The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-28
BARON SH|BUSAWA
TELLSHONOLULANS
DR. THEIR MISSION
- $50. -. i
Americans and JAPANESE Must
Work In Harmony For Peace
OF Pacific
HAWAII IS SENTINEL
OF RACIAL GOODWILL
Orient and 0ocident Must Clasp
Hands Across Sea To
Prevent War

Hawaii is the frontier post at which
the East and the West meet and you are
working out the great problem of har.
mOnizing the two civilizations, dis
abusing each of prejudice, cultivatiug
greater and clearer understanding,
bringing together. out of the clash Of
mineonception q surer bond of union. -
SO said Baron Eiicbi Shibusawa, the
"little. big man of Japan" as he is
sometimes called "the foremost bust
.ess man of Nippon" in a powerful
address before q gathering of prOmi
Rent Onglo-Saxon and NipponPse bust
ness and professional men in the Alex
ander Young Hotel yesterday moon
! The luncheon was given under the
auspices of the Citizen Educational
| committee. of the Y NJ. G.. A., and
Frank c. Anterior. as president of the
| Y. NJ. c. A, presided in the absence
of former Governor Walter, Frear,
chairman of the committee. Former
Governor Dole sat at the right hand of
i the guest of honor, who was accom-.
panied by Mr.. Zumoto, formerly editor
and owner Of the Toxic Times and who
acted as interpreter.
| 1.-THE California question will never
cause serious friction between the two
countries said the baron in another
portion of his address, as translated
| by Mr.. Sumoto.
The Real Sore Spot
1.-The real point of possible fric: ion
| between this county and mine lies in
the Far East and it behoovcs the friends
of both lands to so cement the present
traditional friendship of the two ma
tiOns as to preclude any possibility of
a fracture of the present relations -
In speaking of the problems con
fronting the people Of Hawaii, melting
pot of all the races bordering on the
Pacific, the baron supported previous
speakers, who had laid stress ON the
importance of making ready for Amer,
lean citizenship those young Orientals
born in Hawaii, and declared that it
is to this country, the land of their
fathers adoption that their allegiance
lies, rather than to the land of the
Rising Sun.
| Time after time during this part of
| the speaker 5 address he was interrupt
ed by the VOllcys of applause from the
many japanese leaders present, and
again when the translator reached that
point by the English speaking guests.
His Mission Personal
This is the third time that Baron
Shibusawa, anti. iingoe, antireac ton,
prO-progress leader of Nippon has visit,
ed the United States. He is charged
with no official mission, he told his
hearers yesterday, but rather with a
personal and humanitarian one, that of
bringing Nippon and the United States
| into closer contact, to see old friends
and make new ones and above all to dis
cuss with leaders of American thought
the discrimination against his country
men in this country, and last but not
least to discover if some means of &C.
tive cooperation between American
merchant and Japanese business man
might be found for dealing with the
grOwingly complicated problems in the
Far East
Also Baron Shihusawa said he want
ed to see what could be done towards
bringing about permanent peace in
| Europe, a peace that would last, for,
as he was careful to make very plain
in his talk, neither he nor any other
leader in Japan wants peace that is
not enduring, that will not protect the
nations against another and speedy
outbreak of the war that is sweeping
Europe.
Hawaii's Problems
In introducing the guest of honor
Mr.. AthertOn said in part
1t is a pleasure to welcome such a
man as Baron Shibusawa. We who
have lived in Hawaii, where the races
are minIling, have been deeply con
sciOus of manv serious problems con.
fronting us. do not believe that
there is another place in the world
where there are so many nationalities
living in such close contact with each
other on such friendly terms. believe
that these relations and lack of any
intense racial feeling is due to the high
ideals and principles which were
brought to these islands in the early
part of the last century by those mis-
sionary Fathers aud Mothers who
helpcd so largely to develop this cOun.
try, and on the shoulders of whose de.
srendants is placed to large extent,
ItEe responsibility of maintaining the
work which they inaugurated.
"Under the laws of our land, chill,
dren born in the United States, on be-
coming of age thereby attain the full
rights of citizenship. Recently the i'm.
pOrtance of teaching these young men
the duties they must assume when they
become full hedgod Americans was
forced upon some Of us. On investiga,
tion it was found that there are thou.
sands of young men of different races
who are receiving little help to prepare
for the larger responsibilities and OPP
pOrtunities which shall be theirs. 1t
was for this reason and for this work
that the Y. NJ. G. A. organized the com
mittee under whose auspices this lun.
cheon is being given"
Time The Solver"
Mr.. AthertOn then went on TO speak
of the great number of japanese in tn"
Islands and Of the attitude of several