Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-13
DAVIS PRAISED.
His Hawaiian Speech Compli-
mented by Mr.. Hoar and Others.
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska Speaks for the
pposition-Attempt to Bring Cuba
Into the Discussion.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Davis
continued and completed his speech in
the executive session of the senate to-
day on the Hawaiian treaty, and was
followed by Senator Allen of Nebraska,
who spoke for the opposition.
Mr.. Davis speech was devoted large
ly to a presentation of the stragetie fea-
lures of annexation. He displayed a
chart showing the location of Hawaii
relative to this country, and to Asia
One point brought out with considerable
elaboration was the probable effect of
the Nicaraguan canal, of the occupation
of the islands by some foreign power.
He showed that Hawaii was in a
straight line between the western ter
minus of the canal and Japan and
China. The nation, he said, which con-
trolled Hawaii, would control that great
gateway of commerce as the guns
planted upon Hawaii would be pointed
directly at the mouth of the canal. He
also spoke of the Importance of control
ling Pearl Harbor, now owned by the
United States, saying that the nation
which maintained possession of this har-
Dor would hold the key to the military
situation in the North Pacific, and he
read extracts from reports by engineers
and others in confirmation of this state
ment, and to show that the harbor was
commodious and could easily be defend
ed. He also presented the necessity for
controlling Hawaii as a base of supplies
in case of hostilities.
Senator Davis Tidiculed the objection
made by Japan, that the annexation of
Hawaii to the United States would work
a. violation of the Japanese treaty
rights in the islands. He said that all
rights would be protected. He called at
tention to the apparent cordial rela-
tions existing between China and Jap
an as manifested by Japan's offer to
lend her fleet to England for operation
in Chinese waters, where, he said the
greatest naval demonstration of history
was about to be made. Mr.. Davis did
not indicate a belief that immediate
war would be the result of European
complication over Chinese territory. He
said that the flags of Great Britain,
France, Germany and Russia were
floating side by side in the oriental
waters. no power being, apparently
anxious to disturb the other, SO long as
there was prospect of each power get
ting as much as the others were taking
The only way in which the United
States could protect themselves against
this devastation of territory would be
to control the Hawaiian Islands In
case we should fail to do this, there
was danger of losing very important
trade advantages which We're rapidly
developing in the far east He referred
TO the improvement of the commercial
outlook 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, Mr.. Davis protested in strong
language the origin and close of great
wars, which was intended to illustrate
tine probable ultimate result of present
operations in Chinese waters.
When Senator Davis took his seat he
was congratulated by almost every SEN
alor present upon the force and brill
nancy OF his argument. Both Senators
Hoar and Mason. remarked that it was
a pity that the rules of legislative ses-
sions prevented the publication of the
entire speech
senator Allen popuhst, Nebraska, fol-
lowed with a speech in opposition to the
treaty He called attention to the dis
lance Of Hawaii from our shores, re-
lerredsstoa The necessity we should be
under of defending the islands in case
of war, and claimed that it would he
necessary for the United States to
maintain separate fleet for their pro-
K lection. He said that coal was no long
er contraband Of war, and contended
uhat the United States was in far great
er danger from the British establish
ment at Esquimault than it could posi-
ply be because of the location of any
foreign power in Hawaii
Mr.. Allen also deprecated the idea of
asslmilating such population as that
OF Hawaii, saying that almost half of it
was composed of Chinese and japanese
He contended that the annexation of
the Islands would open the doors for a
violation of our laws for the exclusion
OF the Chinese, holding that they could
ind admission through Hawaii. He said,
also, that 1t would be impossible to pre-
vent Hawaii becoming a state at some
future day, and declared that her peo-
pie were not of character calculated
to send acceptable senators to Washing
ton
There was apparent, today DISPOSE
ton on the part of some senators who
announe themselves undecided as to
what course to pursue on the Hawaiian
question, to mix it with the Cuban prob
lem. They are friends of Cuba. and
they desire to have the administration
take more pronounced position in the
interest of Cuba, as a return for their
assistance on tha y uroiioo ~