Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-11-09
About As Was Expected.

TEcu .. huonob Vi Ooh AA"oSAoSo'
who has lately returned from the Sand.
wich Islands, declares that it is only
question of a very short time when
there will not be white man left on
the Hawaiian islands, owing to inso-
lent entertainments of Asiatics. Even
when he left, the interminable trend
Of japanese and Chinese immigration
had displaced the whites in labor, and
was rapidly driving out American mer'
chants and tradesmen.
Our government has not yet been
apprised OF this pre- concerted effort, or
the conditions existing on the islands.
The facts are being suppressed by
every investigating commission sent
from Washington. Soon as they come
they are taken in hand by the official
clique, headed by Gov. Carter and the
High Sheriff who works under his or
ders, and the Commissioners are, by
feasting, flattery and fawning, com.
PEELED to Stand Pat" with the plans
Of the plotters. Mr.. Adams says:
81 tried trade in the islands and don't
like it. A white man has no chance,
either as a merchant or as a labOrer.
He cannot under the existing order of
things compete with the Japanese and
Chinese. There are $4,000 Japanese,
30, 900 Chinese and about 30 600 natives,
including the Portuguese population, as
against 1900 Americans. 1t is lamen-
table fact that better protection is given
to a Japanese, or Chinese, especially the
former, on the island of Hawaii than to a
white man. a native born citizen of the
government whose flag floats over dimin-
utive specks in the sea. Japan is
thus peopling the islands, not the United
States. Japan wants them, wants them
badly and will attempt their seizure on
the slightest provOcation. Governor
Carter's administration is not q strong
one. 1t is looked upon as joke. He
commands no respect. As a matter of
fact, it is painful to observe the disre.
spect of the people"
The result of this condition Of Of.
fairs was forecast in these columns
many months ago. The volatile char.
acter Of the little brown brother who
awoke the civilized world with an ex.
empli6ca.ion of bis proves at arms
in the struggle with Russia, his ability
to suppress knowledge of the loss and
cost OF the struggle, his disposition to
continue striking q fallen foe, the rest.
less condition in which the struggle left
the empire Of the Mikado and neces.
sity to keep the large army in some
active employment, tho inordinate
conceit aroused by the Unexpectedly
to them complete victory, and the dis
satisfaction under which the necessary
concessions were made to the unrea.
sonable Gear at Portsmouth, cons.i-
tuted enough grounds, supplemented
as they were by the visit of q delega-
ton of the most intelligent men OF
the kingdom to our Southern States,
to study her resources, adaptability of
soil and the methods of acquiring i'm.
mense areas for colonization of large
numbers OF her people permanently on
the American continent, to compete
with our own countrymen in supply.
ing Jail sorts of industrial products,
a:e additional evidences that our sur
mise was based upon substantial
grounds. The only variance we note in
this forecast OF probabilities is that we
surmised the Philippine Islands would
be the objective point instead of Ha-
waii.
1t will be further noted that q couple
o. months ago; the presence of Japa.
nese warships in the latter group, ap.
parently to study tho clay of the
land" seemed to confirm the general
policy attributed to this nervous, ex-
citable and needy, but courageous and
exultant little neighbor. That he has
the inclination for conquest and the
courage to attempt it in almost any
field that presents the conditions he
may deem essential, seem to be sus.
tanned by about all the conditions that