The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-21
HAWAII JOniGaS.

The whole thing is one grand spec
ulatiou in human rights for wealth.
office and power, They tell us that the
people are almost unanimous for an
ueNatton. This may well be believed. .
anything that would give them relief
from the burden of the oligarchy now
in control would be welcome The
present Government is on the ragged
edge and in daily dread OF an outbreak
from some quarter. The different ma
tiopalitieS among the population are
Jealous Of each other. and there is no
mutual trust or reliance among them,
II there were any. the present state Of
affairs could not continue 3 day. And
this conslomeration Of evils Is what
Mr.. SpSldiug and jingoes would make
out Of hsnd into q State Of the Union,
What is wanted in this movemeuts
Another Nevada, with Improvements o.
the most modern kind 10 be bought
and owned for political purposes in 4
Senate already in disgrace for its no
litical corruption. New Mexico s7d
Arirous are a paradise OF intelligel C.
and political virtue beside this pro-
POSED scouisttion. vet we hold them
or. II Hawaii is to be annexed, il
should come in as a county within q
St9se already organized. or at the very
best as = territory. The proposition to
make Il into a State Is corrupt in its
inception. disgraceful in its execution
and wholly at variance with good pol
lev aud fairness 10 the States OF this
Urior.-Jourral. Milwaukee, Wis.
The fate Of the plucky little republic
Of Hawaii will probably be settled
within 4 year II is beset with many
difficulties and now that an admins
JFation which was notoriouslv hostile
70 ii has passed into history. the Ha-
wsiian republic looks hopefully toward
Washington with the belief that we
will annex il. either as 4 territory or
state. The opportunity IS afforded us
OF securing an important group OF isl
anis whose future under one govern
ueut should be bright ard prosperous.
Of getting the most s.rasetic position
in the Pacific. whence we could com
mand the northern portion Of that
ocean without cost or serious trouble.
Our decision cannot long be delayed
for the situation as 10 Hawaii is reach
ing such condition that we must an
mex the islands. assume 4 protectorate
over them or leave them TO be seized
by Jap2n.-Union. Springfield. Mass
The administration. it is very evi-
dent. is appreciaIive of the critical con-
dition of affairs in Hawaii. caused by
the contest to prevent the landing OF
more japanese lcbCrers. for in addition
10 the Philadelphia. the Marion, which
has been stationed there for some time
is TO continue AZ Honolulu What 2
happy solution OF the difficulty the
annexation of the islands would be
Union. Springfield. Mass.
All the islands lying of our coasts
which in time of war would be disad-
valtageous to US il in the hands of the
enemy or neutrals should belong to US
Every island against whose appropria-
ton by z new foreign power we would
now protest should become ours This
is true Of Cuba and the Hawaiian
group.-Journsl. New York
The largest volcano in the world is
at Mama Loa. in the Sandwich ISL
ands The crater is % miles in dis-
meter. and the stream of lava flowing
II Is 50 miles long and in places, four
miles wide.-Pittsburg Dispatch
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