The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-17
TO ANNEX HAWAII.
Our Recent Dispatch Confirmed
at Washington.
THE TREATY ALREADY FRAMED.
President Mckinley Very Likely to Soon
Sign the Document, as It Drawn Up
According to His own Idea--what II
Contains-News of Washington.

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Now comes
confirmation Of the news printed in
these dispatches last Thursday that the
administration has in view the annex.
alton of Hawaii. A treaty for the an.
nexation of Hawaii to the United States
will be sent to the senate soon after the
return of the president, unless present
plans are altered. The treaty has been
written and all its details were fully
agreed upon before the president and
Secretary Sherman left for the south.
There is no doubt, it is said, of the pres
ident's acquiescence in the terms of the
treaty for the reason that he was made
fully aware of them before he left.
The treaty is on the general lines of
the treaty negotiated during the admin.
istration of President Harrison and
withdrawn by President Cleveland. 1t
provides for annexation without the ex-
action of conditions on the part of the
Hawaiians as to the form of govern
ment to be vouchsafed to Hawaii, leav-
ing that question to be entirely dis.
posed of by the government of the
United States.
The United States will agree, how
ever, to assume the debt of the present
Hawaiian government but will come
into possession of all the Hawaiian
crown lands and other possessions.
Several senators have received defin.
ite information concerning the exist.
ence of the treaty and are well ac-
| quainted with its terms. 1t is known
that the approval of the committee on
| foreign relations is assured, as eight
| members Of the committee have ap.
proved its terms. This will enable the
committee to speedily report the treaty
to the senate so that it may be taken MP
Immediately after the tariff bill is dis
posed Of.
The senate has been canvassed to q
certain extent by senators favoring an
nexation, and, while there are some
senators who are non-committal, the
supporters of the proposition say they
believe that they can count upon the
two.thirds vote necessary to insure rat
ification.
The especial friends of the president
about the senate say that the treaty has
been made in accordance with his
views and that it would have been sent
in some time ago but for his exactions
| as to details
1t is known that the treaty, though
not yet signed, is drawn up ready for
signature, and as the president is fully
aware OF its scope there is no reason to
doubt that he will authorize its sigma.
ture. In this case it is expected that
the document will be sent to the senate
for its action very soon, even within q
week, it is said, in some well-informed
quarters. IL this be the case, it may be
taken for granted that the president has
taken steps to assure himself of fa-
vorable reception for the treaty in the
senate and to guard against such q
mishap as befell the arbitration treaty
last session.
The present condition in Hawaii, il
is said, has had much to do with favor.
BILE consideration of the treaty of an
nexation. The present government OF
Hawaii and the people who support il
are very much concerned about the
Japanese situation. Private informa-
tion received by Hawaiians in this city
is to the effect that the Japanese at any
time may take some action looking tC
acquisition Of the island. The adyices
officially received are of much the same
tenor.
The sentiment in the senate seems tC
be that Japan in no way should con.
troll the islands or get foothold there
This argument has been used to pre-.
vent even notice of abrogation of the
present treaty in the tariff bill. 1t is
said that such notice might be followed
by Japanese occupation and the islands
could not be regained by the United
States without struggle. In this con.
nection it is learned that the converse,
tions among the most prominent Japa.
nese residents of Hawaii, which have
been reported to the representative OF
the islands in Washington, have beer
of threatening character and the
American residents have more concern
than has been shown in the published
accounts.