The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
nUN)ER 10 ANNEX
A Misstep Which Will Be
Costly to Uncle Sam In
the Future.
DUBOIS GIVES REASONS
OrientalS Would Dominate In
the Islands and Rey0lu-
tiOn Follow.
LARGE MILITARY FORCES
Would Be Needed to Preserve
PeaCe-IslandS Not Fit
for Statehood.
LARGE MILITARY FORCES

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1S.-Ex- Senator
Fred T. Dubois, of Idaho, has been
visiting the Hawaiian islands this sum-
mer and in a private letter to a friend
in this city thus submits his conclu-
sions:
Most of us have been led to believe
that it was the earnest desire of the
people of the islands to become part
of the United States. During my stay
there l was fortunate in meeting peo
pie of all classes, both foreigners and
natives, some for annexation and some
against It, and L was given the oppor
tunity of visiting all parts Of the
islands. Wherever I went I was enter
tanned in the most hospitable manner
and will give fairly and candidly the
result of my observations.
"There are eight islands in the group
none of them large, and all mountain
ous The agricultural portions have
been substantially utilized. To be
sure, some more coffee and sugar plan
tations can be created, but only at
great expense But, if every foot of
ground which is not covered with rocky
mountains and hard and impenetrable
lava could be utilized, you would not
then have on all the islands, all told
as much agricultural land as there is
in an average county Of one of our
Western states. But no matter if the
islands were 100 times as large and
100 times richer than they are it would
be a most grievous mistake for the
United States to take them, under ex-
listing conditions. Under the last cen
sus QS96) there were on the islands,
in round numbers, 10000 Hawaiians,
$4,000 Japanese, $4,000 Chinese, $4,000
Portuguese and 1000 South Sea Island
ers and other kindred people. To Off
set them, there are on the islands 4,161
white men other than Americans; and,
all told, 3,086 Americans. Of these
Americans, ILL are females, and of
the males on the islands considerably
more than one-half are boys, so that
the sum total of American men on the
Hawaiian islands who are over twen-
ty-five years of age is less than 1000
The ,020 people who inhabit the ISL
ands are divided as follows, according
to sex: Males, 72,517; females, Sc, 500.
state this pertinent fact without COM
ment, because no comment is neces-
1t is contemplated to force into our
Union against their most bitter and al
most unanimous protest.
"The Hawaiians are nearly a unit
in insisting that their national life
shall not be blotted out. They have
sent remonstrance to Washington
signed by nearly all their people, and
have also sent a delegation Of their
own people to make known their views
The Chinese, Japanese and Portu-
guese are of course a unit in opposi-
ton. Nearly all the foreigners, not
Americans, are opposed, and of the
Americans a very large proportion, to
my certain knowledge, and it is claim
ed one-half, are not in favor of annex
alton.
'The United States will enter un-
explored and dangerous fields of ma
tional policy, if they make this depar-
ture anG establish an absolutely un-