The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
SPANISH VIEW ON HAWAII.
Col. Alas Thinks We would Net Have japan.
but Europe, to Fear.

Col. Alas Thinks We would Net Have JAPAN
but Europe, to Fear.
MADRID. July 2O.-In an article upon the pro-
posed annexation of the Hawaiian Islands Col.
Genaro Alas says In La Correspondence dc Es-
paha:
81 share the opinion Of many persons in Eu.
rope who believe that the annexation Of Hawaii
is a mistake of tho American policy. which hith-
erto has been opposed to territorial expansion
beyond its present boundaries, thus avoiding the
evil of Offering weak points to an enemy In case
Of an international conflict.
II shall not count Japan among the possible
enemies Of the United States, whatever they
may say who insist upon considering her recent
war with China as a memorable campaign.
THE Japanese are indeed o bellicose race,
but there is nothing in them to warrant success
in a war with peoples having the military quail
ties OF the Saxons. the Germans, tho Celts, and
the Latins.. whose mixed product Is the present
North American.
1T is useless to make comparisons between
the American and Japanese armies. for once the
naval supremacy Of one or the other nation was
established the war would DO over; but those
who speak of it should remember the great bat
ties which were fought during the war of So
ccssion, where the dead numbered thousands,
the sieges of Vicksburg and Richmond. and the
Confederate States. and compare all these OK
ploits with the Insignificant skirmishes between
the Japanese and Chinese. or with the sham In.
vestment of Port Arthur. where the only mortar
batteries were not able to fire q single grenade.
"a sea. where, the Japanese are feputed to
be powerful simply because they own and man
many good vessels, there 10 no precedent to
justify the belief that they are superior to tho
Yankees. The famous battle of Yalu. at which
both contenuing parties showed the measure of
their power. was evidently q proof. Of Japan's
superiority over China; but the truth Is that the
japanese abandoned the seen OF battle without
pursuing the enemy, because they were igno-
rant of their triumph. The defeat of the Chinese
was due 10 their cow.trdice rather than to the
pursuance of the Japanese.
eff we compare this battle of Yalu with the
deeds Of Porter and FarraRut along the Missis-
sippi and before Charleston, Mobile, and New
Orleans, we must come to the conclusion that
ever slight. that this Japanese. have yet &C.
quired that individual and collective energy
which is exclusively possessed by tho Indo-
Germanic race, and is an Indispensable Condi-
ton for triumph in military undertakings.
The danger for the United States Is not that
OF having to face Japan, but in starting a policy
OF tongues which may entangle, her with ,peo-
pies OF the Aryan race. Any OF the nations hay
Ing interests in America. or a coalition OF these
nations. would be q serious peril to the Yankee
by the laundering sacrifices OF these three years.
and having another enemy to fight within the
territory which would necessarily DO the theatre
of war. Spain herself. l repeat, surely inspires
the Yankee people with more respect than the
going all over Europe hunting for allies. We
should reconcile ourselves with our Spanish.
American brethren, beginning with the Cubans.
the United states would not respect and even
love any country on earth more than she would
now wish to place under the protection of the
Rising Sum-"