Evening star., 1898-06-11


abundant military strength to repei the as
sauft~ of the embarked troops. who must
come many thousands Of miles further
lit is perhaps pgesupaptuous to be stating
these things as 1t they were opinions that
give to you up6n MY own authority. I
an: merely giving some Of the leading
points made by thosej whose names COM
mand the respect Of the military and naval
professions throughout the world, and who
have said that the possession not only Of
Pearl harbor, but of all that little group
OF ISLANDS, Is to us a necessity, Is of great
Importance, Is Indispensable. l give the
dlnerent expressions used by these distin-
guished authorities -,
Little Protection Dor Pucffac Coast.
For war of defense they are the most
important, most essential and have been
most often discussed. This discussion,
though 1t has uniformly pervaded all that
has been written of the islands for many
years. has attracted little public attention,
because our people until lately have not
awakened to the particular facts connect
eu WiLh war and the. exposure and neceSsi-
tIes OIL our coast. But a few days ago many
OF the members here-and l was one of
them-received telegrams from New Eng
land officials requesting us to use all our
influence 10 have ships sent speedily to
..laI coast. because Spanish fleet threat
ened to attack we knew not where. Now
we nave q neet, strong forces, coast de-
fenses on the east. We have comparatively
slender preparations on the west, and We
nave not anywhere on the east such pos
Slplllty as the Sandwich Islands, which can
De taken as an outpost, just as in defense
IL would paralyze any approaching foe.
Aid for Dewey.
we nave an Illustration of the import
arce and the military necessity of those
Islands In the war in which we are now
engaged. That war was for the declared
purpose of expelling Spain from Cuba and
Eberating the struggling people of that
Island; but involved in war it is the duty
or the executive to strike wherever he can
effectively, and a great and successful
DloW was struck in Manila by Admiral
Dewey and the forces under his command.
(Appiause) There is no one in the coun-
try, not an American so recreant to his
outy and feelings as an American, that he
would refuse to support the President sue
corlns and supporting Dewey in the mag
niflcent stand he makes where he holds
millions at bay in the Manila harbor. It is
not possible to send support to Dewey to-
day without taking supplies on the way
tnere from the Hawaiian Islands, a neutral
power. .
Monadnock and the Monterey, which are to
ieaVe San Francisco this week if they were
compelled to go through with such coal as
tney could carry, could not go half way
oerellcts, in the Pacific. In order to reach
the philippine Islands it is necessity that
the transports, battle ships and other shi,s
OF the fleet shall take on supplies at Homo.
lulu. and they are doing it.
There Is a feature connected with their
action there that is humiliating to an Amer
lean. Within the last two weeks l have
heard on this floor expressions of great i'm
patience, in conversations which 1 have had
with gentlemen here, of the conduct of Eu-
ropean powers, upon the rumor that Span
ish Ships OF war had reeoaled in French
island, that Spanish ship of war had
stayed thirty-six hours in port of another
island OF France, that supplies had been
this time of war. ''i'-
''The discomfort EXPRESSED throughout our
country in the press has been so wide the
criticism so sharp, that The minister of for
eign affairs of thes French republic in or
der to continue the aIpfcable relations of
the people, made a public statement deny
Ing these charges and declaring that France
Loyalty and faithfully observes her obliga-
e,ons ss neutral towafa both begerents
While we have abeens giving notice to
France, Germany ana tGreat Britain that
war was existing, Zan6 chr:"g their atten-
ton to their dutSoas al al powers, in
order that they might y ,rocfamations.
while We approach0ii VIZ Profound respect
the German William, who commands 100
leg1ons, asking THAI he adhere to the rules
of neutrality, on the east, We came on the
without a word ,offeoargesy We there took
possession, in utter. csfftenf1bt of neutrality
and of our duties and her duties as a ma
tion dealing with a neutral country
I'VE piled up ten thousand tons of coal in
Honolulu harbor for our ships, a consider
able part of it before the declaration of
war. Yesterday came the news that the
Charleston, one of our battle shics enterAd
the harbor of Honolulu without so much as
saying by your leave staying there as
long as she will. All the other ships in the
fleet going over to the Asiatic squadron are
doing the same thing. We are not in a po-
sition to do this with impunity in the face
of the public opinion of the world, If we de-
sire to command the respect Of mankind
and our own self-respect.
hat Is the law that governs the con-
When the treaty of Washington was ne
gotiated in this city in 1871 the United
States presented or proposed three rules
that should govern neutral nation and its
liability. England refused to assent to
them, and after long debate and modifca-
tion at last those rules, were put in due
form and solemnly placed in that famous
treaty to which both nations agreed to adj
hers. and to invite ths adherence and CO.
operation of all other nations. You have
recently seen the very language of those
rules repeated in the .proclamatlons of neu-
trality issued by many nations. Those
rules sprang from our suggestion"
Mr.. Hit paid tribute to the character
Of the Americans who have established a
republic in place of q monarchy in Hawaii
and who now dare to act Independently Of
the world in time of the Spanish-American
war After reviewing other revolutionary
movements, Mr.. Hit said: "They are the
same men who took a worthless queen and
threw her from her throne when she at
tempted to disregard property rights and
ignore the constitution wrung from her
predecessor"
Mr.. Hit spoke not quite an hour, much of
the time being occupied with Interruptions
by members asking questions.
There was a large attendance in the
House when Mr.. Hit opened the debate
He was followed with close attention by
his colleagues and was frequently ap-
plauded.
DinsmOrc in Opposition.
Mr.. Dnsmore, the ranking democrat
upon the committee ION foreign affairs,
opened the debate i'm opposition. He de-
clared his belief that. no constitutional
power existed to annex by joint resolution,
was proposed, and opposed annexation
as being undesirable. -.
1t would he, he insisted. the first step
upon a policy of colonial aggression, in an
age nism to the established rule of the
government, and added that the reaching
out into foreign lands. and the establish.