The morning call., 1893-12-12
THE PRESBYTERiANS.
An Address by the Rev. Thomas
Fraser on Hawaii.

The Presbyterian Ministerial Union met IN
the Howard Church yesterday morning, with
the president, Rev. B. {. Meeler, In the chalr,
to listen TO an address by Rev. Thomas Fraser,
DID,. upon the Hawaiian Islands. Ihough an
old Californian and well known in the State. be
spent some time recently in the Islands, return
ing to his home here only couple OF montns
ago. To Illustrate the descriptive portion OF
his address he made free use Of a map OF the
Islands, kindly loaned 10 him by Mr. wilder,
the Hawaiian Consul In this city The entire
group OF Islands extends along line 400 miles
in extent, the eight that are inhabited embrac-
ing an aIea of 6700 miles. Hawaii, or Owyhee,
which gives the name to the entire group. Is
much larger in extent than all The rest put to-
gether. DIR. Fraser's description OF Mauna
Loa, the famous volcano, which Is one OF Inc
chief natural features of this island, was highly
interesting: What he had TO say OF tbe ieper
colony on MolOkai was perhaps OF equal inter-
est, though OF quite different character. On
haui, where he spent some time supplying the
pulpit Of one OF The churches there. Is the
largest sugar plantation In the world, owned by
IL. Z. Baldwin. a son of one of the missionaries
who went TO the islands in 1920. Oahu Is OF
course now the leading island In Importance,
the capital, Honolulu. which is located upon IT,
bearing much the same relation TO the rest OF
the country that Paris does TO France, the con-
trolling Influences centering principally here.
The population In 1777. the year OF Captain
Cooks discovery, was estimated at 100000
when the missionaries came IN 1920 they
IounQ IL out 25O,UOU, ana now IL IS only SO,OUO
The native Hawalians or Kanakas are IN num-
Der less than 10000, aud even this is steadily
diminishing. The wealth is largely in the
hands of Americans and their children. the
descendants of the missionaries figuring largely
in this connection.
DIR. Fraser thinks igreat mistake was made
by the withdrawal Of the missionaries In 1861
thus leaving the work of evangeliZing the
natives chiefly in the hands of preachers aud
teachers from among themselves. such with
drawa, he believes, should have been deferred
till later period. Speaking OF the ruiDousy
demoralZiDg Influence upon the natives eXerted
by the low class OF sailors who used 10 Visit the
country in such large numbers, he said he was
told that as many as hundred whaling vessels
had been seen from given point at one time.
Dr. Fraser has an exalted opinion OF he men
now in charge of aft lis at Honolulu and thinks
the present Government Is far the best the
country has ever had. He believesfthat Pres-
dent Cleveland and Secretary Gresham have
made serious mistake In the policy they have
been pursuing with reference 10 the Govern
ment for he feels confident tha' ir will stand
ana hat annexation will yet become an ac-
complished fact. This he regards as an inevit-
abb incident TO the working Out OF the manifest
destiny OF the AngiO-SaXOn race and the spread
of Christianity throughout the world.
Next Monday paper is TO be read by Rev.
James Woodwork on The Hawaiian Question
as II Now Is"