The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-17

will be in the direct track of the
worlds commerce, and as Pearl har-
Dor, where the naval station would
be established, is only nine miles
distant, it follows that this country
would be In the strongest possible
position after annexation. = Ex-
change.
NO HEsITANCY ABOUT IT.
For political reasons, therefore, we
advocate the annexation OF Hawaii.
There need be no hesitancy about it,
as there are no treaties which could
bar this enterprise. The treaty be-
tween Great Britain and France
recognizing the independence of
Hawaii bound these powers not to
annex the islands. The United
States recognized the Hawaiian
Government, but refused to bind
itself not to assume territorial iuris-
diction should it be deemed expe-
dent. The way is therefore diplo-
matically clear, and there should he
no hesitation in acting now that Con
gress is in sessions. f. Report.
OUGHT TO EXTEND THE FLAG.
AS measure of farseeing states
manship the United States ought to
extend their flag over the Hawaiian
Islands in order to prepare for the
eventualities of the future. He must
be short sighted indeed who does not
foresee that in the coming centuries
the Pacific Ocean will become the
chief center of human activity, and
that the extension of commerce and
intercourse on Pacific waters will
lead, as such extensions always have,
to wars and territorial conquests.
When that era comes the possession
of the Sandwich Islands will be
matter of prime Importance. They
will be to the North Pacific what
Malta has been to the Mediterranean.
The power which holds them, with
impregnable modern Notifications
fully equipped dockyards and an
ample stock of coal, will dominate
the Pacific north of the equator
And though it is no part of the pur-
pose of the United States to work out
its destiny through the agency of
war, yet still it must not be forgotten
that the occupation of the islands by
a foreign power - not necessarily
European, but more likely Chinese or
japanese, when those nations be-
come aggressive, as they may-would
interfere very seriously with the pa
cihc purpose of the United States to
extend commerce and civilization
through the lands that are washed
by the great ocean of the world
S. f. Call.
THE ONLY COURSE.
There is but one logical course to
be followed by the United States in
settling the Hawaiian problem. Ha
waii must be annexed.
1t goes without question that no
foreign power can be allowed to seize
the islands. This government would
be compelled to resist any such
movement by all the resources at it's
command. A joint protectorate is
not to be considered. The United
States has had enough of the joint
protectorate in Samoa. At best it is
a system that secures the least effici- /
ent government at the greatest ex-
pense. 1t can satisfy neither the
governed nor the people of the pro-
tecting powers.
Annexation must come. There is
no permanent middle ground be-
tween absorbing the islands and
turning them over to England. The
better Judgment of the people real
ICES this fact. The press of the
country is almost unanimous in re-
cognizing that the islands must be
taken. The public men of the coun
try show hardly two opinions. The
politicians alone hesitate. waiting for
the voice of the people. The strength
of the response from every quarter
of the country should reassure them.
Congress should act at once. Ha-
waii must be annexed.-S. f. Chron-
icle.