The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-24
HIS EX. W. ". ARMSTROEG's REPLY
To THE P. c. ADVERTISER.

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the criticisms on my report as Commissioner VI
immigration, and In doing s0. % rc--tute some Of
my conclusions
l-lmmigrants for labor only make one quCs-
ton Immigrants who will be llbGrers. and NJ
the same time make q good population, D. another
question. We are trying o. get the latter. men
who will bring respectable women with them 1
believe the European races are stronger and bet
ter than the N-iutu.. F~Irty-hvc thOu-aud Euro
penn soldiers rule the two hundred and fifty mil
lions Of India. We must get the European stock
IT it will come, ard furnish labor that we need,
wien that fails u-. we must take what we can
get, and ak no questions anything will then do,
Malays, Fast Indians or Chinese. 1 would like
these a. a last, NOE the first resort
2-It - urged that We c1n 81 play these differ
emit ruccs on against each other That may be,
and - done in countries where there j. % power
ful army and navy behind the meu who propose
to DO the o playing" 10 will De a little Danger
Gus for us % try it.
3-The religious question D. important NJ IN
volying n p]olitiGii question. % we BRING some
housands % eoolies here a. population. we
must give them n stake on the country. that D..
the ballot, uHder 0ur present political Sgsfem. The
Portuguese mny make this n Catholic country.
and the Hindus may give the rule 81 the Erah-
mas Here, a. elsewhere, religion will get into
politics. At first immigrants will be too poor 90
bother Themselves about these questions, when
they get prosperity and political rights, they wll
follow their leaders give tho Chinese the voting
power tN lAye anu now many votes would fUgV
east tor EursIcnus OF Hawaiians2 There a. =
choice % be made. some would call u n .. choice
OF evils, ! would rather see Portuguese Catho-
hes on these Islands than coolies under Brahmah
rule.
Al am criticised Tor saying that the Nalay-
do not establish themselves a. a social or political
force. 4 have repeated II In my report the language
Of such men a. sir Fredsick Weld Of Singapore
and Mr.. Sweetingham, the Colonial Secretary.
These men are independent and trustworthy. Mr..
Sweetingham - n thorough Malay scholar, and
has Travelled Tor years through the Malay coun-
tries. The opinions Of the foreign consul-, and
European Merchants Of Singapore contained more
bitter contempt for the Malays than I choose to
express. The agent, an American, Of n large SUI
gnr estate In Manila sends home. - we take the
Mslays when We can't get Chinese The fact
that the planters Of JohOre are eager 10 get India
laborers and cannot get Malays settles the ques-
ton for US. These planters cannot get the Chi
nese 10 work on the contract system. The Chi
nese there, a. generally here, are free immigrants.
They leave the planter in the lurch at the critical
moment. so coolies under contract are preferred.
5.-As to Fast India cDOlie women, | have
quoted the best authority IN India, and leave the
question there as 20 the . one hundred thousand
prostitutes Of New York - quoted by the Adrer-
User, I was present five years ago ut the meeting
OF n Legislative committed III the city OF New
York. The police authorities testified that there
were not over ten thousand, and probably less
than SIX thousand prostitutes in the city. II we
were 90 take immigration from this class, i can
not fOrtell the result. IL would be n nOyely in
nation building. If one race is to be played of
against another. like Chinese against Indians, and
Portuguese against Chinese we can have a country
but not a homogeneous people. Who IL to play
them OFF," Only n governing power with force
to back it. The English play of against each
other the different tribes or races in India. But
the = . playing " power in India is in the hands Of
the most powerful nation of the earth
The point al the whole discussion is here. that
those who refuse 10 agree with me, believe that
the brown races. the japanese, tire Malays, tine
East Indians may flourish and increase alongside
the European race here I do not believe it,
Though there hns been no apparent friction here
the Hawaiian race. AZ the ADVERTISER says, ha.
decreased from 1856 900 to only - 900. ReaC
the remarkable commentary Of Kanehameha III
on the dreadful state Of things before the advent
OF the foreigner and the vast improvement aite
his coming. IL is printed with the Constitution
OF 1910. The Malay races Of Java and SumatrJ
number over eighteen millions, 1t / Temembe'
rightly. 4 few thousand Europeans hardy
interfere with their growth, and create no fric
ton. Bring these same people into this country
where they meet with n sharp friction and the,
would fare a. the Hawaiians do. The Malay
give way wherever the Europeans press then
closely. The japanese have not tried tire expert
ment. 1 know many Of their best friends thIul
thew will succeed no better. II the l1reIgue
wodId abandon these islands and leave the Hawai-
ians 10 themselves, the friction at least woul'
be Withdrawn. But the foreigner does not ant
will not leave. More than that. he Will increas
in numbers and power and wealth. The Difficult
probIem-the one which Interests those OF US, VIII
haye inherited n love TOR the Hawaiian races {
adjust this Increasing strength Of the white race
with the apparently decreasing power OF IN
Hawaiian race, 80 that what y just and proper AM
right towards the Hawaiians shall be secures
beyond question. II this race will no
Increase, IL must be protected. tn
treatment Of the brown races by tn
white. in the Pacific has been scandalOus
Here h has been otherwise. The foreign scnti
mcnt Of this community j. solid for the mos
generous regard OF the ~Ilawaiians. But thi
same sentiment Is as solid, and IN time will max
itself felt, against those who are trying to max
the Hawaiians strike against the white race {
make them believe that the whites are Onl
aliens who are at best enemies 10 make then
believe that the whites who hold the real enorg
and wealth Of the country are to be Tegarde
with suspicion. Ii the Hawuiians should eve
fall from their present comfortable estate, 1t wi
be owing largely to the bad advice OF those who
with or without evil design, are urging them {
an attitude Of hostility % the whites and espe
ciaIIy BY asking /. % what has been done for I'll
Hawaiian race by the foreigners, when "a
humanity. the selEsacriicc, tho unselhsh deyc
ton. in the establishment Of law and order dis
pInved bv the white 10 the native for fifty year
ia these Islands, u one OF the glItterIng pages O
modern history. The thinking natives know thi-
The danger is with the restless class OF yOunge
HawaIians who are only taught that the white
are crowding them. We who are most deePl
Interested in maintaining the independence Of tn
kingdom, know that he imminent danger {
losing it will come from such a jarTiug OF race
here, that the powerful nations will enter on
territory to protect their own subjects IL
because the executive forces Of the Government
have been largely in the hands Of the haois tina
foreign nations have respected the kingdom. |
was = natural adjustment. From lo2O, thrOug
a line Of Kings, the Hawaiiaus have, OF their ow
accord. preferred this arrangement To shak
this adjustment j. dangerous. The real 81 annex
ationists " 10 this Kingdom view with lIvel
pleasure every sentiment published in the natIy
newspapers which stirs up the Hawaiian aglins
the ha0le. No doubt the race question - 4 dell
cate one, and must be handled with extreme care
W. y. ARNsTRlNC.
December 10, 1881.