The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-06-10
LoRRIN \. THURsToN
COMMENTS


The Government has unrese-veiiv
abandoned neutrality We publish
II, Thurseon' le,ter, however. as 2
valuable contribution 20 the history Of
these times.
- 70 fear OF Spain" il goes with
OK saying that i the Spaniards had
possessed ; fees IN the Pacific near 20
Is. md superior 70 the American fleet,
neither The Government or Mr.. Thurs
co1 would have been urgent 10 force
this city 70 the risks Of capture. The
talk shout fear is idle and unpr0fit-
ale Human nature is the same here
- It : elsewhere.
Whether Hawaii Is or is not an in
dependent State. is purely question
o. Law. The United States and the
E-C3pea1 Powers so treat her.
- an individual, as an American,
IS sa sanexationist, we accept with
OF reservation the abandonment of
neutrality How far, We the annex
z-io1iScs and the dominant power
here. numbering small percentage of
tie Inhabitants have the right 10 push
men. women. and children, who large
Z oItnumbsr Us and do not agree
T-1 Is into the risks Of war, how
ever remote they may be. IS quite an
c-1sc question. We may be unduly
conservative. But We saw in 1861, the
Seesss.onists OF the South cruelty push
the STATE Of Virginia into rebellion
when the majority OF her people were
against secession. Men with our friend
Tl1ES-oa's temperament did il. The
S-a-s vas Left blighted wilderness.
1aeEe5ora, speaking for the entire ma
zion and abandoning our individual
desires. We have felt that hastily COM
hitting the people OF these Islands TO
3 var policy vas 2 serious question.
however remote the danger, and that
t1= moral responsibility OF the Gov
s-Z1eI- was very grave.
again. We have 2 treaty with Spain.
This usaty Solemnly provides for
''co-1iliatioa and arbitration" in the
eTezc OF disputes We are not al war
ws-1 Spain. With this treaty in full
f0-ea. We suddenly tell her that We
bsooGe The war ally OF the United
S-stes. The Government and Mr..
Tb1-s-on shout. break that treaty.
Who Ean1s 10 keep treaty with the
77.eE=i SpaRiaris? Bother arbitra-
cio-l Who keeps 3 bargain ne doesn't
-.ze2 We don't want any sneaking
ma-slis-s around who tells us that
under cur Constitution, that treaty is
n0T law OF the land.
- ne same time, We are Just as
s0-sZaIy telling Japan that she has no
business . break our laws, or impair
o1r 1cea-v with her.
The old darkey woman Insisted on
go.zg ID church although she had been
convicted OF stealing a chicken 4
aine g0in' ID low 10 chiek'n 10 come
tween ne and de blessed Lord, she
shouted.
s. we shout: no spanish treaty
car cCms between US and annexation "
These considerations are not 'popu-
lar Of course. When President Wash
ingvon II 1898. vigorously maintained
ths neutrality Of the United States
during the war between England and
France, the people were in favor OF
France. and hurricane of hostile
opinion struck the President (Read
Wheaton's International Law
What would you have done?" Mr.
Thufston may ask. We reply: We
would have left the whole matter in
President McKinley's hands. He is a
wise counsellor and doesn't lose his
head
But We have welcomed the Boys in
Blue, and Fill welcome all that come.
There Is no question about that Blood
is thicker than water and one stands
BY his friends. We shall preach right
eousness. even If We don't practice it
THE EDITOR.