The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-30
HAWAIIAN INTERESTS.
Our Government Urged to Bring
About Closer Trade Relations.
BRITISH AsoENDANoY POSSIBLE


United States Can be Perfected
England May Take tho Islands
Under Its Wing-Most of the For
eign Interest There American.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9o.-The situation
Of affairs in the Hawaiian islands contin-
ues to receive the earnest and constant
attention of the officials of the depart
ment of state. To inquiries as to the po-
litical situation in the dominion of her
majesty Queen Liliokalins, reply is
made that it Is regarded as unsettled.
Further than this they say they do not
care to express an opinion. And this
despite the fact that on the 18th inst.
the new ministry were inducted into Of
fice. The change of government was ac-
complished without demonstration of
any kind, but the feeling prevails that
there is no confidence in the ministry,
and any change would create no sur
prise.
The department is under more or less
Influence to bring about even closer re-
lations between the United States and
Hawaii than have ever been obtained.
Annexation is openly urged, the argu-
the support of a strong government,
which would restore the commercial
credit of tho country, give assistance to
the producers and consequent develop
mont of the resources of the islands.
Unless the United States does take these
islRnds under Its care. it is urged that
some other strong government is likely
70 do it, and that government is Eng
land.
American Interests at Hawaii.
In addition to sugar, rice is cultivated,
tea can be raised in abundance, and
the coffee is Of fine quality. All that is
needed is money and effort to improve
the lands and cheap labor to work them.
England could easily supply these from
her surplus capital and coolie colonies.
Negotiations are now pending for the
establishments of line OF steamers
from Victoria to Australia, stopping at
Honolulu, which, when established it
Is threatened will drive the American
lines off the route. Nearly nine-tenths
of the foreign population are Americans,
most of tho trade is with with the United
States, and the entire interests of the
islands are American, SO much so that
even the German and most Of the Eng
ish settlers join the Americans, who
with the natives are possessed of q de-
States.
1t is not probable that the United
States will depart from its historic policy
and assume any other attitute toward
the islands than the ono always held. 1t
is interesting to know in this connection
that the under minister of foreign affairs
at Honolulu was formerly clerk i'll the
state department in this city.
Under the operations of the Mckinley
al ..,l ~, 1.
languished, until now the sugar estates
are mostly in the hands of receivers.
Rice grown in that country is given free
entry into the United States by the pro-
visions of bill passed to remedy the in
Justice unintentionally done Hawaii by
the failure of the Mckinley bill to make
an exception in favor OF that country.
Proposed Commercial Treaty.
But the condition of the commercial
relations between the two countries is
not satisfactory and the volume of cor
respondence with foreign governments
for 1891, now in tho press, will doubtless
contain the text OF proposed treaty,
which has been under consideration by
the negotiating officials for some months,
the object Of which is to restore, as far
rs possible, the trade relations previously
existing between the countries.
This project provides for the free ad-
mittance into each country all articles
grown, produced or manufactured in the
other, subject however, to such inter-
nal revenue taxes as are imposed upon
the native articles. Opium and prepa-
rations thereof and spirituous liquors
containing more than l8 per cent. of
alcohol are exempted from tho provisions
of the treaty, also any article the ad-
mittance of which into either country
was prohibited by its general laws
The treaty also by express terms con-
tinues in force the treaties and conven-
tions now in force between the countries.
These are the original treaty of 1910, tho
reciprocity treaty of 1878 and that Of
exclusive right to Pearl harbor. The
minister of foreign affairs of Hawaii said
Of the proposed treaty:
Value of American Trade.
at may be said that we shall pledge
ourselves not to make similar arrange.
ments with other nations, but we cannot
expect to get such great advantages
without some concessions, and it is for
us to Judge whether the free market of
the United States is not of greater pres
other markets combined, even were it
certain that we could make as favorable
terms with them, which we cannot do"
Inasmuch as the correspondence AYERS
that the tender of the treaty came from
the United States, and. as is shown, the
Hawaiian officials heartily approve it,
the further statement that while the
treaty has not yet been executed "more
encouraging reports of tho progress of
negotiation are expected at an early
day" is not strange.