Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-06

of other people. Just how President Har.
rison has viewed the matter all along no
one has been able to find out. 1t is known
that Mr.. Egsn has been given some pretty
sharp advice, but whether the censure by
mail and by cable will be deemed sufficient,
or whether there will be further friction,
remains to be seen.
Mr.. Egan comes back much as Consul
McCreary came. Each was given q leave
answer charges McCreary was heard and
was promptly asked to resign. If Mr..
Egan be met with a similar request it will
not probably happen until after the cleo
tion. The wagers here are in favor of the
theory that the whole trouble will be
smoothed over, and that Mr.. Egan will 60
back to Chile, whose Government seems to
be at this time pretty we'll satisfied with
him.
The Anxiety About Honolulu.
Though the State Department is on the
surface anxious in regard to the situation
at the Hawaiian Islands only on account of
a possibility that the political dissensions
having their center at Honolulu may inter-
fere in some way with the requirement by
the United States of, q coaling station at
Pearl Harbor, 1t is confdentially admitted
that this is not the most serious phase OF
the matter. No matter what faction might
gain ascendancy in the mutations of the
very lively politics of these half f-barbarous
neighbors in the Pacific, the privilege
granted the United States to establish
coaling station at Pearl Harbor would be
secure. That does not depend upon fuctua-
tions of parties nor changes of Ministries
1t is solemn treaty with the United States
that could not be abrogated safely unless
under the leadership and protection OF an
other and superior power. Neither are war
vessels of the United States necessary In the
waters of the Hawaiian group especially for
the protection of the interests of citizens of
the United States. If there is one person
more than another who is sure of protection
on these islands it is citizen of the United
States, never in danger of maltreatment
even though he may misbehave more than
others who are punished for their misdoing.
Shadow of a Greater Danger.
Back of all the anxiety about interests of
citizens of the United States there is the
shadow of greater danger, and that is the
reason that in the face of possible revolu-
tion, or attempt at revolution, and the
formation of the Republic that has seemed
to be on the carpet for many years, the
United States has been careful to have some
reliable war vessel always close at hand
when q crisis was promised. 1t will be re-
membered that at the time of the trouble of
the United States with Chile the Govern
ment hesitated to order the vessel, then at
Honolulu, to Valparaiso for the reason
that a political upheaval at the
former place seemed to be imminent
1t was considered to be imperative
that this Government should be well repre-
sented by war vessels in view of the pres
ence of vessels of Great Britain, which
Government has waited for years for an ex-
cuse to take hand in the arrangement of
affairs on the islands of the Hawaiian group.
1t is expected that in case Of any attempt
at revolution the movement will be in be-
half of a Republic Such a movement
would have for its supporters great ma
jority of the citizens of the United States,
if not practically all of them, who are resi-
dents Of the islands The appeal of the Ha-
waiian Queen and her supporters would,
therefore, naturally be made to some other
power than the United States for protec-
lection, and for the maintenance of her
rightful. hereditary Government