The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-27
THE DELEGATE's WORK.

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Democratic writer's and soapbox orators as well as regular
pagn speers telling of Hawaii that Delegate Kalan
is entitled credit for appropriations for Pearl Habor
and other national They try make the people
foeoained bound to matter
effort the part of Hawais congressional
Misrepresentation in political contest never was more easy to
expose this line of deacon of the Delegates services Quite
likely in time the United States would have orthed 0nGnu an
improved and fortified Pearl Harbo True is that Webster and
this Territory today born pointed out
that Hawaii the key of the Pacific and Pearl arbor the kehoe
speak Everybody who knows anything about the reciprocity
treaty the greatest factor in pronunciation prosperity aware that
it had its anchor firmly planted in Pearl arbor was the clause
making of exclusive rights that arbor the United States
which bulwarked the treaty against all attempts at its abogaton
Yet whole decade after annexation there was nothing doing
improvement Pearl Harbor Barring possible threat of
there probably would have been nothing doing until now were
that the matter urged from this end and during the first
three terms of Delegate Klananaoe seduousy pressed by him
Washington The national policy was of ocastnaton but the
Delegate successfully stirred the national authorities into action
fighting strongly for the Pearl Harbor dry dock Now the
fruits of his labor in continuing contracts for building the dry dock
in actual progress
January 30 1908 Delegate appeared
House Committee Naval Affairs met consider the Pearl Ha
dry to
show how concusey and how long time the strategic value of
by citation
ay necessity of the Spanish from which point the
Delegate proceeded show how the thus acquired had been
viewpoints great long
statesmen should be made accomplished fact without further
delay Following extracts from the official of the Delegates
But although this Government annexed the Hawaiian
Islands for the particular value of their strategic lOca
iOn they have permitted almost years pass without
turning sod laying foundation stone toward the
actual construction of a naval station Pearl HarbO
1t is that magnificent site of 600
ground has been acquired for this purpose
The ten square miles of landlOcked waters in Pearl
Harbor could easily combined
nation and of Great Britain but that give shelter
a bateshp till its docks built and the channel APP
prOach is Strengthened.
The Importance of Pearl HarbOr a naval and military
base has been repeatedly urged by men able and expert
enced in military and naval science; among them Captain
NOW AdmTal A. T. Mahan, who pointed with
answerabe the commanding of
HarbOr as the key to the Pacific
Gentlemen of the committee, this
neglected the safeguard of preparing naval base
the mdPacfc Our relations with other nations
day that would be nexcusabe neglect of the responsibility
of Congress the nation postpone the beginning
work another year.
The Navy Department and the General last
keenly awake to the urgent opening
building dry dock there Both these lines
should be be provided
for in this bill
would respectfully suggest your committee invite
Admiral Dewey Naval Board member O appear
before and state to personally executive
sion of their for the urgency of the
Pearl HarbOr which they transmit you
in writing.
The development of Harbor is not a Hawaiian
proposition; it is a national need But my nation gave
its sovereignty this
right ask, and ask
vided for islands, that could captured
single hostile batleshp could be done today.
Coast Notifications alone not sufficient there
operating base asc
and the latter useless without the former.
Hawaii should be defended for its projections
repeat that 1t is far important for the
defensive plans Of the nation a a whole.