The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-04-23
TRANSPORTING.
HOW THE CoLoNIsTs FEEL TOWARD
AMERICA.

sui at Sydney, was interviewed in
San Francisco by a representative
of the post of that city, when he
said:-
Zone of the most important mat
ters at present being considered by
the colonial government are the at
tempts continually being made by
Canada to increase its commercial
interests with the Colonies. Canada
is trying hard to come in and secure
the mail service, and, in fact, all the
American trade. l hope this will be
averted, though it will be difficult
matter for the United States steam.
ers TO compete with those Of Canada
and Great Britain, which are so
heavily subsidized. The people of
the Colonies, strange as it may
seem, do not in any way favor in
creased relationship with Canada as
much as they do with the United
States. American products suit
them best, and are eagerly looked
for, and the colonists like the Am
erlcan people.
"The GOvernor-G eneral of Can
ada recently addressed communi-
cation to the colonial governments
inviting them to send delegates to
Canada for the purpose of comforting
upon the best means Of establishing
more intimate trade relations and
closer telegraphic communication
between Canada and the Colonies.
AS l stated before, the colonial gov
ernments look with more favor upon
America, and as u consequence the
proposal of Canada did not meet
with much approval by the govern
ment of New South Wales.
"The premiers of all the Colonies
are unanimous in their opinion that
no advantages were to be gained by
the colonial governments through
such a union, and answered the COM
municat:on of the Governor-G eneral
of Canada by suggesting that if the
Canadian Government desired to
confer upon the subject, it would be
better to send its delegates to Mel
bourne or some other important
point in the Colonies.
Canada realizes that the present
close commercial relations between
the Australasian Colonies and the
United States will in time prove dis
astrous to its commercial interests
and is seeking every means to dis
courage the relations between the
two countries. 1t is principally for
this reason that Canada would like
to secure the contract for the mail
service between the United States
and Australia, by establishing a
direct service between England,
Canada, and the Colonies, and con-
Meeting the three great commercial
points by submarine cable via
Vancouver Island, and freeze the
United States government out of its
present favorable connections with
the Colonies. Canada will, how
ever, find this very hard matter to
accomplish.
"Sir Henry Atkinson, Premier of
New Zealand, who is very pronounc-
| ed in his sentiments in favor of the
United States, at recent meeting
of colonial representatives, express
ed his opinion that the Colonists
could not trade any better with
Canada on account of its being also
part of the British Empire.
" We have no interest in Can
ada, said he, beyond very re-
mote one, in the questions between
it and its great neighbor, which at
times assume so excitable shape.
The destiny Of absorption in the
great nation of the United States
many of us regard as the best thing
that could happen TO it. In any
case we feel no interest besides the
languid one of curiosity in the mat
ter. We shall certainly enter into
no arrangement intended to prevent
such a result. Our feelings towarG
our kinsmen OF the United State:
are quite as cordial as those TOWARD
our kinsmen in Canada. 1t woulG
be but a piece of loyal hypocrisy tc
pretend otherwise.
son another OCCASION" continue
ed Consul Griffin, referring to +,
memorandum, sat convention O.
colonial representatives the question
of the existing mail service between
the United States and the Colonies
was in some way brought before thu
convention, and discussed in a man
ner that plainly showed that thu
feeling of the Colonists was stronge
for America than for Canada. On,
of the most prominent statesmen
was quoted as saying, But mai
service with America must be wei
worth maintaining. Sixty million
of English speaking people are liv
ing there, and these numbers are in
creasing with extraordinary rapidity
They are, as it so happens, GU
nearest neighbors of what we, VIII
are SO very new, may call the oil