The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-29
Good News from Hawaii.

capital with perfervid demonstrations
of 10Y. whistles of founderies. mills
and steamers were turned loose, pahas
paraded the streets, and cannon WIS
fired. A veritable pandemonium oil eN-
ultation reigncd for time ha"al
in a word is happy. she Is now
full fledged, integral portion OF the
United states. enjoying the privileges
of our flag and the protection or our
government. The leading men or HON.
olulu assembled upon the receipt or the
news and recommended Harold NJ. Sc
wall, United States minister, as gov
ernor of the islands. We will not m
terfere in any unobjectionable selec-
ton which the inhabitants make IN
good faith. But it seems to us that
these influential citizens of Honolulu
were somewhat precipitate. Their ac-
ton was intended, no doubt, as COM
pliment to the United States, and we
readily accept it in the good faith IN
which it was made. But it was Pres
ident Dole and not Mr.. Sewall who was
instrumental in consummating the an
nexation. The Hawaiians do not SUI
ficiently recognize the difiicu!tles
which President Dole had to encounter
in the fulfilling the mission he had set
his heart on and which he has happily
lived to see accomplished. The first
governor of the islands should be the
man who has governed them so we'll
and wisely in times past, to whose eN-
ertions they owe their independence
and subsequent naturalization, and
whose executive ability Hawaii can
not dispense with at present.
The construction of a cable to the
Hawaii Islands should be undertaken
as soon as practicable. Once the cable
is landed in Hawaii its extension to
the East is a matter of time. Until
our annexation of Hawaii no corpora
ton could be formed to undertake the
} tremendous financial responsibility Of
laying a cable along the Pacific TO
some point in Asiatic waters. Now
that difficulty is removed. American
capitalists should set about the under
taking at once. 1t must be American
to Hong Kong has first to be trans
mitted to London, from London to
Egypt. from Egypt to Persia, through
India and Burmah. through an over
land route until it reaches its destina-
ton. 1t can scarcely be expected that
we can administer the government of
the islands with satisfaction to our
selves or to the natives without that
telegraphic connection. 1t is the ner-
Vous system of executive administra-
ton. The Pacific ocean from the west.
ern shores of America to the south
western shores of Asia has a breadth
arbitrarily estimated at between twelve
thousand and fifteen thousand miles
| This enormous stretch of water IL
would be impossible to connect even
| by cable without resting on some in.
termediate points. Hawaii supplies
one of these. Here our end of the
| cable could satisfactorily terminated
II We maintain coaling stations at thc
Ladrone, Caroline and Philippines, ol
| annex them, altogether they will, OF
| course, becoming connecting links OF
| supports to the cable. We must moi
| cease to remember that the Atlantic
| cable was the inspiration and the life
work of our countryman Dudley Field
! The bed Of the Pacific is tolerably wei
| surveyed already. Its general con,
! figu-ation has been photographed by
the Challenger which has given exac
information of it's peculiarities. Neita
er delay or expense need be incurred
in preliminary surveys and sound
| !ngs such as preceded the laying o.
the Atlantic cable.
| Until the arrival Of the Hawaiian
commissioners who leave here IL
August little can be done to super
sede the government and administra
tion of the island such as it was be
fore annexation and such as 1t still
remains. 1t has been officially an
nounced, however. that the admins
tration has decided to send to Homo
lulu the first battalion of the New
York volunteer regiment and a batta
lion of the engineering corps. The ar
rival Of the American troops Will, /
ing of the National Guard of Homo
lulu, body Of five hundred men. Al
has been propitious so Ear in the al.
neXation of these islands. The Amer
lean constitution has not been ab"o
gated, and is just now as strong a
before the annexation. The native
have not risen and massacred thei
receiVed the news of the passing q
their islands under our control wit
the delight Of children.