Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-25

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the liberty freely aud securely to
come with their ships and cargoes
to all places, ports and rivers In
the territories OF the other, where
trade with other nations is per
mitted; they may remain and re.
side In any such ports and places
respectively, and hire and occupy
houses and warehouses, and may
trade in all KINDS Of produce,
manufactures and merchandise OF
lawful commerce, enjoying at all
times the same privileges rs may
have been, or may hereafter be
granted to the citizens or subjects
OF any other nation, paying at all
times such duties and taxes as
may be exscted from the citizens
or subjects of other nations doing
business or residing within the
territories OF each of the high
contracting parties.
Article V. The Japanese Gov
eminent will place no restrictions
whatever upon the employment by
Hawaiian subjects of Japanese in
any lawful capacity. Japanese in
the employ of foreigners may OBJ.
tain government passports to go
abroad, on application to the gov
ernor of any open port.
Should this Government,
through arbitration or otherwise,
be required to concede that Japa-
nese free immigration is stipu-
lated in the foregoing articles, it
will then in case of Hawaii's
continued independence be necss.
sary to consider how to get the
treaty revised. This suggestion
leads up to the question of how far
should the principle Of the sacred
ness of treaties be applied to that
document. Regarding this what a
writer in the Nineteenth Century,
quoted in a previous article, says
in his discussion of certain British
treaties would seem to have bear.
ing. He makes the following
All right-minded people agree,
as a general principle, it is a very
serious matter to tamper with
treaties. They certainly should
not be denounced lightly because
their provisions no longer suit our
convenience, still less because
they do not prove az advantageous
to material interests as WAS antici.
pated. Lord Salisbury's observa.
ton on this subject in a recent
speech is we'll worth quoting: 81
maintain that the principle of
acting upon treaties to which you
nave deliberately acceded is a
sacred principle, and one which
les at the base of the civilization
If the world" But the treaties
which he had in his mind we're
great international instruments
Tor the settlement of far-reaching
questions, and not mere CONNER.
,ial conventions such as am now
dealing with. Commercial treaties
nave always been temporary in
heir character. They are almost
always concluded for fixed
period, because the statesmen who
negotiate them are aware that the
of commerce to which
they are intended to apply are
constantly changing. We have
n our own time seen commercial
reaty after commercial treaty de-
lounced. Only few years ago
France terminated by due notice
he famous treaty OF 1860 with
which We connect the name of
Mr.. Golden, because she wished
o regain her complete liberty of
Iction and start upon a fresh
'areer of protection.
Who can successfully affirm
hat the treaty between japan and
Hawaii is anything but a COM
nercial compact, mutable in its
haracter according to changing
circumstances, like the conven-
ions described in the foregoing
english opinion Although it
vas concluded as perpetual"
commercial treaties have always
zen temporary In their charac-
err" but only almost" always
oncluded for fixed period, &C
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