Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

candid exposition of his Impressions
as relating to the territorys problems
and their solution, made a deep i'm
preston on the 200 guests present.
His sincerity was apparent when he
intimated that the public lands should
be opened up to homesteaders. 3.
Representative Temples address
was in the nature of profound analy-
sis OF Germany's doctrine of govern.
ment, an exposition of her dominat-
ing impulses as inspired by her ethics
and philosophy, to sweep aside every
object that stood in the way of the
achievement of her designs-worid
domination. ~.
Unique in the fact that the banquet
was both meatless and booseless,
nevertheless it was as successful as il
was enjoyable. ]. F. c. Hagens, presi.
dent of the chamber, presided as toast
master, and seated at the speakers
table were Governor Pinkham, Sena'
tor Myers, Congressman Temple,
Chief Justice Robertson, General Wis
SER Delegate Kuhio, Charles Chilling
worth, H. L. Holstein and E. Faxon
Bishop
Responding to the only toast of the
evening-to the President-Governor
Pinkham emphasized Hawaii's loyalty
and preparedness and the eagerness
of her soldier representatives, the Ma
tional Guard, to participate in the
world fray.
BISHOP GIVES HISTORY - ~
To Mr.. Bishop the POSTMASTER as
signed the task of expounding for the
benefit of the congressional visitors
a summarized history of Hawaii and a
resume of her commercial activities,
ner wealth Of production, her love for
the Stars and Stripes, eliminating
with arguments that Hawaii by reason
of her value to the mainland should
receive just consideration and gener
Gus help from congress. The climax
of his speech came with an earnest
and sincere entreaty for the men of
Hawaii to grasp the realization of the
war, to the end that the words Amer
lea expects every man to do her duty
may be indelibly impressed on the
minds and written in the hearts of
every citizen during the course of the
struggle
Mr.. Bishop explained that the large
non-citizen population is due to the
fact in Hawaii's early days the Orient
was the base of supplies for labor be-
cause of the lack of American bottoms
in the Pacific. In those days the
mainland was $4,000 miles away, ships
perforce taking the Cape Horn route.
while the Orient was only 1000 miles
away.
He asserted that the people of Ha.
waii resented being regarded as a pos
session, that they considered these
islands just as valuable to the gov.
eminent as any of its state units; that
for years they had been self-supporting
and self-reliant. but always with a
spirit of love and respect for the
American flag, and that the commerce
of Hawaii has ever stood under the
Stars and Stripes.
PLEA FOR SOLIDARITY
He related how finally so important
had Hawai's sugar production become
that mainland capitalists took cogni-
Zance of it and fleets were launched
especially to handle the Hawaiians
trade, eliminating in the organization
and development Of the American-Ha-
waiian and Matson companies
He argued for sufficient shipping to
move Hawaii's $4,000 tons of produce
monthly to the mainland. Without
shipping Hawaii cannot do her full
duty in the war, he said
In conclusion, he recounted the
death of Hawaii's sons on the sea; the
devotion and loyalty of the islands,
and argued for a greater unity of SEN
timent and solidarity of spirit in the
war
In contemplating the ultimate" he
said, would it be too fantastic flight
of the imagination to conceive, of a
Grand TableauX as an Epilogue to the
last Act of this World Tragedy, to
have as its stage setting these distant
isles of the sea, the Great ather 10 |
invoke the undying fires of cue lofty
mountain tops in a mighty Jyrotechnlc
spectacle projecting across limitless |
space 'tYjXt earth and heaven to the |
vision OF all the nations of the eartn
the motto Of the Chiefs of Hawaii, Ia !
mau ka ca, la alma, ka pono'-'the |
life of the land is the righteousness |
therein
SENATOR MYERS FRANK
Following Mr.. Bishop, Senator My. |
ers spoke. He thanked the people Tor |
Ihelr hospitality and paid tribute to |
the beauty of the islands, climate, AMI
people. Senator Myers declared that |
he would give some of his impressions
of his visit, Of the problems and needs |
OF the islands, and give them frankly
and sincerely.
demonstrating and throwing open
the public lands he considered essen
tial to the further progress and de-
Velopment Of the islands. He laid |
stress on the fact that the hometown.
ing class is the foundation of every
. republican form of government and the
bulwark of democracy. Hawaii was
lacking in this respect, he thought He
urged larger American homecoming
class. Last year the non-Oriental
population of the islands was only Ill
per cent of the whole, he declared he
had been told, and this year only IS
per cent. He said the figures should
be reversed, and until Hawaii boastedi
a larger number of homecoming citi-
zens her chances for statehood were
slim.
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