The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-02
HANDS OFF, JOHN BULL
Ih's Republic VIII Decide for Itself What
II Will DO About Hawaii.

From Tie LchJor FATTY Journal.
II your Uncle Samuel is to be deferred from assisting
the helpless-to say nothing OF getting a good siice for
himseif-simply because the British lion growls about
1t, he 10 q totally different individual from your uucle
samuo! OF II rs and 1912.
From he Syrnru,e Erening H.s..
Asregards England, We have more para m riQhts
ana should insist upon those rights being regarded Just
As they were ono hundred years ago.
From The Warrington Po~.
England's protests are not to be considered. Va do
not need Great B-itain's approval in our national
ahatrs. and, even IL we did. that ia the last thing we
should get where our advantage lay. Leave England
out OF the question. and let us consider only what Ia
our pront aud honor in the case. II England ventures
to interfere or to throw obstacles in the way of our
Will and pleasure. let England look to herself. This
country has grown since l776.
Fom the Chicago Dailv Tribune
The question. reduced TO tho fewcst words, 10, Shall
the United States annex the islands or shall England
To this question there should be but one answer.
Fom the Utica Morning Herald ard Daily Gas..
Our Government cannot permit itself to be deferred
BY England. any moro than It could " permit itself to
be hurried' by Italy on another occasion.
Prom the Hochesfer Democra, and Chronie,.
Tho idea OF waiting until some other power at.
tempts to seize the islands 10 ridiculous. When that
time comes the islands would go to the other powcr
and our protest would be vain unless force be USED.
Now there can be peaceful annexation. Neglect OF the
opportunity would DO the greatest blunder of the cen.
fury.
Fnom the Chicago Herald.
Now or never for Hawaii and ascendan. y In the Pa.
eihc. shah England have II or shall We!
From the Philadelphia Record.
Tho right OF tho Sandwich islanders to dlspose OF
their Islands. and the right Of the United States to 40
eept the proder Of sovereignty. cannot be disputed.
I1om 1s Hartford Cou,a,,.
WASHINGTON. Jan. %sl.-Thers are some indications
that the Intervention OF Great Britain in tho Hawaiian
matter may solidify the two parties in Congress In sud
port OF the policy OF tho Administration.
There 10 . very rssentful feeling that Great Britain
should have chosen to intervene. Ono hears mutter.
ings on every hand. and In both parties. that tho Brit.
ish Government Is eager to grasp every possession
within her reach. and that England now proposes to
prevent the United States from scceding to the REQUEST
OF the Hawaiian Islands for annexation.
England has just stolen the Gilbert Islands and she 1.
trying to steal Egypt. She Is dividing up tho islands OF
the south Sea with Germany without asking the con.
sent OF other nations, and now seeks, by bullying and
threats. to alarm the United States SO tina: Hawaii
shall become = British dependency. and not q territory
OF this republic.
IL Great Britain Rhall succeed In so shaping tho -
sues here that Congress shall become convinced that it
Will be called upon to decide only whether the Ia.
waiihn Islands shall become u British possession or a
part or the United States. 1t 10 quite possible that the
representatives Of the two parties in Congress will
unite TO decide that beyond our borders there ia but
one party In this republic: that tho Monroe doctrine
shaH DO extended to the Pacific Ocean. and that no
party In the United States viii consent to surrender to
tho bullying demands of Great Britain. or to Yield
those fair provinces OF the Pacific to her cormorant
grasp