The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-20
FOR ANNEXATION
John Lot KaullkOl Declares
Himself.
BEST FOR HAWAIIANS INTERESTS
Gave the Matter Careful
Consideration.
Thinks Stable Government Can Be
eIopment Will Follow.

| Inc general tendency among ha-
waiians is to holu back from annexa-
| ton, presumably owing to the fact
| that the benefits of the measure have
not been brought out with sufficient
prominece before them. In the meet
| ings of the Annexation Club il is a
noticeable fact that foreigners consti-
tute more than 80 per cent of the peo-
pie in the audience. The idea of hav-
| ing a meeting for the Hawaiians with
| the speakers selected from that ma
tionality is now being considered, aud
it is probable that one will be held in
the near future. a number of leading
Hawaiians have been convinced that
annexation is the only thing for the
country and among these men are
some with regulations as orators.
The latest to come into the fold CT
annexationists is John Lot Kaulukou,
one of the best known Hawaiian law
yers of the Honolulu bar, a man of in
telligence and remarkable personal at
fractions. In a conversation with a
representative of the Advertiser yes
terday Mr.. Kaulukou gave his reasons
for changing his views.
Il am convinced that annexation is
best for Hawaii, because it will restrict
Asiatic immigration to a greater ex-
tent than it now is by this Govern
atics, and those people are gradually
making inroads upon the country.
Every one knows how the Hawaiians,
as well as white people, have been af-
fected by them.
I'VE who have children to educate
should consider what the future Will
be to them; at the present rate of i'm
migration to the Islands, by the time
the children finish their education they |
may be able to secure positions TO |
work at the side of coolie laborer |
This is the way L view the outlook. |
and it is certainly not encouraging to
anyone but Asiatics. | am aware that
the Japanese have a treaty with The
United States similar to the one with
this Government, but then there is sta
bility over there that we cannot count
on here, and if the United States
wishes to take radical steps in the
matter of changing the treaty, it is
not likely that any other Government
would say nay. But little Hawaii in
dependent and alone could do nothing.
Another thing. AS an integral part
of the United States and with that Gov
eminent at our backs, l believe Amer
lean capital will come into the country
and waste lands will be developed and
railroads will be built. l think, too,
that perhaps some of the monOpolies
we now have may have competition,
so that everyone in the Islands will be
the better for it. To sift it down, Heo
pie want annexation from selfish lno-
tives; mine is because l believe every
one will be better off with a stable
There are sections of this island
that are fertile and capable of grow
ing crops, which will find ready sale
in Honolulu markets, but there is no
way of bringing the crops to town, and
the land is idle, nor will it be devel-
oped so long as capital is timed. Sta
bility means strength, and when for
eign capital sees that a country is
backed by stable Government, il will |
nc longer be timid. If we were an
neXed new industries would spring up,
and do not believe they would be mo-
nCpoliZed to an extent that Hawaiians
would be excluded, they would be on
the same footing with the whites and
would be in advance of the Asiatics.
Talk about progress; why it moves
as slowly here as it does in some of
the South Pacific Islands. People with
money have been afraid to invest in
anything above the ordinary. and he
has been kept back in cOnse-
luence. Instability is not a new thing
to this country; ii has existed as long
as I can remember. You have only 10
think of the experience of the late
5. G. Wilder and his Hawaiian rail
road scheme TO convince you that it