Evening star., 1894-03-15
Senator Lodge on the Effect of Its
Abrogation.
PURPOSE TO PUNISH THE PEOPLE
For Thwarting CfeveIand's Scheme
to Restore the Queen.
CAN A DA READY TO ACT

In an interview today Senator Lodge
said: 1T seems to me very extraordinary
that SO little attention, comparatively
speaking, has been paid by the newspapers
to the Hawaiian clauses in the Senate
edition of the Wilson bill By those clauses
the reciprocity treaty is abrogated. This
puts duty back on sugar and rice, the
principal products of Hawaii, which have
been built up by free admission to our
market into great industries of much bene-
fit both to us and to the islands. By alb
rogating the treaty we destroy those in
dustries. Without any encouragement by
treaty from us the people of Hawaii have
also developed a large industry and pro-
htable trade in raising bananas and pine
apples, which have both always hitherto
been on the free list. The Senate amend
ments put a heavy duty on bananas and
pneapples thus breaking down, so far as
possible, these other two industries But
this is not all.
The Pearl River Harbor.
when we extended the Hawaiian treaty,
the clauses which give us the Pearl river
harbor for naval and military purposes were
added. At the time of this extension of the
treaty. Mr.. Carter, the Hawaiian minister,
made the point to Mr. Bayard in a note if
am not greatly mistaken, that the Pearl
river clauses were co-terminous with the
rest of the treaty. To this Mr.. Bayard
sented, and the extended treaty. with these
new clauses, was ratified with this under
standing. Therefore the Senate amendment
abrogating the treaty not only abrogates
reciprocity with the islands, but destroys
the Pearl river clauses, and also the clauses
which provide that during the continuance
or the treaty no grants OF any harbor shall be
made to any other power, nor any reciprocity
agreement entered into with any country
but the United States.
To Punish the Hnwaiians.
'The purpose of the Hawaiian amendment
to the Wilson bill is apparently to punish
the people of the islands for having desired
to become part of the United States, and
also for having thwarted Mr.. Clevelands
schemes for the restoration of the queen
That is, the Senate tariff proposes. so far as
possible, to ruin the material prosperity of
these islands, which ought to be and will
one day become part of the United States.
There is, however, still worse side to this
plan of revenge upon the people of Hawaii
The abrogation of the treaty will not merely
deprive us of valuable privileges but will
force the islands into the arms of England.
quite recently the Canadian minister of
commerce, on his way home from cable
convention in Australia, stopped at Homo
lulu.
What Canada Will Do.
He then told the Hawaiian government
that if we abrogated our reciprocity treaty
with them, Canada would ue glad to re-
new it. The Canadian market s.of course,
far from being valuable as ours, ana the
people of Hawaii have no desire to connect
themselves with Canada But if we strike
down their prosperity by aorogatng cor
treaty. for mere self preservation they will
do the next best thing and come to an
agreement with Canada. Canada, of course
means England, and thus, as | have said
by these extraordinary amendments TO the
made 10
bers of the finance committee. we are
throwing away the islands and driving
them into the arms of England. This is
something which L do not believe the
American people would ever tolerate and
which might lead to serious complications"