The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

for a military base In 1880 Secretary OF
State Clayton notified France that We
could never with Indifference allow them
Cthe Hawaiian Islands, TO pass under the
dominion OF exclusive control Of any 9TH
er power" Secretary Of State Daniel
Webster reiterated the same Monroe
Doctrine Of the Pacific in ISL william
l. Marcy, James G. Blaine. other great
Secretaries Of State, reiterated II once
more. as did William Mckinley when he
pleaded for the annexation Of the Islands.
Most Americans are familiar with the
events which fnaliy brought about an
nexatiCn Of these islands in 1885 The
Spanish war was the immediate cause
Dewey's victory made their possession
necessary. II IS not known generally, per
haps. that prior to that, IN 1854, 1858. and
1873 the monarchs OF the islands sought
annexation and We refused It. Four times
We refused a reciprocity treaty. and not
until 1876 was one adopted. which brought
forth wonderful results Three times n
1874. 1859. and 1888, were United States
meu-0f-war called On to land and dId
land forces 10 MAINTAIN order there Twice
since the islands have been civilized vas
possession taken OF them on behalf #
Great Britain. in 1881 and 1s45 Strange 10
say. each time England refused 10 accept
them
The overthrow OF royalty IN 1888 WIS
the beginning Of the final step OF the
many anxious moments that the revolu-
tlOnisJs passed through owing TO the sud
den reversal Of policy OF President Har-.-
son by President Cleveland the country
IS well Informed Few persons now -s-
t E-et that by exactly a two-thirds vote. u
10 =. on July 6. 1SsS. the Islands were
finally annexed 10 the United States. ex-
aCtly seveEty-two years from the time
the King executed his first treaty with
any foreign power. a treaty which Capt
Timothy c. Jones. a merchant seaman,
made for The United states. but which
was not ratified. a policy that was fol-
p wed for many years by our govern
ueEL II took the read hand OF wa- %
make these lands part OF our country
Had Il nOc been for that the Islands uIti-
uately might have shared the fate Of
f Lower California and the 3Iarquesas Isl
ands 50 far as becoming part Of our do
/ main was concerned
kumehamcha the Great
There stands in Honolulu q massive
statue OF the one great figure OF Hawa-
ian history Il IS that OF Kamehameha
the Great He & was who made a king
dom OF Hawaii and developed his land 50
that ne and his people passed from a
state u ba-barisn and half savagery into
q close approach 10 what we now call
. civilization. The figure IS heroic and the
massive headdress upon Il closely reseu-
hles the symbols worn on their heads by
T the Greeks at the time Of the Trojan war.
Il seems 20 have been prophetic Il IS a
7 Tar cry from the condition n which Ka-
/ ueEaueha nodded the people OF these
F Islands into one nation. dramatically driv-
. ing thousands upon thousands Of his C2-
E U0leuts on this island OF Oahu 10 their
deaths. in I-97- over the Pail precipice. =
sheer fall OF SO feet. 10 the modern civili-
zati0n and the ful rights OF American
Citizenship which the people now enjoy
/ The great chief-ain died IN 1873 II the
age OF elEhty-two- He had prepared the
way FOR Americanizing the Pacific The
next year the traders and whalers and
Z missionaries came almost simultaneously.
I From that time progress was swift \
{ record OF q few events tells the story The
I first English newspaper west Of TIE
I Rocky Mountains appeared IN Honolulu
I In 1876 Kamehsueha III granted a biz
+ of rights in 1S5e Il IS called the Hawaiian