Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-28
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ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE APPEAL.l
WASHINGTON, November 26.-One ofthe
most important clauses in President
Cleveland's forthcoming message will be
in relation to the protection of the islands
of the Pacific Ocean and the neutrality Of
the great powers respecting these weak
lings. Attention has been called to this
matter by the recent overt act of the Ger
man government in seizing one CT the
Caroline islands. Many of the independ-
emit isles of Polynesia fear that they will
fall prey to the avaricious ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of Germany or some of the European ma
tons, and appeals for protection have
been made to the United States. The for
eign policy of this government is we'll
known to be against extending it's territory
by conquest, and the inhabitants of the
isolated islands of the Pacific feel that
Americans are their friends.
The King of Samoa has recently sent
costly and rare GIFTS to the President of
the United States, and the King Of Ha-
waii has sent a special ambassador to So
lcit the good offices of the government
for the protection Of his kingdom. These
two petty kingdoms in the midst of the
ocean, thousands of miles from any
where, could easily be captured by one
war-ship from Europe in an hour, If the
greedy Eyes of some foreign potentate
should once be set in that direction.
1t is understood that President Cleve.
land and Secretary Bayard have outlined
a policy for the nominal protection of
these little neighbors of ours, and Con-
gress will be asked to enact the necessary
legislation to carry out the plan which it
is proposed to adopt. 1t will not involve
much expense, and will be an official no.
tiee to Bismarck and other grasping diplo-
mats to keep their hands off. King kala-
kaua offers to defray the expense of keep
ing one first-class American war vessel at
Honolulu constantly, but Uncle Sam, with
both pockets full of silver, will stand the
expenditure necessary if be consents to
the protectorate. Itmay be q troublesome
question before it is settled, as many fine
international points must be considered.
Upon the reassembling of the Senate
President Cleveland will have an impor-
tant surprise to lay before it, to be acted
upon in secret session. 1t is nothing less
than the offer of Kalskaua to sell his king
dom of Hawaii to the United States. Great
Scott! think of the Yankee nation buying
up a throne. It is known that the Sand
wich Islands have been in the market for
a number of years, and when King Kala-
kaua visited Japan, in 1881, he made an
informal offer of his dominion, but the
Mikado would Tot then consider it. Since
tiiCDy AOWCfCiy Jdpdh Adb ccuL ONcI lUOO
of her farmers to Hawaii to work upon
the sugar plantations, for the purpose of
determining if those islands were a suit
able place of residence for a portion Of its
people.
This offer of sale is not mere Iumor for
the German official gazette contained an
item a few weeks & limiting at the same
scheme. And only last week His Excel
lency, j. NJ. Kapena, the Finance Minis
ter OF King Kalakaua, was in Washington
State. Gov. Kapena, as he is called, was
seen by your correspondent and interro-
gated concerning the proposed sale OF
Hawaii, and was dumbfounded that the
scheme had leaked to a newspaper man.
he was very reticent and politely declined
TO confirm the rumor, but from the signif-
cant hints he dropped it was plainly seen