The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-05

Du' lhOSP people are now going 1OTth
and taking their place in the fighting
| lines in Europe.
Irish and the War
"Thore are the Irish. We all love
the Irish They are making the su
Preme sacrifice in this war. There
were many who have gone on before
we entered the war and hundreds Of
Thousands have gone to fight the hat
ties of England aud the Allies with
| out n murmur There are. hOwevrr,
certain FrankPnstPins among them who
are working hand in hand with Pro
BermaOiEm. There are some among
\ them, who in their blind zeal act IN
wav that may rnslaye. them should the
| Allies have hsen defeated. That how
ever, should not be taken rs n judge,
mPm against the racp This is merely
thP exception
We are proud of our American
civilization, and W. are pond of the
grent aud noble man who IL now con
trolling the dcstinies of This country
We are proud Of the part little
Hawai- is taking, Of our soldiers and
sailors
"ThN Kaiser rpckoned without HE
host when h" figured that the United
| states would not be n material factor
or benefit to the Allies.
Behind our preparations; behind
! the record that our shipping board j.
| making with the number Of ships that
are taking 20 the water every month:
behind all this, when today sixty ships
are gliding from the WAYS into the
wafer, As our answer for the freedom
| Of the seas to the Kaiser. our nation
stands sohdlv against kaserism.
Behind the record of our navy, we
can reflect upon the fact that the des
| picahlc operations of the Mbma rinps
have decreased, more than fifty per
cent since the entry of our navy into
the conflict. Behind the record Of the
transportation of our troops. there is
the knowledge that we have a million
men over seas, there is the statement
bv the British that we are five months
ahead Of time In that regard.
/ Mind you. this million Of men has
been transported across the ocean with
the loss Of but $50 men.
Tho Day"
''Ths is Independence Day. 1t is
one we have long celebrated and will
| celebrate for many years to come, per
haPs for all time, and l have in mind
that this day will be secondary only to
another Independence Day we are 20
ing to celebrate. That will be the an
niversary Of the overthrow Of the Ger
man Kaiser and his POtsdam crowd.
1t, will mark the going Of the military
autOcracy; il will mark the triumph Of
right over might. civilizat ON over say
aReEy. light over darkness and the rrign
| of God over the cohorts of the Devil.
. The day is approaChin when the
dark clouds of international dis, ord
will be rent asunder aud the sunlight
! of. peace break forth upon the earth,
! and victorious American army will
come marching home, and then again
will the morning stars sing together
and again will the sons of God shout
with jOy.'
The calling Of the Allied colors to
the front of the platform, one by one,
was an interesting phase of the pro
gram. As the strains Of America, play
ed by the Hawaiian Band, softly rearh
I'll the ears of all, Columbia, represent
ed by Miss. Louise EghOhm, took her
place at the trout of the platform. amt
slowly unfOlded the Stars and Stripes
As she stepped aside, the flag of Great
Britain was brought to the front by
Miss Eloise Harrison, who was draped
in the same cOlors. "God Save the
King" was played until she stepped
back to the side of COlumbia Applause
greeted the appearance of the Frrnch
Tri-colnr as it was brought forward by
Miss Juliette Dintillhar. She was dress.
ed in red. white and blue and wore n
Liberty cap. The MarsellIasp was
played while Frances flag was um.
furlcd.
There was deep, revcrrnt silence AZ
l3elgum's flag was opened to the
hreeZe by Miss Josephine tie IIarnP
and hardly a SOUND was heart from the
great audience as the Belgian national
anthem was PLAYED.
The Chinese flag Was borne hv Yak
Hoy LCOng, who was attirrd III old
style Chinese costume, n contrast to the
rainbow striped flag of the modern
Chinese Republic The Japanese Sun.
flag was offered by Miss Yoshka Full
Raka, who wore n becoming native HI
mono. For both China amt Japan, the
national anthems of those countries
were played.
The flags of Portugal aud Italy were
displayed last (hut not least hv Miss
l4urllr Santos and Mrs. $. j. &. Todd,
respectively. Miss Santos wore a quaint
peasant costume Of Portugal
Following this ceremony, the meeting
was brought to close by the prr>iding
Officer, and at twelve O'clock the ma
tionnl salute was fred in the capitol
grounds by D detachment Of the lIn
waiian NatiOpal Guard.
This salute was not only in honor of
America 5, natal birthday bat in honor
of all the countries allied with
America in the war.
-- WIS. D. r-
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