The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-16
THE BRITISH CABLE
COMING TO HONOLULU
The LINE TO BE IN WORKING
ORDER EARLY YEAR
AFTER NEXT.
Hawaiian Connection a Deviation
From the AII-Rritish lces-An-
nexstion Entirely Changed the
Situation for Hawaii.

Among those who passed through
Honolulu Saturday and whose pres
ence was unheralded, was a man Who
will have much TO DO with the future
Of Honolulu
This man is r S. Peake, the head
and brains Of the Canadian-Australian
cable, which is to connect Vancouver
and Sydney. Mr.. Peake is going over
the route in a preliminary way and
will stay In the Colonies until fan,
when he will return to Canada by the
same route he is now travelling.
The cable, SO Mr. Peake says, viii
cost 'e2,oc0,000 sterling. and viii be
laid In 1902. The work OF manufac-
turing the cable is now going on in
the city of London
There viii be a relay station estab-
lshed here, also a transmitting sta
ton
II will be sometime during the first
months OF 1893 before the people OF
honolulu will be connected with the
mainland
II Mr.. Peake is talking by the book,
his statement is OF great Importance
70 the Hawaiian Islands. Up Till now
IL has been the general understanding
that the Imperial and Colonial govern
ments had finally decided on an All
British Gable" in the strictest sense
Of the term
Before Hawaii was made United
States territory the Washington au-
tho-stles, il was understood, were at
the back of the Hawaiian Government
in refusing special landing privileges
10 the British cable promoters-noi
only in this group but upon compare
lively nearby islets OF no use TO hu-
mainly where the Hawaiian govern
ment could place its flag ia anticipa-
ton of the Union Jack. II will be Ie-
membered how the late Captain King,
as Minister of the Interior, sped in
the steamer Iwalani on an errand of
this kind and beat a British cruiser
in a race for Necker Island. The idea
then was all right. X would not have
been good policy for the United States
TO have allowed the thin end OF any
wedge OF foreign influence TO be in
serted between the joints of its ira
ditional attitude of a virtual protector
ate over these islands.
Now, however, il is different Ha-
wall is an integral part of the United
States and the integrity of its land
and water as sacred and safe, for all
time, in the Nations keeping as the
land and water of New York, the En-
pire State" of the Union. The ground
occupied by a cable landing and sta
ton here would be impossible of alien
alton TO foreign control in either peace
or war. So that the question OF having
the cable touch here becomes purely
one OF British interest so far as that
matter is concerned-one as TO wheth-
or II Is expedient or necessary TO de-
viate thus far from the original pur-
pose OF an all-British route.
Regarding the mere privilege of
landing here, in United States terri
tory. there can be no question. Most
OF the Atlantic cables controlled in the
United States were for many years,
and perhaps are now with the greatly
Increased number, landed in the Brit
fish provinces. This country could
hardly refuse a return of such cour-
tesy in the Pacific.
II Hawaii is TO have foreign cable
communication. the fact may have an
important bearing on the cable ques-
ton In Congress II may prove a cold
douche on all American cable sche-
mes OF private enterprise. Perhaps, on
the other hand. IL may stimulate Con-
gress TO vote money for cable TO the
Navy Department. Whether a through
cable TO Manila or one from Honolulu
TO Manila would be FASTENED by the
new factor in the case is. probably. 4
question that reaches too far into the
realm OF conjecture