The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-05-16
WHO SHALL ANNEX HAWAII 7
How the Question Appears to a Great
Religious Paper.

The logic of events renders il almost
certain flat the autonomy of the Ha.
waiian Islands can not lone be main.
tanned This is due TO the conditions
of society and the unusual mixture of
the present ponulation The last cen.
sns that Of 1900. amended bv known
additions durinp the two wears past
shows in general. emitting small rac
,ions that there are on the group.
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third Of whom are Americans, one.
third Portuguese, and one third mixed
peoples, British Germans French
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from other groups .,..e..,,'.... 1000
Chinese Observation-Disclosures. $1,000
japanese Observation-Disclosures. 10000
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AT a glance it can be seen that long
term of years is required to produce
nomogeneity and efficiency Of seltgov
eminent among a people of such
mixture whereas perhaps half of the
people have not averaged residence
of twelve years on the Islands, the most
of the japanese, Chinese and Portuguese
having come to the country within that
time. The Chinese and japanese,
while generally law-ablding, have as
yet crude ideas as to national seIf-gov-
ernment The Portuguese are peace
able and measurably teaChable, but are
mostly illiterate Roman Catholics. The.
native Hawaiians, as also the above ma
tionallties, in time will become self gov
erning citizens.
If the majority of the Islanders we're
of liberty-loving and intelligent Anglo
Saxon stock, it is conceivable that an
independent republic might now be es-
tabished and maintained for a time,
but probably only for short time.
There is no possibility that the eX-
Queen or her niece will be called to
reign. 1t is morally certain that only
by foreign intervention can either Of
these be placed upon the throne.
In union is strength, and at this last
decade of the century we see the tend
enCy to accumulate power by union.
United capital has dug the canal, has
established the steam lines which
bridge the ocean and circle the globe.
United capital has spanned the CONT
nent with railroads. Union has made
possible the great achievements of the
age In union is the secret power of
the trust, which is wider development
than the usual corporation. The labor
union gives power and influence to the
working man. This same principle is
fast shaping the government of the
world. Small states are becoming
integral parts of large empires.
The islands of the world are fast be-
coming the possessions Of the powers
who by their commerce or their navies
rule the ocean. Now that Madagascar
is invaded by the French, what islands
in the world, other than Hayti and the
Hawaiian Islands, are left to self-govern-
ment2 None of any consequence.
And now the inevitable has come to
Hawaii, and she asks to be annexed to
the great nation of the nearest CONT
nent, that she may have assured peace
and stable government. The question
is not alone, Will the United States
annex and in some form admit Hawaii
to the union? The fact is that coun-
try of such dimensions in this age of
national acquisition will not long be
permitted to stand alone. A single
well-equlpped ship of war entering the
harbor OF Honolulu can, at the will OF
her commander, dictate terms to the
Government OF the group, In other
words, the nation, II entirely dependent
upon her own resources, may In an
hour be subjected to the d!ctatlon of
any commander of ship of war.
The autonomy OF these Islands has
thus far been maintained by the mutual
guarantee of two or three of the great
nations OF Chrlstendom that they would
respect the national life OF the little
kingdom. But times have changed.
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