The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-13
JAPAN'S PROTEST.

He referred to Japan's protest as an
indication of natural tendency to ra-
pacity, and said that the government
of that country should have been sat
istied with the territory wrested from
China instead of wanting to gorge her
self by the addition of Hawaii
Mr.. Davis called attention to the ap-
parent cordial relations existing be
tween Japan and China as manifested
by Japans offer to lend her fleet to the
English in their operations in Chinese
waters, where, he said the greatest
naval demonstration of history was
about to be made. He did not indicate
a belief that immediate war would be
the result Of the European competition
over Chinese territory. On the con-
trary, he called attention to the fact
that the flags of Great Britain, France,
Germany and Russia were floating side
by side in the Oriental waters, neither
power being apparently anxious to DIS
turb the other so long as there was a
prospect of each power getting as much
as the others were taking. The only
way in which the United States could
protect themselves against this divis-
ion of territory would be to control the
Hawaiian islands. In case the nation
should fail to do this there was dan
ger of losing very important trade ad-
NdIldSeS W IllCIl were IdplOly ueN6lOD-
ing in the far Fest. He referred to the
Improvement of the commercial out
look between the United States and
China, and instanced the fact that one
Minnesota firm had exported a half
million dollars worth of -four to that
country.
The last half hour of Senator Davis
sreech was devoted to a recapitula-
ton Of the subject, in which he dwelt
Of Il hi
in strong language the origin and
close of great wars, which was intend
ed to illustrate the probable ultimate
result of the present operations in
Chinese waters.
When Senator Davis took his seat
he was congratulated by almost every
senator present upon the force of his
argument, the thoroughness of his re-
search, and the brilliancy of his pres
entation OF facts. Both Senators Hoar
and Mason were heard to remark that
it was q great pity that the rules of
an executive session prevented the pub
LEGATION of the entire document
ALLEN IN OPPOSITION.
Senator Allen Pop., New followed
with speech in opposition to the trea-
ty, which was comparatively brief He
called attention to the distance Of Ha-
wall from our own shores, referred to
the necessity we would be under of de-
ferding the islands in case of war, and
claimed that on this account it would
be necessary for the United States to
establish and maintain a separate fleet
for their protection as well as an army
on the islands. He said that coal was
no longer contraband of war. and con-
tended that the United Safes was in
far greater danger from the British es-
Enlistment at Esquimault than 1t
could possibly be because of the loca-
ton Of any foreign power in Hawaii
He also deprecated the idea of assimi-
lating such a population as that Of Ha-
wall, calling attention to the fact that
almost half of it was composed of
Chinese and Japanese. He contended
that the annexation Of the islands
would open the doors for violation of
cur laws for the exclusion of Chinese,
holding that they could find admission
through Hawaii He said also that it
would be impossible to prevent Hawaii
becoming a state of the Union at some
future day, and declared that the peo-
pie of that country were not of a char
acter calculated to send acceptable
senators to Washington.
There was apparent today a DISPOSE
ton on the part of some senators, who
announce themselves undecided as to
what course to pursue on the Hawaiian
question, to mix it with the Cuban
problem. They are friends of Cuba,
and their desire is to have the admin
istration take more of a pronounced po-
sition IN the interest of Cuba, as a re-
turn for their assistance on the Ha-
Waiian treaty.