The Arizona champion., 1889-03-30
THE FATE OF HAWAII.

that for the present the danger of a revolution has been averted by the surrender of the islands to foreign control. The King accepts the position of Q cipher, and the real business of administering publi, affairs is in the hands of few per sons speaking tho English languag' and hailing originally either from this country or from the British Colonies or from Great Britain. Behind these are compact body of Chinamen, who, by acting as a unit seem to have acquired considerable political power, and bid fair by and by to exercise considerable in fluence over the native Parliament. The Kanaka has nearly disappeared from view, so far as politics and government are concerned. It is evident that the islands have reached that stage in their history when their old institutions and the native race are fading away in the presence of the foreigner. Is it safe for this country to watch the evolutions of the new regime with. out taking any forethought for the futurei au.a
 Some courses of action are so inevitable in given contingencies that they may be set down as flu. ture certainties. It is absolutely certain that in the event of war with any maritime power the United States would have to occupy the Sandwich Islands for the pro, tection of this Coast. We could no more allow them to remain as they are, defenseless prey to any foreign invader, than we could sui, fer the foreigner to occupy the Islands of Santa Barbara. The first step which a Secretary of the Navy would order Tn the event of war would be the occupation of the strategic points on the islands. It is wise to postpone this action un, til it becomes necessary to take i. in the hurry of the opening of a campaignf If the thing has got to Do done had it not be better done at once--coolly, deliberately, after due and ample notice to all parties con, cernedf
 Again, the Hawaiian group is becoming an important center oi production and commerce. The sugar crop this year is reckoned al l30, 900 tons, nearly twice as much as the Louisiana crop. Of rice, the islands yield some ten million pounds annually, and the product oi fruit and hides is large. Coffee has not yet been success on the island. but that will come. The popula tion is small, owing to the excessive mortality among the Kanakas about half the present population i, of foreign birth, consisting mainly of Chinese, Portuguese and Japa nese. This handful of people, how ever, produce so much merchandise that the exports of native product are larger per head than anywhere else Tn the world. It stands tc reason that the production will in crease. This is rather a fine terri tory to be lying off our coast ab solutely in search of an owner.
 The time has passed when fiji busterers of Southern birth went rampaging round the world seeking what territory they could devoul for the propagation of slavery. The modern American citizen seeks nc unwilling partners in his firm. But if the people of the Sandwich Is lands, after due notice, should de liberately vote that their interests would be promoted by annexation to the Union, we believe that we ought to accept them, and to main tain the annexation, if necessary by force. It is not probable that any thing of the kind would be recessa. | ry. If notice were served on Eng land, France and Germany that the United States, for sieasons to them. selves satisfactory, withdrew from the compact by which they agreed not to extend their dominion over the islands, some correspondence would probably follow, but the fiuny would end there. No Euro -.~a- .~~..,o- L.. z,. u.- I.-.. .--