The age-herald., 1898-05-21
Intense Feeling Again in Austra-
 lia and Hawaii.
ADvICES BY THE AORENG.
Show This to Be the Case-Australians Are Very Anxious to Join Our Army-An English Vessel Will Relieve
 the Bennington.

Vancouver. B. C., May 20.-Advices brought up by the steamer Aorangl, which arrived here yesterday from Sidney shows that in both Australia and Hawaii intense feeling in favor of the United States as against Spain prevails. Australians are very anxious to join the United States army. Colonel Bell, the American consul at Sidney, has had offers from hundreds of men wanting to go to the front. Two trained hospital nurses are offering to go to Cuba or the Philippines.
 Australian merchants are debating the question whether Australian trade with the United States is likely to be seriously in terfered with because of the outbreak of hostilities between Spain and America.
 When the Aorangi left Honolulu on May Il the Hawaiian government had not re- ceived information of the declaration of war with Spain.
 Annexation Blil
 President Dole has confirmed the state ment that he had carried back from Was h. ington bill drawn up from Washington placing the Hawaiian islands under the sovereignty of the United States In the event of war. President Dole refused to say whether the government would take any action on the bill.
 American consul Haywood, at Honolulu, had so many applications from Americans desiring to offer their services to the un- tied States government that he decided to open a book for enlistment purposes. The list will be kept until the Washington au- thorities can be heard from. There is a movement among 100 Americans here to go to San Francisco and there enlist as body
 When the Aorangi left Honolulu the United States warship Bennington was pre- pairing to leave as soon as the expected British warship arrived. The Bennington will join the fleet on the coast. She could sail on very short notice The officers do not know what the British ship is coming for, but the information for this programme came from Admiral Miller.
 Commenting on the fact of the Benning- toms being relieved by British warship from Esquimalt. the Honolulu Bulletin says:
 England to Protect Our Interests "Instead of the Hawaiian Islands being annexed as a war measure, the prospect Es that they will be virtually abandoned by the United Stajtes until the war is over It is understood from several sources on good authority that the United States has already asked Great Britain to dispatch a cruiser to these islands in order that the United States vessels now stationed there might be permitted to return home and take their share in protecting Pacific coast cities.
 Ut will be remembered that in the agree ment between Great Britain, France and the United States, one or another of the powers has to maintain a naval force here for joint protection of the citizens of the three countries in case of revolutions or other troubles on shore. For some years past, by mutual consent of the three pow CTS the duty of caring for the islands has been left to the United States. Now that the latter has become involved in war with Span it is probably justified in asking Great Britain to assume for the time being her share of the protection of Hawaii and there is no doubt that Great Britain has promptly acceded to the request, more so as she appears particularly anxious to ob- | tain the good will of the United States at present.
 "In sight of these events, a. British crui- l ser may be looked for in the harbor in a | few days, and on her arrival the Benning- | ton will lose no time dn getting there first" I