The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
0ornIcrs WAR IN THE PACIFIC.
o, MORGAN AN ALARMIsT ON
SEN ,r,IE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.

u. Is confident the isi"ndS WI NO'
permitted to Remain indepeh-
Long If the United states
90 Annex Them-RespOnsibil-
the Bloodshed Would Rest
"' a., Senate-The Clash to
come Within Ten Years In 'ne
,ator's Opinion.
.,,..,;,,rton. Jan. Ex-senator Morgan
VI tbe attention of the Senate during
,+;ra time of the executive session to-
tbe presentation of his viws on the
uo' ,f the annexation of the Hawaiian
5s IT was the second installment of
csn,tor's speech, and when he con-
.3oa q fe wminutes after o'clock, he
s.5not then reached the end.
us smoke for about three hours to-day
, bic sneech was again a presentation
1e tho importance of the islands to the
y,,i4ae States. He dealth especially upon
-. military Importance of the islands,
.notirg Gen. Schofeld and Capt. Mahan,
,be eminent authority on naval affairs, at
,.rgtb in support of his position that the
Islands were a natural outpost of the
7,rited States and necessary to the protec-
.ion of our Western coast and of our gen
oral commerce in case of war.
Mr.. Morgan predicted that if the United
States did not take advantage of the pres
ont opportunity to acquire the islands there
would be war between this country and
some other country within ten years. 1t is
not he said, within the bounds of possibil-
tiles, in view of the present European COM
pedtion for territory in Asia, that the Ha-
vaiian Islands should be allowed to re-
main independent for any length of time
after the United States should finally an
nounce their determination not to make
them a part of American territory.
Does the senator from Alabama mean
to say" interrupted Senator Pettigrew,
that the Hawaiian government would vol
unfairly seek the protection of some other
power and thus forego the great adVant-
age those islands now enjoy in their reci-
procty arrangement with the United
States, which results in our remitting to
them annually not less than $6,000 000?"
To this question Senator Morgan replied
that the reciprocity treaty had been ne
gotiated for the purpose of giving this
country cheap sugar. He said that it had
been of greater benefit to the United States
than it had been to Hawaii, because il
had accomplished it's purpose of making
cheaper one of our great commodities
and one of the necessities of every house.
hold. We want, he said, not only the
sugar from Hawaii, but cheaper coffee a:
wen and many other necessary articles
that could be grown in those islands.
The senator displayed number of large
maps from which he contended that the
Islands were in the roadway of commerce
between our western coast and the orient
and said that all ships, whether ladel
with the articles of commerce or the mum
tons OF war, must necessarily pass then
IN going 10 and fro between this countr,
and the Asiatic coast, and thus, he said
the nation which controls Hawaii will con
trol the commerce of the east.
In closing he said that failure to anne,
me Islands meant inevitable bloodshed
and the responsibility for that bloodshe,
would rest upon the Senate of the Unite
states for its failure to perform its dut,
at this critical hour in the history of tn
two countries.