Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-06

the former is not perfect and the fem
Gency is not toward a strengthening OF the
government. There are internal diss,n-
sions, the material out of which revolu-
lions are made, among the japanese.
majority Of those who have representation
IN the parliament which has been created
desire that its nominal powers shall be-
come real, and they engaged in a fierce
struggle with its government over the an
preparations, attempting To co.rce the cabi-
net by cutting off the supplies. Then there
are sectional iealousies, inllamed 10y the
monopoly of ofce-hoiding enjoyed by four
OF the great clans. formerly daimates
since the revolution of 1s6S The anti
foreign sentiment, which is increasing. also
tends to make unruly a people ordinarily
submissive to constituted authorities. Ito.
ole Of the greatest Of japanese statesmen.
is credited with having precipitatcd the
war with China I'm order Ia unite the
wranging factions and to avoid an internal
outbreak. The result Of the war naturally
inflated the national vanity. Tho humilia-
ton afterward inflicted 10y Russia. for
which the japanese held their own govern
ment partly responsible. cut the national
pride to the quick. The tendency OF both
events is TO increase the individual self
assertiveness Of the japanese.
In the case of any controversy which
wounds Japanese sensitiveness, now alb
normally excessive, which threatens dis
appointment of any cherished hope OF the
people, the question which will arise Is
not merely what will wise government,
carrying out definite policy, think or do.
but what will an excited people permit or
compel their rulers to do. The expressions
of the native press and of individual Japan
csc concerning Hawaii are not SO polite
and reassuring as those of the government.
Japan necessarily plays the waiting
game. Discretion fcrh.ds any NOR. In the
direction of Hawaii at this tine. But if the
United States repudlatcs its sem:-protc1-
toratc ever the islands, as for ms ,ance by
unuualiticdly refusing or indefinitely post
ponlng annexation, japan will absorb them
Naturally and itres!stibly without the
necessity of any open reversal by the Jap
anesc government of its announced policy
and without requiring from it any action
Whatsoever. 1t is a significant fac; that
the Japares population Of Hawaii was
increased by more than half a thousand
merely from the three ship loads CT immi-
grants, who. as it is usually stated. We're
stopped and sent back to Japan. To be
sure more than a Thousand were rejected;
but 5i3 ran tn gauntlet ana now swell the
peaceful army of occupation. In spite OF
everything that the Hawaiian government.
unsupported, can do. japanese Immigrants
will enter in sufficient numbers to control
the affairs of the islands in the near future
by combination with the royallsts and nom
inal restoration of native rule, If not by
openly and in the first instance making
Hawaii a dependency Of Japan.
Ii the Hawaiian Islands are to remain
a part of America and are not to be abar-
doned to Asia peaceful annexation to the
United States should be effected at this
time, when the policy of the japanese gov
eminent, which looks to extension in other
directors, has not been demonstrated to be
In any resTect visionary, and when the
japanese themselves have not been aroused
and rendered dangerous by the failure of
airy cherished projects in Asia, and both
in Japan and Hawaii are reasonably we'll
controlled by the government at Tokyo.
THEODORE w. MOVES.