Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-25
BOSTON |6REETS'
JAPAN MISSION
Governor and Mayor Extend
Hearty Greetings

Hearty Greetings
Nsc0UNT EHn's TRIBUTE
Massashusstts and New England very
Near 10 His Native Land, Having
WIs,dsd q Vest influence Upon clv'-
llx,tIon-ouotss Great utteranee BY
summer In an Historic Address.
Boston. Sept. 1s.-Boston gave the
Waiting japanese mission . warm
welcome upon tn arrival here. ram
fsiled to dampen the desire OF Bos-
tonians to sec the distinguished per
souages from the Ear East.
The imperial mission. headed py
viscount IshM. minister Of foreign ar
fairs. was met % the South STATION
By q reception committee and was
cordially greeted by Governor mccall
and Mayor Curley.
Both at the station and along the
route 10 the State House japanese
fags were plentiful. They were es'
pecially conspicuous along the streets,
whore Boy Scouts passed them out
to the waiting crowds before the VS.
fling party came along.
A battalion Of sailors with band
was drawn up IN front Of the State
House. The band played a stanEa
from the japanese national anthem as
the automobiles drew up.
The constitutional convention sent
a special committee to notify the
governor and japanese guests that the
convention was ready to receive them.
Then. the governor, escortingt Am
bassador Sato and the others. went
10 the convention, where they received
a long and most enthusiastic ovation
the delegates rising.
Addresses Of welcome were made by
Gov. Mccall, Mayor Curley. and Pres'-
dent Bates OF the convention. Viscount
Ishii then made his address. He said:
81 am highly complimented BY an
invitation to address you in this
house. which throughout your history
has runs with eloquence unsurpassed
in any tongue; with the loftiest ap-
peals to the noblest sentiments OF
mankind from the lips OF patriots
whose names are written large on the
corridors Of fame.
Massachusetts and New England
are very close to japan. Many OF our
leading men owe to these surround
ings the impression and the education
which has enabled them to take their
places in the varying walks Of life
In their homeland.
Next to the land Of their BIRTH
dear to them above all else on earth
they recall college friends and the
happy days spent IN study and play
In Cambridge. These always pay a
tribute Of affection to their alma mater
and take increasing pride In tho splen-
did record she Is making in the up
building Of men and a nation.
Massachusetts and New England
have welded . vast influence upon
the civilization of our time. In lit
erature, art, science and industry that
influence has been felt and is being
exercisd throughout the world. In all
of these there has been no narrow
prejudice, for you have gathered rom
and sent to the furthest corners OF
the earth the most representative and
the best.
Japan owes much to Massachu-
sets and Boston. We have learned
from you at home, and your men
and women have labored In our midst
unsellshly and well to our great ad-
vantage"
The viseount paid tribute to the
memory Of the late Henry W. Denison,
for over thirty years tho guide. the
counsellor and the friend OF Japan.
In COuCluSLCu u0 bdAus
"And, now, gentlemen Of this con-
vention, in thanking you for your
courtesy and your patience, permit me
before leaving you to your delibera-
ton, to quote from an address deliv-
cred here in Boston sixty-nfne years
ago-an address that must deeply i'm
press itself upon any reader and upon
every one who seeks as--you and !
and al of us must to building our ma
tons to the highest point Of national
achievement and greatness. TT was
Charles Sumner who said-he may
have been speaking from this historic
rostrum:
"sThe true grandeur Of humanity
Is in moral elevation, sustained and
enlightened and decorated By the
intellect Of man. The truest tokens
Of this grandeur In a state are the
diffusion Of the greatest happiness
among the greatest number and the
passionless Justice which controls the
relations Of the state TO other states
and to all the people committed to its
charge
Applying this great utterarce a.
q rule for guidance In international
affairs, oan say to you that 1t fills
the ideal Of the true spirit OF japan
IN her dealings With you snd with
the world"
More than q thousand distinguished
citizens Of the United States and Jap
an cheered % two great nations clasp
ed hands and pledged each other 10
steadfast alliance for victory In the
great war and the maintenance Of
permanent peace thereby to be estab-
lished, at the big banquet rendered to
the visiting mission By the city Of Bos-
ton at the Oop1ey- Plssa hast night
Others Of Me visiting party. Cor
Mccall. Mayor Curiey and others a1eo
were spssfsfx