, 1870-01-20
Fila and the United StatcH-Pettttou
for American Projections.

Fila and the United Etates-Petttiou
for American Projections.
The Melbourne Age publishes the following doc.
umeEts renting TO propo cd protec:ofatc orer
tie FIJI Islands By cur government: r,n ,as,
II he Honorable The Prssi5ent Of the C"s'ta state'
e} America:
.o. aea 81 q .as sfoup ~ f aad a
tes,detts Of which, many Of them AfneHcanf. but
nost Of them Het.tah, begin to feel the want Of
fer The puFpoac Of natntaulnR Their posiiton With
The native authorities 50 fer outward security u
tre.1 .sade szd 9om@esse n1 az eeea Moosen
,emrlated annexation 81 taete islands: a1 and
s1citsmf9f o,1 and ,6 ao1Dt
eei ,se as,1e ot of1 e.
opItelses ip coptQutnou With King Thaeomba1,
utde1 the aole protection Of A1ner1e., a:d o'heEs
es Gn sdd
Tftch na9 pl.herto extsted bet~een the native
t1,nos!tles and Aucrca, although from lhe IA
the an1ietes it has caussg ha4 nevertheless, been
advantageous enabling King Tha1onban no the
prestige su lending lonr earc q him 70 keep doWr
rtinR, when you will no longer on four own &C
court require to Eeep m eye 70 the country. s
We, therefore. the undersigned suoaetihefs. being
coujrp. ed ufs:ly OF re8ldepta Ia the group, aud
eecor1ly Of Others who pave icent1a-d our for
tunfd win Il, earnestly pray that jon VIII At 40
cslly Day. announce to ns Kofla 5opt lesoise 70
srd wsie,s permanently. 6. The geesrapnie,l
| posittnn Of tho gsoup in the soat9 Fsc.nG
Ocean polnts 70 It IS being s9stsbEe naval
! and coalinE nation In American Interests 7.
! The lice OF steamers protected 10 run betTeea
san FIauc!fco and Australia on The opening Of tnG
4 railway from the former place 70 NeH 1nsL w.
| to Anlualis and these ls:auds pos.ess the adsan-
tege Of retpH equldlstAns from Int tn1tef paaee, N
the discc. track Of tho ae4neiH Aooqs tae ea1e
number cf miles as the ssndEtch isMna; ase ns
the F:iie, With ,heIr valuable productions, 1oca
~ cos1qn {noue oner In the wotld1, s1stf,
| coeparut oil, Ac. Naturally leads ~
1sd sl,1'dasp ,sjsnd; p pecomus des,seie
tetderce Tor oota Anet1cans and europeans, M ho1
| tEe opeutug Up OF ettenred commercial re!atiosa
netreen the vnltsd ssasa ,, of Amenea sis1 IT,
Inc fo1nef A Being ileiJ 70 ts eeoedc Al 20 ootn
Ninth. We, therefore, again earnestly e1pteA t2e
npEe thai int prayer OF shs petst.on ios tae Pto'
tnm nf sn,.rv.vcYpucat maj oo ana Eered IN the
anurmas,ye We heve rne horor 70 pe, sir. youl
mcet cbcdleut sey4nte. tHefe follow The slgoa
~ TSrrxp STATES CONSULATE, FIJI, Aug: 81, 1852.
| Fr,f't C,ok, Eeq.. aud otht,s, L<ruta, FJI: =
SfRs: beg to ncktowiedge Jour courtesy u
subIptttip0 tor nj peInsA acd hete sHn rla; to aS
s;atef. yrsytng for tie protection Of the Cr!tee
S.e,es Goyetcmett to FIJI. Auong the s.yeoE
peuttopera vhose Lanes aSe snelsuat.
tsens seeefn'1e arp peS Sna o. fds Tesaeas
o. svt sGs se cepeTa eood Of Fiji at heart idneefe
" hnre tbat the boon you ass may te gTanted an
peru nauctrly secured. aou sonu naa saca g.. G..
tEe iccai Kpsernmtut Of Fiji aud foreign res
1snte, Is th4t moAt 1lkel7 70 conso]dat the peso
| aud L1o1fet8 Of the social, couUercal aud hi
nsres o. 1s, ~ nsois9 Scnh. .eae 1aie e o'A'
J, II BRpHEH, e. s. !. EonEnI