The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1893-03-14
SITUATION IN IA WATI.
A Brief a bstract of Rev. Waiter
<Frear's Address Before
the Club.


the Club should ever be permitted
to visit those delightful islands it
would be under the stars and
stripes-the best flag that ever
foated, and the only one that
should henceforth float over Ha-
waii.
In brief historical sketch, he
showed that the men who Chris
tianized and civilized the islands
were the true builders of the ma
ton. They, with their noble, legal
coadjutors and advisers, framed
the Constitution, organized the
school system, and established
the Judiciary. From the start
the government has been mainly
administered by Anglo-Saxons.
The kingly Kamehamehas always
appointed to Cabinet and Bench
men of sterling ability and charac-
ter, thus giving stability ana secu-
rity to ali the great interests of
society. But Kalakaua came under
other Influences He surrounded
himself with sychophants and
fiatterers. Race prejudices were
cultivated among the natives.
Bad personal rule was more and
more attempted until good govern
ment was despaired of. The up
rising of 1887 was simply the act
of erecting better safeguards in the
interest of good government. Re-
peatedly the king attempted to
break down those safeguards and
when the late queen came to the
throne she continued in the same
course until the final tragedy came.
Under bad advice, her bold attempt
was to abrogate the Constitution
that she had sworn to support, and
give one in which her capricious
will should decide Cabinet, and
mobiles, and court. The treason was
hers. She was the revolutionist.
The aroused citizens dethroned her
to save the Constitution to save,
in fact, life, liberty and property.
The uprising in our own country
when Sumter was fired upon was
not more justifable. 1t was justi-
fable in the interests of the ma
tives, as we'll as of the whites. In
fact, those who have been promin-
ent in this movement have ever
been the best friends of the natives
guarding their rights and spend
ing for their welfare.
The civilization there is by no
means an indigenous development.
The great property interests, the
merchandising, the commerce, the
trades, the agriculture, the profess
sions, the judiciary, belong mostly
to those who uphold the Provis-
ional Government, and who now
offer the islands to our country.
There is no going back to roy
atty. There is no reviving power
in the royalty itself. Only for
eign force can reverse the present
movement. And yet the present
position is not permanent one
The better classes now generally
unite in the desire for annexation.
If this is refused, then discord will
again enter. Intrigues will begin.
Uncertainties will prevail. Cues
tions too great for settlement, as
between different classes and ma
tionalities, will arise if the one
great bond of union that now hap
PLY binds them is broken and
spurned.
No one who knows the situation
could advocate a protectorate. The
civilization there is of too high an
order for that kind of a thing.
There are too many great English
and German interests there for
that kind of by-play. The Eng
lishman and German and Amer
ican, whether island or foreign
born, would welcome annexation,
but would fear and we'll nigh spurn
a protectorate. Those islands are
not a Samoa, or a Gilbert, or a
Caroline group. We might as well
speak of a protectorate for a city
like San Francisco, or Oakland, OF
Los Angeles, or Portland, as fol
Honolulu. 1t is a plain yes or nc
on the subject of annexation in
one form or another that is asked
of our country now.
There is no argument that car
be used against annexation that
would not have been used against
California when it was received a:
q Territory. 1t was more remote
and inaccessible than the Island;
now are. 1t was occupied mostly
by Mexicans and Indians, with
very few Americans. Take, for in
stance, Southern California, with it!
beautiful cities, its fairyland of tn,
orange and the vine. Did we make
mistake in receiving it? And We
we could fence it off with a Chi
nese wall and remand it back t
Mexico; and in doing it we would
not lose as much as the future vii
prove that we would lose if we d.
not now take the Islands.
The greatness of this coast i
largely in its orchards and vine
wards and wheat fields and mine
of its valleys and hills, but it
great greatness is yet to be in tn
commerce of the Pacific ant
the Islands are the hub of all tn
spokes of that commerce. The.