The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-06-12
oUTLANDERs IN HAWAII.
New York Tribune.1

The South African Republic is not
the only country that has an Outlander
| question to settle. The Hawaiian Re
public has one, too, which may present.
| ly prove quite as troublesome as that
with which Dom Paul is trying to
deal. In this latter case it is the jap
anese who are the Outlanders. They be-
| gan to settle there many years ago,
when Japan was as little civilized as
China is today, and Hawaii was still in
the bonds of Kanaka barbarism. Then
the civilized settlers discovered that
the Japanese were admirable workmen,
and began to import them in large
numbers as contract laborers.' At last
the awakened and enlightened Japan
ese turned their attention to the island
realm to which so many of their coul-
trymen had gone, and judged it worthy
| of peaceful invasion and Industrial and
commercial conquest. The result is be-
fore us today. There are now more
adult male Japanese in the Islands than
men of any other race, not even exclud-
ing the native Hawaiians themselves.
They are increasing in numbers more
rapidly than any others, and are in
creasing in wealth and influence as
well. They are beginning to demand a
controlling voice in political affairs.
Within measurable space of time, at
the present rate, they will largely out
number all other elements of the popu-
lation put together. And then what?
Only one result is reasonably to be ex-
pected.
That result can scarcely be pleasing
to citizens of the United States. This
nation has, of course, no hostility for
Japan, but only the warmest friendship
and the most earnest wish for prosperi- |
ty. But it could not regard with salts
faction the possession, even by Japan,
OF that group of islands, so near its own
shores, so closely related to it by his |
toric ties, and so well designed to be an
appendage of its own realm. Hawaii |
was redeemed from savagery and put |
on the high road to civilization by Am |
orleans. 1t occupies place of great |
strategic Importance in relation to the |
American Pacific coast It's commercial |
value to America is incalculable. The |
natural tendencies of its people have
been toward closer connection with the
United States. 1t would be a grievous
disappointment and serious material
loss to this country to have Hawaii
pass irrevocably into the possession of
another power, and that power which.
however friendly, is Enthusiastically a
dangerous rival to America in the COM
merce of the Pacific.
Against such procedure, however.
this Government can make no protest.
Mr.. Cleveland and his Paramount Com
missioner have put it out of court. The
Islands might long ago have been in
1issoluhy united with the Americana
Union. 1t was the desire of the Ha-
waiian Government and of, the best eIe-
ments of the people that it should be
lone. But the American Executive re-
FUSED to have it done, and went to ex-
-raordinary pains to prevent its being
done, and did everything possible to
ALLEVIATE the young Republic and to
irive it to seek alliances with other
powers. If, then, this rich Jem of the
Northern Pacific, this midway station
IN the great trade routes between Ann
RIGA and Asia and Australia, shall pres
'ntly pass into japanese control and be-
,ome an Asiatic outpost toward Ameri-
"a, instead of an American outpost to- !