New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-01
Mr.. BLAINE ON HAWAII.
MEMORABLE DISPATCH FROM THE SEC
RETARY IN 1881.
nur INTERESTS OF THE ISLANDS AND THE
United STATES ARE THE sAME-NO
FOREIGN INTRUSION CAN BE PER.
MITTED-AN AMERICAN SOLC.
TON NECESSARY.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNR.l

FEY TELEGRAPH TO THE IRIBUNRl
Washington, JAN. 31.-No more complete and strik-
Inc expression of the American view OF the Hawaiian
peston can be found, perhaps. than Is contained In
be dispatch of secretary Blaine to Minister Comfy
.o,sd December l, 1851. some extracts from which
already been given in the columns of The Tribune
Mr. Balne's dispatch /, mastery summary of the
,,ons between this country and Hawaii from 1859 TO
,s;l and It's statement OF the American policy toward
,s Island Kingdom is applicable In almost every line
- The situation which presents itself today. The text
4, the letter. emitting two short Introductory para
ssphs Is as follows:
with the abandonment Of ieudal government by King
r.mshneha III in 1899 and the OF consti
uuona methods. the history Of the political relation
Hawaii to world at large properly be said
adn The recognition Of independent sovereignty by the
c,a took place otter thai act the part Of
the United States dating from 1914 Even early
DAY before tho United Stat> had become power
paeiac Coast the commercial activity Of people
anested in their intercourse with the islands of Oceanlc
- which the Hawaiian group is the northern extremity.
7, 1913 ;he treaty Of Guadalupe IIidalg0 confirmed the
territorial extension Of the United States to the Pacific
and gave the Union coast line on that ocean little in
ror in extent and superior In natural wealth the At
.ntc s.abOard Of the original thirteen Sate, In 1915
40 the discoveries of gold in California laid the foundation
for the marvellous development of the western coast and
in that year the necessities Of altered relation
shp 30 the Pacific Ocean found expression in comprehcn
siye treaty Of friendship commerce and navigation with
the sovereign Kingdom Of Hawaii.
The material connection between the Hawaiian Islands
and the Pacific Coast Of the Union was natural and
inevitable But lately admitted to the family of separate
States Hawaii necessarily drawn into closer knship
with California then just entering path Of prosperity
and greatness. whose pdty Of development the world
has never seen cquacd. Hence the movements toward
intimate commercial relations between the two countre
which after the progressive negotiations OF 1856 1867
and 1862 eliminated in the existing reciprocity treaty
January 80 1879 which to the United States in
Hawaii and 10 Hawaii in the United States trading rights
and pryleges in terms denied to other countries
l have spoken Of the Pacific coast line given to the
American Union BY the cesson Of California in 1s4S
little inferior extent ana superior in natural wealth to
,hs Atlantic seaboard OF the original Union. Since that
time our domain on the Pacific has been vastly increased
hr the nurchase of Alaska Taking san Francisco
the commercial the western slope line drawn
north nohwcstwardly TO the Aeutan group, marks our
Pacific border almost to the confines of Asia cor
rospondlng line drawn enthusiastically from san Fran
cisco 10 Honolulu the natural limit OF the ocean
belt within which trade with the Oriental countries
must fow and is moreover, the direct line Of COM
nuneaton between the United States and Australasia
Within this belt lies the commercial domain OF our west
coast go
have had recent occasion set forth the vtally in
rral importance Of Pacific possessions i'll circular
letter addressed on the oath Of June last 10 our repre-
,er,arves in Europe touching the necessary guarantees
o, the proposed Canal purely American
waterway to be treated part Of our own coast line
The extension of commercial empire westward from tho''
States Is vitality important 70 their development
than ia rheir communication with the Eastern coast bv
the isthmlan channel And when We survey the stu
lsndous progress made by the Western coast during
the thirty years of its National life part OF our
dominion its enormous increase OF population its vast
agriculture and mines. and It's louinless
enterprise IL is easy TO set limit TO It's coin
mercia activity forsee check 10 It's maritime su'
prenacy In the OF the Orient 80 long as those
waters afford now, free and neutral scope Tor our
peaceful trade.
