The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-11
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- VII, Vic opISScuJdtINo III La W All
of Spreckels' interests was inter
viewed to day on the subject of the
revolution
Concerning annexation he said:
"As far as the United States is con-
cerned it was not, of course, to the
interests of this country to annex the
Sandwich Islands as long as affairs
were running smoothly. 1t would
be an expensive place to protect. To
| annex the Hawaiian Islands, too,
would mean that cable would have
to be laid to connect the islands with
San Francisco. This would cost at
least S2,500,000 Now that trouble
has broken out, however, l see no
other course for this country to pur-
sue than to annex. United Stales
would not allow any other country
to annex. 1t could not afford
to. 1 think Congress will take
Immediate action on the arrival of
the Hawaiian Commissioners in
Washington.
queen Liliuokelani made a great
mistake in attempting to abrogate
the old constitution. Had she list
ened to her legitimate counselors in
/ stead of yielding to backdoor infu.
ences, she would have perpetuated
her government, with a royal income
| of $4,000 year. As it Is, think
| the end of the monarchical form of
government in the Hawaiian Islands
has come"
Mr. Irwin expected to start for
Honolulu about March 1st The IN
expected events that have happened,
however, will probably hasten his
return.
TORONTO, ONT, Jan. 30.-Colonel
Volney V. Ashford, Commander in
Chief of the Hawaiian forces under
King Kalakaua, is here visiting.
"The revolution in Hawaii was ex-
pected," he said to day, shut it seems
the Queen has forced the hands of
her opponents and obliged them to
declare their opposition rather sooner
than expected"
Colonel Ashford is of the opinion
| that annexation to the United States
would be advantageous to the islands
in view of their present commercial
| Will tlO tOpuUiiC
WASHINGTON, Feb. q Judge Chip
man of Michigan, a prominent mem
Der of the House Committee on For
eign Affairs, openly favors annexa-
ton. 81 favored it in the Fifty first
Congress-" he said, Sin a report and
speech upon the Hawaiian cable. l
consider it not only possible but
highly desirable The Sandwich ISL
ands are extremely fertile. The
intelligent among it's people are
earnestly in favor Of union with the
United States. As naval station
and a point of commercial advantage
in the Pacific they are vital to us.
We would need them in war and we
need them in peace. Their posses
sion would go far toward enabling us
to control the sugar situation of the
world"
Boston, Jan. 51..-Relative to the
Hawaiian question, Rear-Admiral
George E. Belknap (retired) says:
Ito the people of the United States
the present situation is of momentous
interest aud vital Importance. In
deed, it would seem Nature has esta-
blished that group to be ultimately
occupied as an outpost, as it were, of
the great Republic, and the time has
now come for the fulfillment of such
design. The group now seeks an
nexation to the United States. The
consummation of such a wish would
inure to the benefit of both peoples,
commercially and politically. Annex
the islands, institute them as Ter
ritory, and the reciprocal trade will
double within twenty years. Let the
islanders feel they are once and for
ever under the folds of the American
flag, as part and parcel of the great
Republic, and new development
will at once take place in the group
that will surprise the people and the
world. Not to take the fruit within
our grasp and annex the group now
begging US to take it would be folly
indeed, a mistake of the gravest
nature, both for the statesmen of the
day and for the men among US OF
high commercial views and great en-
terprises"
The position of the deposed Gov
eminent of Hawaii may perhaps be
found in statement made by Ha.
waiian Minister j. Mott Smith as
follows: $50 far as ultimate annexa-
ton is concerned" he said, ''there
has always existed feeling, especi-
ally among the white residents, that
the islands would eventually become
a part of the United States, but that
such amalgamation would be the re.
suit of diplomatic negotiation, and
a friendly rather than forced
union. This crisis has been precipit,
ated. as is we'll known, by the act OF
the Queen in her endeavor to ad
vance native influence and make ii
absolute. The whites have been
increasing, the natives dying out
They have seen their country slip
ping away from them, but instead of
attributing this to the true reasons
they have attributed it to the rapacity
of the whites. This revolution has
been the outcome of a growing senti
ment of years, but until now the
Government has been able to keep il
down"
Hit, of Illinois, the Republican
leader as to foreign affairs in the
House, takes the following view OF
the matter. "These people" he said
''are coming to us with proposition
to be annexed to this country and
think they should be taken in. 1t is
an opportunity which once lost may
never come again, and it should be
taken advantage of. 1t is better tC