Evening star., 1898-03-04
British point OF view. such independence Of
Hawaii Is highly judicious suggestion.
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British point Of view. such independence of
Hawaii is highly iudicious suggestion.
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But some further Suggestions of Mr.. Da.
vies indicate more positively the underlying
features of his program. We need, to
amend the eonsyttHtion--b constitutional
means so as to feaiitdse from the minds OF
Hawaiians and ofsfgeigners all ground of
fear that the interests Of legitimate infiu-
cree Of either wiz be put in danger" and
SO that the interests and the sentiment
and the dignity Of The Hawaiians sban
Tfis clearly looks VI nothing less than han a
radical reversal Of the present system Of
government. Under the plausible pretext
sensg q a1osss R bsyss Mr. s
limitations of suffrage. With their dignity
the Ha~aians w6aH aossss tie Sepsi repablie" sn"'
1t is to be inferred that then Mr.. Davies
would also cheerfuny accept the republic
and forego his long-cherished restoration
of monarchy: That he might very wen: do,
because in such republic the Britisher
would still be likely to rule. Escaping from
the hated control of the Americans, the
newly endowed native voters would. nat
uraay.hasten TO- place1in power their Brit
ish friends and meRtors; Americans would.
the republic Of Hawaii. Again we, discern
the ~wiS1o1n ief Nj. Daviesr astute .poltcy
Mr.. Davies: is q very sestinaable, man. and
In above imputing to him the use, OF.
plausible pretext would imply nothing
more than q permissible idfpioniacy which
it Is weiFfor us to- discern. - g.:z1ss. -.
II Is somewhat difficult f0r us to believe
With " tss qxbfs e ea fnS fass
full share with white men In the govern
ment Of the country In no country con-
trolled by Englfshusu are .ithe celorsd
natives. .-peEmitted.sto exercise any. share
n An
EnglisEmen In Hawaii clamor about the
wrong done to these natives BY imposing a
property limit upon their power to vote
for senators, we may BE- partloned. If some
deubt Of their sincerity arises. In the pa
per in which Me- Davies, manifesto .ap-
pears an editorial rsmark .is not irEeleyant
that tMr. Davies letter suggests many in
tricates qasatians wlAcii. IN .the goyernmant
of different races, have not been easily
answered.: We, aoyergsd by American
habits OF POLITICAL. thought. Wodld solve
them bylthe aid Of British experience We
wish Mr.. Davies alse. would accept Brit
ish experience In this matter =. ,...>.
- =; Incapable of Real IhaepeAdence.=-
1t has been heretofore pointed, out, how
easily, If Hawaii continued nominally in
dependent, Japanese ascends1cy in the
go, eminent might Become established by
means of the early 1itfdeticaf excess of
Japanese here. Mr.. Davies evident Fro
gram also susgests how easily a practical
British 3scendancy In" the government
might he Secured. All this illustrates the
impossikility cf any real independence in a
people made UP of SO many diverse and
unlike nattonalities, and the utter uYfwis
dom of planning for any sucn indepen-
denee. It IL folly for the people, Eere to
look for any such ;indeps sndsnce. 1t Is not
good sense. In any American statesman to
form. any, plan; in that direction Hawaii
as its population is now constituted, is ut
terly incapable. OF successfully maintaining
real independence. 1t must necessarily fall
under the. .aseendepcy Of one or another
class of it's stronger elements. The ruling
class are at present ~tha Americans. But
unless America occupies and holds the
group. there Is nothing to guaranty the
continuance of that ascendancy. .a
Enect@of the Isthmfan Cnnas.
with the opening 81 either the Nicaragua
or the Panama canals, on,- of which is
nearly certain withinten years, vast tide
of traffic will sete4n, of which the great
majority will be British ships. British
agents and consjgaees Will multiply here,
and ,lnless eountesaeted by .sach Aneriean
immigration as annexation will promote
these islands will ~ sHeecme, controlled by
British. traders and. British capital. In the
ordinary course Of Egitish commercial su-
premacy, after. tbso opening Of the, Mica
rsgua CANAL ,Hon9la|ts will become as much
British mart af .tIade as! are Singapore
a.one can prevent that EasIlt. .4a a4s,e
A very unusual incident occurred ;yester-
day In the towing into harbor of the Ara
go with main and mzzeh masts broken Off
short. This large ship 1efta this port the
evening befereot bs ga3e and lost uher. .stcass
RssR 5ss8 mdS ssGs n ssss sss ssss
were defectiue,5dn tttsfe' Bringing OF the
sEaR IN the gale they gaae way, and the
fpretopmast telsscoped, sending upper !spars
and rigging flying. These caused the, main
stay to. part and the meinmast.. unsupported.
broke of short and carried away Tie miz
zenmast. Drifting helpless, the, ,Arago bare
ly escaped wreck on the east point OF the
island; She was taken in tow a day later
by a coasting steamer. Happily, no one on
board was injured Probably none of her
$1,000 bags of sugar is wet. ,,.i..,
We have no gales in these very pacific
seas which any sound ship cannot easily
weather. KAMEHAMEHA.