The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-26
AS 9TH ERS SEE US.
An Address On Hawaii to the Presby-
terrain Ministerial Union.

An Address On Hawaii to the Presby-
terrain Ministerial Union.
AT recent meeting of the Presbyteri-
an Ministerial Union of San Francisco,
Rev. Thomas Fraser delivered long
address upon the Hawaiian Islands.
Though an old Californian and well
known in the State, he spent some
time recently in the Islands, return ing
to his home only a couple of months
ago. To illustrate the descriptive
portion of his address he made free
use of map of the Islands, kindly
loaned to him by Mr.. Wilder, the Ha-
waiian Consul.
The reverend gentleman in the course
of his remarks said the entire group of
islands extends along line 400 miles in
extent, the eight that are inhabited en-
bracing an area of 600 miles. Hawaii,
or Owyhee, which gives the name to
the entire group, is much larger in ex-
tent than all therest put together. His
description of Mauna Loa, the famous
volcano, which is one of the chief nat
ural features of this island, was highly
interesting. What he had to say of the
leper colony on Molokai was perhaps of
equal interest, though of quite differ
ent character. On Maui, where he
spent some time supplying the pulpit of
one of the churches there, is the largest
sugar plantation in the world, owned by
II. p. Baldwin. a son of one of the mis-
sionaries who went to the islands in
1920. Oahu is of course now the lead
ing island in Importance, the capital,
Honolulu, which is located upon it.,
bearing much the same relation to the
country that Paris does to France, the
controlling influences centering prin-
cipally here.
The population in 1777, the year of
Captain Cooks discovery, was estimated
at 100000. When the missionaries came
in 1920 they found it but 100000, and
now it is only 10000. The native Ha-
waiians or Kanakas are in number less
than 10000, and even this is steadily
diminishing, The wealth is largely in
the hands of Americans and their chill
dren, the descendants of the missionaries
figuring largely in this connection.
DIR. Fraser thinks a great mistake
was made by the withdrawal of the
missionaries in 1850, thus leaving the
work of evangelizing the natives chiefly
in the hands of preachers and teachers
from among themselves. Such with.
drawal, he believes, should have been
deferred till a later period. Speaking
of the ruinously demoralizing influence
upon the natives exerted by the low
class of sailors who used to visit the
country in such large numbers, he sale
he was told that as many as hundred
whaling vessels had been seen from {
given point at one tine.
DIR. Fraser has an exalted opinion o.
the man now in charge of affairs a
Honolulu, and thinks the present Gov
eminent is far the best the country ha
ever had. He believes that Presiden
Cleveland and Secretary Gresham hav,
made a serious mistake in the polio.
they have been pursuing with reference
to the Government, for he feels con
fident that il will stand and that annex
alton will yet become an accomplishe,
fact. This he regards as an inevitabl
incident to the working out of tn
manifest destiny of the Anglo-Saxoi
race and the spread of Christianit,
throughout the world.
At the following meeting of the as
sembly Rev. James Woodwork was t
read paper on ''The Hawaiian Question
AS it Now Is"