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SURF BOARD RIDING
AHAWAIIAN SPORT
Famous Beach at Waikiki the
Rendezvous of Natives
and Tourists.

Imagine yourself uncerta My rosed
en- narrow but heavy strip Of board,
end tilted on the crest of billow and
leaping shoreward with all the bullet
like speed which Pacific Ocean waves
are capable of developing. and you have
an idea then of the exhilarating sport
Of surf board riding. which is one CT
the most popular amusements every
month of the year ''On the Beach AT
Waikiki" at Honolulu.
In the old days Of Hawaii. when Capt.
Cook of the Royal Navy discovered the
islands, about the time the American
Revolution was in Progress, surf board
riding in Hawaiian waters was ms com
mon as automobile driving to-day. II
was the sport not only Of kings. but
also the people, for men, women and
children owned their own surf boards.
marking then with their own family
escutcheon and amusing themselves in
the early mornings and IN the late
afternoons, or when the family dinner
table did not require the use OF nets
and spears to procure fish supplies
So great became their proficiency In
the art OF surf board riding that this
sport became SURGE OF racing compe-
tition. and on gala days when the kings
or chiefs presided vast heet9 of sIrt
board riders would swim out TO the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
vISCOUNT ISHu OPTIMISTIC.
Has No Fear America VIII Monop-
ollie Chinese Market.

VIscount Ishli. the Japanese Anha'-
sador 10 the United States. who returned
TO Japan on leave of absence, stated p.
an Interview given recently to a roa'.
sentative of the japan A0U'rtisC iH".
hu had an entirely optimistic vie" b.
regard to the relations between i..
United States ana Japan. lie said tina.
there is no collision of vital Interests
between the two countries on any prop
lem whatever, although propogandsI
talks about a JRpan-American war OF
things of that kind may make some
people believe once in n while that inc
relations between the two nations are
greatly strained.
Though the Orienta! market espec'nH .
that In China. may ne Of vial 'oi'IeH'
10 Japan, N!sCouut lshi does ''t V'.
'eve mat those interesfsSgNe h-"E
jdngered 10y tie A'urricEl tJct'.
Ia tho Industrial exploitation OF ~.,
Tor tns reason that Aowe',. Nr-
the American capitalists may te. '..
,-saGut nc considered ~ 0spirIug 20 pa"
uie greater part Of their capital INTO e.-
ierpItsss in that country TO sucll an :"
trerils degree that no other country no'
70 speak Of Japan. can compete S'ln
them In that lins.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
HONOLULU OFFERS
RARE ATTRACTIONS
Peaceful City Of Eternal Sum-
mer Has Miles of Auto
mobile Roads.
SEA AND MOUNTAIN AIR
Modern COnveniences Combine
With Tropical Delights in
Beautiful Homes.

