Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21
FROM EASTERN LANDS.
Pacific Cable System TO be Gobbled
By the English.
The Cholera Question: Annexation FeeIina
Steadily Growing in Hawaii.

Honolulu, II. T., Aug. 10, via San
| Francisco. Aug. 20.-Advices fron,
Australia indicate that system of pa
ciGc cables. wholly under British con-
Trolls probable in the near future For.
years past a cable monopoly in India
Australia. South, East and West Afri-
ca has been under the control of Sir
John Pendor. Since his death heavy
pressure from Canada and Australia
with Mr.. Chamherlain's sympathy. is
loosening this cable rings tight grin
upon the empire. a Pacific cable con
ference is now sitting in private at the
colonial Office. London. 1t has been
agreed that an all British cable shall
be laid forthwith from Vancouver.
British Columbia, to Australia, via the
Tanning Islands. Honolulu being tapped
| by a branch line. The conference now
| has only Ia arrange minor details. 1t
has been decided that the cable shall
| be laid and shall be managed
not by subsidized private company
but by cable trust formed By the
| British. Canadian ana Australian gov
rnmonts raising a capital of 1000 COG
pounds on joint guarantee. This new
| link With Australia proving a CONNER
cial ana strategic success. extensions
will be made to South Africa and In
| Ola. thus creating trunk line Of i'm
perial cable. The colonial office, also.
is on the point Of issuing decision
rcspectinga West Indian cable to avoid
its present dependence upon the Uni
| ted States and Cuban lines which are
cllies TO the Fender system. Two ten
| doris a 10 "a h,
| Vest India and Panama company pro
pose an extension from Jamaica north
ward TO Bermuda to meet the Halifax
! bermuda cable. and thence to Eng
land. The Halifax bermuda company
| proposes an extension south to Jamaica
and ultimately to Trinidad and British
| Guiana. The West Indian government
urges the colonial office to accept the
! Halifax BERMUDA tender. which il
| probably will do
The experience Of Honolulu with the
cholera last year lea the government.
2 short tlIae ago, to dispatch Attorney
! General w. O. Smith, head of the de-
par;mentof hea!th.and Or. &. y. Wood.
! 20 China and japan to examine the
| quarantine stations in those countries
and study the precautions taken to
| prevent the expectation Of infectious
| diseases TO other countries, through i'm
migration. The commissioners have re-
| Gently returned after an exhaustive
| examination Of the health arrange
nents Of all tn principal ports Of China
and Japan. Their report has a direct
interest for the people of the American
Pacific coast inasmuch as the steamers
| from the Orient make their eastern
terminus a San Francisco or Nancou-
| Tar, Honolulu being merely a way port.
| They report that the inspection per-
| .oTmed by japanese officials at NagaS-
aki, Kobe and Yokohama of ships from
| China is good while it is continued but
at present it is only maintained when
| epidemic disease prevails in China With
out inspection and disinfection in Hong
| Kong there will always be danger Of
| infectious diseases appearing among
migrants from that port. say the com
nssioners. At Hong Kong and among
the Hawaiian commissioners appointed
under the Il. s. Marine Hospital ser
vice. the protection will be only partial
for the Storage passengers from these
ports for San Francisco are not re-
CURED to undergo inspection or have
their clothing and effects disinfected
Cholera and small pox in both China
and Japan and plague in China are
epidemic. The emigrants sailing from
those ports usually come from interior
villages where sanitary measures are
less stringently enforced than in the
cities.
The sentiment in the islands in re-
gard to annexation to the United States
IS growing firmer constantly. The
canvass for the presidency of the Uni
ted states is eagerly watched. the
Hawaiian plank in the Republican plat
form giving hope for the election of
Mckinney and the carrying cut of Har-
rison's annexation policy. There is
strong feeling. however. in the event
of failure of annexation to the United
states that tender of the islands
should be made to Great Britain.
The Gazette mas some severe editor
!al structures on the treatment which |
has been accorded to Kate Field by the
people Of the United States Since the |
announcement of her DEATH it saws. |
but three letters have been received in |
regard to her and suggesting a final |
disposal of her remains Two of these |
letters We're from relatives and the
third from near friend Miss Lillian |
Whiting Of Boston. The proprietor |
and managers of the newspaper bv |
which she was employed have sent no |
written word in regard to her