Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-02
AMERICAN LEAGUE GROWING.

It is Rapidly Coming 10 the Front as the ro,ttical Organization at Homo. lulu in Support of the ProvIsional Government and AnnexaIion-The English Minister is a Partisan of the Deposed Queen.
 HONOLULU, Jan. F, via San Francisco, Feb. 1.-To day is to be observed as "Ab- rogation Day" It is the first anniversary of the sbrogation of the Hawaiian mon srchy. Great enthusiasm is expected. Among the chief exercises are a morning parade of the military forces, a reception in the council room, formerly throne-room, and a mass meeting in the even ing on Palace square, which has just been dubbed Union square by the Annexation club. United States the admiral and the United States naval officers, the invitation to a reception. He closes his note by expressing the hope that more satisfactory relations may soon ob- tain between the two governments.
 Last night no reply to e similar invita- ton had been received from Minister Wodehouse, the British represen tstive, who is almost an open partisan of the queen. No difficulty has arisen between him and this government. He lately com plained to the presldept of a dispAraging remark reprinted here from Amerlcan papers but received a satisfactory sssur- anes.
 A hssty osll on the morning of the 18th by Minister Willis upon President Dole gave riss to many surmises, because no such visit had before been made. Prssi- dent Dole, however, says that the inter view was wholly amicsble and that MT. Willis called for the elucidst!on of an expression on Mr. Dole's long letter to Ar. Willie, which the latter Was about to for ward to Washington per the Monowsi. Mir. Dole was glad of the opportunity to supply the needed information.
 The American league is rapidly growing and Is coming to the front as the principal political organization In support of the provisional government and annexation. 1t is developing strong opposition to what its members regard as an endeavor of the planter capitalists to control the govern ment in their own interest. The night be- fore last resolutions were passed opposing the further importation of Chinese labor era to 5000, or whom the government had agreed to allow admission to the irlsnd.
 The Star, which sides with the league, recommends conceding to the Japanese government equal terms of euffrsgs to its people with old foreigners, rather than to admit Chinese, believing that with proper terms of qualification for voting few Japanese would be able to vote. Feel ing in the league goes deeper than this. The members desire to see Hsw become @ white mans country and not 70 be n sin- ly given up to great estates of capitalists manned by Asistic lsborers. To tnis end they prefer to see a portion of the profts of the planters sacrificed and some of the sugsr estates given Hp and the land divid- ed into farms for white immigrants.
 It Is becoming evident that party lines are going to run mainly upon these issues for the future. Tue planting interest is certain to make @ strong fight for itself. Planters, as q class, however, are unlikely to antsgonize annexation or any govern
 ment which tends toward 1t. They will probably recognize the necessity of ample concessions to popular demand in order to secure the establishment of a stable government. It is not clear how far the natives will be permitted to count | in this contest. InGux of Asiatics Is gen. | erslly regarded as destructive to the sbo- riglnal population, who are weak and wasting away. The resolutions mentioned | above as adopted by the American league contained the following expressions: Resolved, That we view with spprshen- | sion the almost eager readiness with which | the provisional government troops coop
 ersted with the importers of this horde of | Chinese.
 | Resolved, That while we are fully alive
 to the necessity of moders.ely cheap field
 labor we shall continue to obj.c. 10 Chi-
 nese, viewing them as dangerous and
 distastefui, not only to ourselves, but alec
 to our stesdfast friends in the Uni: ed | States