The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01

TOO LARGE AND IMPORTANT TO
BE LIGHLY RISKED."
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN w.
FOSTER.
Secretary of State Foster made re-
port accompanying the treaty OF an
| nexation negotiated by him February
! Is. 1898, in which he says:
1.-The policy of the United States has
! been consistently and constantly de-
| clared against any foreign aggression
| in Hawaii inimicaI to the necessarily
paramount rights and interests of the
| American people there, and the uni
form contemplation of their annexation
as a contingent necessity. But beyond
| that it is shown that annexation has
been on more than one occasion
avowed as policy and attempted as a
| fact"
| Qb., VOL /, p. 1861
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN
SHERMAN.
John Sherman approved of annexa-
ton, having negotiated and signed the
| final treaty OF annexation, June is.
1897. For long time Mr.. Sherman
1
finally favored the measure upon the
express and sole ground that the con-
troll of Hawaii was a military necessity.
Opinions of II. S. Ministers Con-
corning the Control of Hawaii.
u. s. MINISTER EDWARD Ev-
ERETT
Edward Everett, u. S. Minister at
London, sent a dispatch to l1e u. S.
State Department relating TO the seiz-
ure of Hawaii by the English, and
their subsequent restoration thereof
In the course of the dispatch he says
There is now reason to think that
the occupation of the islands by Lord
George Paulet was fortunate event,
inasmuch as it prevented them from
being taken possession of by French
squadron, which ct is said) was on its
way for that purpose. Had France
got possession of the islands she would
certainly have retained them.
Had intelligence been received here
Of Lord George Paulet's occupation of
them before her promise was given to
recognize them, England, I think,
would not have given them up. AS it
Is. an understanding between the great
European powers, amounting in effect,
II not in form, to a guaranty of their
independence, is likely to take place
This is the only state Of things with
which the United States could be con-
tent, as it will be brought about With
out involving US in any compacts with
other powers - 4
fVol. 2, Rep. Sen. Com on For. Rel.
concerning Hawaiian Islands, .. $685.
U. s. MINISTER, GEN. EDWARD
McCOOK.
In a dispatch to Secretary Seward,
dated September 3, 1866, II. S. Minister
McCook, at Honolulu, after giving a
general resume OF conditions of the
islands, says:
Geographically these islands occupy
the same important relative position
towards the Pacific that the Bermudas
do towards the Atlantic coast of the
United States, a position which makes
them important to the English, con-
venient to the French, and, IN THE
EVENT OF WAR WITH EITHER OF
THOSE POWERS, ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY TO THE UNITED
STATES
u. S. MINISTER HENRY A. PIERCE. z
On February rs, 1871, Mr.. Henry A.
Pierce, then u. S. Minister at Homo II
lulu, wrote to Secretary of State Ham, y
ilton Fish dispatch concerning an
nexation, which. upon reference to
President Grant, was deemed by him so
important that he forwarded it to the
Senate, accompanied by a. confidential
special message recommending it to the
considerations OF the Senate.
The dispatch from Mr.. Pierce is as
follows:
Impressed with the importance of
the subject now presented for consid-
GRAFTON, beg leave to suggest the in
curry whether the period has not arr .
rived making 1t proper, wise and saga
clous Tor the United States government
10 again consider the project of annex
ing the Hawaiian Islands to the terri
tory OF the republic. That such is to
De the political destiny of this archi-
pelago seems foregone conclusion in
the opinion of all who have given at
tention to the subject in this country,
the United States, England, France
and Germany.
L now proceed to state some points
Of more general character, which
should influence the United States gov
eminent in their decision of the policy
OF acquiring possession OF this archi-
peIago: Their geographical position,
oSSuPSHSs do IL does, an important
central, strategicaI point in the North Z
Pacific ocean, valuable. perhaps neces-
sary, TO the United States for a naval
depot and coaling station, and to shell
ter and protect our commerce and nav
igation, which in Shis hemisphere is
destined to increase enormously from
our intercourse with the 500 900, 900
population of China, Japan and Aus
tralia. Hunbolt predicted that the
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