The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-05
Declaration" Reid By
British Born Citizen
At Exercises In
Cap td Grounds

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i representatives of the nations fighting
with Anerica against autoeRacy oc-
,cupying places of honor upon the plat.
form Within the stand which was used
! When kalakaua was crowned king of
the Awaiians, Hoholulu' Fourth of
July N the year l9lS assumed dis
/ tineti i've lmeaRing yesterday more. signi-
6cant itbpn any celebration of Ameri
kca,s nhtai day ever held in the -Hawa-
ian Islands, or even enywhere else
in the world,
That enc Hundred and forty years
had 40 modified the original profound
,sentimentsy of the representatives Of
! the Tbirteen original American colonies
that 4. deseendent of ., Britain man of
y1719 4rsad the indictment against
,Englahds German King was perhaps
] the Most outstanding feature of a
| program of patriotic incidents which
was prepared that all people. dwelling
IN the Paradise of the Pacific could
! part lcipate, and with their applause and
/ cheers assert their protest against the
atrocities Committed in the name Of the
kaiser,
Day In Foreign Hands h..
81. Fourth, of July celebrations in Homo
lulu in former years were participated
int, ,prineipally by American residents
here and the Hawaiians, -, who took
kindly to. the, day and made Of IL an
occasion Of patriotic outburst. Yester
day the situation was reversed; the
men who had charge of the days
! events we're mep of foreign lands,
with only, q Sprinkling of Americans.
A, Briton 5reRd the Declarati0u of Ip-
dePendenGej seven flags displayed and
cheered were those Of foreign countries;
the Fourth of July Of 1913 in Honolulu
demonstrated more certaiply than ever
before that the unification Of the
races was complete, save that of the
Tpspeakable Turk aud the "UpJ
| sPeakable Prussian, as Chief Justice
James /. Coke, ip his grafton, declared
tn" German, behind the Kaiser in the
world conflict to be.
Nearly FIVE Thousand people : Auietil
cans, British, French Portuguese, Ttal
ians, Chinese, japanese, Filipiaos,
Koreans. Porto Rieans-9 gathered be-
} meath the great, monkey pod trees in
the palace grounds, to help celebrate
this unusual Fourth, 1t was a typical.
sunny Hawaiian day, Red white and
blue bunting and American flags made
a patriotic splash of color upon the
baud stand which vas used as the
talIest flagstaff OF the executive build
ing Old Glory waved triumphantly, and
many an eve looked. upward at its
futtering and cleaning folds when the
presiding officer read brief dispatches
from the front telling of American an
British and French victories against
tn" Germans and of the shooting down
of :florks of enemy airplanes.
Crowd Enthusiastic
1t was large apd epthusin>ti,
crowd, albeit it was noticeable that it
rcfrained from demO nstratiops usual on
former days. for NOT a, frecracker was
heard Throughout the two, hours the
program was being uHfollcd. Only
when called upon to, give three cheers
did tho prnt in patriotism of the people
make itself manifest, or when joining
in with the 18th Infantry soldier mob
Singers when patriotic selections were
sung.
Boy scouts and Gil SCOUTS were
present in large numbers, the former
TO usher pr0ple to, seats and preserve
lines. the latter to circulate through the
crowd with ice cold water for the
thirsty
CpoW the platform was q distinguish
ed group Of men and women. COVER.
Dor Mccarthy, attired in white linen,
, and wearing his faYorite coral hibiscus
buttophoIo flower, and HIS military
staff were present, As. was Rear Admiral
I Dpy4e, l., 5, A., eOmnllan4apt of Pearl
/ Harbor Naval Station, representing the
navy, and his aid Lieut., R. /, Martin
Peter Cushman Jones, a resident of
! Honolulu for more than sixty years
whose uncestog fought. at Bunker Hill,
was also accorded .. seat of honor, and
! cvipGed unusual interest in the reading
of the Declaration of Independence by
Brtishrr, beaming his approval of
the new order Of things (which has
moulded American and Brtishcr to,
gether so closely, since the Kaiser
began the world war.
There were representatives Uf the
Daughters Of the American Revolalion
aud of tho Daughters OF Hawaii, Mrs.
W. A. BRYAN fer the former, anu Mrs.
Henry Mactarlane for the latter. Mrs
A. =. .ARdrews represented the
Women : Auxiliary of the Council of
National Datruse. ~, IT,
The gnncrul rommit1ee ~ charge of
the program, occupying, SEATS Included
Grrrit i. " lIiler, chai Fman, represent,
| ing the chamber of epmmerce; Fred
Harrison, J. {. McGill aRd George
Bastard r,prrsenting Great Britain and
her colonies; Victor LaPe, Belgium;
Pierre, Rarrou,. FrSare: Chuck Hoy and
c. X. Al, CHINA; NJ. c. Paeheeo, Portu.
gal; z. Kntsunuma, 5Rpap; Ippuyr
Tow nFend Korea; aud K. C. Brown,
| secretary
At uiur clock the Hawaiinn Band,
playing on the Fourth Of July for the
futv.SiAth time sluqe its organization
bach in the early 10'S, With the former
l"ad"r on thnt first celchrati0n,-Cu Cap.
tain HrrIrr sitting nearby, rlaNrI It
number 81 patriotic selections rhrn
from the llrnrhrrs came ripping
flood of melody Az l75 enlisted men of