The evening times., 1897-12-06

i'll the rlpeheSs of time come about as the
natural result OF the strenc thening ties
that bind us to those Islam and he realized
by the free VIII of the Hawaiia,. State.
Tnattreaty WI una ninou yratifiedw with
out amendmeut by the Senats and President
of the Republic of Hawaii on the 10th of
September last, and only awaits the fav-
orable action Of the American Senate to
effect the complete absorption of tho
Islands into the domain of the United states.
What the conditions of such a union shlll
be, tie political relation thereof to the
United States. the character Of the local
administers ton. the qualify and degree of
the elective franchise of the inhabitants,
the extension OF the federal laws To the
territory or the enactment OF special laws
to Fl. the peculiar condition thereof, the
regulation If need be of the labor system
therein, are all matters which the treaty
has wisely relegated to the Congress. }
Confirmation recommended.
If the treaty is confirmed us every con-
sideration OF dignity and honor requires,
the wisdom Of Congress will see To it tnat,
avoiding abrupt assimilation Of elements
perhaps hardly yet fitted to share n the
highest franchises of citizenship, ;,hd hav-
ing due regard to the geographical coniii-
tons, the iIirst Just provisions fer SELF rfile
in local matters with the largest political
liberties as an integral part OF our Nation
will b. accorded To the Hawaiians. NJ less
is due 10 a people who, after nearly five
years of demonstrated capacity To falfill
til. obligations of self-govering statehood.
come Of their free will tc merge heir
des,nies in our odypolitic-
The Guestinns which have arisen between
Japan and Hawaii by reason of the treat
ment Of Japanese labOrers cmigrating
to the Islands under the Ha japanese
convention of 1888, are in a satisfactory
stage of settlement by negotiation This
Government has not been invited tOmetliate.
and on the other hand has sought no inter-
vention in that matter, further than
to evince It's kindliest disposition toward
such speed Y and direct adjustn ent by the
two sovereign states in interest as shall
comport with equit y and honor II is sr1ti-
eying to learn that the apprehensions at
first dispia yed on the part CT ia pan lest
the cessation of Hawaii's national life
through annexation might impair privileges
to whihc japan honora bly, laid cia I'm. have
given place to confidence in the upright
ness ci this Government, nd inthe sincerity
of its purpose to deal with all possible ui-
terror questions in the bToadest spirit of
friend illness.
AS to the representation of this Govern
ment to Nicaragua. Salvador and Costa
Rica have concluded that Mr.. William
L. Merry, confirmed as Minister of the
United States to the States of Nicaragua.
Salvador ana Costa Rica, shall proceed 10
San Jose, Costa Rica, and there te,h hporarily
establish the headquarters OF the United
States to these three States. 1 took this
action for what regarded as the "a ramouut
interests CT this country. Itwas developed
upon an Investigation by the Secretary Of
State that the Government pf Nicaragua,
while not unwilling to receive Mr.. Merry in
his diplomatic quality, was unable to do
so because of the Compact concluded June
20. 1885, whereby that Republic and those
OF Salvador and Honduras 5, forming, what n
known as the Greater Republic of Central
America, had surrendere,fto the represents
tive DIET thereof their right to receive and
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