Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-18


tHawaiian annexation commissioner
the executive that 1t should be acted on
promptly. While the treaty is In the
senate, either in the hands of the com
mittee on foreign relations or on the
calendar Of executive business, It is the
expectation that the people of the Unit
ed States will have an opportunity
through the press and other mediums
to declare their sentiments upon the
matter, and If, as is expected, there Is
an overwhelming declaration for an
nsxation, It is believed that the senate
will be quick to respond to the demand
In this case the treaty, 1t ls believed,
can be taken up and ratified in the
course Of one or two executive sessions,
while the regular tariff debates are In
progress daily.
The manner In which the Hawaiian
treaty Will come before the house Is
In the paragraph which provides that
the United states shall assume the
present debt OF Hawaii. This will not
in any way affect the treaty or inter-
fere with it's adoption. Irrespective and
before any action viii be submitted to
the house will come the ratification of
the treaty by the senate If the treaty
is ratified, no action by the house can
change the condition. Failure Of the
house TO appropriate money to pay the
debt OF the interest on 1t may become a
future complication. but the ratification
of the treaty by the senate will annex
the Islands.
Queen lii Is Ignored.
The one point of Importance In which
the treaty differs from the convention
negotiated by Secretary Foster In Pres
ident Harrlsons administration is In
the omission Of any provision for ex-
Queen Liliuokalani and the Princess
Kaiulani.
In the original treaty II was provided
that the government of the United
States should pay the ex-queen the sum
OF $50, 900 cash and the same amount of
money as a pension each year during
the remainder of her natural life, pro-
vided she In good faith submitted to the
government Of the United States and
the local government Of the Islands.
The Princess Kaiuiani, being the next
in line of royal blood, was to receive a
cash payment Of S15O,OOO, but no pen
sion under a similar proviso, as in the
case Of the ex-queen.
II is understood that any objection
that might have been expected to the
annexation OF the islands based on the
large proportion of coolies in the popu-
lation has been forestalled by an article
not only prohibiting the further emf
grafton Of such laborers to the Ha-
waiian Islands, but also prohibiting the
coming Of any of the Chinese from the
islands to other parts Of the United
States.
There are many inquiries among pub
- aF.
the presidents hasty action in agreeing
to the treaty. An administration sena-
tor states that the Dole government has
reached a point where It regards Its
existence as endangered. The political
conditions In the island are such that
unless the present government can
speedily secure some definite action by
the United States a new election will
be precipitated, which viii result In the
overthrow Of the American party. The
Dole government Is badly frightened by
the attitude Of the japanese govern
ment in the controversy over the immi-
grafton question.
International politics are also in
volved, II is asserted. Spain, II Is de-
clared. having appealed for support In
vain TO European powers in the event
of trouble with the United States over
the Cuban question, has secretly been
trying to induce Japan to push forward
for prestige In the Hawaiian islands,
arguing that with the complications on
this side Of the continent in connection
with the Cuban matter Japan would
have plain sailing 10 carry out any prof.
ect in regard to the acquisition OF
Hawaii.
These possibilities have undoubtedly
had much to do with the hasty action
Of the administration. The official rea-
son given, however Is that the presi-
dent desires to remove every possible
obstacle IN the way Of the passage Of
the tariff bin and that the controversy
over the proposed ahrogaticn Of the ex-
listing commercial treaty with Hawaii
Is one Of the stones IN the road that
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