Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-19
WHAT IT WOULD COST
The United States to Annex Hawaii-A few
Cold Facts Presented in q Common Sense,
BusineSs-Like Way.

The United States to Annex Hawaii-A Few
Cold Facts Presented in q Common Sense,
BusineSs-Like Way.
In his recent speech on the Monroe
doarine Senator Lodge made the TO-
lowing remark: IA the last session
Of Congress I called Hha attention Of
The Senate and of the country 70 the
manner in which England had absorb
ell ,he islands OF Ule Pacific, and TO the
necessity of our controlling the Hawai-
ian Islands, neces ny which becomes
more pressing every day" VIVA, Sen
at9r Lodge means when he speaks OF
"cOuLrolIng' the Hawaiian Islands is
well known. He means thar we should
annex me Hawaiian Islands 10 the
United States. As the Venezuelan fur
~ has pUo the contingency Of war be-
tween the Uri,ed States and Great Brit
ain, however remotely, among the pos
si5....es Of tha future, IL IS well to
consider what the situation would be
if The annexation Of che Hawaiian ISL
ands, the necessity of which Senator
Lodge has long Thought so pressing, had
really taken place. Senator Lodge un-
JCut-eoly believes thai in case Of war
The possession of co1ling stations and
naval depO,s on the Hawaiian Islands
would be great convenience TO US. SO
i- would, if only che enemy would let
q enjoy that possession IN undiaurbed
comfCr,. But the enemy would, with
ems the slighoes, hesitation, be incon-
/ S.doT2re enough to send q large naval
| force 20 she Hawaiian Islands TO take
our coal and our naval stores and every
thing we had there for his own use, anCY
drive us altogether off from our newly
I acquired territory, unless We had a SUI
( perior naval force on the spot TO defend
/ it.
And JUST there is the rub. 1t may
be said that W. may have such a super
.Or naval force, if no. now then at some.
future time So we may We may
| build and msiLain more powerful
feet of war vessels than Great Britain
/ has, or for that m31,er. than Great
| Britain, France and Germany combined
/ have; and we can raise and maintain a
larger standing army than Jhat of either
or any Two of those powers Thus
equipped, we can for,ify and garrison
The Hawaiian Islands, and conquer and
fcnify and garrison any number of ISL
3nds and other "Ou.pOStS' IN the Pa
c.fc and i'm any other ocean, which we
shall need 20 protect one another.
Certainly we can do tlis. 1t viii only
be necessary 10 raise The required
amount of money by taxation from
year TO year This amount will have
10 be very large. Such things as rails
ing and maintaining armies and fleets
cost in proportion very much more in
This country than in others, owing 10
our expensive, not 20 say was,eful,
habits. and 10 other local circumstances.
We would. when once well engaged in
ola business of acquiring "OutpOsts"
and commanding sfrategical positions"
and che like. also have our occasional
wars. big and little which would like
wise eos. us yas. sums of money, much
more in proportion than they would
+ cost other countries. For We must not
forget shat cur war expenses are not
/ only large while she wars go on. but
| that they do rct sop when the wars
nd
Assuming. however. that the American
people are able and willing to bear all
these loads-what would they get in re-
turn that they cannot get otherwise?
Fer VIVA. purpose, let us ask our jim
/ goes DO they want TO acqu: . outlying
possessions, "out-poSts' "straJegical
KEYS, and the Ike all over the world,
which require the maintenance Of big
ornaments? Of course, only to guard
Cvr rights" and especially our COM
MERGE. Now We ask tham to look over
our pas. h.s-orF and then tell us whetA-
er. ever since = war Of 1912. our rights
have not been successfully maintained,
and our c0mercs has not had all the nee
essary protection although we did not
have outlying possessions, CT outpOsts,
or keys. or q big navy? Is t not true
that we have not had to suffer any
insult. that our foreign commerce has
been unm0lcsted, and has freely eX-
banded wherever the enterprise OF our
merchants clCsa to carry il. and that II
has not expanded more 70 was becaus5
our merchants ala not carry it any far
t1s-. and also because It's development
was hompered by cur home policy?
And If This was the case while we were
O much feeber nation than at present,
why should We be hySteric9l about 1t
since We have become n some respects
the mes, powerful nation in the world?
We have tired the outpost policy
ouce-tn Samoa. There was much eX-
ci-ement abou. IT,. and at one time we
were on the verge of war with Ger
many i'm consequence Of it, We carried
-ur point d;pl0mat.cally and get
"fc- hold" there. And what benfit
have we derived from It? Not the
slightest. 1. has only involved us in
irIs1me responsibilities which we can
not TOO soon get rid of. And as 10
Hawai-. what commercial advantages
can we expect to have that We have
mo-. already and That no other nation
viii take away from us at the risk of
a dangerous quarrel? None whatever.
Aud the advantages we do enjoy, in
Hawai-. as we'll as elsewhere. We have
without being burdened with the slight
est responsibility for anything outside
Of our continental stronghold. Why,
then. tbs shouting for policy OF need
l5ss adventure and costly ornaments to
SUPPORT g.? Are TIE American people
so senselessly tired of their precious
privilege AID tueir glorious distinction
OF being a. only great nation In the
world which does not consume IT'S sub
stance 'Oy the supper, Of great war es-
tqbES1ments that they should sacrifice
tls blessing not only without gaining
anything for It. but for the certainty
Of becoming needlesSly involved IN the
quarrels Of the outside world. of CIV
.ag Up Their best political traditions.
end O. forfe.c;ng The boOn Of peaceful