,
spoke, following Mr. Anterior. DR..
Scudder reviewed briefly his stay in
Japan during one of the important
formative periods of the nations He
said that the next few years are apt
to be very critical in the lives of
Japan and America.
1T is necessary to cultivate on both |
sides a feeling of friendship and un-
derstand;ng," he said. Patience and
forbearance will be required, but we
are coming to realize that there is a |
Ao1 6OAs pdtA 1OIk6tu I4AoA llIoC VI NuO
neutrality-suspicious. for humanity.
Dr. T. Katsunuma< of the federal Inn
migration station emphasized the
iced of forgetting the individual for
the family and the nation. Every cit
izen should hold back mis- individual
rights for the betterment of his fam
lily, the doctor said. He spoke of one |
OF the characteristics of America be
ing that of the stronger giving up
their lives for the weaker, and cited |
the instances of men going down to |
death in the Lusitania and Titanic to |
let women and children be saved. In
concluding Dr. Katsunuma read a re
cent letter from Theodore Roosevelt |
to a Honolulu man in which the colo |
mel declared, Il have a great regard |
and respect for the Japanese The !
letter brought round of hearty APP
plause. ......... ~
ALL NATIONALITIES !. =. =