The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-04-13

II Is pleasing 10 know that outside of
our accredited and paid representative and
his counsel at Washington, we have num-
Der Of good friends who argue our side
for the aloha they bear US, and for their
thorough belief in the advantages of the
Treaty. Prominent among these Is Mr..
FELTON,, gentleman of great wealth,
gentleman unconnected with our interests
here, and therefore, whose advocacy is the
more beneficial to US. His statement be
fore the House Committee gave power
ful support TO the Treaty. He has used
the commercial argument with effect. No
one to whom the figures are submitted can
doubt the commercial advantage of doing
an export trade with a country to the tune
Of S4,OO0,OOO annually, instead of between
SS00,OO0 and Sl,000,000, which it used to
be formerly.
But able as all these arguments are
there always remains one far stronger
than the commercial one, and that is the
political one. The great object of the
Treaty, on the part of the United States,
was to strengthen American influence.
This has undoubtedly been done Not
only has it been done directly by bringing
American citizens here, who occupy vari-
Gus positions of trust under the Govern
ment, but it has also laid the way for the
future. Increasing means have enabled
the various Governments to introduce
trained American teachers into all the
Government schools. Before the Treaty
in lS16, there was hardly one upon these
Islands. Now we have them spread over
every Island in the group. In Kohala, in
Hilo, in Wailuku, in Waihee, in Lihue,
Lahaina, Kukuihale and of course, in Ho-
nolulu. Look where we will, we find
American teachers moulding the minds of
the future generation and instilling the
same principles which are instilled into
the youth Of the United States Moreover
every school book in use in tine country is
published in the United States Abrogate
our Treaty and with our trade viii
the order Of the day, and the whole army
which Is now at work moulding the young
upon American principles, will be reduced
to but corporal's guard.
In another way has the stamp of the |
Great Republic been put upon the Ha-
waiian youth of the future Increased |
has enabled people here TO avail |
themselves Of educational advantages |
abroad, and in almost every instance they |
send them to colleges and seminaries in |
the United States At the present moment |
the King has three nephews in California |
At Mills Seminary scores of our girls have |
been educated; Yale and Harvard both |
have Hawaiians on their rolls, so has Will |
Jams, Princeton and Ann Arbor And it !
is not only the children Of citizens of the |
United States that are so sent. but those |
Of British and German descent also.
No commercial tables bring forward |
these facts, and yet they are incontrovert- |
lble facts and show that the Treaty is do |
ing what the United States most desired |
it should do.
The American sentiment is strong and |
Is gathering strength every year Before
the Treaty the sentiment in favor of Eng /
land and English models was very strong.
Now IT has disappeared almost entirely. |
Society in Hawaii has the stamp of the
United States
We notice that Mr.. Searles in his argu-
ment against the Treaty. drops into the /
usual error that the Independence of the
Hawaiian Islands has been guaranteed by
England and France. There is no guaran-
tee Whatever; what the Queen of England
and the HING gf he French actually did was
10 recognize the Sandwich Islands as
an independent State We're any power
10 seize these Islands, unless it suited the
policy Of France or England to interfere,
there Is no oi@igatioH for either of them to
lift finger.
1t Is not so much from Europe that dan
ger threatens. Some day both China and
Japan may become aggressive States.
There has been one scheme-which was
defeated, but the scheme was afioat and
IN fair way for lRunching-t there has
been one scheme for bringing in a million
Chinese and establishing the opium indus
ny. This precious scheme was defeated
because of American sentiment on these
Islands. But what was thought of then
night be thought of again.
We have laborers from Japan now. This |.
s a concession which Japan has never be
ore granted. 1t is plain to any one, that
outside the money which is made by jap
Inese officials and others, by sending these
abOrers here, political object made Japan
werve from her previous line of conduct.
She has now a small foothold. japanese
,f6cials are here learning the ways of the
'ountry. Some day it may be desirable
o strengthen the foothold. 1t will not be
iificult to do when the time comes.
These are things Mr. Searles should give
lis attention 70. He sees through only
me pair of spectaeles, and his Vision
Ike Sam Welleris rs limited A little
vider view, and AIr. Searles would not say
Fhat he does A still wider view over DO
itical possibilities and Mr.. SearIes would
'e strongly advocating the Treaty for po-
itical reasons.