The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-12
FOR ANNEXATION.
AMERICAN PATRIOTS Nv HAWAII
CALL FOR ACTION.

ssas 90 TIE Ansriean Rsvsiutisa. Nemssrs
% the 6. A. n, and sons sr Veterans warn
Thetr cs-raass IN This css,t-y That ths
Tiss mr. onacHE Deeistsn Has Arrived.
WASHINGTON, July 1L.-An interesting adj
dition to the literature respecting the proposed
annexation Of Hawaii to the United States has
Just reached hero. In the form OF an address by
the Hawaiian branches of the Sons Of the Amer.
lean Revolution, sons Of Veterans. and Grand
Army OF the Republic, 10 their compatriots in
The document was drawn and adopted
by the Sons Of the American Revolution on May
90 last, and subsequently, was adopted by ths
other organizations. In each instance by a unan-
imous vote. The total membership Of these
bodies ID about $50. and the titles and names Of
officers follow:
Hawaiian Society OF the Sons Of tho Ameri-
can Rsvulution-Pster Cushman Jones, Prcsl-
dent; Chief Justice Albert II. Judd. vice.Presi-
dent; John Efinger. Secretary; Prot. William
De Witt Alexander. Registrar; William J.
Forbes, Treasurer.
George W. De Long Post -, G. A. r.. Do
Of California-R ]. Greene, Post
Commander; Fred sherman, Post Adjutant.
Capt. g. c. wiltze Camp 4. Sons Of veterans.
q. =. A-Camp Council: L K McGrsw, Gap
tain; John w. Short, Second LieutensnsI
George DILLINGHAM;, Chaplain; James 1t. HilbuA
The address says:
These islands are the meeting place Of the
East and the Vest. OF the American and the
Asiatic forms OF civilization. and u few years
will witness the triumph Of one or the other.
Few Of our countrymen are aware Of tho rapid
changes taking place in the condition OF the
Pacific Ocean. Australia is becoming a mighty
commonwealth; Japan is pushing her way TO
the front as q naval and commercial power;
China Is beginning to awake out or her long
HleeD. while Russia only awaits The near COM
pleGiou of the II ans-Siberian Railroad to COM
PETE ESf TRe sS%ryOi u 81 aali G tSirt1 years ago By
William II. Seward bids fair to be fulfilled. viz;
The Pacific Ocean. its shores, its Islands, and
the vast regions beyond. will become the chief
theatre of events in the worlds great hereafter
The position OF these islands shows that
continent. For that reason they properly fall
within tho sphere OF the Monroe doctrine. and
that they should be kept aloof from the politics
OF the Old World. II has been remarked that
snn eGaiInterni triangle. The relation Of these
islands TO the Pacific coast of America Ii very
similar TO that OF the Bermuda Islands TO the
Atlantic coast"
The influence Of American citizens upon ths
history OF the islands and their preponderating
tinues:
This Is not the place. nor is it necessary, TO
said that it was the same element that had pro-
cured for the Hawaiian people their lands
s s5sIr their IDasn. GiE,I rights hss s ssas s Ses 'S TisS
tANA@ ,.
the Hawaiian monarchy long after it had
become = demoralizing sham, and at last
The revolution was not the work OF flibusters
and adventurers. but Of the most conservative
and law-abidinR citizens, OF the principal tax
payers. the leaders Of Industrial enterprises, who
had endured the rule OF carpet basgerJ and
p1 virtn pafasi'ea NH Tb.r erpi s lmpIs WesIth and
intelligence here to carry on and TO pay all the
expenses of q territorial government under the
1T may be said: why not continue as you
are for an indefinite period 2 We reply that we
have arrived at a turning point where things
will not long remain as they are. The irrepress-
ible contest between the Asiatic and American
civilizations Is becoming more intense and will
not be decided IN favor OF America except by
annexation.
for some time TO abolish the system Of contract
labor. and TO seek white workers from the United
States. under a system OF prcht-sharing which
IL already In operation on some OF our planta-
lions. and has been successfully tried in Queens
land. Special efforts have also been made ny
success. 10 attract Industrious farmers from the
United States TO deyelup our coffee lands. But
mother country are spurned. If our products ara
Disseminated against in American markets,
neither OF these undertakings can succeed The
uncertainty that will hang over the fate OF thin
country will deter the most desirable class oil
settlers from coming here.
.On the other hand, Japan is quietly pouring
in her people for the purpose OF making a peace
ful conquest of the islands, which Is a perfectly
legitimate ambition. We can restrict or exclud,
Chinese Immigration, for we have no treat,
with China. But, unfortunately. our treatJ
made with Japan in 1871 contains the favored
nation clause, and under its provisions we can
not prevent her people from coming as free im
migrants. Five immigration companies are a
work with their agents in Japan, who resort u
every artIhce to drum up recruits and TO evad,
our immigration laws.
The recent enforcement Of 4 law intended Il
exclude paupers has led to a serious cOntruvers,
press OF Japan, and many OF ner people residing
here plainly avOw their intention to posses
Hawaii It would not be good diplomacy Il
admit officially that any such intention exists
nor is it necessary for Japan TO use any force Z
her ends.
But the republic Of Hawnii would then b
run by loyal subjects OF the Mikado, its market
would he filed with Japanese products, its In
dustries carried on by Japanese planters an
manufacturers, and its ports hlled with ship
carrying the victorious dag OF the Rising Sur
And II, when the time Is ripe, Hawaii shout
proceed TO ask for actual annexation { japan
who would have a right 10 interfere CerLainl
not the United States. after having so long RI
fused all offers OF annexation. The dog-in.ths
manager, policy will not succeed in the Ion
run.
Believing that no halfway measure vii
meet the case. and that now Is the time for tn
United States to secure this outpost OF its ives
ern frontier, not only for its security and th
development OF its but for the SAX
of maintaining and extending American priI
ciples AZ this central meeting place OF races. "
request our compatriots to give this subject
careful and calm consideration, and 10 excl
their influence for the cause OF freedom, eth,
as individuals or officially, as shall DO deeme
most proper"
BAD TASTE 1T sEyATB FUNERAL!