Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-07
AIMS AND IDEALS0F JAPAN AND
US. ONE IN THE WAR, SAYS ISH||


the round of visits to man! Places o.
interest which We have made this al
ternOOn under the courteous, "eHFOh-
ceived and personal guldancS OF oiE
ExcellenCy and your stan II IS not
mere fattery to state that the Charm
and beauty Of this land OF yours can
not fail to soothe the traveller a1ter
a somewhat monotonous voyage. Every
minute spent in your Islands is replete
with comfort and delight, and surely
the pleasant experiences OF this after,
noon will never be erased from the
memories Of the members OF this spec
ial mission. To me it was particularly
interesting. as ! was able to mark the
great progress made here, both indus
trially and otherwise, since MY last
visit just ten years ago
Your Excellency and gentlemen.
noting, today, all the blessings that
prodigal nature first provided, to be de-
veloped later by man, felt more deep
~ than | had perhaps felt hitherto the
call to the manhood that is in me and
in US all to use the best gifts nature
has bestowed upon us in order that
in cooperation with the courage, faith
and honest purpose which are so we'll
typifed in these Islands Of Hawaii, we
may help to bring the world, in due
course. to such a peace as will ensure
to every man and to every nation the
fruits Of honest endeavor. We thank
you"
Frequently AppIauded
During this address the speaker was
frequently applauded.
The Viscount then proposed the
health of the President, to which Gov
ernor Pinkham replied, in the course
of his remarks announcing the pro-
posed creation Of Japanese company
for the national guard, an announce
ment that was loudly applauded. The
Governor said:
The Governors Speech
your Excellency Viscount Ishii, Con-
sul-General Moroi, Members of the
Mission and Gentlemen:
1T has been my privilege to note
some of the expressions made by your
excellency in your address before the
American-Japan Society exactly one
month ago tonight.
Il have noted the sentiments ex-
pressed on that occasion by your most
distinguished statesmen and diplomats,
the Honorable Count Terauchi, premier
Of Japan, Viscount Ichiro Montono,
minister of foreign affairs, Viscount
Kentaro Kaneko, privy councillor, and
Eki Hioki, diplomat
The sentiments were all friendly
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America and urgent for a peace con-
sistent with the highest ideals, to be
maintained in perpetuity.
Good Results Certain
"A mission filled with the spirit
OF your mission, sustained by your
statesmen at home and abroad cannot
fail to make the profoundest impress
sion on the American people and the
whole world, now so intricately in
yolved in every phase of human and
national existence.
/ 1T is for you who know the inner.
most springs of purpose and action to-
predict the outcome of your magnifi-
cent effort and not for me, so far from
the center of American craftsmanship
and diplomacy, and unauthorized to
speak.
1T is for US in this isolated archi-
pelago to hope for what is best for
our country.
These Islands have had much to
do with modern Japan; and Japan has
had much to do with modern Hawaii,
and will have much more to do with
modern Hawaii for the potentialities
of the predominance of the Japanese
race in the Territory of Hawaii are
obvious.
Our relations have been ethical,
educational and commercial, and the
happy results have been this day IN
der your observation.
The world in these latter days
learns much from Japan.
Her action in now forming a ma
tional advisory council assures not
only your own country, but others,
that Japan will have profoundly con-
sidered advice and suggestion to offer
when settlement of these inter
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