In thirty years the United States has acquired c-
Ultimately dominant influence in the North Pacific which
nv thp IN sion
tnerein of any OF influence hostile it,
The situation Of the Hawaiian Islands giving them the
Strategic control Of the North Pacific brings their pos
session within she range Of questions Of purely American
policy AS much that of the Isthnus Itself Hence
the necessity recognized in our existing treaty rea-
tons Of drawing of intimate relationship between
and the Hawaiian Islands 80 as 10 make them pfac-
tcslly part OF the American System without derogduoh
o. their absolute nlep ndene. The reciprocity treaty OF
1875 has made OF Hawaii the suearrai,ing hed OF The
Pacific slope. and gives TO our manufacturers ueiHh
tic same freedom as in California and oregon.
That treaty gave Hawaii its first great impetus 10
trade and deycoped that activity OF production which has
attracted the eager attention Of European powers ANXIOUS
10 share in the prosperity ard advantages when the CHu
States have in mid ocean, From 1871 The hrSt
full year succeeding conclusion OF the reciprocity treaty
To 1880 the imports Hawaii TO the United states
nearly doubled increasing from s2o5oS3o IN vaue 70
81 6Oe 444 and this period the exports rom inc
United States to Hawaii from el272949 to s-o2o'
40. word. Hawaii is BY the wise and bench en'
provisions brought within the circle Oh 'he
dopatc trade OF the United States, and our interest III
s friendly neutrality is akin that feel in the guar
anteed independence Panama On the other manu. inc
interests, ~ Hawaii must inevitably toward the United
States in future. in the present as us ha'' "u
sole ally in conserving the dominion OF both III inc i'
trade Your own observation during your residence at
honolulu has shown you the vitality OF the Amr'ic"'
sentiment which this state OF things has rIcrispy ue'
yeoIed in the islands. l view that sentiment as th'
logical recognition OF the needs OF Hawaii as icl"'i
Of the American system OF States. rather than a. blind
desire for protectoldte or uiVIaOc "'ii'N"S" ~
American Union. -
This Government has on previous OCCASIONS oeVH
brOu ght face TO with the question OF poeco"c
over the Hawaiian group. 1t hss often as IL arose
been set aside In interest OF such commercial on
and such reciprocity OF benefits g. would give 70 H'"
Tie highest advantages and at the same ''nc
is Independent existence sovereign STATE. ~ ',
/ have summed up tie whole deposition oil the C"'''"
States toward Hawaii in IL present cohdiuon' .
The policy Of this country with rcgaid to the f1cl"
is tie natural complement TO its Atlantic p'"''
history Of European relations Tor MY fo"IS '"o" ~
Jealous concern with which the United States has guau'
it, control NJ the coast from foreign Interference ana UNI
Without extension Of territorial possession oeyo'u .'
mainland. II has always been III am 10 pr'S'io Wv
friendly neutrality of the adjacent otS"s anu .
possessions IL, attitude toward Cuba Is in point Ila'
reh ,sland tho kov 10 the Gulf OF Mexico and the Held
the most extended radr i'll the western heh'sl' -
dough in the hands o. SPAN paf1 O' "'e -
Commercial system Our relations present ohl pN'p'c'
tive toward Cula have been more aoly SCI 'o''
than In the remarkable note addressed by my peuece"o
w. Secretary Everett TO the Ministers OF Dleat bi.i'
s6 France ia Washington oil the hrst OF DccciIoi' %
REJECTION OF the suggested tripartitc alliance 10 ioeN
hihe the neutrality Of the spanish Antilles III
the proposal that United States. Great bi''a wv
France should scyerally and collectively agree l" '
toe ACQUISITION of control over Cuba by any OF all oil them
Mr. Fye,t shaved that without forcing or even co'es
possession of the island i,s condition was esse"'"'
American question that thc remuneration forever ~
Government OF contingent interest there's "ou' " "
broader than the Ike remuneration bY "fat Britain VI
France. ,ba, I, ever c,,sne to be Spanish. CUBA MuS'
oeeessarily become and not fall uhuet a''
European domination. and that the ccaseess "o'
Segregation OF American interest, from Euiop,an '",
md unihcation In a broader American sphere OF ''N1
lie could moi and should not BE- checked by any aDS