The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-12
PROSPECTS.

was evident that they hardly realized
what had happened The news had
come with rush, it had then been
suddenly cut off, and the writer's
seemed for minute to be bewildered.
But there was no reason to be bewil-
dered. The United States had reach
ed Just what she had been aiming for
and once more in the history of the
world the Anglo-SaNon race had as
serted its superiority not only because
of its inherent predisposition to win
victory, but because of its care to be
ready to snatch victory in spite of APP
parent odds against it. 1t was not
for nothing that naval men and po-
litical men worked to get navy, wor-
thy of the name, for the United
States. Today, they have their re-
ward.
1t is pleasing thing to know that
the blood of the old vikings, those
scourges of the sea, find worthy
representatives in the race that is
their lineal descendent. The North
man harried the Latin in the past.
His descendants will, harry the Latin
of the present Look back at history
and remember how his barks in the
tenth century swarmed over every
river mouth of Europe, and estab-
lished his sons here and there in
strategic points, and his sons went
forth m coll thar, c1unr1S IN thnsa
weaklings who needed to buy them.
The blood of the old vikings was
shown when the mother country
fought with her daughter. The names
of Paul Jones, of Decatur, of Perry,
history shows us, stand on as high a
plane as those of the most brilliant
commanders of any navy upon the
globe. Since then. in the war which
welded the United States into the
great nation that it is, there are the
names of Farragus, Porter, Gushing,
which have carried on the same glo-
rious record of naval history.
The victory was not an easy one.
The Spaniards fought well and up to
the very last. When news from Ma
Mia was cut off it seemed as if they
had by no means given, in, though
their navy was wreck and their
forts were silenced. Still there was
no hope for them and the next news
from the Coast will probably tell us
of the occupation of Manila.
The results of this victory will be
far reaching. Its effect upon Spain
siderably and it will take a great deal
to put it in heart again. Spanish
power in the Pacific will of course be
at an end. With the loss of the Phil
ippines, the other colonies of the Pa
cific will go. Spanish influence on
the Line Islands, will be at an end,
and the missionaries of the American
Board of Missions will have clear
field in the future.
Some people seem to think that the
loss of the Philippines will be decf-
sive and that Spain will sue for peace.
This is unlikely However dishearten-
ed the Spaniards may be they will not
accept defeat without try to see
what their Atlantic squadron can do.
If they lose that they will be on their
beam ends and have to accept the In
evitable 1t is evident from sthe re-
marks of the, Queen that She is hoping
for European Intervention in the
quarrel.
The effect upon Europe will be two
fold. In the first place the Continent
tai nations will learn toh9appreciate
American prowess. The idea that the
United States would never fight, and
that citizen soldiery cannot be
quickly modified is pretty well ex.
ploded. As a fact the United States is
full of practical fighting men. The
officers both for the navy, the army
and the volunteers, are in a large
number of cases men who have seer
active service in the Civil war; and i
is no new thing for them to face tn,
tolls of campaign or accept the re
sponsibilities of COMMAND. The mate
rial for good soldiers on the othe
hand is unlimited, practically. Blu
with this rising respect there will un
doubleday come jealousy, and it is no
without reason that Queen Christina
looks to Continental Europe for sym
pathy and aid. The success of tn
United States arms against one of tn
Continental states will make the oc
cupants of a good many thrones fee
uncomfortable in their seats, and the,
will be wiling to snatch the reward
of victory from her hands if possible