Evening star., 1897-05-18

discuss the relations of Hawaii to the Unit
ed States 1 subjoin their topics as given:
1. THE safety of the Hawaiian republic
must lie In its dependence upon Japan"
2. America has no right to interfere, or
to annex Hawaii to herself"
B. The conflict between England and
America in Hawaii"
4. "The cunning policy of Hawaii in doing
this In order to hasten America to annex
them"
5. Opposing the annexation Of Hawaii to
America"
G. Information from Minister Hoshi at
Washington that annexation Of Hawaii is
unfavorably regarded in America, and can
not be accomplished"
I. THE dependence Of the Hawaiian gov
ernment upon America"
Jealous Of America.
In the Japan Weekly Mail Of April II ap-
pear its usual columns giving the spirit of
the vernacular press" A large part of
this Is occupied with selections evidently
from many of the articles above named.
I will give few brief extracts especially
illustrating the popular Japanese jealousy
Of American control in Hawaii.
Already, indeed, news has come Of
American men-of-war having been sent to
Honolulu. or course, Japan must main
tain her rights in face of the United States.
if need be. There are 25 600 japanese SUBJ
jects in Hawaii, and that fact gives Japan
right to be heard first in any discussion
Of annexation"
been shaped. on the idea that their country
should be supreme in the Pacific, and that
possession Of centrally situated group Of
islands like Hawaii Is essential to the es-
other hand, Great Britain's interests are
diametrically opposed to the absorption of
Hawaii into the American republic
IF Japan attempts to pursue an arbi-
frar ,I,<x a. tx,xr@ =
with America. - 1t may not be an
unwarrantable inference that these immi-
grafton troubles have been engendered by a
desire to find pretext for forcing the
against Japan
The last article quoted indicates that
Japan is not at all likely to pursue an "ar-
bftrary course, but diplomatic one. and
that very much will depend upon the attl-
tude of the United States.
White Labor.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald. who
leaves for home today, expresses himself as
we'll pleased with the response he has met
from the government and from the sugar
planters to his propositions to aid them in
gradually substituting white labor for that
Of Asiatics upon the plantations. In doing
this, 1t is believed that it must be accom-
plished mainly by a system of "co-opera-
tive planting" already successfully in use
upon some plantations. In this the white
farmer will take certain number Of acres
to cultivate upon shares. This will ebviate
any difficulty arising from putting whites
to labor in the field with men of colored
races, which would probably prove fatal.
Rev Dr. John H. Barrows spent the 3D.
instant on shore in transit from Japan per
China, and lectured in the evening. He has
enjoyed peculiar advantages for observing
the colonies of English and other Europe
ans in India. China and Japan. 1t was
with great warmth that he said of Honolulu
to the writer that he had found no such
white colony elsewhere. none of such ele-
vsted character and culture; also that his
audience in the evening was altogether
superior in tone to any that ne had address
ed in the hundreds Of lectures that he had
delivered In the countries named. -.
KAMEHAMEHA