The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-07

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fDssional military and naval papfft
Among nthrfs ihe Atms uHI Nntf
journal dn.s not conceal iif 8UEIriN
a recent issue oft that publication rHiut-
rd ou that thr onuaito cordially which
went with the visit ~ Prince Henry
aud the return call ~ the American
grnsfals. was us hollow a. lnt.fna-
uonni ppllirnDss generally BE-. Iui dld
mot serve to Interrupt "the bi0Dllrss
uul desperate contest over policies and
enterprises which. 10 many observers
-,,us bound to eliminate ln conflict
of more serious nature ~ might
b. recalled. in this connection. that the
King ~ Prussia and Bismarck hahnuh-
bed with Louis Napoleon as th, Paris
Exposition Of 1867. but three years be-
Tor. the declaration Of war and that
In 1893. the American people welcomed
the lnfauta Of spain with an cuthusi-
asm which casual observers said meant
u long step toward friendier relations
between the United States aud Spain
But history shows that all the bowling
and Sinking was "A mere by-play dur
ing which the parties to IT were lis
tening inteutly for the long roll Of the
drums.
one of the specific acts which eX-
cites the suspicion of She Army and
Navy journal is the decision Of the
Kaiser TO form an American squadron
for service in West Indian waters.
There h. reason to believe" IL says,
that the Government of the United
States views the formation of this new
German squadron with inward resent
mcnt and apprehension. International
courtesy. i'm which the United States
Is never lacking, requires that Germany
shall be permitted to dock and repair
her ships in American yards, but If
Germany is to maintain a permanent
squadron in American waters it re-
quires no prophetic insight to foresee
the time when she will insist upon hav-
ing a naval base on American territory.
When the time comes and 1t may not
be as remote as careful observers would
desire the integrity and binding force
of the Monroe Doctrine will be subject
ed to the final test. For the present and
the immediate future, therefore, the
watchword of the United States should
be: Preparedness If there is peril to
the southwark the way to avert it
is to be ready to face it. If we are to
have peace it must not be the nerve
less peace Of helplesspess.'
1--WE have confidential information
showing that i'm various ways the Ger
man Emperor is seeking to make him
self Independent, so far as he can, Of
our workshops and sources of supply
that the most exact inquiries are being
made into our military and . naval
strength and that no detail of investi-
CATION is omitted that may help him to
deal ntellgently with us. This may
be nothing more than an expression of
the German eagerness for military and
naval information, but is it for our in
torest to permit German officers to
make as thorough an Investigation of
all the details of the construction and
equipment of our men-of-war, as one
IF them was allowed to do in an in
stance occurring in foreign port
which we have in mind, and which may
or may not be an Isolated one? We
hope at least that the effuslvc friend
ship of Germany may not lull us into
any sense of false security or mislead
these sanguine Americans who are so
eager for peace that they are constant
~ subjecting us to the danger of mad
equate preparation for war on the the
Dry that soft words are proof of ami
able purposes. The military and naval
men accompanying Prince Henry on
his recent visit We're very charming
gentlemen and most agreeable visitors,
bat they kept their eyes wide open
while they We're here"
As the readers of the Advertiser
know, this paper deems the Monroe
doctrine, however useful to us it may
have been originally, a present danger
to the peace of the country and one
that has 10 compromising advantages.
II the United States is to be the Lord
Protector of the western hemisphere
t must go to the vast expense of pre-
pairing to defend ii against the preda-
tory inroads of Europe. This mission
would require of us an immense stand
ing army and a navy larger than that
of Great Britain. Perhaps we could
carry the bill of expenses If, in the
meantime, we controlled the trade and
had the political sympathies of the
Latin American States; but unfortu-
nately for us they prefer close COM
merCial relations with the old world
and look askance at what they call
Yankee aggression" This puts us in
the attitude of an obnoxious policeman,
serving without pay and liable to en-
broil himself not only with highway
men along his beat but with the free
holders themselves. 1t is also an un-
pleasant reflection that. by standing in
the way of nations who might take hold
of Latin America in partnership with
us, we are simply preventing the devel-
opment of rich country which, in its
present hands, is left almost idle and
useless. Germany is not inclined to let
US maintain this policy without protest;
and we gan hardly hope to stand for 1t
and retain the moral support even OF
ourselves. A war with Germany would
be high price to pay for maintaining
protoctorate over countries which are
unfriendly to us and whose division be-
tween Europe and ourselves would be
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