The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-09
PROTECTIVE BASES.


Expansion is inevitable to the United States lust as the original
thirteen expanded first the Mississippi then Rocky
mountains then the Pacific and had also gone
everrecedng Mexican frontier and later
had to break its bonds OF staying the Shore and reach
across the Pacific to Hawaii Guam and the Philippines and into the
% OF Mexico to Porto Rico and now its further stretch to the
Ihmus Of Panama for that the Panama strip
either side OF will become United territory may
certain.
The expansion source growth
commerce and the necessity for its protection AS long the United
States simply produced material export she could have
ed inexpensive power but mighty
tacuer she could not remain uneNpansv History has
shown this and again On small scale when
manufacturing Of the Mediterranean
Tyre the city now Cad spread
accounted for the reaching OF the Spanish the Dutch the French
the British probably the mighty all
outstretching, the movement OF the Great Republic.
If only take trade with the Orient the extension
trade and the necessity OF two things ootod within striking reach
of great markets and ready of heapy reaching those
the Philippine Islands The other shall when
possession Of the Panama and the of holding intact
American possession
Taking our trade with Japan and comparing with the OF
Great Britain Judge OF the growth little
twenty In the first six months of the the imports into
Japan from the United States 2495o93 yen against 238o3656
yen from United Kingdom This imports
the exceeded those Britain
In 1881 the imports of the United States Japan less than
against than 100000 yen from the United King
dom 1891 they were seven against twenty millions in 1901 they were
against Millions and for the first six months of the imports
from the United States have overoped those of Great Britain TAX
ing this in another in 1881 the United States furnished less than
six cent OF the imports into Japan while Great Britain furnished
per In the United States furnished 79 per
Great Britain o5 per cent and the hrSt SIX months OF 1908 the United
States and the United Kingdom 1913 per Is it
WONDER that ABOUT orlSh IS
it further wonder that our traders need the naval protection OF their
country?
Take slight view the increase OF export trade China In
1880 the United States imports into China amounted 83
In 1890 they $9462o9 they stood at $55067 while
for the fiscal ending June they $I86oo9 In 1890
the United States had but per of the Chinese import trade
had cent Of the import trade, while the United King
dom had fallen from of that trade In
1890 the value Of the British trade imports into China six times
that of the United States 1902 considerable less than twice
These tell wonderful tale of the expansion of the
export the United States the Orient All these exports
nearly all Of them manufactured goods in whose manufacture
We for ourselves what the trade has done for the
American vessels like the Korea and Siberia pungng
the Pacific bearing and filled with
When the Panama canal constructed for steamer going
the Orient shall have Our trade in that direction
tay me And this be watched and protected from
any sudden attack and that why Manila valuable We
have naval base there Great Britain has Hongkong and
to take of ITSELF and the United States and
features there be expansion acquiring protective
bases and the of the Panama shortening of the
from side of the continent the other Nothing will
stand against this pressure II. l' {iUl '..-