The times., 1898-02-07
Saks & Company
"SAKS, COPNLk
ANNEX HAWAII.
To the Editor of The Times:
"SAKS' CORNER.

| To the Editor of The Times:
| The question of the annexation Of Ha-
! wan to the 4 nlted states IS best con
sidered from the STANDPOINT Of what IS
| best for the HawaIians ana the people
/ of this country. That the people Of
| those islands would be benefited there
| can be no question. Politically, they
must be far better off united with us
than they are now or ever have been.
And there seems to be little doubt that
they desire TO become united with this
country. and no longer be the prey of
the intrguers and adventurers that
have influenced. If not dictated, the
policy Of the petty rulers of those is
lands.
The United States has grown to be
one of the great powers of the earth,
and must protect it's position We can
not afford to permit the growth Of our
country and it's commerce TO be ham
pered by the interests and jealOusies
of other nations. The narrow minded
ness of European governments and
peoples in considering their own inter
ests is well known. Even policy of
enlightened selhShneSs is beyond their
comprehension in dealing with other
nations.
The foreign policy Of the United
States has ever been one. of living and
letting live. We have hardly demand
ed what was justly our own, and We
have never sought to pull down other
peoples TO advance our own welfare
We have ever regarded the nations of
the world as a brotherhood. the ad-
vancement of each being for the good
of all
This policy was most marked when
we gave Great Britain portion of the
Pacific coast. Our claim To what is now
British Columbia was better than that
of Great Britain Yet we yielded be-
cause east Of the Rocky Mountains the
boundary line of the two countries was
fixed by the treaty between Great Brit
ain and France before our revolution.
The policy of permitting Great Britain
to occupy any portion of the Pacific
coast is now seen to have been a great
mistake. We should not repeat this
mistake by permitting any other na-
tiOn to own or occupy Hawaii
The trade between the United States
and China and Japan is in its infancy
The trade of the East has always been
one which yielded great profits to those
handling it. 1t enriched the people
along the Mediterranean. and along the
route it followed, from Italy through
Europe to England. and the closing of
that route TO the east by the success Of
the Turks in Egypt impoverished the
people along the course OF that trade
by taking from them the commerce
which had enriched them. The mar
time nations of Europe were also en-
riched by the trade of the East Rus
sia in bidding for that trade. by build
ing railroad east to the Pacific. We
are seeking to attract that-trade across
the Pacific in our vessels and across
North America on our railroads. If We
are to be successful in controlling this
trade we must own Hawaii. The ef-
feet of a foreign power, especially
Great Britain, owning that country.
would be disastrous to the extension
of our trade with the East. We feel
most keenly the annoyance that the
possession of part of the Pacific coast
by Great Britain gives us. Let John
Bull take Hawaii. as in all probability
he will do if we do not, and this an
novance will increase until our trade
with the East Will be practically de-
stroyed.
We need Hawaii for peaceful COM
merce far more than we do for protec-
ton during war. No one power is go
ing to war with the United states,
though there are evidences that sew
era1 European powers would like to
make a combination to cripple our
commerce. But they will think twice
before they attack US, for such q con-
flict would be sure to end in an in
crease of our power and influence in
the affairs of the world and a CORE
spending decrease of the power and in
fiuence of the nations of Europe. But
the holding of Hawaii would cripple
our commerce on the Pacific coast 10 a
greater extent than it is now possible
to foreSee.
Let us fake heed of the lesson that
Polk's surrender of British Columbia
to Great Britain has taught us. That
was great blunder. IL we should fall
to secure Hawaii and permit it to fall
into the hands of any other foreign
power, it would be great crime.
The Pacific coast is destined to be Of
the greatest Importance to the United
States, and the Government must have
a concern for its future interests. The
people there are as devoted to our Un-
ion and our institutions as the people
of any part of our country. Their in
terests in the Pacific are the interests
of the whole country. though oth-
ers may not see it as clearly as they do.
The people of the other States cannot
afford to be indifferent to the inter-
ests of the people on the Pacific coast
A common interest and common deSti-
ny unites all sections of the country.
and the whole cannot view WITH indif-
ference the interest Of any part
VI. NJ. BEADLE-
Washington, Feb. 5.