The city Of Honolulu occupies a plain
about ten miles long on the peaceful
southeast shore of the island Of Oahu,
extending inland three or four miles in
some places and less than half that in
others. according to the varying width
of the lowland strip upon which most Of
the city is built 1t is between a range
Of mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
radiating from a natural harbor which
has been greatly enlarged by dredging
and blasting and which can truthfully
be said to never know a real storm.
Unique in the character Of its cos
mopolitan population. more varied than
that Of any other American city; In the
unchanging mildness of it's climate; in
its location as an American centre OF
enterprise and influence in an area
bigger than that of the continental
United States (for Honolulu, by cable,
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yellow and red), the poinsettia, ponciana
regia, golden shower and hibiscus. There
are a hundred or more varieties of the
latter. which grows like a weed and
blossoms with great profusion. These
are the growths which stand out among
the scores OF other tropical and semi
tropical plants. They show In the sun
light such bright masses of vivid color
that the artist whoNwould give an idea
OF their strength of coloring must adopt
the device of one who sought to show
on canvas the molten lava OF Kilauea !:
he made as bright and deep an orange
as his mixtures could produce and then
placed this riot of color in a dark room
with a brilliant masked light trained on
the canvas.
Behind Honolulu the residence section
Is fast extending up the slopes and into
the valleys. At night now, when one
looks at the city from the ocean, there
is a starlike background--the lights in
the homes of those who have buided in
the higher places. From these migniii-
cent elevated suburbs one looks over all
the rest OF he city aud OF 10 the Pacific
Ocean. at whose horizon appear and dis
appear the steamships connecting Ha-
wall with Australia aud the Far East.
ON the car uue little less titan four
miles from the Honolulu post office is
Waikiki beach. famous all over the world
as a bathing resort. Here are first class
hotels and bath houses and the bathing
Is enjoyable at an Zines of the year.
Moonlight bathing parties are common.
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without palms and ferns and flowers
which respond all the year round to the
calls OF climate aptly described as
always June" The business structures
are modern. They are steel framed,
freproof-just what one sees in any
ordinary American city, and up to date
In the numerous conveniences and APP
polntments of modern, metropolitan Of
fee buildings.
In street car service. light service,
telephone. automobile, hotel and munich
pal health and sanitation service, Homo
lulu is far ahead of her sister American
cities of several times hef size. For ten
years she has had cable connections with
San Francisco on the one side, and the
Orient on the other. Added to 1t now Is
a regular wireless service over the 2,100
miles of ocean between Oahu and San
Francisco.
How IL Looked TO Mark Twain.
Seen for the first time from the deck
Of a steamship, Honolulu looks like a
long stretch of beach and waterfront,
with a harbor containing more or less
shipping, as the case may be-America' g
sixteen battleship feet called here and
ooaled on its cruise around the world ;
next one sees a section OF businesslike
buildings and on either side thereof
miles of trees, backed by a range of hills
broken into by seven valleys or gulches.
Above Is what Mark Twain described
as remote SUBMITS floating like islands
above the cloud rack"
After landing, the newcomer Is usually
surprised at the modern buildings and
bit disappointed at the narrowness of
the streets in the business section so
long ago laid out, and then he is de-
lighted beyond expression at the miles
OF smooth roadways lined with splendid
homes. II there is an architectural fea-
ture that predominates the larger resi-
dences 1t is the lanai, or veranda. Every
house has its veranda, evidence of the
open air life of the occupants. The
most conspicuous and numerous tree is
the palm, of many varieties. The most
brilliantly colored blossoms, all the year
round, are the bougalnvillea purple
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noyed automobiles trips tnoughHe country.

into the two great American parties
The game of politics was not new to
them, for Hawaii was a constitutional
two generations ago.
Close to Honolulu are several large
sugar plantations, with their mills. The
production of sugar has been brought to
great scientific perfection in Hawaii, and
these thousands of acres of growing cane
and their great mills for grinding rep
resent the best there is in sugar growing
and mill machinery. The Honolulu Iron
Works, In competition with all the
world, is the successful bidder for con-
tracts for big sugar mills in Formosa
and the Philippines so that Honoulans
enjoy the strange spectacle of their iso-
lated community. far from the source
of mineral supply of any kind. shipping
great cargoes of iron and steel machln-
cry TO other ports. Hawaiian sugar men
are developing the industry in the Philip
pines
The very rapid growth OF transpacific
trade has resulted in constantly increas-
ing efficiency Of the steamship service on
this the greatest of oceans. Very few
- the modern vessels plying the Pacific
fail to call at Honolulu, which has been
most aptly called the Cross Roads OF
the Pacific" As result OF the con-
slant succession Of steamers both to and
from the Orient as well as the vessels
which make the islands their objective
point, the Territory has u mail service
each way arrivals averaging twice q
week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
JAPANESE RETURN
TO OCEAN VENICE
Canals Of Caroline Islands
Believed to Have Been
Their Handiwork.

