The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-15
Hon. James BTG, NJ P, Dis
ClNPS The Islands.
OeAS ON GOVERNMENT
Tolls What Crsa, Britain Wogid DO
Concerning tho Races.
About Suffrage.

JAS. Bryce. ". q. IN the san t'rsas.s-
90 Chroaicscb
The problems presented by he an
ucxation ot the Hawaiian islands are
less diFicult ON their political side than
those which arise in roaaesiioa With
the c1ntro. os Cubas and less dtf1culs.
also. both politically and ~coa1micaiiy. /
than those Involved in the EpscEamras
os the Philippines. The sale. sn"rc-
over. of the phcnomcna 90 bc dealt
With ls smaller in the first -sn.atioa~1
ease than in the $40 latter Islt thc
facts of the Hawaiian cas-. are 5atEScase
and peculiar. so that teW words uPoa
6, from ono who has visited Hawaii
aud seen something of Vars"as nsiiish
colonies may have an tnssr~ss for shc
American reader.
Though the Popuia;5uu of the Ha-
waisan group % isles js Un'y abo-af
iz5. .o0O. "a is c1mpn~ri ot Eve dsssinc;
and d5ssiuiIAr elements. ssaudtnE On
very dttrcrCns levels uf csvii.sas5pa-
i The American -t:urCpran eJcmeus. cUn-
| sfssfnss ~ white men chscsiy of Amcrs
can origin. wiSh a good uaaay EnEitsh
and minor spTsakiiaEs from other Wa
rupran countries. is tho smallest. bat
the most inPor4ant by iutclliEcacc. ct-
crxy and wealth. 1t is. in rourd nurs'
t,crs. about it.ece. and ID has prarsi-
Ical!y had the management "s the ts'-
| anie in fts hands for many years. sincs
&, guided and furnished Nsasstsrs to'
the latest native spvereiEus. l.srE~s
in uumtrr. but ssill very backward
though "a 5s upmiuatjy Chr.ssSsn aad
Protestant. and ca a great cxtcat rar
} spsaE English ts tho nasiv. jgaWa5tar
element. estimated a. - ws0 and ap'
p1rsus1v DIMINISHING Thea tU'lpv
II three mass of E~rras trnm5Erauss
!, japanese. about ss.eoo: Chines.s sbsu
5000. aud PortuRurss. sbous 5000 7 hs
} p1rtusursr arr Roman Catho.tess tsf
IIspanrse and Chinrs~ nearly ali hrath'
.n. All these tpur sl"meu's. For o.
, xu~s~ 90 Vcll az native Hswaiians
Jap.ucsr aud Cassnss-. are quise unh'
r for free government The Porsmzarsr
/ though a good sPogt uf people. hav'
) had practically mo- sXpsrience ta %
h land hav. no taste for d. The Usae'
8 three races arr. Uf cpuse. Ia = s'il
!, Irurnsr stage. AL these four racc-ErDnr'
4 lhav~. moreover. no natural uTEan5Ea
zion within th-t groups. Thrnc % then
n Ihav~ come lately tp th- tssaada @hss
a among thr natives ths aneirnt sYs "a
. Inf rlf~ by chiefs has cgmpsrts,Y vas
y ish-d. Nor has any os tlrsr fpu
90 groups anything in cpmmpn uith an
nf sh~ u.h~gs except local cp1iiErsi'y
p The two AssatBr races haze "ae "a
= Ia.h~r. No Eroup can spraA tAe Ian
st z1s1se ps any other and tt Sal take
- =bsI zhEr before they ,rsTa sp us
Euz.isa az th~sg commpa medium
rummuusratsuu. Th5s ia sa sdVzu'as
for -hs gu-5az Americana b~azass
.c In-esr.-a a hostile c1mb.aas5pa E-np1
20 sssrsr s11serss Bus &C. 8nrrases -
.E IWmeulsv pf .ssab-8sa5az Fepsusea'.
b. Itzvr gussgsut spss- or of snPsessluE Al
st Irrfrsu s5sza upon st~ mass pf che 3.
q balstsuta
be- The uroS,ssa tss pFgssi.sE fYF 60
r- Iu-aslpu composed pt s.rmrats
a- strangely various and sszE.y bs,ssrr
ne q eoveramFat whsea SHALL 90 ias'. "a
BE-. and progressive. ts one vh5es "a
rF never asssea On anv British colp1
Nexrrshe5-ss. 5f Hawaii te,paEea
usasasa. Bgisaia uoa,I noe have ma
i11bs as tp hsa she wga'd dss' ~
~. lt. sac woa.d make st wha' 40 call