The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-30
OUR CUBA IN THE PACIFIC.


= 900 noMoLutv coo1Esp&uEMU.
Inportanes a. sAk skndvjheh Islands 60
Oar PaciAs Coast stasss-Dsath Of the
Prinesss Victoria, Hsasess Apparent -
the Throne-Animosity OF Kamshans-
hs ". % Everything Anerisan-Dssirs
OF Hngiand 60 Hstshlish . PressstoTass
over the Enthusiastically Ssr sAsas
Oceupasioa by enc UnitsA stasss-TAs
sanavieh Islands she Cubs OF the Pa-
cine Ocean. &c., DC.
l.~ HoxoluLs Sandwich lslands Juns rs, 1seA
TN n1ros1Axcs o. TIM HAwAnAx mAHDs
in commerce ana politics has hitherto mot bss4 aw
spprsois.sd writers with various prsjudcss hss No.
ten books and correspondence conosrning 0cm bat ~
majority al them have hssn sdeA - ncorrscx na
Californian trip islands 10 motor Of a litds wns
and . tour Cuba u % Pew YORKER IadssA.
tho Sandwich Islands the Tuba Of our Pacific oess
When the Pacific Railway y anshsd the Islands win -
brought very near v New York The foreign seo,sey
hers Y mainly Ansrcsn; the plantations are ownsA -
Americans american capital u invested here. % thas -
u the h:.nds arc Of srsas interest 1,A--
~ DEATH OF PsuHosss VICTORIA.
vicogis tho Kings sister and hetrsss sppsens to ~
srons died few days since from mprudenty batblng
whle heated Il Is supposed that disease pscuIIs -
Lt6s Islands aided her decsass. Her remains arc neg
Flying II state and tho natives sre In mourning with
her We lose political ally While the present govern
men ID an,agonistic Americana the Princess Victoria
was ournrm friend Dr. Mcbride, our Minister resident
Md her in great satsed. Tue present ssas zAR
hansba " In the Constitution Of 1904 declared her biz
heir and upon accession the throne the isaads
would virtually have been ourx
fus PRnEr uxo.
Upon the accession OF th6 present King he Was in "
health but under the Of British physicians he Aas
grown corpulent and healthy He thirty.nve pears
IT,
thes TO oil that IN American. Years ago, while he
travelling through the United States with Dr. Judd, and
| while he was ascending the Connecticut river .
table, with prncely condescenson before utterly
known. He was clothed In cltizens attire and bad
the inadyertsncy Of Dr. Judd hs was no. made known
| to the passengers officers Of the boat. So veu
democratic native Of the Green Isle. waiter Al @:
nh aa ours allowed 70 eat with The white folks 4
that label rhS matter vas sxplkped, yet Prince L
now Kamehameha ", has never istR!sS suss ~.
insult
Though the society. capital, sentimen,s and CON-
we might :av expected change in our favor.
The next heir presumptive Is Prince William fauili-
ary called "Prnce Bnl' favorite with the butohss
boys, drunkard and entirely unreliable man. He
case II The dah Of the present King would probably b
passed over again The Legislature will probably aSs
% select ruler when Kamehamsha dies. from amoss
the Of native Chiefs who, with the people Of the
rar Psssxsr POPULATION
Ii principally white, AID Britain and France will proha
bly, strive to obtana protectorats hero CRISIS In the
political history OF the islands e surely coming me
the protec,orate while American capital and industry
raising the islands 70 respectable condition among
sushossysna the rumor came through he French
! Commissioners that KING Kamehameha. having b.
soysy ss heavy on S sSuds WINS
| he has whites instead Of KAnska. 70 govern,
has offered the prolectossts Or Al the Sandwich
abored herewho have built churches and schools who
have spent thousands on the education, tbs business
shaii We nov b snubbedf
| rH9 NEW UNITED srASB nmuTnA
am glad the United sa;es government p waking y
the importance OF Hawaii Dr. Mcbride having rssignsd
HCcsok has been appointed in his plaza hear aiss
thai our gOvernm q. ha. gropossd % rass he raak g
sa here s s S sesS
odCsr No 3D. Let him 30 resolute, dgnnsd and dlp.e
matte, and the Islands will yss b ours - I
But people say. tbs United States doa't want thsa
Here 10 the centre Of the Pacific lies iargs srosp a
grazing and agriculture 0as hundred thousand ssss
are suited 70 cans cuuss Already the sugar sxpssa-
.sSsn have .d: sossuu S
Ing storing and the rsshpment Of whalebone and 81
rn s
waiau commerce. Our trade In the Pacific rAptdy ~
c.easing with the opening Of the Pacific Railroad %
Francisco will become tho great commercial port Of he
world The tzads of Chiss Japan and ths lndiss VI
| naval force must be Strengthened Russia y swnso
/ Of the importance of Paclno commerce, End -
already commenced operations hero The saaawscA
Islands are nne naval post France has the TahAtAR
England striving % gain hawaii Soc how much n
iercst she takes In the line Of steamers nom saa
| Francisco China and Jspsni Shall allow Enslan4
10 hold important naval post on our Pacific coast an1
right In the midst Of ocean commerce. Bat Eog.
| and with the renans q her heels and Russia ed
America sharply watching operations the Pacinc WIN
dare accep the protectorate Of the slsnds bat
for British "dipomacy" In having the Old King POI
soned, who was about 70 concede the islands 20 The