The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-04-12
VOICE OF TIE PRESS.

JOAQUIN Miller is q crazy poet. He
has returned from Honolulu, and evi
IDENTIFY left in time. He tells wild
stories about the cruelty" Of the
Republican Government toward the
rebels, and has tears and praise for
that good Christian wOmsu," the
late prodigate Queen His yarn
about the inhumanity Of the white
men and the disposition be (Mlller)
has TO head japanese or any other
invasion of the islands Is slush and
vain imagining. The man Is simply
giving the sensati nal press food for
It's columns, and fattering his own
fancy that he is capable OF passing
upon the difficult problem OF foster
ing young republic into condition
of strength aud Independence. No
one Is prepared to accept Miller's
wild and fsnciful tales. Enough Is
known of the intelligent white men
and self respecting Americans IN Hs-
waii TO give the lie TO what Miller
has to say about them. The kernel
Of truth IN which he deals Is that
there is a dangerous and unaccount-
able influx Of Japanese into Hawaii,
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the greedy Briton may each have
designs upon the island republic
This was feared long before Miller
told ofit.-Sscrsmento Record Union.
Those who sneer at the suggestion
that Great Britain Is seeking to IN
dermine the American interest in
Hawaii and to rob this country Of
the very profitable trade with those
Islands may be- edited if not alto
gether gratified by the most recent
report from Consul General Mills at
Honolulu on the state of trade. He
sets forth the fact that the Canadian
steamers are now carrying quantities
Of goods heretofore fr-ighted IN
American bottoms, and he shows
further that the British trade Is en-
croachipg on the territory that was
formerly supplied almost exclusively
from California. This tendency, he
says, IS steadily increasing, to the
evident detriment OF the commercial
interests Of the United States. The
reason for this phenomenon Is not
hard TO ind. The British policy to-
ward Hawaii, as toward all other
valuable detached commQI tiles, has
always been one Of quiet aggression
both IN trade and politics. This pro
cess uniformly proceeds to the point |
when possession can be- secured by a |
bold stroke Of diplomacy or force. |
That such a stroke is q part Of the /
British plan as regards Hawaii can
not be doubted for q. moment by those /
vino have followed at all closely the /
colonial history of Grea5 Britain and |
he more recent events in the islands.
The British foreign policy has at
east one admirable feature; IL Is IN
consistent 50 far as relates
. the Strengthening Of the chain Of
British posts that even now extend
With such frequency and regularity
round the world that it has been
rUIy said that the sun never sets on
he u ion Jack. Such q Lolicy Is
ot desired by the people on the part
T the United States which has no
SEPARATIONS TO a world wide domin-
ID, but had even a small fraction Of
be persistence Of England been
hown by America IN the Hawaiian
nestion IN which it Is properly and
eeply interested the situation would |
oday be for different. Vacillalion
] foreign affairs by an administra-
on that cannot even NEEDLE con-
silently has shaken American credit
broad and has damaged American
)mmerce Washington Star