The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-07-06
A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.

Within ordinary life wonderful changes in the
OF communication have been made Plenty OF living have
keen remembrance OF the laying the first cable the Atlantic
That seemed and marvellous achievement Then further
cables linking Europe the continent and
then followed that wonderful network OF lines which the electric
spark every city OF the United States every island OF the West In
dies stations the north cities of Central Amer
America the last confines Chile Europe has been knit
geh every village talk every great city and to the world The
telegraph has tapped distant parts Asia has brought India
within few of London and stations Africa give
strange tales to a listening world
Another advance the Suez Canal This
the Orient which did with the long and route round the
Cape OF Good Hope What deciouy esuey days those 1t
nothing the way take from four five months those
wonderful numbering East nda-men reach Calcutta from London
only passing ship bring
berng coach had been and gnald month"; months
three months before Now takes less weeks than formerly took
months perform the journey and the telegraph wires flash back the
position OF the ship from where she may be seen.
But these great steps Pacific untouched
years had been dream that the floor the Pacific should be the
resting place OF cable the bed the Atlantic but for
II remained unreazed Hawaii hungered to be linked to the world
and project after project was framed only to fall through Money was
got together subsidies voted companies formed only
find that in direction another the plans hwared and
a case Of hope deferred.
Then the Spanish and annexation OF Hawaii the
of Guam and the Philippines and the cable maerzed Had
been the Spanish war the Pacific cable the AAme
line would all probability be still nubeous project will
his War is spoken Of unmXed evil, but of
springs much good The the and
enormous amount for commercial relations between Europe and the
Orient they introduced luminous asd better style of living
among the mobiles of Europe they
Of liberty for for their harebraned expeditions
4e feua mobiles sold their feuda rights nortgaged their lands and
gave the mechanic the trader and merchant the chance he needed Our
civil consolidated into the powerful nation that
The Spanish war laid the cable across the Pacific.
The need communication under American CONTROL between the
Philippines the mainland of the American continent brought forth
The cable the ever-repeated of the hour and the The
sounded the hour Mackay the Though he did not live
his project completed he did his work. and left Others
carry it rH.,
Now work completed July A. 1908 the hundred and
anniversary of the independence of the United States
the message pass from the President of the United States to
the Governor the Philippines the bed of the Pacific the
AlAmecan line Those words of Roosevelt Il the American
Pacific Gable with greetings and the people of the Philippines
commencement OF practically They the
OF the dominance OF the United States Ill the Nroh Pa as the
cable is the symbol OF that dominance,
great achievement has been completed and something to
lived that completion 1t question whether most
realize great 1t the carrying which
the cable is to be considered given the United States
power Would the United States have dreamed OF naval sta
Midway Island had been for cable? AT the present time
with considerable expenditure the United States have
San Francisco and the Philippines There
undoubtedly will Pearl Harbor the entrance which
will be cleared by the Goth OF this month destined to be the most i'm
the United States fully coaed and
equipped the China station Midway will make
position from which overlook all commerce passing
Guam is Pacific Bermuda With
naval vessels these points, only to touch an electric button IN the
White House Washington have OF them on the alert
instantly cable valuable strategic points the
worlds mghest ocean would be vueess The
war vessels the harbors though sudden convu
sion might have by They would be in the posi-
of when the Charleston arrived lie
ship entering his harbor flying the American flag and fastened on
board call upon her On his arrival he found himself prisoner
had not heard that there between the
United States and Spain!,.
and undoubtedly will follow
other great achievement before the
Panama will those who having the laying the
Atlantic cable the cutting the Suez canal the laying of the Pacific
cable tile completion of the Panama canal Then the
will truly conquered the obstacles OF nature and have lad
the kings highway Of commerce and civilization
oahu has kept The excellence of our
athletic training by the success
Oahu all tina they