Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-27
sHEBA'3 VISION OF brotherhood
OF RACES FEATURE OF BANQUET
Nations Bordaing on Pacific
Represented at Pan-Pacific
Dinner Saturday Night


moment the sweet and effortIess sing
ing of Mrs. Alapail ceased until s.
Sheba, editor of the Hawaii Shinpo
rose to present the nag of japan. 1t
had been a successful affair" but the
moment re was on his feet. his electric
presenceI the powerful shoulders, ner-
/ yous hands and eager confidence in
his eyes carried his audience away
with hint became a great occasion.
Il am sorry that my speech comes
SO late on the program" began Sheba,
speaking slowly and distinctly. and
| walking up and down with q manifest
impotence as his pronunciation grew
at times a little indfstfnct Il have
been impatient, sitting listening. while
these others have spoken" (Sheba
was number y and have by degrees
| discovered that they have stolen all
1.-THE first part of my speech" ,fThe
audience burst into the first real laugh
Of the evening at this point. They
have stolen 1t to give 1t such fire Of
eloquence," continued Sheba, that l
have decided 1t will be better for me
to leave the rest Of my speech to
those who follow me.
what / say, therefore, is not said
as q speech in praise Of the Japanese
nag nor in praise Of the Japanese peo-
pie, but in praise of all the people OF
the world. First / must single out
Mr.. Alexander Hume Ford for a touch
of praise. Mr.. Ford has already
spoken this evening, stating that he
,,a<fot,-.od tht. 5atns cnnfarnhar Ok
the day on which Balboa discovered
the Pacific Ocean to be Pacific
Day. But, gentlemen and ladies,
wish you to note how history repeats
itself. On September Is, 1913, Balboa
discovered the Pacific; on September
Is. 1915, Just 402 years afterwards
Alexander Hume. Ford discovered the
peoples lying about the Pacific"
Taking up more serious strain and
speaking with an almost muscular
earnestness, Sheba went on:
symbols d Differences. .....
Here are representatives Of many
nations gathered. and upon the walls
hang the hymbols Of their differences
their flags. Looking upon the Union
Jack the Englishman remembers Eng
land and is glad-because he is an
Engiishman, or the Frenchman sees
the trfcolor and remembers Napoleon
and Is glad; and 1t is well for a man
to love his fatherland; it is well for
him to love, but 1t is a lesser love.
There is a greater one which will fol
low upon it, and towards which learn
estly believe that the world is moving
In this room where so many peoples
are gathered under flags which they
love, but which at the same time in
dicate their differences from other
nations, differences In whose defense
they would all die, In this room there
is foreshadowing If the newer and
the greater love. ~. "A sj
The nations here render UP their
flags to this club, They are surren-
dering, at least for the moment, their
nationalities and becoming for the
moment It is a glorious thing
to be Just man! And 1t is very
strange and q very wonderful thing to
watch the progress and the slow com
ing of this love which is greater than
the love of man for man. or of man
for his nation, or of mother for her
child, or than the love between man
and woman, for this new love trans
cends the earth and gathers the pep
pies of the earth into one glorious
marching fraternity Of men
founded on the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood ofaman"f -
Though Sheha's talk formed the high |
t06
er features sloped into a background,
still there were other talks which !
would have distinguished ordinary oc-
casions. All breathed the same spirit !
All had the same message in varying |
words. %..... q
Repeat Dinner Every Year.
perhaps some day we shall have |
not only Pan-Paciic flag but |
Pan.Pacific patriotism said A. H. |
Ford in the opening speech of the
banquet ''In every land about the
Pacific now are springing up such or
CARNATIONS as this, where men of all |
races of the Pacific meet together for |
the betterment of the community in |
which they live, and proclamation Is |
hereby made that on September rs in
each year, everywhere about the Paci-
&c we shall sit down and do honor
to each others flags as We shall honor
each other tonight"
Aloha should be our MOTTO said |
Lorrin Andrews in the second speech |
Of the evening THAT word which
Is the word Of greeting and of fare;
we'll should be our watchword. We
are here in an ideal place for such a
spirit of world welcome to grow up.
From the Hawaiians we can learn the
lesson of trust and friendship They |
have made friendship their religion
and to all the peoples of the world
extend the hand of goodfellowship. In
the same spirit we win go forward
In this work"
Many clever talks were made by /
of various nations as
such. and many strange accents
sounded faint or harsh through the |
hall. One ominous note came from |
the Hawaiian delegation when Rob-
ert Akana delivered another warning
TO the "haoles" that all is not we'll