The times., 1897-10-25

OF poruldtiGD, and, left To It's unaide
strength. the control of that immigratio
is beyondthe power of any local government
of Hawaii, whatever may be its form
Hawaii is thus forced by an overpoweriu
necessity 10 seek a foreign alliance wit
some monarchy, or annexation TO the Unite
States, in order to control this question 4
immigration.
The pressure of Immigration from Sia
80 great that in very few years the entir
Hawaiian group OF islands will he occupier
10y Asiatics I'm every available spot anf
that Will result ia smotherng cut the ma
tives and the white people, except a fey
who have control Of large planting inter
eSts.
Those who feel that concern for the nativ.
Hawaiian; that they so well deserve canGo
regard with Indifference this certain means
of reducing them tc want ana Of assuring
their determination. It's fatal effects ar,
already beginning to ic obvious, AMI imne.
date relief is demanded.
II this immigration il arrested the na
ti1eS, who are a strong and highly inlelli-
gent race. will gather 10 them selves the
great advantages of HE increased value oi
tncir lands that are now about TO De cap
| rured by tfo patient industry of these immi
grants from the E asst.
The efforts Of tl'e Amerioaus to lead th,
| Hawaiians up 10 higher civilization
which have been So remarkably successful
will all he lost and they viii be suffocated
and destroyed, morally and as a race u
people, if the present tide Of inin.ig tion
Is moi arrested. This republic, excellent
as IT is in all matters of internal govern
ment, has not the national strength =,
! prevent this destruction of tile native
! llnwaiians through the influx of Orientals
This policy OF encouraging a static imni-
| grafton was instituted in the reign OF Kala-
! kaua' Though the inportunity OF capitalist
| and enterurising men who discovered that
J great wealth Could be speedily acquired by
| the cultivation Of sugar and rice. That
weak King was easily influenced, and his
} love Of personal display and of vicious in
/ duleenc- made him an easy prey TO tnc
newcomers, who fiattered his vanity and
| loaned him money to support mock regal
state viii excess of folly and vain
glory.
u Is the Continuation of this policy ha is
| the rea quest on thai trelatestJ the preserya.
! tion Of the Hawaiian people. All royalists
VINO are inha bitants OF Hawaii led by n
/
OF the lapsed monarchy, whether they
are citizens or whether they are the sub
| jects OF any regal power in Europe os
Asia, support the preJensons OF Japan un
der its Interpretation OF Kalakaua's la boz
treaty.
They combine with some Americans who
establish plantations under acts of in
corporation ut the expense Of homcsteads.
| in nopposing annexation tpthe United States
| because that is the only way OF saving ths
| people fIom Il feuhallandlordism mad e per
| petuai under incorporated companies.
But alltheseinterests combined are as yet
unequal 10 the work OF preventing the de
| liyerance Of Haw ali from this destruction
| through the enL"Xa alton Of these islands to
the United states. Their intriSues are not
| prCspering.
If wetCuld perrIittheir annex alton to any
| other government with safety to our con
merce aud our coast defense, the fate Of
these people would be their inevitable ex-
| termination after only few years of
wretched decay.
| Senator Morgan devotes some attention
| to the climatic advantages of the island.
| the abundance and purity of the food sup
ply and then, referring to the declining
population, says: Some other theory
must found to account for the decrease in
the census of the native people than their
| physical, mental or moral traits. II is quite
possible that their restoration to racial
vl@or Will be promoted by the feeling Of Sc
curity that will attend their elevation to
| citizenship In the great Republic, and the
consequent stimulus TO higher hopes and a
more stalwart and independent manhood.
1t is serious crror,' he says, that leads
10 the conclusion that the people OF these
Islands prefer monarchy to free self govern
ment As rule, the people of Hawaii ha VI
yielded allegiance to the crown with much
reinctauce.''
The people III Hawaii have found in the
principles OF free republican government
the restoration of their ancient liberties
free.l from all feudal exactions aud bur
dens, and they appreciate the blessings o
the restoration. They have no wish u
return 10 the monarchy.
Tie essential and practical bene fits vi
republican government are manifest in these
islands not only 10y contrast with the for
mer regal government, but i'll many WAYS
in public improvements and in the conte MT
mcnt of the people, in which this excellent
DediS IO uilldNOFaDle cDnipdrl
son with the States of the A merican Union.
The people of all classes understand and
appreciate this situation to such degree
that they fear that any change will be-
TO theiT disadvantage.
The heSitancyof any Haw allan who is not
a royalistin giving his assent to annexation
5lthe United Statesis caused by anindefinitc
dread that it may change for the worse
his relations 10 the white people here, and
in Tie United States, and that it may lessen
the weight of his influence as a unit OF
the governing power.
IL such apprehenscn possessed any real
yalue. or if delay in anne nation would tenc
81 dissipate them, our reluctance in even
seeming TO force our institutions or govern
nent upon other peoples might cause us j,
postpone action upon the treaty.
But we have our responsibilities which
are stronger than mere sentiment, toward
q anecple W ito are in great danger fromcauses
that are not chargeable to them or to the
government of the republic of Hawaii, or to
that OF the United States, and we Ilust neel
Shem or stand by and witness the deStruc.
tion of q people who are the children of our
,doption, whom we have always assured OF
our protection.
II we hesitate ours viii be the iust cen