Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-15
SOME QUESTIONS Auour HAWAII.
Serious Objections TO the Proposed
Annexation of the Islnnhs.

lININWtNN u series Ol questions fOUENTulNN
Hawaii and demands an answer from the ad-
yocates rt annexation. The points touched
upon are OF great importance and deserve
serious consideration The article is as fol
lows:
There are various theories anoat as to
what the urgent political necessity was
] that impClled the administration to submit to
the senate treaty for the annexation of
Hawaii, But there can hardly be two opin-
ions about the fact that The Incorporation IN
our political system OF territory 1000 miles
distant from our shores, situated In tropical
! latitudCs, and inhabited by mixed popula.
tion DverS helmiugly Asiatic will be rad
ical departure from the traditional pohcy OF
/ this republic, which until now has been
generally believed to be natural wise. and
safe. The consummatiou Of that departure
/ slill requires The confirmation Of the treaty
/ by the senate. Before Il matter of such in
/ CalCulable Importance to the American pco-
! pie is irrcyocably decided for veal or woe,
/ the people have a clear right To demand Of
/ tho promoters OF this scheme OF annexation
! plaiu answers to certain pertinent questions,
/ Among these questions should be the fol-
! lowing;
The population Of the Hawaiian ISLANDS
/ consists approximately OF p 900 iuli boodcd
/ llawaiians. lo 200 part Uo"aiiJas, $1,000 Cat
/ ncse, 2iDOO japanese 1000 Portuguese about
! 1000 Americans, Loo EHglshmCn, 1900
Germans. aud several thousand other Euro
! peans OF different origin. How Macy OF this
! population are known to be in favor OF an
| neNinE Hawaii 10 tht Gated states Is 1t
| not cminehty pnobabie thai the tceIlhS IN
! favor Of annexation iS COntiOed mainly TO the
Americans, who are about une-iifth part of
| the population, and to a comparatively small
| number OF people under their imInt diate in
nuence?
Considering that Hawaii originally be-
| longed To the natives, and that until a few
| wears ago they had a regularly organi2pd
government of their own of which they were
| deprived by a sudden revolution carried out
! mainly nv rnrni,r,prs or peopl,. of foreian
! dnsrent sboull not il, iusticc those natiyes
! have \ vni,, ne +, the transfer of that conn.
! ny IN a forainn sovereignty?
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| ,,a,J;an'omt,r, ,,,,i,,o" i hagod ,,nor nror
t, ,I inoati1mai o,,S1iGrotiorS ,.e.tri,
| inr no rirLt 10 yntn ard ,n ~ In trc Iagis-
| latnro in onrb n ,yov nc rrac,iralIv tn exrI1de
tba grna, r,asS ~ tho nrnulotinn from mar
tirina.ion IN tho Tovernnan. and IN mako Tho
| yorornr'ant ,nt - ron,,hiic In o,,r .,,,,sn M
! ,,irtuaIi, an oIi,a,,,hv bolding tho m ,inritv
Of mo nernle in suiicrtiono Ia II mr. is II
not tr,o th.t thms M ,toesno, iIayyaiia, ,,oys
| nrnmnnt is tbe dirert nfrsnrlng of the revoIu-
| tionarv ,s,rnatinn ,bat IL ,nainIy copsi..S Of
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| movnnent and is therefore virtually idon-
| tira1 with 10 And as mat rpvNlmtionnrv
usurpntion was r.tnriously ACCOMPLISHED with
the lawlers aid Of officers and forces of this
| ranuhlir Is II or is II NOT true that ~ the
| United Statas accent iron, tho hands of sucb
! a government tbe soverriprtv Of Hawaii thsv
! virtually taI,a advantage Of a wrong com
| ,nitted bv their own officers? Even II such
| accpntanre were rnrrart in point of fo,n,
| wnuid If he morslv right Wou,d If NOT
| ir fact bc ogrrandizen1ent nv wrongful ap
rression which we shonla he ashamed Of
| especiollv as we are ant to he very yirtuous
| in dernnncing sucb thinps when done bv
| "land grabbing" Great Britain? win moi
| this stotn of tbe case at Ieast furnish an
| additional reason-a reason amounting to a
| moral obligation-for making the annexation
| dependent r;on the fairly ascertained assent
| or the DeOole of Hawaiip
| These are Questions of conscience an
answer to which decent and self-respecting
| people will demand. But even If we We're
! capable of throwing all moral COnSidprat tOnS
| aside and of brutally taking the ground that
when we can get "a good thing Hawaians
| have no rights which Americans are bound
| to respect still there questions of in
! terest upon which the American people
| clearly entitled to some light before a step
| OF such tremendous importance is taken.
| Would the an"eXation of the Hawaiian
| islands really be "a good thing?'
| The presidents message and the report OF
tho secretary OF state whiie giving us much
| on the diplomatic history OF the case nave
not "ord TO say as TO Whether ana now
| this annexation VIII pe OF smps'ahtlai Dehent
| TO the American people me question is
| therefore III oiueI VIII mere , pc sucn pen
| enlS' "hat VIII ,hty speclilva.,s c"lIsiht III
| a@iu @ " "'oiil Nm my a,ol ue III ~ a,ln wei
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sr i'oi De
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| he boia 70 ,roi,t o,,t ,,rooiso,, MA ,,au,
| ,bo,,'aIs oe nn,r,o,,oo ga who+ rnu snids
| 80 na,,oti, ~ n,iu 10 onn,,ad ana osnonioII,,
| vibatbcr II tbora be Snch nav cbonnoIs nr
| cnn,r,oroo or foIds of rroJuctior tba,, could
| not he onnned to enual advantaqe without
| hurdeninp tho limited states with noIiticaI
| rcsnonsihiIitv for groun of islands . OOO
| miles away win sucb n manhattan Iahoring