New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
4 CABLE TO H1W1U.

The niicd States cannot escape rc>pONSlDlllt!
in Hawaii The duty may be faced bravcly and
the necessary relationship maintained in honor
able and manly fashion. or II may he met with
cowardice and every act made 10 reveal Il Gov
crnmcnt trying To escape the problems which
II is called upon 10 solve. The Intercourse may
be such as 10 give lis pride or 10 bring us shame
Bnt the intercourse either for good or for evil
will 90 on lust the same. Civilized nations Ike
civilized men, cannot escape from one another
Hawaii is bound 10 the ntel States by indis-
soluble ties. Commercial relationships. treaty
pledges bonds Of blood. military necessity and
diplomatic complications make the severance or
communication impossible The cold cut Is
not available for nations who would shuttle of
their friends or their dependents. Hawaii can
not do without the United States. and Amcri-
can prcdominanc, in the islands is something
which cannot wisely or pairlotically he sacri-
feed by this Go ,crnmcnt. The little Republic
may be annexed or 1t may remain Independent,
but whatever It's status II will look io America
as a child looks TO parent. and We can no
more with honor get rid Of that responsibility
than the parent can. He may find the child
very troublesome but he keeps an eye on II. new
erthccss.
authorizing the construction of cable to the
Hawaiian Islands Is step toward carrying ont
what duty and sclfrcspcct require. The Admin
isiratlon Senators Of course opposed it. Their
policy appears TO be 10 erase the islands from
the map of the world known 10 Americans
and direct communication with Honolulu might
make San Francisco instead of Victoria the
natural outlet from Hawaii. Every encourage
ment has been given by them 10 the project for
a British cable, with station exclusively under
British control They see as well rs others how
closely the island p"opl" are bound 10 us. AMI
how the relations even though they became
unfrlendly. would still exist yet they prefer that
the IIawaiians should find some other cOnfdani
who shall be able TO know all that Is going
on among them. long before, We have a hint ~
the situation Whether ihe United States Gov
ernment should undertake the work and entire
expense Of n cable 10 Honolulu is a question 10
be carefully considered, but there can be no
doubt that the construction IL an American
cable is In every way desirable and that it
would be much more becoming In the Admins
ration TO devise means for quickly reaching
our officers in the Pacific and accommodating
our commerce, than In assisting tho efforts Of a
foreign company TO make English communic-i-
ton with that region more certain and easy
than own.
A cable which shall always be under the con-
troll of the United States IS desirable. entirely
apart from all questions Of National extension
and aggrandizcmcnt. II Is demanded by cstab-
lishcd American trade interests and the political
and diplomatic obligations which cannot be cs-
capped. however much we might wish II. with
out the total surrender Of dignity and the frank
confession that our ideal OF National bliss is
nunnery In which we can live apart from all
the world. We are hardly yet prepared for
new series OF Non-Inicrcoursc acts. The Ameri-
can tonnage at Honolulu Is 1868 tons. being
larger than that OF any other foreign port OK
cept Southampton and Yokohama. The total
American tonnage to Hawaii Is 1887 tons,
while that Of Great Britain Is | go tons. The
Pacific Is one Of the places where the United
States has managed 10 preserve It's shipping.
The Canadian lines dre competing more and
more and the only way 10 keep our supremacy
Is to make ourselves IIawall's nearest ncighbor.
AS Senator Higgins in his speech Of Wednesday
said: Behind a cable from San Francisco 10
Honolulu rest American interests. Behind Il
"cable from Vancouver by way Of Honolulu 10
Australia are British interests