New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-29
FOR PROMPT ANNEXATION.
EX-MINISTER STEVENS SAYS THAT Is THE
BEST SOLUTION or THE HAWAIIAN
SITUATION.
EUROPE VERSUS ASIA HAWAIIAN CIVILIZATION
MENACED-THE QUESTION SHOULD BE

SETTLED Al cNDh.
Ex-rrnited States Minister John L. Stevens
nublishes in The Konnebec journal OF To-Day
the following communication:
7. e. ueu understood that for many years on:
.bes; statesmen have seen clearly that 'he 'hlled
states should have control of the Ha"ahah Isl
snds Since the establishment Of the American
,nh, 70 what is now the domain of the great states
~ oregon and Washington. followed by the acqu'-
sition of California and Alaska giving us vas
<rontage on the North Pacific. and the CONSTRUCTION
of five great continental railroad lines 10 tha' ooe'
ord tho uroximate completion OF the NicaIisu"
cana, the reasons for United States possession Vi
,,u have been greatly increased. The predomi-
getting oninon now in the United states Is 'ha'
those beautiful Pacific lands must FORM part vi NV
American Union. But some say '"e q"eSuV
time is not important: that the niue iepuoNO
NOW getting on very well; that good orcef pIeN'''
u,tb,n It's borders; that its finances are wen man
80 tho laws well administered. ana the pest
.orcss ~ civilization In full force. 1t Is ursed 'i'
.be Islands can get along very well for the present
and why not wait until eVerypou! III '"o ~
convinced of the necessity OF the important '.P "a
oxat,ono TO wait until the entire people OF the
Irnited States shall be ready to accept ah'eN""oi
,or,d no 70 adopt a policy of delay and procfas"-
ration which has never been adopted In regard u
any other great question OF puohc l"'e'e'
%ainly our statesmen did not wait ior sun" ~
mons opinion before anneXng LOUISIANA rio''N'''
california
,ower did not procrastinate when the oppc''une
-, oo,,a N make those great territorial acqusi-
80 Tbev too well understood the contingencies
and dangers of delay. There is nothing more u"'
than the old adage that there are tunes an" ''o7
IN the affairs of man." In the Dflei SIX years io
,ou,,ns the repeal of the Missouri Compromise III
,s5a the pressing question among Americans was
ch,,a free or slave institutions acquire permanent
ao,,,natioD i'm the great territory OF Kansas II
was plan enough all who knew the idCts ''"'
DELAY and compromise were lhposs'pV' nv 'f
v,orters of slavery thought to win success u! 'ie
use of official and military power. aided by a iac.'-
lions or real pro-slavery immigration Inc i'1e'us
~ frea Institutions saw that the only sure ai'erha
five 10 secure free Kansas was by an lniiihsi@'
of an opposite character. The Free state men ieu
nv Thayer Robinson. Pomeroy, Spooher anu o''.,
as brave and clear sighted as they, IN anu ou'si"'
the territory in controversy. knew wen 'i'e i" 60;
Of DELAY They won glorious success by the iosi''
,rate march of population seeking land homes an"
the Just rewards of labor Ancient anu i'C ,
history alike furnish nnumerable lilustraron y made
INC thst territorial acquisitions are geneiall! ni
az. nisber nv military force and conquest or py 'he
peaceful movement of population. .ial facts that
,he rasi nueston underlying the Hawaiian sltua-
fion is this-sha.i d European American pOpIi' 80
Snmnafe on those valuable islands of the Nortn "a
cifc? or shall an Asiaiic p9puaodd ana ANA Controlled
by British agents and British Interests there sp pre-
vail? So long as the da NV Stipulation mainly
Polynesian. and there was but little movement OF
danger Of delaying American political ana na WA
possession Of them But the conditions o. r III A.
oopulation is now decidedly in the minority! anu ~
rapidly dwindng away To-Day me isla', - ar
nanab,e Of Sustaining 1t is therefore plain that
the flow of immigration Will decide the iu'1ie Po'
The British Government will make no serious
opposition to 9y
assert the views recently approved eg sxnrSssei
thrnueh the State Department But British Cana
dian officials and British intriguers resident ao'oa
POPULATE the Hawaiian Islands with Asiates and
Canadian and Australian adventures T0ub se enT
but not the interests of American civilization Aner
lean and eoy a Ssa mehods to hold
foreign province populated by nesr KAN am Ru
such policy is not allowable under the United
States constitutional system. ., o,o r., ,be
most intelligent and reliable men OF Hawaii whose
life has been spent there from the crauis, a ~
whose heart and hopes are all American writes the
following significant lines Of a very recent cate;
81 see clearly that the most serious menace I, 20
Hawaii at present is from the prcpOnderahce OF
Asiatics l think there is but little danger from
active measures taken the peaceful invasion am
conquest will more effecually take place man an?
Saxon civilization will be suppanted Is really greater
from the influx and nov rapd deveioi ~ ~,
than the revolutionary temper anent o. the aie
Queen. That was straightforward, awakened active
insidious and is getns in It's deadly "oIk "i'hou-
thorough Information on the subject amply
Arms the correctness OF this Language from most
rabe contest in the great Northwest between
free civilization and pro-slavery institutions and m
terests, emigration is to decide whether those isl
ands to be Asiatic or American. IT may be
said that those now in possession of the Hawaiian
are thoroughly American in principles and inter
ests. True, they are heroicaly holding the amer
lean fort, and far any disorderly elements
exist the islands the Dole Government com
on all sides to dangerous adventures and in
tris1ers from abroad IT puts seVefe sIa on
Of their internal affairs and at the same time
protect the interests Of the United States in tde
dangers Prompt annexation would put nme
diate end to their diieuieS ana Pace 6v
continue to keep that noble American colony and
its friends the islands in painful anxiety? What
right has the United States to keep them for
years in suspense to their injury? Postponement
cerned The native Hawaans can best be pro-
tected by American laws and civilization against
morals rne and methods of goSernment Xnnexation
would terminate at once and forever the Perp,eS
dately put an end to the selfish hopes and efforts
" Who o"V Wish to make them mainly sugar fields and
the home and resort of Asiatic laborers, regard
o sis o Caucasian pop1lationthose who viii be nu-
merous. brave, and loyal enough to defend the
make the islands the feeding. coaling and docking
stations OF American commerce ana OF Amsrcan
american predominance and prosperity.
It Is admitted that the sugar cultivation needs to
be fostered and to have favorable conditions for
success. But the resident planters. those who re-
gard the islands their permanent home and care
FOR their future cviliza ton and government. are
fast coming to the conclusion that contract labor
is not necessary requisite of successful sugar
raising and already only about half the labor on
the plantations Is by the contract system. winch
te destined 10 entirely pass away. The necessity
OF good government and OF developing other m
dusries is being fully appreciated by the planters
and other enterprising citizens OF the islands
Hence the present active movement 10 promote the
coffee culture, for which large area OF land IS
found adapted Iris admits OF small farmers
The imperative exgency Of the present time DE-
mands that this Hawaiian question shall be settled
al once and forever and IN the only way II can
he settled to the safety Of American Ia vail and
10 the permanent welfare OF the United states.
That noble American colony. which for many years
has been growing up under Americas fostering