The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-27
AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION,
So Mr.. Cleveland Wants 10 Consider
Hawaii.
CABLE rEoJECr COMES UP AGAIN.
Slim Character OF '' Understanding with
kngland-President Forgets His Ac-
tiOn During First Administration.
"Reminiscences Are Very DIstastefuI.

| WASHINGTON, June 30.-Strange as
it may seem, there have been some
recent indications that the admins
tration has not wholly abandoned its
| Hawaiian policy, and that advantage
may be taken of any opportunity to
show the hostility of the president and
his admirers 70 the Hawaiian Republic
Some administration officials even
admit the possibility that England
may be planning to seize Hawaii.
The impression is growing that Great
Britain isnow pursuing policy which
is of great moment to herself and in
furious to the interests of the United
States. It is believed that this policy
was deliberately drawn up, and that
the end in view is foothOid in Hawaii.
The administration, blind as usual,
believes that England does not seek
Hawaii. Members of the cabinet have
intimated that assurances have
been given by Great Britain that she
has no ambition in Hawaii. These
assurances were not in writing, but
they are no less binding, it is said.
One official admitted recently that he
looked upon Euglaud's claim upon
the Dole government as worthy of
serious consideration. He said:
"Great Britain has found by her eX-
perience in Nicaragua that she is safe
in saying and doing pretty much as
she pleases in affairs which seriously
concern our Central American inter-
ests, and L believe she now proposes
making experiments in Hawaii. She
will not be moIested, and she knows
it."
We are Counted Out.
ChafiDg under the rebuke admins
tired to him by Congress and the
people for his conspiracy with Liliuo-
kalani against free government in Ha-
waii, there is no reason for hope that
President Cleveland would enter q
protest against any outrage which
might be attempted in that quarter by
any other power, in fact, there Is
some reason to fear that Mr.. Cleveland
not only expects Great Britain to re-
peat in Hawaii the program that she
carried through in Nicaragua, but
that he is prepared to let her have as
free field in the one case as in the
other.
A member of the cabinet said since
the evacuation of COrintO, that any
claims that Great Britain might have
against the government of President
Dole, growing out of the punishment
of British citizens for participating in
the late rebellion, would have to be
settled by Great Britain and Hawaii
without any interference from us. He
said it was matter with which the
United States has nothing whatever
to do. Hawaii" said he, SIS an in
dependent government. The prOtec-
ton of the United States as never
been extended to it, and if it has given
any offence to any other government
on the face of the earth, it must carry
on It's own controversies and accept
the results. There is no more reason
why we should interfere at Honolulu
than there was why we should inter
fere at COrinto."
Yet it is only few months since
President Cleveland asked Congress
to permit Hawaii to allow Great Brit |
ain to have a cable franchise in the !
Hawaiian Islands.