The morning call., 1893-02-03

now that not only are our people down in
Hawaii ready to hold the Islands. but that
II need be there are plenty of supplies and
equipments ready in San Francisco for ship
ment to them she our Government delay
in taking hand.
"a delay in taking advantage of. the op-
portunity now offered to our flag to acquire
new territory will prove disastrous. ANY,
body who has watched the British methods
In the Pacific can appreciate how Amerl-
caus in Honolulu must feel over the delay
by their Government. Depend on it
just as soon as the British feet reaches
Honolulu, and l understand British war
ships are now hurrying thither from all
points of the Pacific, that feet will
attempt TO land men under some pretext
or other. The British have done this thing
before, and they understand better than
any one else how to find an excuse for dis
embarking on foreign soil. The trouble
will come when such an attempt is made.
''The Provisional Government. capable,
as | believe it to be, to maintain complete
sway on the islands, will resent as an inya-
sion the appearance of British troops in the
streets of Honolulu.
MANY of the Americans In the Hawaiian
frontiersmen. Many of them are now
wealthy and live in comfort, but the old
fighting spirit is there, and the ability 10
act quickly and effectively is as strong as
ever"
Colonel Bullock says Hawaii has practi-
cally been under American control for the
last fifteen years. The late King was heav-
lily in debt to several Caifornians, as was
o1e . h. ~
condition of affairs all led to the assump-
tion Of control by the real rulers of the ISL
ands When this condition is thoroughly
understood, he said. it will be seen that
British interference at Honolulu is almost
rs fragrant as British interference in Cali
fornia.
WILMINGTON. Del, Feb. 2.-Hon. George
Fl. Bates, who was American Commissioner
to Samoa during the investigation in 1886,
said to-day. speaking of Hawaiian anneXa-
ton: Honolulu is nearer to Washington
than Alaska, and vastly nearer than Cali
fornia was ut the time 1t was incorporated
In the Union. The necessities Of modern
commerce require adequate coaIing stations
in the Pacific, both for our new naval ves-
sells. which are helpless without coal and
also as stations for supplies for our CON-
mercial marine and for places Of refuge in
case of danger. We had a striking Illus
tration of the necessity for coaling stations
for the navy at the time of the furry in
Samoa early in 1889. With Hawaii as
American territory, and with the rights
which we already possess in Samoa, and
with the new chance | hope to see given
American shipping interests. we should
have literally what Mr.. Blaine fitly termed
the key to the maritime dominion of the
Pacific"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-"There can be no
doubt as to the advsability of snnexing
Hawaii" said d. o. Mills, the Pacific Coast
capitalist, land the sentiment OF the coast
is all that way. l do not believe. however,
in preeipitate action, and we should make
haste slowly. Let the proceedings be re-
moved from all sembanee of land-grabbing.
There hiss been a good deal said about
the undesirabiity of large portion Of the
inhabitants of the islands, but in taking in
the islands il need not mean giving Chinese
and japanese citizenship. The natives are
inoffensive and are not and would not
prove distcrbing element. AS a race they
are gradually becoming extinct. The
islands are necessary TO us for many
reasons. and they should be, as l think they
Will be, under our control" "