New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19
! JOURNEY IN HAWAII.
INTERESTING FACTS NOTED By AN
AMERICAN TRAVELLER.

AMERICAN TRAVELLER.
OBJECTS or JAPANESE DIPLoMAcr-rEAEL HAIR
Eor's EAR or sAND-LIFE Of SUGAR
rLAHTATIoH-A DELIGHTFUL
CLIMATE.
4 traveller IN Hawaii writes as follows from
Honolulu under late Of September 4:
The special session OK the Hawaiian Senate.
called for next wednesday, the sth 10 take action
o. the Annexation Treaty. though 1t may not last
over a day H. looked forward TO with peculiar IN
t.rest I'm which tho japanese question largely fig
sros The position Of the island republic IS
unlquc and without precedent. BY the ratification
OF the treaty Of annexation X virtually ceases 10
De- an independent nation A. the same time. until
the treaty o; annexation is ratified by the United
States. Hawaii maintains her sovereignty az in
dependent nation. recognized BY and dealing with
foreign powers. on the one hand the Govern
mcnt % Hawaii IS dealing Independently with mo
Government OF Japan on questions OF vital inn
p0rtancc. on the other hand. she takes no step In
this diplomatic business without informing the
United States Pending he treaty OF annexation.
tho propr.oty o., keeping tho Government N Wash
.rgton fully Informed q the situation cannot be
questioned or criticised Therefore may STATE on
ofii.iI authority that tho Government az Wash
.rgton has been from ~" first fully Informed OF
every step and phase ot the contention between
Japan and Hawaii. and In every Instance time has
been allowed for the return of any suggestion or
ai.lc.
The text q the correspondence between tho Gov
eminent OF Hawaii and the Government of Japan.
relating 20 arbitration % the differences growing
out oi che imm grafton question. was published In
Honolulu papers yesterday, and will be- carried 70
tl. United States by the steamer Gaelic sailing
,rr san Francisco to-day. il viii De- seen that the
diplomacy OF Hawaii b. fully match FOR the
Diplomacy of Japan. Tho Government Of Hawaii
has met thc Government ~ Japan squareiy on is
own grounds Il Indebtedness and vague uncer-
talnty. And Tow. UntI Japan makes up her mind
10 definitely what points at issue she will sub
NIT for arbitration. HAWAI-! VIII decline 20 arb!trate
and also decline 20 accept Japan's choice OK arh!-
traitor.
IT, tho mean tine the dispute IS FAR from act
ual settlement as {. was two months ago. when
tAo Japauc-e cruiser steamed into Honolulu Har-
Dor with hAlf r dozen japanese newspaper men on
board TO report tho progress OF japanese diplomacy
u ia evident that tho Government Of japan IS In
no haste 10 settle the c0ntrOvcrs| over the immi-
grafton question but means 10 lc IL run along I'M
III TIE time arrives 70 give attention 10 the profos;
against annexation. T. o.. when the treaty ls taken
un I'm the Senate Of the United States. AZ any
rae. japan H. not anxious about the Indemnity
claim: and so far payment for losses sustained
hy ia, turning back % her immigrants is con-
ccrncd she apparently drops that point. Japan Is
proud and sensitive rs a nation. she 1oes not
want money. but she does want TO be ranked As
the equal OF European nations having interests I'm
the Pacific.
BEAUTIES OF PEARL EARBOR
some time the oahu Railroad will run entirely
around the Island OF Oahu which Honolulu,
the capital Of the Hawaiian Islands. Is situated.
At present II along tho coast for thirty miles.
skirtng valleys that vcritabc gardens OF tropl
cal luxurlance. Hawaii IS the land OF rairhows.
and fl IS a dull day indeed when The many-hued
span r. not bending over the sea. Seven miles out
Is Pearl Harbor and for seven miles more the rail-
road holds close to the shores OF this magnificent
andlockcd sea-so large that all the great fleets Of
Tho Icsslrrists who say Pearl Harbor is worthless
TO the United states should come and see 1t and
Omen their eyes to the truth or It's value
I'm, IRG On" srvey Of pearl Harbor But the last
aurV"y and a very thorough one by Lieutenant
Wood 81 the United States Navy proved beyond a
49, M thai in honolulu Harbor easily removed
II is only within four years that large ships have
come into the dock in Honolulu Harbor Formerly
they anchored out. and all landing was by transfer
10 small craft conveying passengers ana treIght
| ashore. The removal Of the bar ard the widening
OF the channel now permit the largest ships TO
pass in. Pearl IGarbor is deep water. and me re-
nired 10 maze ready for practical use: ieuten-
d"pth Of thirty feet found the bar to be OF sand.
with very little coral. so tIat me lormldaDe
statesmen in Congress exists only in ther own
vivid imaginatloHs.
\ VAST PLANTATION.
4 little two-mie branch OF the Oahu Railroad
runs down to Pearl city. nest OF cottages In
pc,rl Uarbor by courtesy called summer resort.
rho term summer resort" however. hardly APP
niles TO a land OF perpetual summer. where frost IL
! unknown except on the mountain-tops. The mann
limo NJ the railroad has stations on sugar plania-
lions and the finest on the Hawaiian Islands prob
nbiv Is lust here-Ewn Plantation, hfteen miles from
Uonoul,i This IL the crack sugar plantation on
n islands not because OF superior natural advan-
taces but superior MANAGEMENT ana methods OF
/ cultfvatiou Iva Plantation was opened Just seven
,,ears ago There 600 acres, stretching away
an tho level to the mountains on the north ana OF
To- the sea on the south. Three thousand acres are
nos, under cultivation and worked by .2O men and
a roupr OF hundred mules. The plantation de-
/ neuds wholly upon irrigation, ana IL mas great
sy,ter system OF thirty artcsian wells, rom Whlcn
fnur steam pumps raise the flow through pipes 20
feet To the level OF the plantation ana distribute IL
ovor the land al the OF bp.oJOUVO gallons every
,v,erty-four hours. The water Is distributed IN
onsn dItchcs or trenches but as tho soil is ex-
,rcmely porous the bitches are lined with metal.
Two OF the four pumps. the larger Two. nave peen
nut in recently with all their ponderous machli-
rry from Fraser & Chalmers. or chicago. All
,rsrsnortation Is by narrow-gauge railroad, mere
ana there through the plantation from the mills.
anu ,be na,oger's house the houses of the over
sn-rs and labOrers. store, machine SHOPS, churcn
and schoolhouse form a good-slzed village, nor
without the attractive features or Wel-kept lawns,
nower gardens and Sfade trees, Win the gorgeous
hi"sSc,1s 10 be seen everywhere on the Islands.
EVA plantation yields the largest average OF
49,, Tsl,ids-sever The mills closed at the
I'D ~ JuIy when the cane OF this seasons Nrst
crno had been ground. There are two crops year.
the mills opening again the nr3t OF January w.
pary visiting the plantation lew uhss nsu, vo ,h
well believe all that Is said OF IL "hen VIC Sd" '"s