The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-09-09
HAWAIIANGAZETTE
A GRAND SCHEME.
New zealand and POLYNESIA

Parliament. relating TO the south Sea Islands, W
quote the following, sigued BY the Premier;
TIE PoLYSESIAS ISLANDS,
Referring to memorandum rs, 1873 on the sub
}ect OF the Navigator Islands Ministers desire {,
further call His Exeelleneys attention 10 the yer!
grave considerations connected With the Polynesia
Islands. It nevd scarcely be urged as excuse 70
Ministers touching upon the subject, that New Zes
laud through its geographical position and its trade
Is very much concerned in all that concerns the Is
lands Of the South Pacific.
Ministers moved His Exeellency, a few day.
siuee, 10 despatch telegram 70 the Secretary o
State on the subject Of the Navigator group OF is
lands, urgiug immediate sction Important as II !:
that the case Of the Navigator group should receive
immediate attention. II no less urgently requires re
eoguition that more or less immediate action should
be taken in respect 10 very large number OF the Pac
&c Islands. Il IS stated on apparently competent
authority that the Imperial Government at length
entertain the idea Of annexingthe FIJI group; but
[ the Fiji group comprises Islands similar 10 which
there numbers yet uueounted In the Pacific; aud
1t is desirable IN regard to them, not to allow the
same delay that has made the treatment Of the FIJI
group 50 difficult 1t is respectfully submitted that
policy or line Of conduct should be decided on,
not alone in connection with one or two clusters Of
islands, but applicable to all Polynesia.
In the absence OF all machinery FOR governing. or
controlling or puuishing for crime the white race,
lawless communities viii grow up in these islands.
Then, when the necessity for control becomes i'm
pcrstve it viii Dc found as in case Of FIJI that the
delay has made il difficult to do that which, at an
earlier stage, might with ease have been etfscted
Again, il Great Britain means TO extend her domin.
ion in Polynesia, il viii be better, for abundantly
evident reasons, for her 20 do so eomprehensively
than 10 allow herself TO be forced into IL the choicest
islands being, 10 the meantime appropriated BY For
eigu Powers. Unless she agree with Foreign Pow
ers-ssy, with Germany and the United States, and
perhaps France and Holland-to jointly protect all
Polynesia and in that case it is TO be presumed Aus
trslasia would have 10 be included she would nd 1t
easier 10 deal with the whole Of the uuappropriaied
Islands herself rather than 20 submit to taking the
leavinEs Of other powers and to run the risk Of hav
ing to deal with complicated international ques-
tons It is respectfully urged that IL the traditions
OF the nation may be employed argument, ii
could be shown that they poiut TO theglad prosecu
ton BY Great Britain OF the work Of reducing 10
civilization the fertile Islands Of the Pacife and
moreover it could be shown that, with the modern
appliances which science has placed at the command
Immense naval power Great Britain is possessed Of
the work is easy now, which in the past, with like
reasons, would have been heroically carried out,
whatever the sacrifice it entaned.
But if Great Britain decide upon eolouizug or
eivilizing Polynesia, there is much to be said in
favor Of her leaving to the alreadyesahlisbed colo
mics considerable smount Of the work and Of the
control. II the House Of Commons, Mr.. Gladstone
referred to the experience Of New Zealand as
somewhat diseourasing the annexation Of FIJI
Though this experience was not spoken OF 10 dis
paraging terms, the surroundings len it open to
such Interpretation. Ministers venture to urge
that Great Britain whatever the pecuniary cost it
has entsiled. may with justice be proud OF having
reproduced herself il the Great Britain OF the
Sozih," New Zealand has been aptly called. 1
Surely pecunsry sacrifice is not 20 be set against
the fact that the Islands Of New Zealand are open to
the enterprise Of all British subjects and that they
already settled and eolonizd BY British subjects
who, while they preserve the best characteristics Of
their race, are free, community. from wide /
spread pauperism, aud fnd 10 the home Of their I
adoption the means OF educating their childreu and
Of ofcring still further relief to their burdeued /
eouuirymeu in the thickly.populated United King
dom. But there is 4 lesson which New Zealand .
teaches, and that is that local efforts to maintain
peaceful relations with an uncivliEed race are far
more Successful than those directed by distant
power. I; may be worth consideration whether. if
Polynesia IS not TO be abandoned 10 foreign nations
it would not be well to eutrust to New Zealand,
which possesses so much experience in dealing with
the government Of mixed race, the task Of aiding
in extending the British sway 10 the Islands Of the
Pacific OF the terms under which this should be
done,-Ehether BY means Of legal machinery sppli-
cable only to the white Inhabitants; BY Resident
or Magistrates, who would continue to
recognize the right Of the dark race TO seIfgoveru
msut; or by uniting the Islands into Provinces con
troIled under similar conditions is not Necessary
now to decide. Indeed, Ministers could not accept
the responsibility Of submitting details, without
reference to the Assembly. But when Ministers re
member the enterprise Of the eolonists-ther desire
to extend their commerce to all parts Of the Pacific
the maritime advantages the Colony enjoys, not
only 10 its extensive seaboard and hardy population
but in its facilities for ship-building-they cannot
but come 10 the conclusion that the Parliament Of
New Zealand would cordially entertain proposals
which had for their object give the Colony the
OF assisting Great Britain in the great
national work Of extending the British dominion
throughout the uuappropriated Islands fthe South
Pacific. julius YoeEL.
Wellington, October ITth, IS72
SUGGESTED ACTON OF SEw ZEALAND IN RELATION
TO PoLTSEsIA
have never felt any desire 10 see New Zealand
,oustituted an independent state On the contrary,
il has been hope have long cherished, that the
British possessions would, in course OF time, be
into mighty dominion, and the Brit
ish Colonies become not dependencies, but integral
md iuseparable parts Of an empire owning naval
Orce so irresistible as TO practically sord tois out
yiug portions fuI ard ample security from the effects
u any wars Of other uations.
Stl, have not been able to disguise from myself,
hat were New Zealand independent, she would not
have stayed her hand from attempting to eivilize,
md to attach to her in peaceful connections, tie
Stands Of the Pacific
New Zealand's natural relations to the izlands
nay to extent be gagged from the fact that the
,ountry was peopled from the Islands ndiaceut TO
Australia; while 50 far IS an aware there is 10
see OF the islanders having established themselves
N ssy part Of the island continent
II Is remarkable how the prevailing winds make
Sew Zealand and the Islands mutually accessible
They proclaim New Zealand as the natural head
quarters Of Polyuezia
It Is singular how Polyuesia Is being divided It