New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-27
ASKING FOR ANNEXATION.
ENJOYS FROM HAWAII CALL ON PRESI-
DENT MKlNLEY.
1T 1s EXPECTED THAT 4 PROPOSAL. WILL. SOON BI
RECEIVED FROM THE HAWAIIAN MINISTER
AND SENT 10 CONGRESS BY

THE PRESIDENT
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TR1BUNE.1
Washington March 2G.-It is generally agreed
among we-informed politicians here that the
new Administration will soon be called on to deal
with renewal OF the Hawaiian Government S
application of 1925 for political union with
this country 1t is expected that the proposal
OF annexation Will be made by the Hawaiian
Minister through the State Department. ana
will. In due course OF time be submitted to Con-
gress with the Presidents recommendations
In view OF this expectation much interest mas
been attached to a visit made at the White
House Yesterday afternoon by the Hawaiian
Minister Mr. Hatch was accompanied by W.
O. Smith, the Attorney General of Hawaii VINO
is in this city admittedly In the interest OF an
nexation. A Hawaiian delegation consisting OF
ex-Mnister Thurston. General Hartwell ana Mr'
Smith has been here since the Inaugural
ton and while all three have been retlcent as
to the object OF their visit there Is no DOUBT tha'
they came to Washington so as to be on the
field whenever the Hawaiian question shouiu pe
taken up by the new Administration
Mr. Hatch and Mr. Smith called at the White
House at $50 o'clock by special appointment
and were most cordially received by Mr' NC
Kinley. The hopes and objects OF the ahheAa-
tionists furnished the subject OF the discussioh'
and the two delegates from Hawaii are uhder-
stood to have made the best OF the opportunity
to present the arguments In favor or ahheAati"H'
The fact that the President willingly accorded
an interview on the subject and listened at'eh-
tivelv 10 what the two men had to say Is looked
unon as significant by the friends OF the anneXa-
tion project.
politician familiar with the Hawaiian situa-
tion said to-day: "If the application OF Hawaii
for no,itical union with the United States. which
will soon be made In official form he referred to
Congress for It's action, the President can call
attention 70 the conditions in Hawaii, which re-
ouire action to be taken In order to give any
meaning TO that part of the platform OF the
Republican party which reads:
The Hawaiian Islands should be controllead hd by by
the United States. and no foreign ROVER s"ou'u o'
permitted TO interfere with them.
"rbe doctrine SO announced is nothing more
nor less than the policy which for many years
has been entertained by all parties and by many
Administrations The only way Of enforcing th's
nolicv is for Congress- by joint resolution to al
,,it Hawaii into the Union on such terms as IL
thinks nroper The obvious conditions for the
admission Of Hawaii would be that no Chihese
he allowed to come from there into TINS country
and that no Asatics become cltlZeNs Vi , ,u
United States. The policy Of allowing no c0luio @
oyer Hawaii be obtained py any l''
NAV he rendered abortive not only py haWaH
ceding its territory any OF its rights as a. SoN
ereign State to a foreign Power but py . ,ile eN
istence of conditions which involve tne lhulleCt
transfer OF political power. This insidlous pu'
s,,re merging process will be accompliShed uil-
loss something equivalent to annexation ihtel
venes and that not by the act or any IoIel6n
Power but by the operation OF purely natural
causes against which Hawaii, sttnding nIohe, ~
helnless a fitting occasion for annexing HaWai,
now presents itself. ana mere are 'u''''''"' "''''
suitable reasons for such action ,
"Our policy toward Hawaii has been dictated
SOLELY by the determination that no foreign row
or shall gain a vantage ground which may ne
used to our disadvantage or for any hostile pur-
nose In other words the Monroe Doctrine ap-
r,lies with peculiar force 10 Hawaii 10 acquire
The Hawaiian group in the manner now practica-
ble which is neither by conquest nor ny Pur-
cha SO shows no desire to enlarge our borders or
encroach upon any sovereign state is IN strict
pursuance Of the policy Of the Monroe Doctrine
and nnanifestly an exercise OF the right OF Con
qress 10 provide for the common detence. 10
ACCOMPLISH this result would end, once for all
tho nossibility Of Hawaii becoming base or sup
Mics for n force directed against our western
coast. II, ,.e<..o
"It Is believed that the President Will before
long recommend to Congress the enactment OF
such measures concerning Hawaii as VIII secure
these National objects.