Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-14

with the playing of the Star Spangled
Banner by the hawaiian band. Dane
ing occupied the remainder Of the
evening.
Following is Professor da costa's
address: " - ..- ~-. -.-- g.
The government Of the republic
established the schools in foreign
lands at, a historical moment, the
most painful that our country as well
as other European nations have ira
yersed. ts ..-t Re. r.
Portuguese soldiers by the side Of
the allied troops forms around the
Central powers wall of human flesh,
the most powerful and extensive and
warlike that Europe has yet seen.
And that, wall Of human flesh con
stantly bled By the implacabie enc.
my's fire, is suffering for our indie.
pendence, to assure our freedom and
to prevent that upon the world the
yoke Of militaristic. tyranny should
descend. The duties imposed by our
treaties, the loyalty Of our character
and the necessity OF our defending
the integrity Of our colonial domin,
ions imposed on our army, the duty OF
going to the battle fields to display
the bravery, their discipline, organiza
ton and the yaIor Of their famous he
roism. Z (. T. + E :. -. 20" -.
To facilitate Victory 49, 49, ;. : 2s,. ....
America, also Intervening for the
first time in Europe's politics, i
sending to Europe her soldiers, that
by the side of ours, by the side OF
the French and by the side Of the
heroic allied troops fight for the same
ideal and sacrifice themselves TOR the
same cause. s. ). s..ss,. IL .aa.E i
America allies herself with Us to
facilitate our victory and minimize
the sacrifice. g .se
Portugal has also established
schools among the Portuguese col
onies Of America. that the poor
immigrants who, in most parts
of the United States work in the
fields and In the factories, may per-
feet themselves and become better
instruments for the progress and the
wealth OF these wonderful islands.
Portugal is today one of the larg-
est colonial powers OF the world. The
bold andacious people that cleared
the mysteries OF the sea, rounded Af-
RIGA and brayed the wffds of that
continent, peopled by untameable ami
mails and cannibal negroes; the heroic
people that conquered India, that ex.
plored Asia that carried the sap Of
IT'S blood and the influx Of IT'S tongue
to far off Japan, are yet the people
who retain in their generous hands
q few of the most rich and beautiful
colonies of the world. = 49,. II
Prosperous Islands ~ n
1t is sufficient to mention the vast
territories Of Anglo and Mozambique,
the prosperous ISLANDS of ST. Thomas
and Prince. the charming archipelago
Of Madeira and Azores, our colony
Of Cape Verde and our patrfmony of
India and Timor that before our eyes
may unfold the marvels and grandeur
Of our rich dominons s..
"A great country is Portugal, whose
history is q series of noble teachings
and of glorious deeds. The course
Of our traditions blossoms with all tle
virtues and with all the heroism of
which the human soul is capable The
soil of our country everywhere is
strewn with monuments that through
the centuries win affirm the grandeur
Of our warlike deeds and the sublir1ity
OF our civilization. =. :. 4
From the convent of Batalha to the
building of the Jeronimos,
from the simple pillars that in Africa
and IN India attest the remote ac-
ton Of our Conquistadores to the
statues, chapels and. memorials that
all the cities of Portugal
the sublimity of our. IL
lustrious ancestors and the firmness1
of our ciyilizfng evolution, from the
solitary cross raised on the hill to
define the purity Of our. beliefs :to1
the chapels OF gold and silver, erected
In the interior Of the old and naagni-
ficent cathedrals. where they created
knights, those that left for the con,
quests, and feted the -conquerors that
returned in triumph; everywhere the
soul Is surprised with glorious smo-1
lions at the past and with 10y that, 1
that country Is ours which our fore
fathers blessed with their generous
soul. = -. -,
Path Of Tradition Bright
On the path Of our traditions shine
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