Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-12

| nexation of the islands developed as one
| of the most important OF American naval
bases. Cameras were checked at the
gate, because of the prohibition against
| photography. Yet there was nothing
within the boundaries that might not
| have been photographed with perfect
safety to the American Government.
| We were received by naval aide at
! the administration building and escort
| ed to the presence of Admiral MARVEL.
now commandant of the station, who
received us cordially and made some
pregnant remarks about the difficulty
of getting at the truth in China.
| Pearl Harbor is not scenic wonder.
| It is busy workshop. The celebrated
harbor is not impressive, though it is
are at work making certain portions OF
| it larger and deeper. Some obsolete
ships lie at the docks, red-painted,
worthless fer the present, and, let 1t
| be hoped for all time. Some subma-
rines in various states Of disrepair and
reconstruction are i'll The hands OF
workmen Aviators are rising and de-
scending from time to time. Acres OF
oil tanks-some of them the celebrated
"Doheny bunch"-dot the landscape
with their squat forms A vast bunker
useless now because so very few OF the
naval ships are coal burners.
And so back to Honolulu. retaining
cameras on the way through the
gates-a highly instructive trip sig
nificant and suggestive. Pearl Harbor
has justified itself Regarded as one
of the links in the annexation process,
it stands as an historic monument. AS
naval base it is one of the greatest
Il ekpA y of
Yet as a bit of tourist attraction 1t Is
not to be mentioned with Pail, or
Waikiki Beach, toward the latter OF
which we now went on our way,
speedily.
But we had one very specific Grand.
Wilbur Forrest of the New York Herald
Tribune had heard of a certain fish In
the aquarium that bears its eyes on
long rods above its head. and he, be-
ing somewhat of a connoiseur in strange
fishes, wanted to see it. So we went
to the aquarium, which is one of the
features of Waikiki. We found the flsh
of Forests desire, but 1t was not up
to specifications, being sort of sole, or
skate, with eyes on rods, to be sure, but
very tiny rods, and while remarkable,
certainly nothing to cross the Pacific
Ocean to see. But there were others,
wonderfully colored fishes. and strange
ly shaped, and all native to the Ha-
Waiian waters. A truly well worth
while aquarium. even If the rod-eyed
fish did disappoint our eager friend.
Meets Old Friends.
Then to the new Royal Hawaiian
Hotel, a triumph of architecture and
arrangement and service, worth the
whole voyage to see and to enjoy. There
were our hosts in force. the combined
newspaper and Pacific Relations 1nsti-
tute groups, with Gov. Harrington
soon to step aside for his successor
Gov. Judd, and to return to his news
paper work as publisher of the Star
Bulletin-and former Minister Lorrin
Thurston, still active, despite his ad-
vancing years and his falling eyesight,
as publisher of the Pacific Advertiser.
It was a personal pleasure to me to
greet these distinguished Hawaiians
again. A few years ago had the priv
lege of eScorting Gov. harrington, as
visiting journalist" through The Star
plant And 1t was my delight in long
ago years, when the fate of Hawaii was
In the balance. to interview Minister
Thurston in Washington, and his
charming and efficient secretary of le-
CATION, the late Frank Hastings, who
taught me how to pronounce the liquid
Hawaiian speech.
The Institute OF Pacific Relations
was organized in 1925 Ito study the
conditions of the Pacific peoples with
view to the improvement of their
mutual relations" 1t has held two BIZ
ennial conferences, both at Honolulu,
and this Autumn the third will be
held at Kyoto, Japan. At the luncheon.
presided over by Riley Allen, editor of
the Star Bulletin, we we're told about
the work of the institute by Frank c.
Anterior, chairman Of the advisory
committee. Other speeches were made
by Gov harrington and Mr.. Thurston,
and a brief and graceful acknowledge
ment was given by our own Chairman
Johns, who explained that our party
is out to see and listen. not to talk.
Back to Taiyo Maru, to q denSely
crowded pier. with the street outside
blockaded by leissellers, and sight-seers,
and farewell-sayers. On the upper
decks of the ship the kanaka swimmers
awaited their chance to dive for silver.
The air was heavy with the scent of
flowers, worn around the necks and
around the hats in leis. The whistle
sounded, with deep echoes booming
back from the cloud-fringed hills.
Shouts arose from shore and ship. Leis
were cast into the widening waters. in
farewell gestures. The divers plunged,
the ship backed out, turned swung to-
ward the sea and then moved west
ward on the long. long road to Japan.