The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-22
PACIFIC ISLANDS
United States Owns Some
Of Them.
AS Far zs ENuz1sfor : Concerned
snrzxzrio1 : Not an In
tried Policy.

People EE0 0biecC 10 The annexation
0E The Hawaiian Islands urge Is one
q their Arguments that the United
States should not venture cut tnlo the
business q acquiring distant lands. but
coz5ns rs growth 10 the continent
ThsE G-s obL5vt11S q the fact that
this country L already II possession
q zEnE tz-Ez5S scattered over The Pa-
gzEc Ocean cEcs several Islands in the
Vvss- Indies. and Ezs Ii the AIeurian
IslE1ts possessions nearly 1000 niles
further from tie American continent
than the Hawaiian group
These Islands 0f The Pacific and the
West Indies, ever which flies the An
s-lc41 6ag while only : handful ot the
American people are aware Of their
=LLSrz1ce- Grs nearly al S1ar1 Islands
O have been - AZ one tine. Thfs. Of
course. does E0t Epply 20 the AIeurian
Islands Il = the forgotten Islands
The scattered Islands realm q the re-
pghlic-Ehich < under consideration
4 British U11-of-EEr vent about the
P1clEe recently picking Up UafnpruF-
s.i pieces C real estate after the zuo6
Old British u4n1sr- and 70 the sur
Prise Of every rvhos+v-prub4bIy as much
so 20 tEz United States Government as
&C thar Of EnzIznd-ir was found that
many 0E The little Islands were already
il the possession OF this country and
I American eI-iZsCs were living On then
In Is56 Congress PASSED law which
I S-II rEE1iES II force declaring rhzl
E1v citizen q rhe United STATES who
SkEu discover Z deposit Of guano On
any Island rock or key nay a. The
| discretion q the President Of the
Z United SLzrEs- Be considered as being
I a part oE The United States
Tie diScuTerer can sell The gUano on
his tsIzE6s only 20 ci-ZE1s Of the Unit
- S-zrzs- and the price which he shall
Z charge L regulated BY Law Crimes
I ccEu-i-rEd IN these Islands are pun
LsEed By the United States Govern
EzEr- and are cczsfdzre-i - IL they
I had bee1 committed On N American
merchant vessel 0z the high seas The
President L authorized % Use the land
ard EzTzI forces q the United STATES
70 protect TIE tiscoTsrEr and his heirs
Islands
CE1EE this lzT G116LLI1u 70 The
United STATES vent On rzpIfIF II rhe
Z Pac16e and the West Indies Some q
the Eszz0 Islands were abandoned
sCC1 after their discovery. bgr Of thoss
taken possession ef legally by the efti-
Ezzs OF this country and still Z part Of
i--u1Izss the President chooses 20 re-
Ii1guIsE the righr-tEsre remain 80 II
the PzclEe. and II Lhs Wes- Indies tbs
LsIzE1 of NzTEssz NzTzssz K q fan
szzs and les between Lhs snu-h E5srsrI
eI-rsUi-y q HzF-i and Jzuaicz- JUS
% rts s0l-E q tEz Wfr5Fzrt Passage
and II Tie Ei-eer path Of vessels b01ut
: CO and trC1 tie IS-tuCS Cf PEuEus
and New TCrE Il II had : suitsbl.
EzrtCr Il might b. q great value Is
naval cDaIi1g station
The PzeiEe Islands LIE II The region
ct The e+zzr1r- There il 1 group shou
: : thousand niles south 0f Hawaii an
/: C-Eers zre Eh5zr rE1 thousand nile
. from EaEan. over uszr the GiIber
; IzIzuds- The1 there Z CIipp@tnu Isl
and scu-tEesz CT MeIico- On the y
cent z-Izs@ published n Europe N
IsLz1d < uzEkai a. belonging u
FrzEes- II Is b0FeTEr, Z possession Q
the United States and K worked b.
rhs Paci6c Ptosphzts Company
Three Uourts zp Captain McMur
trT, q ths British ship EiakOrz- cam
along and announced thai Es was %
II ing 10 hgsSt the British Ezz On tfs il
and The captain saw visions Of fam
before hiz-a hignthOod- Or possihl
Z bGruEF-f0r sz1su6ing Ihe domain
of His Mosz Gracious Sovereign H
zIrsz6T fuzEire4l hizssIf as being al
dressed Is Lord Cipperr0a- not
had-so1EdIag title Bur there E9
three Fz1kss oa the island and the
: hoists5 the AueEiezn Tag and told II
czp-zfn tEzr L he dzrsi % hoist N
BriusE Ezz there was gDilz 70 Be
: EzhE TIE Einkorz vas wrecked O
= TIE cozSI @ the island and the tire
i. AEeriezlz saved almost Z uiIIi0u fee
Of timber Ehich vas washed zshoFs
ThEn TIE British EzE-of-=zr Conn
cane zI01g and tock away Captain Nc