The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-23

to settle in, and the war to secure Ton
quin was so unpopular that IL cost
French president his tenure of Office.
II II difficult to suppose that France
would make any great sacrifices for
such a possession. II seems not un-
likely that she might consent to sell
her rights, or to exchange them for
some commercial advantage, or for
some territorial equivalent. such as
China might have TO offer in the future.
Should SOME Arrangement cf this kDri
ever be made, Lnira will ircOn .sn.:aTiy
resume the old pro ector1s. )V'r slim,
end wall become very nsu il HiOT,' z r
midable than she is even at pics~.at
from her Inherent s'ren6th.
CHINESE IN HAWAII.
Whatever. however, be the fortun-
II China ia this direction, T. is scIic-iy
doubtful that she will not oGiy pSOpse
up to the furthest boundary Of n-T re-
ognized territory, but gradually tcqGire
Lew dOmgnions. The history OF our
Straits. Settlements will afford a fa-
miilar i4sIaLce how the OniAese aTe
spreading. They Already form half the
pJpdIatiOn preOOmInati. < Ii SingAJ,re
and Perak. and the best observers are
agreed that the Malay cannot no his
own against tne.Il. In-y are besln.-iAS
20 settle in BOrneO and Sumatr1. a1d
they are supplanting the natives IN
some of the small islands OF the Pacific,
such as Hawai-. Ine climate OF al
these countries suits them, and they
commend themselves to Governments
and employers by their powers OF
steady industry. and they intermarryL
freely UP to a safe pJiat with the
women Of the country, getting all the
advantages OF alliance, yet not sacri-
ficing their nationality. Several causes
have retared tneIr spread h.tnsrto. Tle
h.
too insecure for an industr al peoQ-e u
flourish in. until the British or tIe
Dutch established order; tae Govern
ment OF China has hIth -rto discSurag-
ed emigrations: English administra-
tions have been obliged TO b. ratner
wary In their dealings with a people
who showed at Sarawak and Penang
that they were capable of combining
for purposes of massacre; and the Chi
.nese superstition about burial in the
sacred soil OF the Celestial Empire
made the great majority of the emI-
grants birds Of passage All these
causes are disappearing. Malay piracy
is becoming a thing OK. the past; the
policy of China is being modified; and
IL can hardly be supposed that the re-
gard for a family burial pace will long
continue to keep millions OF not vers
imaginative men from making theil
homes in the countries in which theil
is more than conceivable that some o
thsse-countries will pass under Chines'
rule. The alternative sis -Jnat lac.
. shCu.d DE left under foreign protect r
ates Us at present. til Maiays and Dy
axis have increased in the same propc-
ton as the JeSanes-. or that tifSc
! should be pe0p ed by. enigrants from
Europe.
Ma..AYS DOOMED.
T. Now. the former Of these is the onl.
? Imaginable alternative to Chinese {
! tiement Europeans cannot fiOuris
4 under the tropics, and VIII not wor
4 with the hand where an inferior rae
= works. What we have 10 consiG Il
r therefore. Is the probability that tn
r natives who are giving way TO the Chi
y nese in the Malay Peninsula will b
: able to make head against them 1
= Borneo and Sumatra. BorneO is nearl
4 six times as big as Jaya. and IL IL wer
e peopied like Java would support a poI
Z ulation OF nearly 100 000.000. 1t has az
$ tually. by recent estimates. less tha