The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-17
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n IN ESSAGES of peace and good
NIwill, Of eongratulation' and
hope, of friendship and desire
for greater friendship, passed back and
forth across the Pacific Yesterday be,
tween Honolulu and japan, across the
world 3 greatest wireless span, mark
ing the formal opening Of the Hawaii
Japan Marconi wireless service.
The President and the ,Nikado ex-
changed words of friendships in the
names of the two nations theS repre-
sent; the Governor of HnW III sent salu-
tations TO the Premier of Japan and re-
cGived a reply cOuched In the friend
lest terms; Mayor Lane and Mayor
Gkudo sent and received the alohas of
Honolulu and Toxic; George W. Smith,
president of the local chamber of com
merce, and Baron Shibuziwa, the nes-
tor, of the japanese chambers Of com
merce, sent friendly greetings to each
other; the editors Of American news
papers, from New York I'd Honolulu,
exchanged fratefnal messages with the
editors Of the American AID leading
yernacular newspapers Of Nippon; dip
lomats sent their congrattl ations TO
each other and TO SignOr Mhrconi and
his American associates, ana all the
messages poured through Honolulu.
Remarkable Achievement
The opening of the commercial Mar
conf wireless service to Japan took
place at half,past four yesterday morn
ing, OF midnight of Thursday morning
in Japan. II was remarkable achieve
ment, thorough success, with the mes
sages traVersing 1900 miles of space
without an interruption or the least de-
lay, the signal dots and dashes travel
ing at the speed of lS6, 600 niles a sec
0nd.
The first messages scut and received
were those exchanged by President
Wilson 70 Emperor Yoshihito, messages
Of international Importance. These are
published elsewhere on this page.
Governor to Premier
Governor Pinkham despatched the
following message to the Premier OF
Japan, this message being one of the
first to be despatched and the first
message sent direct from Honolulu:
Ills Excellency, Field Marshal Terra
uchi,
premier Of Japan, Toxic
This moment Is completed, through
the Hawaiian Islands Of the United
States and the Islands Of Japan, thu
instant impulse Of intelligence tnvisiblJ
c0nquering space and circhng thu
world by the marvellous conception ant
installation Of the devices OF Count
Guglielmo Marconi.l AS America send
and Japan receives this message Of
goodwill may there be sent back ant
forth impulses Of peace and good
win not alone for our own peoples
hut all the peoples within our mutua
LUCIUS E. PINKHAM,
e's,sg rr.'l Governor of Hawaii.
The reply Of the japanese premie,
friendly terms.
Mayor Lanes message TO the Mayo
Dkndo of Toxic was as follows:
fi'Vno people OF hOnOluIu oAJcnt
their friendly greetings and cOngratu
lations to the people Of TOXIC for tn
successful establishment Of wireless
communication between your city ant
ours u 80
In response Mayor Okudo sent tn
following:
The Hon. Navor Of HONOLULU
ION behalf Of citizens Of Toxic
reciprocate friendly greetings and con
ordinations on this new bond Of uniol
between your city and ours.
80 Y" "I oKUDA.
- ~. Mayor Of Toxic.
Commercial Fluctuations
The message Of President George W
Smith, of the Honolulu Chamber o
Commerce 20 Baron Shibuzawa, tn
founder of the Toxic Chamber of Com
meree, was;
.'The Chamber Of Commerce Of Ho
nollllu extends TO you and the CONNER
cial bodies Of Japan hearty congratula
lions on the opening Of wireless com