The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-15
THE HAWAIIAN MISSION.


The Pacific Coast has great in.
terest in the manner Of man who
gets the Hawaiian Mission. Whether
he is O Coast man or not, he must
be made to know the stake we have
in those islands. We have recently
had lesson in the need of having
as Consul TO Apia man with better
diplomatic judgment and qualitica-
ton, than are required at London,
Paris or Berlin. Yet it is remote
post, away in the South Pacific, but
it was the scene of complications
which might have easily led to war
involving three or more great ma
tions. The worlds peace, indeed,
was for time at the mercy of q
couple of $500 Consuls.
The next focus of international
disturbance in. the Pacific is at
Honolulu. Hawaii is the grand
prize, while Samoa was merely an
approximation prize. Hawaii is the
key to the isthmian canal, when one
is built, but it is also the
sole seaward shelter of this Pacific
Coast.
Neutralized, it is worth more to
us than all the coast defenses and
armored ships that could be built.
In the hands of possibly unfriend-
ly power it would ha,g like mort
gage upon every bit of property in
California, because one element of
safety would be lost.
Aside from such considerations is
the maintenance of the existing
treaty upon which they all depend.
There are men here who are
treacherous to the best interests OF
our people aud for private greed or
grudge they desire to abrogate that
treaty.
The constitution of our commu-
nifty is such that our people will
likely be Indifferent until this treaty
is lost, and then they will have a
spasm of quite futile rage, when it
is too late.
The conspirators against the treaty
are keenly alive to all this and have
their programme for the diplomatic
and consular appointments as well
as their plans rooted in court poll
tics in Honolulu. The amount at
stake is large. 1t is equal to the
total advantage which the Sugar
Trusts expects from the exclusion
OF raw sugar, for putting upon it u
duty means that it must seek else
where a market. To give the con-
spiracy its way in the Hawaiian ap-
pointments will be scandalous. To
send weak men there at all will be
foolish.
There was time in which the
court of Denmark was the center of
European diplomacy. Russia and
England and Greece were intermar-
ried with or furnished rulers by the
house of SchleswiS- Holstein-Sonder
borg-Glucksburg.
The interests of that house ex
tended from the Thames to the plait
of Marathon, and the politics of al
Europe and Of the Black Sea ant
the Golden Horn were talked a
Copenhagen Then any governmen
that had interests anywhere betweel
the delta of the Nile and the Skag
ger Rack needed sharp eyes an
keen wits in the court Of Kin
, Christian.
Realizing this, General Grant OF
fered that mission to one of IN
most distinguished of Western RI
publican Senators and Ex-Governor;
and not knowing it, the distinguish
, ed Senator declined to go to Der
l mark. Honolulu is liable at ever
j. moment to be the scene Of the mo-
important diplomatic intrigues an
: international events. We have f;
g, more imme diate interests thel
e than we ever had at the court
= King Christian. Hawaii is on OF
side of the earth. It's people ha1
Il partaken of our civilization and i
King is our royal friend. Our car
tai has stimulated enterprise tile
and contributed to the prosperity
n the country.
Let no personal favoritism nor t
,e payment of any political debt pr
d vent the sending there of n frs
n class man, one who will have prop
+ respect for the King and countr
s. and q proper conception of t
&C mutual Importance of the two cou
+ tries TO each other.
8 Hawaii is more interesting 10
to than any other PACIFIC country a
n we should treat it with correspou
ID ing dignity and consideration. +
8. f. Alta, May /.
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