The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-19
Shall We Initiate Englandp


the Allahabad Pioneer, says: 1t is
pity we are so fond OF deceiVing
ourselves. That colossal cant which
endears us to the nations of Europe
We here mix with good deal OF ig-
norance and apply to ourselves. We
talk about English rule as though
there we're nothing the native more
delighted in, whereas 10 sober truth
the genius and habits Of the two
races a-s so utterly divergent that
our very Vi ;ues make us obnoxious.
India has been overrun by con
querors fo' ages. But until France
planted her flag at Pondicherry and
England hers at Calcutta the in
vaders had been Asiatics. The ply
steal conditions OF the Hindostan
peninsula were natural and agree
able to them aud they fourished.
Invaders established the Mogul
dynasty and planted Mohammedan-
ism in India, and the glories OF Shah
Jehan surviving at Agra are the
pride of the Brahmins.
The English are invaders like the
Aryans and the Mongols, but they
are not Asiatics. The Anglo-Saxon
does not flourish in that climate.
The child born there of English
parents has puny physical growth
and is worthless material in the
fabric of a nation. Even the Eu-
rasian mongrel falls physically and
morally below either parent.
That is what is the matter with
English rule in India. 1t is not
building up an English community,
as in our thirteen colonies, Canada
and Australia, where the Anglo
Saxon is physically at home. 1t is
the same infirmity as will finally
affect all tropical experiments in
conquest and government by non
tropical people.
1t is the natural law which warns
against the incorporation OF Hawaii
into our Government and system.
E. p. Dole, Assistant Attorney
General Of Hawaii under the present
oligarchy, in recent letter to
Senator c. endler, Gays:
IL wish you could see how intense
ly American the Americans are here.
| wish you could see how enthusiast
tically the American holidays are
kept. The spirit of l776 burns as
brightly here as at Concord, Lexing
ton or Bunker Hill. 1t is not bad
place for some OF the American mil
lionaires to have country homes and
at the same time enjoy the blessing
of being under the stars and stripes,
We have done all we can for annex
alton. The voters OF this republic
are overwhelmingly for it. Your
distinguished colleague, Mr.. Morgan
of Alabama, is down here having a
good time. When he goes back you
ask him what sort of folks we are.
l hope you will chip in and help
him all you can, even il he is De-
mocrat."
That tells the story very frankly.
OF the total population 2 percent
are Americans, most of whom went
to Hawaii as e. p. Dole did, in adult
age in search OF fortune. We do not
deny that they carried American
patriotism with them, or that they
have failed to absorb any OF that
pathetically intense Hawaiian pa
triotism which the natives feel
They are there as the British are in
India, non-tropical race in insult
able tropical conditions under which
Anglo-Saxon blood can never
flourish and has never Aourished
from the cradle.
American millionaires," may, no
doubt find it pleasant there. The
Chronicle said in 1881: "The rich
manage to get along by buying
everything that can be bought in