The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-02

effort to have ready as large a person
mel as possible to assist the Federal
government in manning the fortifica-
tions that are to be built and which /
think will be ready by the time the
Naval Station is completed, and alsC to
assist the Federal government in OBJ
tanning a personnel that becomes nee
essary in making a defense against
other dangers rhat might threaten.
think that we can rest assured that
the Federal government will furnish all
the material in the way of arms, am
munition, etc, that will be necessary,
and a part of the personnel. I say this
at the beginning because 1 will try to
explain about the nature of the assis-.
tance that is necessary.
1T is now nearly ten years since
this Territory has become a part of the
United States,-within a few MONTHS
and | suppose that during that time
many of you almost came to the con-
clusfon that the United States had for
gotten the existence of this outstand-
ing Territory. / can assure you, how
ever, that the War and Navy Depart
ments never have forgotten it's exis-
tence or its Importance as one of the
strategical points that they would
sooner or later have to consider in con-
nection with the commercial develop
ment that was going on in and around
the Pacific. Upon the recommended
tions of these departments and also
upon the activities of the business men
and the people generally of these Is
lands the conclusion has finally been
reached by the National government
that some definite steps should be TAX
q in IN, OH orf oe
general plan that we have for advanc-
ing our standing. for advancing our
commercial relations that we have
around the Pacific, and for guarding
the safety of such institutions as we
have established around this ocean I
think then, whatever may have been
the attitude of the Federal government
toward these Territories and in connec-
tion Herewith, it is we'll to remember
that this is only one of many things
that the Federal government has TO
look after. The spirit of expansion
has been going on, the spirit of COM
mercial expansion especially, to such
an extent that the American CONNER
cial interests have come in contact and
competition with the interests of for.
eign countries all over the world, and
our State Department has been very
busy in every direction in getting ar
ranged its machinery to look after, to
assist and finally to protect American
interests to such an extent as they
might be expected to be entitled to-
I think the movement is on foot now,
you might say we'll under way, to look
after some American interests in the
Pacific that have heretofore not receiv-
ed as much attention as, perhaps, you
here think that they ought to have
received. 81
A GREAT NAVAL BASE.
I'm this connection the policy of the
government seems to be we'll establish
ed to establish here naval base of the
first class A preliminary movement in
that direction has been taken by Con-
gress and it is the province of the War
Department to take the necessary steps
to provide protection, not only for this
naval base but for other interests in
these islands. s.
Such protection may be said to be
necessary in two distinct classes. Our
Notifications are already started for
guarding against attacks from the sea:
as / have said before, by the time the
naval base is we'll under way I think
that our forts will be in a sufficient
state of completion so that we need
not fear much from attacks that may
be made by any fleets or any probable
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