Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
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ship without a country"
I 1t appears that tie formalities for seek
were commenced i2 London last May. be-
fore the signinedof thee annexation treaty
with its attendant obligations This ard
other circumstances maE 20 affect the case
the case Of the China after Conference
thine. appeal hEa' been made IN behalf OF
the snip to i9tsrpesitiqn by the courts.
appear. Durip4 thesA proceedings the
steamer Is detained In port with a large
Eumber OF passengers, who have an un-
expected opportunity for an extended
detention Of the, ship is declared by the
government to- BE due to no action of
tt eirs, since thy havs offered to extend
her temporary Hawaiian register 80 as to
enable her to proceed ITO China and back
to San Francisco r. s4
A Sertous Problem.
Among the many points which will arise
to be adjusted by the commissioners who
viii arrange for the transfer Of the gov
eminent Of Hawaii to the United States
must be the. question relating to our sea
traffic with your Pacific coast. An indis-
pensabie part of this traffic is at present
iers plying between Hong Kong, Yoke hama
and San Francisco. Under existing United
States laws all such traffic will be cut OF
by annexation OF these islands. Trade be-
tween Honolulu and the coast will have
become American coasting trade and mus.
be conducted exclusively by American YES
sells. Neither freight or passengers can
any more be carried by these noble British
steamers. which we now SO much. depend
upon. This would not only be a very Sc
rious hardship to us. but would be an in
furious interruption of the important
steam traffic of the Pacific 1t is, indeed
dxA11t 4 w CHI ynffvd
any mere call at Honolulu II deprived of
the large eastern half Of their business
that between Honolulu and San Francisco
It would in any case be a long time be.
fore line of American STEAMSHIPS could
be established So as adequately to replace
the existing British lines across the Pa
cifc. 1t will. therefore. need to be con-
Sidered whether Congress should not enact
some specific legislation to permit traffic to
be continued for a time upon foreign
steamships between Yokohama and Homo
lulu, aid so to eT able the change to be
made gradually 1t might, indeed, be wise
to go farther than this and entirely to ex-
empt Hawaii from the application of the
United States coasting laws. There are
now about forty large sailing vessels, near
ly all British, entering Honolulu every year
with cargoes of coal, the greater part Of
which IL for the supply of the steamers
calling at this port. If these ships shall
be hereafter debarred from carrying freight
herce to American ports. it must tend to
add to the cost of bringing coal here and
to that extent obstruct the development of
commerce In Hawaii which certainly will
not be the desire of the United States
Since Hawaii is at such a distance from
the American coast. 1t may be deemed a
reason for modifying the coasting law in
application thereto,
The Hawaiian Climate.
In The Evening Star Of July "a appears
an excellent article by ex-Consul II. w.
Severance upon the climate of Hawaii
He accurately states the facts, that the
mercury on the shore rarely reaches S5 de-
grees in the shade; also that mean tenn
perature here is not over q degrees. He
does not sufficiently emphasize the fact
that'the atmosphere is dry, and not humid,
as in other tropical countries. This makes
every breeze cooling by rapidly drying off
the pefspiration of the body. We, in Fla,
wall absolutely know nothing of really hot
weather. such as prevails in the United
States during ETeonsiSera Bile part of the
summer. And Mee never have hot nights.
The night temperatureiln Honolulu is very
rarely above 7s' degrees, and more COM
monty below 7OIdegrees.. Our climate is q
n. ost ieemfertable and enjoyable one 1t IS
well-ftted to Make Hawaii a delightful
home for the white rad& -o.s'-,R
The fact mayo well Abe repeated here
which fas been presentRd IN previous let
ters,Sfhat the Hawaiian groun lies, well
within the southwestern sweep of tha great
COiu current winch cOd1eS GOWN tneesfa-
cife coSst irons Afaskait. The ocean water
rom Oregon afd California rsaGhes cHar
wall At q temBeraturesrusuallye below 20
degrees Or 10 .tlegrees .Hcolder than the
currents in the WestSIndies erFthe South
Sea Islands. Such sooh sea- water yields
comb4fa lively little 3, ERaporatibmHo the
trade winds; sndt hence our rainfall is
slight, and the airsis eafy.- sThe contrast Of
close, narky heat Is very great when lour
trade winds are exchanged for southwest
erly winds, as they have here for three
days past Blowing from a warmer ocean.
they bring beth heat and moisture. We
reek With Precipitation, and afaMhankfui
that we do not have tropical weather Of
ten. The trades will be down again in q
few days with full force, bringing to us
the cold Of the Alaska ocean current Such
a citrate as this of Hawaii Is indeed
choice and rare KAMEHAMEHA. &.