Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-01-14
Senator Davis Final Argument
Covers the Strategic Fea-
lures of the Subject.
The Nation Which Controls
Hawaii WilliContrOl the
Nicaragua Canal.
Pearl HaibOr Also the Key to
the Military Situation in
the North Pacific.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Davis
continued and completed his speech in
the executive session OF the senate dur.
iny the day on the Hawaiian treaty and
was followed by Senator Allen Of
n iraska, who spoke in opposition.
Nj. Davis requested in the beginning
that no questions should be asked dur
ing the presentation Of his argument,
as lie preferred, he said, not to have
the continuity of his thoughts broken.
The speech was devoted largely to a
presentation OF the strategic features OF
annexation. He displayed u chart i'll
front Of the presiding officers platform
showing the location OF Hawaii relative
to this country and to Asia. One Of
tie points brought out with consider
ab!e elubora ton was the probable effect
u the Nicaraguun canal of the
Occupation Of the Islands
" some foreign power. He illustrated
~ q reference TO the map showing chat
Hawaii was in straight line between
che western terminus Of the canal and
Japan and China. The nation, he said,
which controls Hawai- will control that
great gateway OF commerce, as the
guns planted upon Hawaii would he
pointed directly ut the mouth of the
canal.
He also devoted very careful atten.
ton 10 the importance OF controlling
81 hHyt t,c1 1v,it oH
States, saying that the nation which
ma, n ,ained possession of this haroor
would hold the key to the military sit.
nation in the North Pacific. He real
extracts from reports by engineers and
others III confirmation of this statement
and III support OF statement which no
made as 10 the character OF the harbor,
which was that 1t was safe aud conf
modious and could TO easily defended.
He also presented the
Necessity for Controlling Hawaii
as base OF supplies in case of HOSTILE
sary to control it for this reason on &C.
count of the ,mpossibility OF a warshlp
crossing the Pacific without replonish.
ing her coal supplies.
Mr.. Davis rldiculed the objection
made by Japan that the addition OF
Hawaii as United States territory
would work violation Of Japan's
treaty rights in the islands. He said in
reply to this objection that all rights
would doubtless be protected, and in.
stanced the creation OF the German en-
pire as showing the effect OF annexa.
Jlon upon the treaties of various coun.
tries which enter into a consolidation.
He referred to Japan's protest as IN in.
dication OF natural tendency to rapacity
country should have been satisfied
with the
Territory Wrested From China
instead of wanting to gorge herself by
the addition of Hawaii. The last half
hour Of Senator Duvls' speech was de-
voted to a rccapitulation Of the subject,
in which he dwelt at considerable
length and portrayed in strong Ian.
guage the origin and close of great
wars, which was intended to illustrate
the probable ultimate result of present
operations in Chinese waters.
When Senator Davis took his scat he
was congratulated by almost every
member present upon the force Of his
argument, the thoroughness of his re-
search and the brilllancy Of his pre-.
sentation of facts.
senator Allen Pop. Neb.) followed
with speech in opposition to the
treaty, which was comparatively brief.