BY one Of those strange freaks OF fate
we find the Japanese again occupying
the Caroline Islands. Thsss Caroline
Islands have nothing to do with Caro-
lima Far from It, I'm fact very far from
1t. AS the R-34 flies there are some
5000 miles. from II.
The opening sentence prompts two
questions: why again." and What
arc the Caroline Islands, Because this
remarkable story depends upon the an
swer to the first question Wen answer
the second one first
Ths Caroline Islands are a small group
in the Western Pacific Ocean just north
Of tho equator and next door to our own
island of Guam. As far as modern his
tory goes they were discovered by the
Portuguese In 1927, and taken by
Spain In 1886. and Germany took them
from Spain in 1887. These first dates
sound like ancient history. and there is
as yet no mention of Japan. but
Half hidden in the water and the over
growing mangrove swamps on the island
Of Ponape is an ancient Venice. still in
| such preservation as 10 be easily ex-
plored and partially understood. Natives
| rail- the ruined city Metalanim. and visi-
tors find ii accessible only at low tide.
1t is not a sunlSen city. 1t is just where
| the builder wanted the city to be for the
| construction of every one OF the miles
| and miles of streets. shows that they
were intended TO be just what they are
! to-day-canals
| When and why this city was built Is
| n matter of conjecture. but II has been
! lTetty conclusively proven that the w5i /
/ was done by the ancient Japanese for
there ~ striking similarity between
, the architecture Of the temples Of Nik'iO
aud some of the buildings ~ Metala1iT
The structure of tho island city isffar
more wonderful however. for the units
Of construction are huge stones exceeding
In size any that modern engineers would
| attempt to move.
Certain II Is that thousands OF years
ago thousands of Japanese under a great
leader united In the construction of one
OF the wonders OF the world. and as far
as we know they did the work In the
days OF shell hammers. cocoanut clippers
and shell necklaces for clothing. Though
just group of tiny dots on most maps
these islands-thousands of miles from
anywhere, probably always miles from
the pathways OF commerce--were once 6
real feature of the worlds great civil
zation. with thousands of resouIceful
ambitious. well organized people capable
OF achievements to excite tho wonder
and admiration OF present day inortals
After all this particular Venice wa,
a rather fine sort of place to live. The
builders went out on tha coral reefs anc
made supplementary Islands for thu
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oreakurs and race IN together. the
trophies being numerous and valuable
from the standpoint OF tho ornaments
made IN that day.
The outrtgger canoe, AZ nrsJ used for
fishing and for communica tfor. between
the Islands which. when In pairs double
dscked over and used for tho Transport
tauon OF warrior armies. also became a
source Of racing amusement. To-day
the outrigger canoes are few, and aside
from II small number used by the Ha-
waiians for hshins purposes, the ma jor-
lty are to be- found con the Beach at
Waikki." where brown skinned pad
ders entertain tourists in racing
The Beach AZ Waikiki has become
famous for surf board and outrigger
canoe riding, White Il is also tire place
where world champion swimmers have
developed, CONSPICUOUS among these be-
ing Duke KahAnanolu. mo Hawaiian
who still retains She title OF the fastest
swimmer In ths world. Kahanamoku
and members OF me Hui Nalu Club are
10 be seen almost any afternoon In the
waters OF WAIKIKI Beach practising and
amusing themselves and developing new
material into racing models
The splendid feature OF the famous
Waikiki Beach is that tho daily aver
age temperature OF the water from
January to December Is T6 degrees, So
that swimming. surf ridics ana canoeing
are daily amusements.
At Waikiki Beach are also the fash
! ionable hostelrieS of Honolulu, the
rendezvous Of army and navy folk, all
numbering, officers and men. nearly 40
| 600 and the crowds OF tourists who now
make Honolulu their summer and win.
ter objective.
1t is also' ''on tho Beach at Waikiki
that many OF the features Of the great
pageant spectacle of the Mid-PacifiC
Carnival are staged every February. ano
where next year, in celebration OF Wash.
nigton's birthday. the greatest alba
cjfc spectacle will be presented.
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: ,bo water a always Of a comfortable

for the water is always of q comfortable
temperature.
Kapiolani Park, named after one OF
Hawaii's queens, Is at this beach' also
the Honolulu aquarium. the latter con-
tains about the most marvellous collectlon
of fish OH earth. 1t Is constantly SUP
piled with the strange shaped ana
highly colored fish that abound In the
depths of the Pacific's tropical waters
Other scenes and places of interest IN
and about the city are the great Peari
Harbor naval station; the Bishop Mu-
scum, which contains probably the great
est Polynesian chronological collection IN
the world; the Pail, a bit of scenery OF
unsurpassed grandeur, and many drive
WAYS, the longest of which Is the trip
round the island" which may be com
fortably made by automobile In less tnan
day.
Besides being notably a residence city.
Honolulu is a city of churches ana
schools. The whole island Territory IN
fact. Ia supplied with religious and ed
ucational institutions far beyond the
average in other places Of similar popu-
lation. This is because of the distinctly
missionary character of the early civil
ization, and because the descendants OF
the Identical families who frst landed
hundred years ago, coming around tne
Horn from Boston to bring Christianity
to the Hawaiian, still hold leadership In
island affairs and continue the same pol
icies of benevolence. The leading ira
ternal societies also flourish all oyer the
islands, and especially In Honolulu
where the Masons, Odd Fellows and Elks
are very strong and have fine quarters
Modern In Spirit.
Politically, Honolulu has been Demo-
cratic since annexation, with strong
trend toward non-partisanship In munlc-
ipal affairs. The city is we'll In the
front of those who have shown the mod
ern spirit of studying problems OF mu-
nicipal administration. and influential
civic bodies are constantly seeking for
the betterment of the local Government.
A majority Of the electorate is Ha-
waiian and part Hawaiian. They d.
vided, on becoming American citizens,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
AUSTRALIA STIRRED
BY US. INVASION
Movements AfOOt to Hold
Far East Bust
ness.
spsvsol Correspondence Of tho Fur Etrsf-
ON Section Of TIE SUN.

