The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-25
A TRAVELLERS
WINS OF HAWAII
Finds That Annexation Has Been
the MokIng OF the
Place.

A Tacoman. who made the Australian
trip on the Miowera, writes as follows
| to one of his home papers:
The Canadians have lost considerable
trade by our annexation of the Hawa-
| ian Islands. In fact, as it stands now.
| i'm spite of a heavy subsidy, this line
just barely pays running expenses. But
the future seems bright to them. They
expect. they know. that the Orient
| holds the great markets and trade OF
the future and they are confident that
Britain will maintain her prestige here.
We have some native Hawaiians
aboard and Il Is evident that political
feelings are still violent and trouble
some there. The half dozen disinterest-
ed English on board who have seen the
islands before and after freely confess
that annexation has made them-that
the results have been OF much greater
advantage than the most sanguine had
hoped. Values have increased steadily.
capital has come in and been invested
without fear or restraint. The produce
OF the Islands has trebled: they have
sprung from the category OF ''shadowy
islands OF bliss and the realities OF
misrule and disease to a place OF note
in the commercial and financial world.
with laws administered justly and
promptly. with municipalities cleansed
and quickened.
The native Hawaiians. however. will
not have IL so. Their especial objec-
ton seems to be that the newer Amer
leans are drawing race line and treat
them as 'colored."
Resides thaW would IDIl
in the summer waves. fiutter along the
pictureSquely uncleanly streets in flow
ing aboriginal robes and gay wreaths
OF awfully odorous flowers. and bow
and scrape to- the relics OF royal tyran-
ny and incompetency, than take any
comfort or part in the swift onward
movement and life of the twentieth
century.
Like the typical Indian. they have
admitted among them the strength and
late-they want to take back what they
have already lost and then be let alone.
We have just arrived and l am fin
fishing this letter in the Royal Hawaii
an Hotel. so that it can return by the
United States transport Egbert, which
sails tomorrow.
The information obtained on the
Miowera is confirmed by every person
have talked with since arriving. An
neNation has made the place. With n
government and security FOR titles and
property, capital is eager to invest and
handsome new brick and stone build
ings are going up on all the principal
streets.
In my next. when / have time TO do |
justice to the exquisite beauty of this |
fairy land. shall give you picture of !
life in the Paradise of the Pacific" !
Just at present / am overcome with |
the strain of attempting to follow the |
impossible plot of an historical opera |
given by native Hawaiian talent.
There were. however. two interesting
features First the house. which is d
structure and was crowd
ed with about 1900 very appreciative
second, their evident love
Of all things British. the only thing en-
cored being Rule Britannia
our difficulties in reaching the wharf
today are n commentary on the har-
Dor. which. in spite of its justly famed
beauty, is fake. It's apparent breadth
Df entrance is very much limited by
shoals. and what small
there is is so shallow that we
we're continually stirring the bottom
and il took us one hour and a half to
warp the boat alongside of the wharf
after we had made the first line fast
md had clear space to work in.
Aloha" It's the quietest. peacefulest.
most SlumberouS and fascinating spot
ever saw and ought to get anything
{ asks Tor. Yours pro tenn.
WHITE PINE.