Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-31
MANILA sTARTLEDBY BANQUET
Speech Of CONGRESSMAN AUSTIN

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!ieved these islands menace TO The
peace OF the United States II retainer;
and second, that II the United Ststea
Eccntinued to occupy them they wcald
be expensive In the end and weuid in
vrIye us In a war With an Oriental
power.
~ would rather be dead, lie CRED
raising his hand IN the air. than be a
e6wardi' and the room shouted its
approval ! would despIze the govern.
rent that shraRk from its RESPONSE.
bilities to civilization. The day that
congress-ch, my God! avert that
calamity 70 the Filipino pecple,--de-
clares these Philippine islands inae-
pendent, and withdraws the army and
navy. you will repent in sack-cloth land
ashes, and you will politically cruelty
the leaders that get yen into IL.
Hauling down the flag, he went
IN, was attempted In the Hawaiian
islands by Grover Cleveland, and what
happened? When the isaue was pre-
sented to the American people. Nc
Kinley was electad by the largest
known majority in the history Of the
country. and that flag went back, Is
there now and will be there when the.
day OF resurrection contes.'
"All the applause that had gene
before was a whisper to what greeted
this. Mr.. Austin went on to draw a
comparison between Hawaii and tbs
Philippines, and to pont out the bene-
fits which would accrue II the Fill
pinos, like the Hawaiians, were def
niteIy part Of the Union. lie paid
tribute TO the work done by Americans
here. and said that the pages of his
tory might be searched In vain 70
find so matchless an example OF SER
vice rendered by one people to an
other"
There was more to the speech that
set the crowd wild. Afterwards Sen,
stor shafroth arose and deprecated
Austin's remarks, declaring that the
expression of political views at the
BANQUET violated hospitality. He talk
ed along soothingly. after which Aus.
tin again spoke, declaring that he I'M
derstood there was freedom of speech
in the Philippines. Representative
Quezon poured some verbal oil on
the waters and the incident passed,
but II appears that Austin carried OIL
the honors of the evening.
Editorially the Free Press says OF
the incident;
'.What was 1t. that speech Of Cong |
ressman Austin 's-the frank and prop
ar expression of a red-blooded Ameri-
can. or q needless Haunting OF the
Stars and Stripes and an indiscreet |
resurrection Of the old bogie OF i'm
perialism?
aTo Judge by the enthusiastic recep-
ton Of the congressman's speech by
most of the Americans present, It was
the former: while, to judge by the
comment Of the Filipino press. It was
very decidedly the latter.
~As q matter Of fact, much Of the
American enthusiasm was due to the
insipidity OF the preceding speeches
Of Mr.. Austin's colleagues. AT the
same time. even some who cheered
lIid not agree with all that Mr.. Austin /
said. Moreover, II Mr.. Austin's Phil
Ippine creed be the test Of the real,
American, then the Amer
lean people, as people, is sadly ane-
mic. For back in the United States
Mr.. Austin would have comparative
" small following. Nor is there any
iced OF our Philippine friends becom-
Ing unduly alarmed: for Congress
nan Austin is not the congress Of the
United States nor yet the American
people
"As to Mr.. Austin in the roll Of
prophet. 1t may be that the history of
Hawaii VIII repeat itself in the Phillip
'ineE; but from the present outlook
here is as much chance Of that ais
of Canada's annexing the United
States In spite of Mr.. Austin and in 4,