Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17

Hawaiian annexation commissioned the executive that it should be acted on promptly. While the treaty is in the senate, either in the hands of the com- mittee on foreign relations or on the calendar of executive business, it is the expectation that the people of the Unit ed States will have an opportunity through the press and other mediums to declare their sentiments upon the matter, and if, as Is expected, there is an overwhelming declaration for an- nexation, it is believed that the senate will be quick to respond to the demand. In this case the treaty, 1t is believed, can be taken up and ratified in the course of one or two executive sessions, while the regular tariff debates are in progress daily.
 The manner in which the Hawaiian treaty will come before the house Is in the paragraph which provides that the United States shall assume the present debt of Hawaii. This will not in any way affect the treaty or inter- fere with its adoption. Irrespective and before any action will be submitted to the house will come the ratification of the treaty by the senate. If the treaty Is ratified, no action by the house can change the condition. Failure of the house to appropriate money to pay the debt or the interest on 1t may become a future complication, but the ratification of the treaty by the senate will annex the islands
 Queen Li1 Is Ignored.
 The one point of importance in which the treaty differs from the convention negotiated by Secretary Foster in Pres ident Harrison's administration is in the omission of any provision for ex- Queen Liliuokalani and the Princess Kaiulani.
 In the original treaty 1t was provided that the government of the United States should pay the ex-queen the sum of $20, 900 cash and the same amount of money as a pension each year during the remainder of her natural life, pro- vided she in good faith submitted to the government of the United States and the local government of the islands.
 The Princess Kaiulani, being the next in line of royal blood, was to receive cash payment of $150000, but no pen- sion under a similar proviso, as in the case of the ex-queen.
 It is understood that any objection that might have been expected to the annexation of the islands based on the large proportion of coolies in the popu- lation has been forestalled by an article not only prohibiting the further emi- | grafton of such laborers to the Ha- waiian Islands, but also prohibiting the | coming of any of the Chinese from the | islands to other parts of the United | States.
 There are many inquiries among pub- lie men here as to the true reason for | the presidents nasty action in agreeing | to the treaty. An administration sena- l tor states that the Dole government has reached a point where it regards it's | existence as endangered The political | conditions in the island are such that unless the present government can | speedily secure some definite action by | the United States a new election will | be precipitated, which will result in the | overthrow of the American party. The | Dole government is badly frightened by | the attitude of the Japanese govern ment in the controversy over the immi- | grafton question.
 | International politics are also in-
 volved, it is asserted. Spain, it is de-
 clared, having appealed for support in l vain to European powers in the event | of trouble with the United States over | the Cuban question:, has secretly been | trying to induce Japan to push forward | for prestige in the Hawaiian islands, | arguing that with the complications on | this side of the continent in connection | with the Cuban matter, Japan would I have plain sailing to carry out any prof
 ect in regard to the acquisition of | Hawaii.
 These possibilities have undoubtedly
 had much to do with the nasty action | of the administration. The official req
 son given, however, is that the presi-
 dent desires to remove every possible
 obstacle in the way of the passage of
 the tariff bill and that the controversy
 over the proposed abrogation of the ex-
 isting commercial treaty with Hawaii
 Is one of the stones in the road that
 should b. taken away.