The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-29
4 Glance at Foreign Nnan..

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VI coViouE and highly iptcrc-tin@. TIE first
subject which attracts our attention, is the source
through which Nc cct our ncws-thc electric
Telegraph. This every now and then give. cat.
from some cause or another. and singullriy
enough. a. 4 general rule, ju-t nj the time when
people are most anxious for news. These inter
ruPtions are occisipncd chiefly by the Indians.
who. ever since the telegraph was established.
nave made periodical raids along it line. Now,
however the prospects arr that Geographic COM
municLtipn VIII be totally cut of for a time. y
great cunicIcrlcy has been formed among the
tribes, from Texas 10 the head waters of the Mis-
souri,, and the Indian war against the pale faces
has opened ia god earnest. No mails can pass
overland, and sayasery reigns supreme from the
western settlements of Kansas and Nebraska 10
the Rocky Mountains. The regular troops, un-
der General Hancock, numbering ome two or
three thousand, are quite %powerless in this Indian
warfare. What il needed to cope with these
American BeiOins is cavalry-mcn reared in the
backwoods and used 10 the pcculiarities of the
Indians. During this summer and fall we may
expect to hear of some pretty hard fighting on
the plains.
From Colorado the proposition comes for a
Territorial Convention to meet, and take the
whole business of Indian fighting out of the
hands Of the United States Government, conduct
ing it wholly 10y volunteer frontiersmen. This
means nothing more nor less than the extinction
of the Indians, and it must probably come to
that. y few thousand of such experienced troops,
well mounted, and ohicered by such men as Kit
Carson, would speedily "clcan out " the red
men. Regulars are expensive, cumbrous and
,..fn- min y,r.I ~, ,--,,,I,- .,.,.-
Owing to the interruption of the telegraph, to
which we have above alluded, no certainty exists
as to the fate of Maximilian, but the probabilities
are that lac has been shot, though we have a very
doubtful report that he had escaped to the United
States. Juarez, the nominal President, would be
powerless to save him, quite as much as he is
powcrless to organize Il solid government in
Mexico, which the London Times, in n leading
article, declares * the case. 1t is significant of
coming events-pcrhaps we might say inevitable
ccrtainties-to see the Times deliberately advis-
ins tie Government of the United States that it
is their duty to establish Il protcctorate over
Mexico. IL has got To come to that. Among
nations, MS among men, the interests of the great
whole demand Il system of police to be kept up.
The endless anarchy which reigns in Mexico,
without the slightest prospect OF peace, requires
that she, for her own welfare, rs well as that of
her ncigi,bOrs, should, like an insane person, be
put under Il guardian. The American people are
beginning To realize the fact that this duty-a
duty to the age and the cause of humanity-is to
be imposed upon them, and they will not shrink
from it, however costly or troublesome it may be.
The London Times says:
"Juarez can neither construct nor maintain a
Government. We believe lac must accept interview
ton. The MeXicans are incapable of sclf-sovern-
ment. The Americans may he reluctant To undertake
it, but they brought 1t upon themselves, for the
American Government said the French must quit
Mexico. They experience the same resistance the
French did, but have greater advantages in over
coming II. Whatever cause or principle of policy
they may proclaim, they will find II faction to oppose
their Intervention and rise i'll Instruction. This OPP
position they must suppress as the French would
have done, 10y force of arms, and with little respect to
doctrines If nationally or independence. The work
will be probably troublesome, but Mt any rate there
Will lie nobody to hinder it. We may presume it viii
Ice accomplished nj last
The appetite for the acquisition of territory,
however, is carried to an absurd extent OCCASION
ally in some of the American journals. 1t is now
gravely asserted that the Sultan of Turkey, finding
that the Island of Crete is burning his fingers,
has empowered his new ambassador, now on the
way to Washington, 10 sell the island to the
United States, and thus get rid of his rcbcllious
Christian subjects at oncci 1t is comIlacently
said that we shall probably have a Territorial
delegate in the House of Representatives from the
Island of Crete before the next decade, and per-
haIs Senator's and Representatives from the State
of Crete before the year 1880" The best part
Of the joke is that the Cretans themselves are not
supposed to be consulted in the matter at all
but are to be : . sold and delivered - like Chat
tells. All very doubtful.
The recently acquired territory Of Russian
America, is still the subject of discussion, and
opinions differ very much as to the wisdom or the
advantage of this last move of Secretary Seward.
Among the late kilograms is the following:
The Herald of St. Petersburg of May 18th has
nearly the full text of the treaty which was sent by
cable to the Gar at a cost of $4,000 in gold. The
Government has commenced negotiations for the
Company's interest, and the stock rose from 60 to
l0S, and was held firmly ut the latter figure. The
Government is not likely to pay more than 40. Ar
bitrators have been appointed, and a decision viii be
rendered in regard to the value Of the property i'll a
few days. 1t seems that the United States did not
get all the property in the country by virtue of the
treaty. Merchandise and property for which the
Company expect TO get l,5Uo,OO0 roubles are now
subject to negotiations by General Clay. Four ships
and seven steamers of various sizes belong to the
Company. Their turs in St. Petersburg are valued
ut 4j0, 900 roubles. The imports of merchandise
into Russian America in 1862 were worth is, 72l
ruubles. The amount was nearly one-fUurth larger
last year. The entire produce of the country in lS6.
was valued at S59,5 o roubles, and this has largely
increased. 1t is estimated that it amounted TO over
n million last year. The country contains 30 chapels
The Company spend $780, 900 roubles yearly in schools
and asylums. The profits of the Company are ovel
400, 900 roubles-
In the political horizon of Europe everything
for the moment, looks calm and peaccable. The
Luxembourg matter, which at one time seemed
likely to cause n fierce continental war, has APP
parcntly been comfortably settled. The Frencl
Emperor. however, has not relaxed his prepare
tons for war. He appears determined to have
n powerful iron-clad fleet. Having bought tn,
huge DuRderJerg and another American iron