Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-26
London SOUNDS
WARNING NOTE AT
BURNS BANQUET
Advises Restriction of lmmi-
grafton: More Than 500
Honor SCotland'S Poet


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More than 500 men were seated at
! the tables in Knights of Pythias hall
! list night when the Scotchmen of Ho-
tEolu,u celebrated the birthday Of Rob
crt Barns and men OF every nation
atty Joined heartily in applauding
each sentiment uttered in eulogy Of
/ tire Scottish bard Refreshments of
! varied nature were served and pro-
gram OF exceptional merit interested
! those who attended =:::s>.s. r..
/ One OF the featuT ss of the evening
! was the veciferous singing of Tip
/ perary'' by the audience, when with
/ ont utterance the hearty sympathy of
the audience with the men in the Eu-
lropean trenches was attested by the
( repetition of the chorus OF the march
P, ing song of the Allies hail a. dozen
times. Jack London's speech was the
| leading event OF the evening.
Robert Anderson presided and in.
troduced first Peter ToSh, who recited
poem of his own in response TO the
toast THE Immortal Memory" r.
Scott sang, There Was a adj" anj
as ain encore his own composition.
Are We Downhearted ." Rudolf J,
Buchly played violin selection. 49,.
Tribute to Wilson. -. ~.
In response to the toast, ITO the
President Of the United States" Unit.
ed States District Attorney Horace w.
Vaughan first paid d tribute to Burns
and then to President Wilson, who he
said was of Scotch descent Vaughan
said the president factd the greatest
problems any president had ever
faced, and that his peace policy had
kept this country out of war while all
of Europe is involved in a. conflict
which is causing untold misery. At
the same time, he said, the president
realized that we must be prepared in
order to avoid war, so that If
war must come We may be the vic
tors. Mr.. Vaughan said that in the
crisis We constantly are face to face
with every citizen should sacrifice his
own opinions and stand Loyalty by the
president. 49,: -,
One of the bes, numbers of the
evening was "Scocs VIVA Haze sung
by Frank Hillman. Hillman followed
this with "The Land O Leal, and SO
long and loud Was the applause he
was forced TO sILg again, this time
choosing Till the sands OF the Desert
Grow Cold, because, as he said, he
knew no more Scotch songs. A live
ly time came with Bob Ross whistling
numbers and bagpipe imitation, the
applause attesting the appreciation OF
the hearers. 9ls
Judge Dole spoke anew words at
the request OF the chairman backed
Dy the applause OF the audience.
Drink Toast, 1.-The King"
A toast was drunk, standing, to
THE King, aud the British consul,
K. L. S. Gordon, said few words urg-
ing support Tor the British asSocia.
ton. b. A. Joyie sang two or Harry
LADDERS songs j. Patton gave
splendid imitation of Harry Lauder,
singing I'm Fu' tn Moo, and had to
respond with several other SONGS all
done in excellent style. Other sing
ers who pleased were George Bust
ard, w. H. Hutton and j. c. Ander-
son. William Love played a violin Sc
lection, K. Ewailiko and William
Prestidge played guitar duet, and
Roderick o. Matheson responded TO
the toast, THE Land O. Burns.
Jack London, in his speech in re-
spouse to the toast, THE Land We
Live In made some statements
which were almost sensational.
Unless we restrict immigration,
he said, unless we keep from our
land the blood of decadent races OF
southern Europe, whose day passed
when Rome and Greece fell, we will
meet disaster. When our country
was first settled we assimilated all
the foreigners who came, but now We
cannot do it, and unless we stop inn
migration almost entirely for many
years it is goodnight ideals; good
night race blood; goodnight land We
live in.
IF there is no unity of blood there
can be no unity of purpose. and al
ready we lack unity of purpose as
was shown by the way we have met
the Mexican question. The American
people cannot unite on anything be
cause the nation is pulled this way
and that by the varied strains of
blood flowing in its veins, just as an
individual of mixed blood is pulled
backward and forward by the two
strains. We are getting the people
OF the wrecked nations of Europe.
Greece and Rome began to decay
when they mixed with their own blood
the blood of the people they had con-
quered and made slaves Thus in the
end the conquerors were the victors
So ii must be with US.
No man can forecast history, but
hiStnrY hy eXarnnle tells us that In