The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-05-20

neXatiOn of these ISLANDS 10 the Unlteu
States
"And he further said: The cession
of Pearl River harbOr is an equiva-
lent for free trade Tin sugar with the
United States) is freely discussed and
favorably considered by the Hawaiian
government
WAS Pearl River harbOr granted ?"
mo. not in the original treaty; but
before our Senate would consent to
extend the treaty for seven years Mr.
Edmunds caused to be inserted
seperate article (2). whereby Hawaii
granted that harbor TO us, and if it
did not become ours then absolutely
it certainly will twelve months after
notice is given OF the abrOgation of
the treaty"
But it is urged that the United
States needs Hawaii as an outpost"
"Oh, yes, I know. That idea has
been worked up here, but it simply
covers the free sugar gentleman in
the wood pile. Why, Mr.. Garfield op-
posed annexation, and he gave un-
answerable reasons for it, We have
Pearl River haTbOr, and it commands
the Pacific and covers Honolulu, and
every nation well understands that our
policy toward Hawaii is that which
was laid down in the agreement en-
tered into by England and France in
1S43, whereby they agreed never TO
take possession (of HawaiD, directly
nor under the title of prOtectOTate, or
under any other form, of any part of
the territory of which the Sandwich
Islands are composed How can we
consistently and honorably protest
against the interference of other gov
ernments an yet seek the annexation
of these islands ourselves? And espe-
cially as two-thiTds of the people are
disfranchised in favor of a sugar
planters oligaTchy."
EXPLODES THE JAPAN BUBBLE.
But it is said, Mr.. Oxnard. that
there is apprehended danger that Jap
an will absorb these islands,"
""That, sir. is a mere scarecrow ma
nufactured by the sugar planters in
Hawaii and their agents in the United
States. Peel off the annexation cuti-
Gle and you will find free sugar. Il
deceiveS nobody. The policy of the
United States toward Hawaii has very
recently been expressed in Congress
in the following resolution: That of
right il belongs wholly to the people
of the Hawaiian Islands to establish
and maintain their own form of gov
ernment and domestic policy; that the
United States ought in nowise to inter
fere Herewith, and that any interven-
tiOn by any other government will be
regarded as an act unfriendly to the
United States
"The whole world knows our policy
toward Hawaii, and there isn't ma
tion that cares to or dares interfere
with Hawaii. All this talk about ia
pan is sensation. to build up a scare to
force annexation and thus obtain free
sugar forever after. A recent dispatch
to New York paper, from Washing
ton, exploded this Japan soap bubble.
1t said:
:" The disquieting advices received
from Hawaii are not given any serious
consideration by the officials of the
Japanese Legation here. 1t is held to
be the policy of the Dole government
and it's representatives in this city,
who favor immediate annexation, 70
take full advantage of the fact that the
immigration OF coolies is on the in
crease. and that in consequence ia
pan will soon obtain control of the
Islands. 1t is denied by the represen-
tatives of that government that ia
pan desires to take possession of Ha-
waii, and the intimation is given that
annexation would be refused if
sought
'And in this connection it is of some
interest to note that in a letter, April
25, 1898, from Mr.. Wilcox to our Com
missioner to Hawaii, he embodied a
statement of the appropriations made
by Hawaii to encourage emigration to
the island, the total amount from 1874
TO and including 1890 being S1,315, 900.
Sixty thousand dollars were appropri
nine-tenths of the whole sum was
spent TO encourage Chinese and Japa-
neset More recently the Legislature
limited the coming of Chinese to D.
900 per annum, the Japanese being
substituted for them In other words.
these few Hawaiian sugar planters,
with their pocket gOrged with money
which should be in our Treasury. hav-
ing brought upon themselves for sell
fish purposes a certain condition from
Japanese immigration to obtain coolie
labor. and discriminating it favor of
it and continuing it by law, they want
the United States to protect them
against their own avaricious policy"
rs it true, as reported in New
York paper, that the Sugar Trust is
attempting to buy up your beet sugar
factories2"
mo. sir; there isn't a word of truth
in it. 1t is story set afloat by the Ha-
waiian planters and agents of the.trust
to prejudice our interest in the pend
ing tariff bill The trust does not
want to develop the domestic sugar
industry and hence a continuance of
the treaty, or free sugar, is just What
it desires. Besides, in its contract with
the Hawaiian planters, the Trust has
an advantage of over 81 ,000, 900 yearly,