The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-01-13

policy VIII appear IN its true light
as the rankest hypocrisy. The
Government people may well charac-
terize themselves, by implication as
they have done, " the party of i'm
moral pretences."
If all the visionary exploiting of
Our Foreign Office was done at the
private charges of the man or men
who are carried away by the pros
pective honors accruing therefrom,
the matter might be dismissed with
smile at the matured vanity pro-
jecting it. But these foreign en-
bassies after will-o'- -the-wisps are
using up the scant revenues of this
kingdom, while the most necessary
and important domestic services en-
trusted to the Government are
starving and decaying for want of
the means of sustentation. Here is
the article upon which the foregoing
comments are based:--
A writer in the London Times of
November 26th thus outlines the objects
of the visit to Europe of Commis-
sioner from the Sandwich Islands =
"The Hon. Ii. \. =. Carter. Minister
for Hawaii at Washington. has arrived
in Europe on special mission to the
Governments of Great Britain. France,
Germany and Spain. Mr.. Carter. who
is native of the Sandwich Isles, but
of American parcntagc, has been
resident in Washington for some years.
and was intrusted with the negotiation
of the Reciprocity Treaty with the
United States. which has done so much
to increase the prosperity of Hawaii,
and he has in addition made several
visits to Europe upon the business of
the Foreign Office of Honolulu. Upon
the present occasion Mr.. Carter is the
bearer of an important proposal from
the Government of King kalakaua with
reference to the future of the Marshall
and the Gilbert Islands. These islands
contain n population Of about seventy
thousand, who, within the last few
years. have become civilized and Chris
tianized through the eXertions of Ameri-
can and Hawaiian Congregational mis-
sionaries. all of whom had the Sand
wich Islands us the base of their opera
tons and who have expended in their
enterprise about fS0.000. 1t is now
suggested that these groups should be
allowed to federate on the same lines,
but not with, the Hawaiian Islands.
that their autonomy should he pre-
served and that with some slight modi-
tication the Hawaiian system of govern
mcnt should be extended over all these
islands in the Central Pacific which at
the present moment have not been an
nexed and colonized by any European
power. Mr.. Carter would be glad to
see the same principle extended to the
Caroline Islands. the inhabitants of
which resemble in many respects those
in the Marshall and Gilbert groups. if
the proposal meet with the approval of
England. Germany and Spain. 1t is
suggested that in the first instance the
new state should he under the tutelage
of persons sent from Hawaii to teach
the islanders government. The
Sandwich Islands afford remarkable
instance of native POlynesian race
adopting European civilization. The
u
eign, a House of Peers. and n House of
Commons. The laws are founded on
those of the United States; education is
compulsory. and life and property are
as safe and rs well protected as in any
other part of the world. The popula-
ton is about eighty-six thousand; the
revenue two hundred thousand pounds
year, the imports, fl 100000, and the
exports, fl,G00,000. The only draw
back to the prosperity of Hawaii is the
gradual decline of the native popula-
ton. which does not exceed 4S, 200, while
there are about 10000 foreigncrs-Chi-
nese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Cauca-
slams, rs persons from Europe and the
United States are termed. But the
Government of Hawaii assert that the
stringent measures they have taken in
order to stamp out leprosy have been
successful, and that there is every pro-
liability that in future years the census
of the native population will show a
small but steady increase. Efforts were
made some years ago on the part of the
people of FIJI and Samoa to induce the
Hawaiian Ministry to interfere with
their affairs, but the negotiations failed
because it was considered that these
islands were outside the legitimate in
flucnce of the Honolulu Government.
But the advisers of King Kalakaua have
come to the conclusion that the interests
| of their own country and those of the
Caroline, Gilbert and Marshall groups
would be furthcrcd if these latter were
assisted to carry out the policy which
has worked so well in the case of the
Sandwich Islands.