The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-03

at together. they impel the attention
directly TO Canada. What do we ind
there We find neglect and eonse-
quent preparation for a change Of al
legiance.
The annexation Of Canada 10 the
United States has all along been q
theme Of discussion, but never 8
forcefui or interesting one. Being
contiguous. il has the material for 8
large area OF States, and in providing
that would show forth stiil more EN-
ciently the = ent and scope Of our
Constitution. but contiguity in this
instance has necessarily been elimi-
mated from the account There lies
the northern boundary. searched out
and settled by the genius Of Webster
and on the other side Is the prestige
OF a mighty nation So the destiny
OF Canada has seemed fixed and de
termined with no alteration possible
But her slow growth in this age o,
miraculous energy is against nature
and civilization. the predominant
powers OF the universe. Their laws
are continuously active and win work
out legitimate results regardless OF al
fnDedlments- Great Britain cannot
withstand them And she must either
comply with them or be pushed out
OF the way. The resources OF Can
ada are certain to come forth They
are easily sufficient 10 make the
amount of exports far exceed the
amount OF imports. and until that is
done there will be righteous discon-
tent in Canada. And it is pretty plain.
ly evident that il will not be done
under the crown and Parliament OF
England. They have oyershadowing
interests in the East, and therefore
necessarily neglect the West. Great
as is its navy, il cannot make the
English Government omnipresent. and
the light of this fact is at last break
ing in on IT. It cannot control Asiatic
trade through its eminence in India
and at the same time develop Canada
To that colossal achievement it has
proven unequal
The undergraduates of England fully
explains her neglect of Canada. and
this. as already said, gives the latter
new and sudden prominence. 1t has
area. minerals. timber and the soil for
wheat. Il is in every respect a coun-
terpart. or rather a part. of the north
ern section of the United States And
'ust beyond lies the American terri
tory of Alaska, with its gold mines.
All the natural wealth OF this upper
country, excepting cotton, is precisely
the same as that which has made the
United States supre me in commerce.
q
all the conditions in Canada. And II
ever given free rein in that field under
the laws Of this country. there will be
still further cause for a syndicate
embracing all Europe to oppose us.
Our experimental education has ever
been OF the character TO show forth
the wealth of Canada. and no other
nation could do it so effectuallv as
this one. All things essential for the
development of the dominion 1t has
in abundance. and these are wealth,
strength. skill and inclination. An
effort TO analyze this matter leads us
into three channels of thought, which
are the productiveness of Great Bri-
tain's immense North American pos
sessions, her forced neglect Of them
States TO their development. In the
destiny of England we have only the
impersonal interest that any people
has in a great nation other than its
own. but in that of the United States
we are. OF course. personally inter
ested. And in so far as the future
Of Canada bears upon that it appeals
20 all Americans.
This presents one Of the most i'm
portant subjects that historians and
statesmen have been called upon to
treat. and that Is the qualification of a
for discovering and util-
izing the resources OF annexed terri
tory. That is something that should
be particularly noted and is far too
often disregarded. Nations acquiring
are a good deal like young
men entering occupations-they will
measure their success or failure by
their adaptability for meeting condi-
tions. There will be found no ma
terial exceptions to this rule. and its
is the cause OF so
much strife and bloodshed in the es-
Enlistment and maintenance of CO
'onial governments. II is the one
thing that brought disrepute upon all
systems until the United
States introduced new principles and
made startling revelation in this
department Inaptitude to govern
slien races has been at the bottom Of
half of Europe's woes, and the secret
VI II is that It's statesmen sought to
,mplov methods harsher than those
rom which their own people escaped
" emigrating to this country. There
-ou have the colony question in
nutshell. Bismarck thought he I'M
ierstcod Il. and probably did. but be-
ng German impsrialist. he couldn't
solve Il. Mckinley. in this, respect.
aid better than Bismarck or any 9TH
II European statesman He settled
the dependency business bv extending
he Independence OF his Government.
and that Is the only satisfactorv set
Element. The independence OF de-
seems incongruous. but Il
IS not II we consider that all things In
reason sre conditional and that alb
is q fallacy
The English and American people
IRE alike in language. and this re-
is made the basis for an
alliance in emergencies by irresponsi
,le spectators. hnt their tastes and
labits Of government are very widely
lissimilar And this was never so
rtvidly disclosed as BY the situation
n Canada and al that relates 10 IL
u course. England has been finally
lriven 10 her position of indifference
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