The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-02
RATHER MIXED UP.
rhe Glasgow Herald Boldly Ven
lures Out of Its Depths

IiSoiNouJ hchlnloJ says VudC uo
has not had time to form any opinion
about Hawaii, much less to formu-
late policy for the new Republic.
Yet it is evident that materials for
lively international row are to be
found there at the present moment.
Curiously enough, the Sandwich
Islands are suffering from a seizure
of the "yellow agony" which used to
convulse the Pacific States OF the
American Union. For Den Kearney's
"The Chinese must CO." President
Dole has substituted 1.-THE Japs
must not come" They have come,
however, to the number Of $4,000 or
so, or within 5000 of the entire po-
pulation OF pure Hawaiians. AT the
recent rate of immigration the Japs
will soon outnumber the Hawaiians,
and in addition there are some o.
600 Chinese, while of Americans
there are only 5000 and of British
2250, while of Portuguese the ISL
auds hold the surprising number of
$4,000 1t is not to be denied that
from a European or American point
Of view the yellow streak is too
pronounced, but it may we'll be
doubted if President Dole has done
wisely in attempting to tone it down.
He has forbidden the landing OF
any more japanese immigrants, and
has thereby brought his Govern
ment into conflict with that OF
Japan. Now, Japan could wipe out
Hawaii without much ado, but there
is America to reckon with, and as
America will not allow Hawaii to be
wiped out, the question arises will
the Washington Government com
pei President Dole to climb down,
or will it defy Japan as it did China
in similar circumstances A special
interest attaches to this question at
this time, because in the Jubilee
celebrations of ten years ago Queen
Emma was one of the most striking
figures. The revolution Of three
years ago was distinctly an Amer
lean movement, and very suggestive
of what might have happened in the
Transvaal had the Jameson raid
been successful.
The American raid in Hawaii re-
suited in an American being placed
at the head OF the Republic which
was somewhat suddenly formed
perhaps not altogether to the salts
faction Of President Cleveland. But
although the American traders, mis-
sionaries, and intriguers triumphed
over Queen Liliuokalani and her ma
tive following, they we're able to do
so only with the assistance Of the
Japanese settlers and the American
gunboats. The Japanese gave their
assistance, not because they took
any interest in insular politics, but
because they foresaw more CONNER
cial advantage in the American than
in the Hawaiian connection. They
do not, however, quite approve of
the commercial monopoly which
America is making of the islands,
for last year it took 80 percent of
the exports and sent 76 percent OF
the imports, thanks mainly to the
Reciprocity Treaty under which
most American products are free OF
duty in Hawaii The islands have
total foreign trade OF about five
millions per annum, and to a good
deal OF that the Japs think they are
quite much entitled as the Ameri-
cans especially as they helped Mr..
Dole in the Presidential chair, and
outnumber the American popula-
ton by eight to one. For all prac-
teal purposes Hawaii is as near to
Japan, or even to China as to the
United States; and though there
has always been strong Hawaiian
party in the United States connect
ed with the sugar interests, they
have not yet been powerful enough
politically to make annexation a