The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-11


less occupied with acts for its preser-
walton. 1t has been necessary to in
tervene successfully and repeatedly
| with England, France and Germany
to prevent assumption of authority on
their part, which would have prompt
ly reduced the kingdom to European
dependency.
The Press says: The key to the
North Pacific is offered to the United
States. The island group of Hawaii,
| fertile, rich in natural resources, of
incalculable value 10 the Republic as
a naval outpost and commercial
| stronghold, is seeking protection and
prosperity under the flag of Washing
ton, Lincoln and Grant. Their misrule
of the weak and hopelessly corrupt
native government had reached a
point where it could no longer be
borne. The attempt of the Queen of
| Hawaii to abrogate the constitution of
| the islands and establish a despotism
by armed force was the elimination
| of a long series of intoierable eXac-
| tons. The American Government
should be prompt with decisive ac-
| ton.
The Times says: The overthrow of
the reigning dynasty in Hawaii was
evidently only question of time, al
| though it has come sooner than some
foreign Powers had expected. The
| question of annexation now suddenly
becomes pressing, through the arrival
in this country of commissioners ap-
pointed to propose it. One novelty of
| the proposal consists in the fact that
| Hawaii is not part of our continent,
| and vet she is as accessible as Alaska,
which has foreign territory interposed
between it and the rest of the United
| States, while of course she is vastly
richer in developed resources. The
reciprocity treaty has increased ten
| fold the sugar product of Hawaii,
from Is, 600 tons of 1876 to the 10000
tons of 1890. On our part great
growth of exports to Hawaii has oc-
Cured in the same per centage, the
Pacific Coast especially profiting
thereby. On the renewal of the treaty
| of 1870, the cession of Pearl river bar
| Dor as naval station accompanied it,
but under Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tration duties were RENTED upon
many other Hawaiian products as
well as upon sugar and rice. Then
came the Mckinley bill, which was a
great blow to the islands. When it is
reflected that American planters and
| investors hold from one-half to three
fourths of the crops and probably two
thirds of the entire capital of the
| islands it can be understood that they
have lately been looking upon annex
alton as a possible remedy for their
recent lack of prosperity. The thing
absolutely certain is that no European
domination over Hawaii even in the
| IF inc TO no
mitted. The alternative now is au-
tonomy as republic or annexation to
| the United States.
The Morning Advertiser says: at
is well known that for more than a
quarter of a century American infiu-
ence has been prominent in Hawaiian
affairs. The majority of the civil
officers of the kingdom have been
Americans. The result is that their
laws, customs and habits of thought
the Hawaiians have become more
closely assimilated to Americans than
to any other people. We can lose
nothing by acceding to the desire of
family of States. 1t is not likely that
any other nation would seriously urge
an objection to our doing so. Ger
of right to oppose such q consum-
nation. Our own interests would be
unobserved, while those of no other
would suffer, and those of the Hawai-
ians would be signally promoted by
anneXation,n
Advertiser: The sentiment of the
people of the United States seems to
be almost unanimously in favor of the
annexation of Hawaii. There are
only few selfish interests which
make feeble show of opposition.
Louisiana's sugar planters are appre-
hensive that annexation would affect
unfavorably their industry, and for
that reason they do not endorse it..
Aside from Louisiana, however, there
does not seem to be any united or for
midable opposition manifested. Here
and there a shOrt-sighted statesman
| feebly resists the swell of the tide, but
the great majority of the people,
statesmen and citizens alike, is in
favor of accomplishing this part of
our manifest destiny without any I'M
necessary delay.
Tribune: President Harrison has
acted with characteristic promptness
and good judgment in dispatching the
Mohican and Admiral Skerrit to HO-
nolulu, and in arranging for further
increase of our naval strength there.
No political Importance is necessarily
to be attached to this step other than
that which requires that purely
American solution of the Hawaiian
crisis shall be had.
Boston, Jan. 29.-The Globe and
Herald say nothing on the Hawaiian
question. The Transcript, the only
Boston paper to say anything as yet,
says:
Another kingdom has fallen, very
small kingdom, but one whose fall
may yet prove of more interest to the
United States than that of a larger
one. Queen Liliuokalani, who sue
ceeded to the throne two years ago,
has been deposed and a republic has
been proclaimed with an American
at its head. The ultimate desire of
the Hawaiian Republic is demon.
strated in the promptness with which
commission has been started fol
Washington to treat for annexation
with the United States and, if they
can secure that, our protection. II
would be premature to attempt tC
forecast the action of our own govern.
ment with regard to the future OF
Hawaii. The United States, England
and France have sort of tripartite
agreement to guarantee the integrity
of the Hawaiian dominions. Whether
the other powers would view with
complacency our acquisition of Ha.
wall is something which events alone