Spevtut COrT6sp ordence o. tho PuT Eusf-
cr Section Of THE SUN.
s1pHEr, Australia, Aug. l. - While
American bankers are debating the com
mercial possibilities of the Antipodes
and the establishment OF branch houses
throughout the Islands. particularly IN
the industrial cities OF Australia. the
Commercial Banking Company Of sgd
uey has opened a branch office at Dru-
man, New South Wales.
The Australian Government hass iii iet
consideration "A proposal to Introduce
measure TO combat the alleGed dumping
by American stee, companies OF their
products In this country. The charge Is
made that tho American companies are
flooding the Newcastle, New South Wales,
| market with the steel In an effort TO
| cripple the works there. Demand has
been made for the protection OF the New
Souul Wales steel industry and the
measure to advance the general tariff
has been proposed Cntll now no action
has been taken on the proposal.
| The Australian and State Government
also are considering plan To join in
making nu advance OF $500 ton on
| refined copper (. q. b
Manufacture OF Industrial slcohoi Is
| one OF the newest industries in Aus
tralla, Plans have been made by an
| Australian syndicate with large re-
| sources for tie establishment OF a plant
| in Papua,
Complaint has been made In New
| South Wales over the sale of 5000, 900
bushels OF wheat by tho Minister of
! Agriculture without inviting public com
| petition or public bidding. As re-
| suit a commission has been appointed
| to conduct an investigation OF the sale
In New South Wales in the month of
| limo the gold DTOduClio ion reached IN a
| total Of 1000 ounces, valued at SS6.0 coo.
| This is half OF the amount produced "a
year ago. 5000 ounces with II valuation
Of 100000. 1'he Yield foe the first six
months Of he year amounts TO p, 700
| ounces. valued ut S5Ij, 900. one yeas
ago the yield for tho first half of the
year was $1,000 ounces and il was val
ued at 100000.
Losses In wages In Australia. due 10
| strikes, labor troubles and general UNI
rest, are estimated at 100000 900. The
situation is now improving
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
CHINESE AUTONOMY
is HOPE OF NATION,
, Occupation of Zones by For
! eign Powers a BarrierJto
Self-Development.
PEOPLE NOW AWAKENINGl
Japan Shares lin Responsible
ties, but Cannot Shoulder
Them All.
ny CLARENCE e. BoswoaTH.

