The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-11-03


ago." Will our evening contemporary,
then, be good enough to publish the
result of the American naval investiga-
tion7 BY SO doing it would confer a
great favor on the Hawaiian Govern
ment, that has never been able to as
certain the nature of the United States
naval commissions report. Our con-
temporary might as we'll endeavor to
boom Egyptian bonds on the Homo
lulu market on the strength of British
secret service investigation of those
securities which never saw the light
outside Of Downing street.
Next we have our morning contem
porary showing eff its stupidity in the
same regard 1t says that the question
whether foreign Power makes good
or bad bargain in acquiring property
in Hawaiian territory "does not come
in, although the HERALD, by strange
confusion of ideas, appears to think
that this is'the only point at issue"
AS the HERALD did not discuss this
point, except to draw an inference
from known facts regarding the inter
national phase of the matter, it re-
quired pretty sturdy assurance to say
that we thought it the only point at
issue. From the facts, that the cession
of Pearl Harbor for consideration to
the United States has been openly dis
cussed in and out of the Hawaiian
Legislature; that the United States
sent commission Of competent Of
icials" to thoroughly inspect the
locality, and that, dozen years after
that commission made its confidential
report to Washington, clause was in
serted in proposed revision Of the
Reciprocity Treaty between the two
nations, providing for the cession Of
Pearl Harbor to the United States,
what was the clear inference, in, fact
the only one in that regard7 1t was
undoubtedly that Pearl lIarbor was
capable of being made capacious port
for deep sea traffic, otherwise Amer
| can statesmen would not entertain,
much less put in writing, the idea of
acquiring it; and, further, that Ha-
waiian legislators, knowing that nothing
could ever be made of the harbor,
would not waste their time over an
assumption that the United States
would even take a gift of the place.
Another misrepresentation Of the
.4sFsv,r,sss,, in the same connection, 10
when it says that the HERALD argues
that it would be good stroke Of busi-
ness to cede Pearl Farbor TO the
United States. There was not the
faintest hint at such an argument in
the HERALD. The object of such a
bald perversion of fact is, however,
apparent from the empty boast that
follows, in these words, "We do not
think SO; but it is needless to argue
this point any further, as the views OF
the AdsvrtiSer regarding foreign acqui-
sltions in the Hawaiian Islands are too
we'll known to require repetition in this
place" There our contemporary gives
its readers the left-handed compliment
of assuming that thheir memories are
very short. Anybody who has watched
that papers course during the past
year will believe that its views on any
lquestion require very frequent repeti-
ton to be known at all. Its views
within the past few weeks are very dit
ferent in respect to the ruling clique in
this Kingdom, from what they were
during long period previously, al
though there has been no material
change in the management of affairs
since April last Moreover our morn
ing contemporary's course during the
past SIX months would lead anyone te
credit itw with readiness to acquiesce in the
sale of Hawaiian territory, indepen
dence, or anything else, provided the
reward is glittering enough.
| Last evenings Bulletin carps at oul
remarks of yesterday, by putting forth
the information that some material was
dumped on the harbor front which was
not taken out of the harbor. All that
was done in that way was help to
making the land, but no detriment to
the harbor, and, when the settling OF
fresh earth and dredging is considered
quite likely our statement would still