The oasis., 1893-11-16
A NATIONAL DISGRACE.


 Cleveland has brought upon the Amer
 icau people another burning disgrace.
 In repudiating the proposition to an-
 mex the Hawaiian Islands, and declar-
 ing that Queen Lliuokalani should be
 restored to the throne she had forfeited
 by her own misconduct, the present administration has performed an act
 the thought of which will always l bring blush of shame to the cheek of every patriotic citizen of the republic.
 Here was the key to commercial supremacy O. the Pacific Ocean held out to the United States with an in- vitation to enter and control. The maritime power in possession of the Sandwich Islands will dominate the commerce of the Pacific, just as Great Britain now dominates the Mediter- ranean by possession of Gibralter
 Malta and Cyprus. In the present condition of affairs Hawaii cannot long remain independent. Those who overthrow the queen will not submit to her restoration. In that disposi- tion they will naturally turn to great power that can appreciate advantages offered and will guard them and their property against native aggression. In acquisition of territory, or strate- gic points in the middle of the sea. or anywhere else, Great Britain has never faltered or battered about the rights of natives or their wishes. If, in her business, she needs some Asi- attic state, some African province, some fertile isle of the sea or some lonely rock in mid-ocean and oppor- tunity offers. Great Britain always takes it in. When the natives object they are called ':rebels" and killed off. With the same opportunity the |. 5; has enjoyed Great Britain would have completed annexation in forty-eight hours; and for a smaller offence against the prestige and power of his country than Grover Cleveland has now com mitted, Admiral Byng was hung from tha yard-arm of his own flagship.
 Tho refusal of the United States is probably England's opportunity, ana 1t will be matter of no surprise tC see her power established at Honolulu before the hcginaing of another year. That would Dc standing menace to American interests in the Pacific that could not be shaken of without long and costly war.
 Thc excrsc offered fer the pCsitloa ,ato which the administration pnts the United States is that the will of of the majority was not consulted when the provisional government was and the Queen dcposcG that the natives are all opposed to an nexation. What if thcy are? Were the natives consulted when q demo- cratic president annexed Louisiana in 1908? Were the natives consulted when in 1916 another democratic pres ident annexed all the country between the Rio Gfandc and the Paciiic? Were 1 the natives consulted when Oregon was annexed? Were the natiycs con- suited when the Southern ConfcdeFacy was annexed?
 Mawkish sentimertalism is entirely i out of place in consideration of ques- lions of this kind. The practical | view is the only correct one. That can { be formulated in this wise: The pro- ! yisional government was established and maintained by the American pop ulaiion of the Islands. That p0pun- { lion comprises ninc-tenthS of tac wealth and intelligence of that coua- try. They have to foot the bills. 1 .heso be misruie they suffer. The rule