Arizona republican., 1899-09-10
JUSTICE CHAMBERS
The Development of Ameri-
Can Trade i'm fhe Pacific.
The Importance of Panao Pang0.
The Progress OF Hawaii SiEce
Annexation The Possibilities
of Manila.

Washington. Sept .9.-Justice W. L.
Chambers, chief justice of Samoa, who
arrived in Washington yesterday, will
sufrnit his report to the president
Within a few days. He IS now ON a
leave of absence. and the consul gem
eral, Mn. Osborne, is acting chief jJlstic
rnIrtl successor IS a:,lot;-i,el1y should
Justice Chambers reSignl
While declining to tIlk en- the sub
ject of the Samoa qle1.ion, which will
be, dealt with in his report, Justice
Chambers spoke very interestingly this
| morning of The delveacGmlenI. of .Aaneri-
can ccrrlnerce on the. Pacific, and the
cordfality of sen1jrrcrit between the
British and American competitors. He
said that he had ibsrccre thoroughly
converted to the SincecGty of the Eng
lish sentiment of friendship toward
America. This sentiment, Which was
manifested strongly iu Samoa, is
shown all over the world where Eng
lisin and American Interests are in
volved.
The Samoan commission, he, said,
have srcceeded in bringing about a
great IMPROVEMENT in the situattion in
Samoa, ard the prospects cf a satfsfac-
tory adjustnleHt of the questions at
issue are good Meanwhile the con-
struction cf the great iron coal sheds
by the United Suites ait Pango Pango
harbcr is in progress. Whatever set
clement of the Samoan question may
be arrived at finally, the United States
owns and wEll hold this magnificent
harbor. and it is the only governmt mt
that has any such possession in
Samoa. neither Germany nor Great
Britain e,wnitg a PORT or any territory
there except their consulaites. Pango
Pang0 harbor, he said, is perhaps the
most magnificent in the world. 1t is
lartf-Iocked and perfectly safe and
could float the entire American
navy. wdlile half a dozen war
ships could defeEd it against
the navies of the woGld. 1t is
SO situated, surrounded by high bllffs,
THAT Shells oanngt be thrown irto it.
and the entrance is so naTr5rw that net
more thec-i two war vessels could enter
it abreast. The most direct line of
trade between Hawaii ami Sydney,
Australia, s-ri from San F:lneiSco to
Sydney passes tlhrough The Samoan
group. and the development of COM
merce has been very great within the
past few years. With the possession
of Panyo Pamyo complete proteo;t2e1
can always 0e afforded our commerce.
He. said that people in this country
who were opposing expansion did not
appear to appreciate the value of the
Pacific commerce and the poss1lgAhif's s
of its wonderful development Tor the
actual strides THAT are now being
made.
A striking example Of the rapid ad-
vence possible, he said, is furnished |
by Hawaii A few years ago the port
Of Honolulu presented languid ap-
pearance. a few slow sailing vessels |
lazilV plying in and out Now the |
greatest activity is apparent at this |
port. Entering the port on the way |
back to this country from Samoa 1t |
was so crowded with vessels, steamers |
and other vessels, going in and out |
engaged in an active commerce, that |
they could hardly get into port. Hon
olulu is now, he said, to be compared
favorably with any other city of 4O,-
900 inhabitants in the world. The
discovery of a method Of raising water
for irrigation purposes up to the lands
TN the 40O-foot level has multiplied /
the sugar and coffee plantations, the
city is progressive under American
rule. fine buildings and active business
having sprung up within the past five
years, and the commerce is increasing
all the while.
What has been accomplished for Ha-
gaii by annexation will, he said, be
in the Philippines many
lines over. Manila, he said, will un-
1er American rule become one of the
great trading points of the world.
N few years it will become greater
n Importance than Hong Kong. The :
uture of the American possessions in
he Pacific, he said, and the tremen- ,
lous commerce of the Pacific within
he next few years would tax the i'm
gination to anticipate. The people
Who want to draw back from the Phil
ppines do not realize the situation nor :
the immense possibilities
# trade and commerce. They do net :
ealize what has already occurred in
Hawaii, far less see the great pros
'act that has opened out before ns..ses
ADMISSION DAY. d
San Francisco, Cal, Sept 9.-Cah