The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-20
Warning On the Islands is Given
By Admiral Miller.
SPEAKS FOR BENEFIT OF ALL
Country and Opportunities Case
In Point-Captain Whiting.
AdnlraIs Future.
s r. ENaminerl.

ReaT-AQmlTdI }. y. Miller dNN-SS9 z
peopIe TO stay away from the Hawai-
ian Islands, as there is no chance to
walk out Of that country, and the peo-
pie who are established there have
pretty nearly reached their limit n the
matter of making up purses TO ship
prospectors back TO the States.
The cruiser Philadelphia was reliev-
ed at Honolulu by the Bennington, and
lRear-Admiral Miller brought the Phil
aldelphia directly to San Francisco
The Admiral and Mrs. Miller are stop
ping at the Occidental.
The date of the AdmiraIs retire
Iment is November 22d, but for person
al reasons he made request 10 be re
IIieved on October 10. This was post
poned until October 18th, when Com
modore Kautz viii arrive
."Tbere is one thing l want 10 say |
EnarticuIarlv." said Admiral Miller yes
Itardav. for the benefit of the people |
who imagine that, if they can only get |
ITO Hawaii. their fortunes are waiting |
for them. and can be picked off the |
bushes. These people seem to think
that Hawaii is new country in the
same sense that California and the
otner Western States once We're. They
are awfully, and many of them Woe
fully, mistaken.
THE simple fact that the form OF
government is going to change has not
lopened up any additional resources or
extended any which have been IN eN-
listence. There are no new positions
for people who go in, and there are
not likely to be any. The business OF
the city of Honolulu is as we'll estab-
lished and as we'll manned as IN any
of our cities The change in the form
of government when it does come, Will
not call for a substitution OF new men.
I am not saying anything against the
Islands. mark you, for L see great
future for them, and when the govern
ment changes there is going to be a
growth in all, the lines of business, but
, what | am trying to impress is that at
| the present time there might just as
l we'll be a rush of people into San
Francisco expecting to make fortunes
. on nothing.
Two young men of my acqualn-
lance who have money, went there and
: spent several months looking for a
chance to invest to advantage in coffee
plantations They did not invest, and
have returned home. In time, as l say,
0 Hawaii is going TO be a great country,
l., 7 Il
- prefer to take my chances in this
s broad land"
Referring to the Whiting court-mar-
tiaI. Admiral Miller said:
Il certainly admire Commander
= Whiting for his position, and am very
mucn pleased to see that he has been
exonerated. He was accused, believe,
II of OBTAINING the monitor Monadnock
= at Honolulu after he was supposed 10
q have sailed. If l had been in Comman-
der Writings place and any OF the
= army Generals had said word 10 me
1 should have very politely told him
to attend to his own business. Com
mander Whiting was responsible 1oI
u his actions to the Navy Department
alone. He deserved great credit foI
the perilous trip which he was under
taking. To start across the waters
I with his monitor was more dangerous
by far than going into battle with 6
Spanish fleet The monitors are not
built for such work, and it required
n. the most skillfuI seamanship 10 tfnisf
d. without accident
u, Admiral Miller declined to discus:
the incident in which the paymaster o
'n the Monadnock was said 10 have made
10 some sighting remarks concerning TIT
& nationality Of Commander Whiting
wife.
Is There is a lady concerned in that,
-. he said, and I would rather not dis
cuss it. The man who is credited will
~ having made the remarks is unworth!
rs of notice. Mrs. Whiting, who was
'e- daughter of Along, is a most estimabl
on woman, and so are all her sisters
They move in the best social circle
in Honolulu. I was in a position Z
MI observe, and I know what am TALKING
about Commander Whiting deserve
additional credit for giving no heed t
the slurring remarks Of such men a
the paymaster of his ship
Asked about his plans for the future
{. Admiral Miller says he has none.
81 have not even talked to Mrs. Nil
Ter about the matter" he says, "bu
A we shall select a home somewhere
;. You see, l have no home at presen