Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-10
SHEBA TELLS PAN.PACIE|C MEN
WHAT JAPANESE HAVE Done HERE
Eighty Members of Pan Pacific
Club Hear Editor Give History
of Years of Achievement


lines OF activity I'm Hawaii.
Mr.. Sheba was preceded by Alexan-
der Hume Ford, live man in the
Hands-Arcund-the Pacific movement
and general manager or the Pan-Pa-
cife Club, which is now holding reg.
ular weekly meetings at which rep.
3 resentatives of the various races
gather. Mr.. Ford said
The Pan-Pacific luncheons seem
to meet with your approval: 50 much
50 that evidently we viii need more
spacious quarters. We hope next week
to have the use OF the big gymnasium,
where we can spread TO our hearts
content and set as many tables and
have as many guests as we please.
Il do not believe anywhere that
more substantial luncheons are pro-
vided for the price than here at the
Pan-Pacific Club weekly MONDAY
meetings To secure this rate for our
luhcheons, however, we must assure
the management of certain and reg
iflar attendance For that reason. we
have induced our friends 70 take their
tickets in series of four weekly lunch
cons and as this must be continued, /
shall appoint the following committee
to look after the proper distribution
each month of the tickets for that
month, and the collection in advance
: for the same: r. z. Lambert. Rev.
]. w. Wadman, s. Sheba, j. p. Comes.
Jr., G. X. Al, and Z. c. Ramirez.
For some months the Hands.
Acknowledgement workers have been
going into the details and arranging
for q permanent annual Industrial ex-
hfbition there IN Honolulu along the
lines OF the exhibition so successfully
held one month out of each year In
Manila Assistance in this matter has
been promised from every quarter and
much of the preliminary work has
been outlined. Plans were discussed
some months ago for the location Of
an international Pacific industrial vii
1age on the grounds Of Aala park,
where many industries brought here
! by the different nationalities or the
Pacific might be exhibited, encour-
aged and developed. There the Fiji
pinos among US would have an op-
tporfunity to show what their def nm
gers are capable OF accomplishing that
may be strange to us, and there the
Chinese and the Japanese could DEM
onstrate that the wonderful handi-
crafts Of their forefathers has not de-
serted them.
There, perhaps, the Portuguese
women might demonstrate that the
Madeira lace industry might have a
second home in Hawaii and the men
Of that race, who brought the ukuleie
10 these Islands. might have other in
ventions TO spring upon us. Here the
Hawaiians might weave their mats
and perhaps revive the beating of
taph and here the Americans and other
naticnalities might show what they
are doing to build up new small In
dustries that will be Of benefit to these
islands.
so many and great are the posi-
bilities Of this proposed annual exhibit
ton that shall appoint a committee
to act with the -the-P Pa
cific workers, and to report back to
this body with further plans. Already
pamphlet giving the outlines. has
been published and will be handed to
each OF the members present who may
be Interested in the matter Will
name on the committee. your chair
man, Al. H. Ford, II. L. Strange, Con-
sul-generai II. Arita, Chu Gem, NJ. c.
Pacheco, Lorrin Andrews, F, G. Ath-
erton. J. K. Kalanianaole, A. E. Blk
BY. RIO. Matheson. c. c. Ramirez and
w. p. Castle.
Should any one of these gentle
men feel that he HAS some one that
can better fulfil the duties on the COM
mittee than he himself could he is
asked to provide working substitute
Last week it was intimated that
we should have a series of Pacific
national days: a day for the Japa-
nese, a Tuesday for the Chinese. and
another luncheon for the Portuguese,
and then for the Koreans and the Fill
ipines. Hawaiians. and Americans in
Hawaii, when each would select It's
speakers who would tell what the peo-
pie or their race we're doing to make
Hawaii better because they had made
their homes here.
"The first day was to be given to
Japan-today, and within three days
after that announcement we heard
from Consul-general Arita of the Japa-
nese that his people in Honolulu would
give to the city OF Honolulu a $4,000
bronze fountain. Mr.. Arita is one of
our remarkable men OF action in the
community and like many men of ac-
ton it is difficult to get him to favor
us with words at a public meeting.
However, among the japanese are men
OF eloquence Then today we shall
hear from one of their leaders S.
Eheba, editor of the Hawaii Shinpo. a
kamaaina in these islands, who as
kamaaina win tell us what the Jap
anese have done TO make these ISL
lands better because they have come
among us. | take pleasure in calling
upon Mr. Sheba."
Mr.. Sheba's remarks follow:
Il find it quite task to tell anew
the oft-repeated story of what Japa.
nese have done and are doing in Ha-
waii, which subject has been exploited
by different people on various occa-
sions. The facts are before our eyes
and are known to everybody.
in the sugar industry, which is the
mainstay of the islands, the Japanese
have shown from the beginning more
activity than any other race, though
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