New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-30

TIE ISLANDS IS DtS,'ONNT - ED
THE DOLE GOVERNMENT READY
TO MEET HIM EALF WAY.
Ivy ~rLrGnArIl 20 THE Tr,RuNEI
,Io1olu,u. Sept 10 via San Francisco Sept
80 P, far the most ;rlportan. move toward
.n,eva.ion sirce the adjournment Of Congress
,os bcen A proposition to the Hawaiian Gov
nroar+ kro;V1, 70 have conc IN the last mail
,o,, .he coast % tre effect that II this Govern
,sr. Will withdraw its opposition 20 the SprecE-
,c Interests here the Sugar Trus. VIII not only
..oea IT'S opposition TO the annexation treaty
,ov, pending In Congress but will actually assist
n nrocurng its approval by Congress during
tne coming winter.
This story comes to The tribune correspond
,nt from a trustworthy source The proposition
WAS made in writing to this Government ny
uillian1 C. Irwin Spreckelss agent here. over
re signature of Claus Spreckels. Mr. Irwin -
NOW. in san Francisco on his way East to make
arrangements for the handling Of next year :
,roduct. When O. H. Davies & Co, agents tor
,qbt large plantations. broke away from the !o-
"a, combination. a few months ago, ana decioeu
N sell 10 Spreckels. 1t said that there wou'u
40 \ general break from the local comohaIuh
bsfore December. 1t comes rather as surP'ise
,ovr that the first offer Of concihatlon shou'u
,or,e from Claus Spreckels. Perhaps 'he grant
no y. Hawaiian register to the Pacific Mall
steamship China. and the prospect 'h"' "' ieN''
two more Of the Pacific Mall Company steam
ships will fly the Hawaiian flag oeiore D'0eI
NAV account for the change OF He"'' Va Wv
former sugar king Of Hawaii
There are other potent factors too which seem
. ,,atoata that the loca! government has stead
-, Gained the upper hand OF Spreckels IN ''ie
-, h,.tar 6Cbt and threatens 10 put an
,nd 20 his commercial monopoly of the ISLANDS
II comes from an excellent source 'h"' 'Ii
Government is more than willing to mee'
e-noo,,o,s half wav. Exactly what reply Will be
,nade 10 the sugar kings proposition cannot "e
go but The Tribune correspondent mas
haen given 10 understand that treaty OF peace
,o,wean snreckels and the island people Is peihs
sror, nm and will doubtless be signed ana exc
o,tod before Congress again meets. II TINS Is
s,ccassf,,Iv accomplished. Spreckels VIII con-
.i,,,,o "a control the trade Of the islands.
7, has bean understood all along that the
c,o rrrst was the most important factor III III
tbr annexation fight. Up 10 mOh'h as0
tnClad as IL Claus Spreckes. backed y! 'n
- a,o;rsyation treaty officers OF TINS Govern
ment rad said openly and in private Una. Si'r s
Covarnment could not be long MAINTAIN" ne, -
the present conditions. and things iooAN dtt.oraI
tYoot, when Irwin went TO the coast seNeldi
weeks ago II was almost entirely 10 pI!hs @HUn S
tho reconciliation between the lslahu peopie % ~
crrsCkeIs that now seems in q falr way 10 pe
'IPnsrmrrs.sd He was taken III soon alter IAS
arrival in san Francisco. and during ms HA,esa sI
,nany things happened which MADE ms tas.
easier than It would nave .a, IT, i,@T hera -
Thn storv Of Claus Spreckelss offer OK con-
citation has been confirmed from a seconu % u ~
Tn-try source topether with information tht;I t,I
his C; c;oyernnent is ready for peace and VIII
meet Spreckels half way.