ny CLARENCE e. BOswORTH.
Written Especially for ehe AHstralosian-
Far Eastern section Of THE Sun.
The big problems of the Far East Is
China--not Japan.
Japan's activity ln,Citina is as natural
as any other evidence of the develop
ment OF a people Successful enough in
managing their own affairs to command
a place among the organizations. When
Japan was forced open, and by our
<rfives made TO take a.place in rinterna-
tioual commerce, we should have ex-
pected that Japan eventually woalld play
her part in world affairs and interna-
tional politics. and anticipated that time
which is now here. Moreover. we should
have foreseen and so SHOULD the rest OF
the world that Japan would some time
play an important partsin the develop
ment Of China because of the closeness
OF the people racially andigeographically.
u may be that with the anticipation of a
new commercial era dtplomatio astigma-
tism dimmed our vision. Whatever Il
vas some mental error ofsthe past de-
yeloped a prejudice.
"a Nothing is individual about; this pres
ent attitude of many Americans toward
The japanese. This stunt OF ours Of set
Ting people upon a pedestal and then
knocking them of seems to be a typi-
cslly American procedure We fought
Ike fiends to free the negroes that they
might have an equal chance-not social
Equality but an opportunity to use all
the ability these Africans (which we
forced to be Americans)i might possess
or develop. The idea Of intimate social
equality has never been suggested by
them or by us. but we gave them the
power of commercial equality and then
proceeded to kick the props from under
athem. We in the North have been the
greater offenders. Just as we we're the
greater agttators
"a The Case of the Philippines.
- Then We proceeded to duplicate thi:
pedestal setting, prop kicking In the
Philippines by promising restoration OF
the islands and complete Independence &c
the people without taking into considera.
ton the possibility that outside infiu
Fences or dangers might arise from which
we should wish to protect our wards
Sc when the time came to give tn,
things we promised We found ourselves
tquibbling and holding on and givin,
the Filipinos to understand that VIE d,
not consider their advancement suffi
cient as yet. when all the time it &
something else which controls our pol
10y. Result, the Filipinos think We con
slider them more or less delinquent
These unfortunate strainings OF rela
tons would not happen IL We were les
prone to Jump at conclusions and talk
talk. talk to the limit OF our ina gina
tons
~, In Tennvsons Princess" the old Kin
finds fine sounding phrase every ono
in while and than uses It as ofte
as possible. Too many Americans hav
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oity's foundation. They made outer and
inner harbors and in the main entrance
to the grand lagoon sunk piles OF stones
to make entrance difficult. There are
several other features which suggest
that these anCieuts were ever mindful OF
possible attack. which indicates ejth-r
that all Those little islands In the ~Paci1c
were once denscly populated with VIC.
orous reSourceful people or else the PEG
PIE on the AsiattC mainland were
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
Japan Opposes Consortium.

The American proposal for organizing
a consort ium for Chinese loans, Add.
Ing to the TOXIC Nichi-ntcht, will en-
counter many a difficulty before " II,
realized, The Japanese as well a. the
British Governmeut IL opposed 10 t,e
idea of surrenderlng the vested rights
TO the new syndicate, the paper naya.
and China has recently animated 10 the
Washington Government that size
strongly opposes the placing OF the Chi
nsss railways under the control Of the
neV sresntzation.
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Snakes Wear Blankets Inside.

Curator Wilkie of the Melbourne. Aus
tralia. 700 which boasts Of one Of
the finest collections Of animals south
OF the equator. tells weird tales Of
the propensity NJ rvthons to eat
anything soft and warm During a
period OF unusually cold weather a
pair OF heated woollen blankets were
thrown into cage containing one
of the great snakes. In the morn
ing the blankets were gone and the
snake was found sleeping the sleep Of a
gentleman who had dined well the night
before.
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wireless and steamship. reaches out to
the Far East and to the Antipodes)
without comparison in its Importance as
a strategic military and naval centre for
Americas international welfare. Homo
world record in the matter of size. AS
political division Honolulu is prob
ably the largest city on earth.
The city and county of Honolulu In
Guides all OF the island of Oahu 1888
square miles) and extends to various
other more or less unimportant dots on
the map OF the Pacific, a thousand or
more miles across the sea What would
happen II his Honor the Mayor-Hono-
lulu has the ordinary American system
Of elective f-government-or the Su-
pervisors or Police Department should
feel called upon TO exercise their au-
thority in onetof these lonesome distant
spots may be left to conjecture.
Climate Is always June"
small proportion of the level land
under Honolulu's cloudcapped. tree GOV
cred hills is occupied by the business
centre The rest OF the city's area is y
region Of homes and parks. So liberal
Is the plain upon which the residence
! section has grown that after one leaves
the commercial streets there il no such
thing TO be seen two homes adjoining
one another wall to wall. Every home
along the miles OF we'll paved streets
has it's garden and its green lawn that
never knows the dulness OF any autumn
or winter fading. Rare is the home
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equipped TO transport great numbers o.
men tremendous distances.
There Is mach to support both these
conjectures. for the stones to construct
Metalanim must have been transported
great distances. and the remains OF this
nidncesr Venice together with other
ruins on ueighUoTlus Islands tndicate
shat IL the days long since gone sharp
contrasts we're Glrnlshed to the pfesent
lazy, comfortable trupic life
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-30

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