The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-10-18

of the world have come and have
gone. expressing themselves as de-
lighted with what they saw on Maui
and with the hospitality accorded
them while on the Valley Isle. Es-
corted by Eagle boats on which were
playing a marine band and a military
band and by a flock of sea planes
which scared and dipped and circled
above performing all sorts of hair
raising stunts, the big Matson liner
Matsonia steamed slowly into Kahu-
lui harbor Saturday morning. Even
before she was sighted committee
men and women had begun to gather
and kept coming until she was at her
moorings. A committee of 80 had
grown to 60 by that time.
Hardly was the Matsonia moored
whnr the Leslie Baldwin took in tow
a barge that was alongside Claudine
wharf on which the committee had
gathered and towed her alongside the
big liner which was light and lowered
high above the barge, which was made
fast alongside and kept there for the
balance of the stay in port. A long
stair gangway was let down and from
then on all trips back and forth were
made by tug or barge.
Visitors Welcomed
UP the gangway went the commit
tee and on the for'ard upper deck the
members met President Williams and
others of the Press Congress, General
Summerall and Admiral Simpson and
other notables and the ladies of their
family. Such reception was brief and
Chairman Gray of the committee babe
them welcome. In part he said:
aloha is the word of greeting
which we bring you this morning, a
good old Hawaiian word with shades
of meaning and significance which
only years of residence in the Islands
and long acquaintance with their peo-
pie enables one to grasp. 1t means
welcome and more and in its three
short sylables there is a depth of
sentiments which whole sentences of
English words are required to explain.
Maui and her people are proud and
glad to have you of the Worlds Press
Congress with us even though your
stay be necessarily brief. We recog
nize that your playtime is short and
that important work awaits you in the
coming sessions of the congress.
'Twould be selfish, too, to detain you
for it would be done by causing sacri-
fees by our neighbors on Oahu.
"On the mainland it is customary
when distinguished visitors arrive to
present them with huge wooden key
symbolic of the keys to the city gates.
But Maui is not a city and keys are
a modern innovation unnecessary un-
til few short years ago. So Maui,
as were our houses in the past days,
is welcoming you with doors un-
latched and bids you enter and make
yourselves at home. The magic word
Aloha is the only key we can bring
you and it opens our beloved Isle and
the hearts of our peoples.
He spoke of the various trips on
which Maui would like to guide her
visitors and said time was too short
to show more than modicum of the
Islands scenic beauty but that an eff
fort would be made to show some
thing of what Maui has and some
thing of her needs. He explained the
fair was timed to coincide with their
visit that they might see more of the
resources, fruits and products of the
Islands in a shorter time and in a
more compact space than would
otherwise be possible.
Maui Hopes Returns
Abiding to lis selection as a news
paperman to be spokesman he said
he would be candid with those of his
own profession. Doubtless they were
wondering what Maui expected to get
in return for its hospitality. News
paper, folk knew, he said, that ticket
to the theater, an invitation to lunch
or dinner, even cigar had expecta
tions of return favors behind them
He would not deny that Maui's well
come was not spontaneous outbreak
of disinterested good will, Maui did
hope for something.
"The people of these Islands are
self-reliant and given to helping
others. However, we now have SER
ious troubles and we need the aid of
others, of the press more than any.
We have no senators, We have no rep
resentatives to vote in congress. We
need legislation and the press Of the
country can swing public sentiment
and congressional votes to give us our
needs. This is the assignment we
have for you when you return home"
Gray dwelt in the privileges which
the newspaper profession has of aid
ing progress, prosperity and world ad-
vance and said that here in Hawaii
the opportunity awaited them to eXer-
else such privileges at this time.
Closing he again bade them welcome