The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-05
ALL RACES PARTICIPATE
IN OBSERVANCE OF NATAL
ANNIVERSARY OF NATION
Peoples Of All Lands
Of Pacific Unite To
Pay Tribute To the
Stars and Stripes


Races Of all the lands Of the Pacific
united yesterday afternoon to pay
tribute to the stars and Stripes and OBJ
serve the Fourth of July in a celebra.
ton that may be called wholly unique.
In addition to the mingling of the many
! nationalities in colorful costumes, the
celebration, which was held under the
direction of officers of the Pan Pacific
Association at Arcadia, the home OF
Fotmer Governor Frear on Punahou
street, was made dOubly distinctive by
the reading of the Declaration of indie
pe4uence in twelve different tongues
In terms that deeply stirred the pa.
triOtism Of every nearer Orrin Andrews.
who delivered the principal address,
tod the story Of the signing of the
Declaration Of Independence and de-
serlbed how the representatives. of thir.
teen then obscure colonies had babe
dehance to the German king who sat on
the English throne. The note of sin
cerity that rang through the address
called forth one round Of applause after
another, showing that in the mingled
races there all felt the same spirit of
loyalty and devotion to the Nation that
possessed the speaker.
Alexander Hume Ford secretary Of
the Pan-Pacifc Association, had charge
of arrangements for the celebration
and following the addresses, the central
feature of the exercises was the prepar-
alton for shipment of the fifty odd flags
of Pacific countries that are to be sent
to Washington. The flags used were
those that were presented to Secretary
of the Interior Franklin X. Lane on the
occasion of the pageant held in his
honor recently on the grounds of the
Mid Pacific Institute In accordance
with his wishes they we're held here
for shipment to Washington. They are
now to be sent forward doubIy dedi-
Gated aud are to be delivered by Secre-
tary Lane to President Wilson.
Order Of Exercises
Boy and Girl Scouts, pupils of the
various schools and representatives of
JAPANESE and Chinese organizations
took part in the celebration, which
opened with music by the Filipino or
chestra followed by selections and sing
ing by members of the orchestra of the
Royal Hawaiian band. The principal
address was delivered by Lorrin And
rews and following his speech, Judge
Horace Vaughan, of the United States
district court, spoke briefly before the
Declaration of Independence was read
in the various tongues.
Early in the afternoon groups began
to gather on the spacious lawn in front
of the Frear home. The front part Of
the house on both stories was drapcd
in the flags that were later removed
and placed on dais in preparation for
shipping.
Before opening the exercises Alcx-
amder Hume Ford told the gathering
that Mr.. and Mrs. Freur were away
from the city, but he read a message
of greeting froR Mrs. Frear. Children
Of the Kaiulani School in costume, led
by their teacher, Miss Emma Goo, gath.
cred about the approach to the veranLa
which served as a platform. Among
the children were Isabella Wilson in
Spanish costume, ThcIma Frazier. Por-
tuguese; Maruta Tim, Korean; Ruth
Lau, Chinese; Salphina Sandal, Fill
Pine and Katherine Kauhanc, Hawaiian.
Andrews Address
The address of Lorrin Andrews was
brief. He told his hearers it was II
hundred and forty-twO years ago that
"A little group of patriots gathered to-
%pthcr and enunciHted a doctrine that
the rest Of the world at that time re
garded as a political folly. 1t was not
new doctrine, he said, but it had
never been enforced. Their doctrine
was that all men are born equal and
they took the stand they did at the
risk of their lives at time when thev
stood alone with wilderness filled
with saVages behind them and the best
trained fighting force in the world be
lore them.
The speaker pointed out what has
rome of the action then taken by re
minding his hearers that the whole
civilized world now admits that without
this country, which grew from that
first small beginning, it would be i'm
possible today to hope to conquer the
Prussian hOrdes or check the Hohen-
zollern aspiration to dominate the
world. just as the American political
doctrine is based on the equality of
man, he said, the Pan-Pacifc Associa-
ton, which had its birth in Hawaii,
has as its purpose the establishment
Of brotherhood and equality for all the
races that enter into it, The only
great future the world can have he
said, would come when all races Joined
hands together ana he asked what bet
ter day there could be for Pan Pacific
organization to come together and eel
citrate than the Fourth of July.
Declaration Read
After Judge Vaughan had spoken
briefly, the Declaration of Independ.
enre was then read in the various ton,
cues, Those who took part in the
reading and the nationality they rep,
resented were as follows: Judge
Vaughan, America; T. Katsunuma,
japan; :. X. l.au, China; j. Pnhk,
Korea; y. c. Dixon, Filipino; Mrs F.
l.. 60, Java Dutch; Margaret Brauco,
Portuguese: Mrs. II. B. Campbell Rus
Ai"; Samuel Kumaku, Hawai-; D. Mar.
linodo, Spain; {. r. Maxwell, Maori;
and F'rd Harrison, Australia,
After th" reading Of the DrcIurnr Ton
II In Dependence, Girl and Boy Scouts
removed the flags from their hungings
to the dnis prepared to receive them.