The times., 1897-12-27
TREATY OPPONENTS ACTIVE.
VIII Try i'll Every Way to Thwart
Annexation

| AHneXAi1On.
The friends OF Hawaiian annexation be
| lieve they have an additional argument
| for their eide of the case in the approach
| ing debate in the Senate, in the condition
| OF affairs in the Orient and the effort
| of the European powers 10 cut up China
| to suit IL cir own PURPOSES.
There are thousands IF people in the
| United Ststes who still look upon China
as courtiy far removed, and one in
! which, a. u nation. merica has no pos
sibIe interest. A glance at the map of
the world VIII show that China is the
country neNt to this on the vest, closer
to the Pacific coast than she is to any
OF the Countries now seeking to gather up
portion CT iier territory.
Ir there Is to be duplication of Eng
land, France and Germany in the Orient
it would seem as if this Country would
see the absolute necessity OF taking Eos
session OF the only outpost between China
and the United Sta tes, when it may be
had without word OF protest from any
other power, at this time. Conditions in
this respect may change, however, and
what may he now had for the asking
may not be secured in a few years even
by fighting.
There are wise men in Congress who
contend that Hawaii in the ha nds of any
power other than this country would be
standing menace to the peace Of the
United states, 4 nd would absolutely on
trol the com merCe OF the Pacific Ocean. 3.
While tho United States is not interested
iii securing a slice OF China, for the mere
acquisition Of territory, it is interested
in a commercial point of view in what is
done there by the other powers. China
is, in meas sure, a neighbUr. If Euro
pean powers eventually control her whole
sea coast, the exports from the United
States to China viii disappear altogether.
The nation which holds Ha waii Will
hold the key to the Pacific, and in peace
Or war viii DONNA te the Pacific an nd he
tiade that ilOats upon its bosom.
The friends OF the treaty realize that a
great Tight is Icing made by the .,ppo-
nents of annexation. These opponents
are even now predicting that the treaty
is ':ead: that il Cannot be ratified, and
that iia vail will never, either by treaty
or joint resolution, become a part of
the territory Of the United States.
Senator White (Dem.. CALI is, per
haps, one Of the most active opponents of
the treaty.
4 do not believe the Republicans will be
able Z, find the necessary votes when the
roll is called said he yesterday. The
treaty Is dead now and deserves to be-
The scheme of annexation has lost yJme
votes, too, on account of the fear that
the islaEds viii ultimately be CONSTRUCTED
into a state.
we do not know what the political exi-
gencies OF the future may force upon us
Suppose two additional votes were needed
in the Senate and the House was of the
same mind. Hawaii would be made a
State.
For many potent reasons. which 1t is
not essential tC name, believe the treaty |
will be defeated, but do not care to give
away our case.
I'VE have fight before MS in the Sal-
ate, and, for one / do not desire that !
the friends of annexation should be too |
well acquainted with the method py !
which We propose to attack the subject
Il do not belieS the Sugar Trust as |
opposed To annexation" said the Sen
ator. The Trust would prefer TO see an
nexation than TO have the present treaty |
with Ha waii abrogated AS n matter of |
fact, l lelieve the Trust would like ,-ry |
well to have these islands as cart of tie |
United States. and there are certain infi / |
ences at work which Justify the concl'lsi IN |
that the Trust is la boring in that directiunn.
There are certain men who are said 20 lie |
tile friends of the Trust.Tfe rolI-oan viii |
show where these men stand and that will |
tell exactly what the attitude of the Trust |
is.
THE Sugar Trust doubtless favors the !
of Haw ali, for that would be |
the entering wedge to the acquisition Of |
outside territory, and might, some day, |
possibly in the near future, probably more |
remote, lead to the annexation of Cuba. |
With Hawaii and Cuba both possessions |
of the United States, and with this powerful |
corporation controlling the chief Product |
of boil, islands, 1t would waIlo " in a wealth ]
with which its present vastness would he |
insi gnificant by comparison