Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-26
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COUNTRIES EACH
YEAR SUGGESTED
Proposal Made at Pan-Pacific
Dinner Makes Honolulu
Meeting Place

II was truly a Pan-Paciflc aSsenib-
lage that gathered at tables In games
hall OF the Y. NJ C.. A. last evening
at the behest Of the Pan-Pacific Club.
There were folk from the Occideiit.
from the Orient anu from the Anti
podes. Possibly such mingling OF "a
ccs might occur elsewhere. but the
Crossroads OF the Pacific was the
natural meeting place and Il Is doubt
full II any other spot could have SO
brought the races of the Pacific to
gether. And II Is proposed that such
gatherings shah Ne held each year
but in more pretentious form. that
Honolulu shall annually entertain a
convention to which shah come dele
gates from every country and state
that borders on the waters OF the Pa
cific Ocean.
The Balboa Day dinner given by the
Pan-P Pacific Club last evening was a
success II vas a success from point
OF numbers, from point OF countries
represented, from point OF ideas that
were advanced and win be success
from the results which smust follow.
The PROPOSAL that there be cOnven-
tion held here annually was made By
Lorrin Andrews and met with ready
approval as was shown by the hearty
applause that greeted his suggestion.
The applause came alike from the tn.
bIes assigned to japan, China. Austria
Liza, Hawaii and the Pacific coast
states And the sentiment expressed
I,y every speaker was for closer re-
lationship between the Pacific peo-
pies.
Annual Convention
Following the dinner In games hall
Alexander Hume Ford introduced Lor-
rim Andrews as one deeply interested
In the Pan-Pacificism and the latter
responded with q talk in which he
made the suggestion for the annual
gathering OF nations here At the time
Of or Immediately after the annual car.
Inival
Next after Andrews young David
Hunter told Of how he hal>had the
word Pacific drillaf INTO .hlm I'll he
tired Of It ana then came here 10
learn to love Il. He told of the clubs
similar to the Pan-Pacific here that
had been organized in his home land.
Takes Pride IN Exhibit s..
Dr. Syngman Rhee then responded
FOR Korea and talked Of the spread OF
the Hsnds-Around-the-P Pacific move.
ment. He was followed by c. c. Ra,
mirez for the Philippines. who pointed
with pride to the exhibit Of bis coun-
try in the Pan-Pacific building. Mayos
Lane then spoke Of the aloha spirit
Of Hawaii" which made It the one
and only proper meeting place for the
nations Of the world, the one spot
where all is friendship and where en-
nifty Is unknown.
Clarence Cooke followed In response
to the requeVt for a talk on education.
The playground, the school and the
church were the meeting places for all
the children, he said, and the spirit 10
be cultivated was the equality OF all
human beings.
Luis G. Cullen. Spanish consul.
then spoke. Miss Mildred Aver acting
as his Interpreter He was in turn
succeeded on the rostrHm by Manuel
G. Pacheco. who told OF BaIboa's ex-
plorations and the results that follow.
ed. Kim Tong Ho for China and o..
X. Ozawa for Japan both spoke force.
fully and interestingly, the former be-
ing q Hawaiian-born Chinese.
interpreted with the speaking were
vocal numbers by the Kafnehameha
quartet and a selection on the ukuleie
by George Mossman and pictures of
the presentation of the flags OF the Pa
.ciffc countries to Queen Liliuokalani.
Many Floats Promised
Then Ford called on various speak
ers from various tables demanding to
know what each country or state
would Co as to floats for the Carnival
parade. The responses were ready
and prompt and afterward Ford said
that counting the promises made last
night and those obtained from others
previously there would be 104 floats
in the parade.
=. And the annual dinner Of the Pan
Pacific Club and the celebration Of
Balboa Day thus ended.