The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-08-22
THE NATIONS AND THE 1915 FAIR

Britain does not lack for champions in the United sta IN
r decision part officially the San Francisco Fair and
there editors geefuy pointing the fact that no other
decision on the part of Great Britain could expected considering
the attitude of the United congress the matter Of the canal
tolls Even in San Francisco is found powerful publication ready
to endorse the British stand This is the Argonau which, after
viewing the history Of the various treaties up the Hayes
Pauncefore Treaty under which the decision the canal
reached Of the refusal of the take part in the fair
Here rs festival gotten celebration great achieve
ment of the hman Canal 1t presumed to mark the world
or an incident in the world progress
han WIN oner countries has been duly invited TO join
estvity Undoubtedly She would have Joined in it if she might
nave done so consistently But that under the out
Of the question England has in this matter She
victim OF bad fatr the of the government She
mas eh coed with promises and has been eoeved In plain
words she has been cheated selfrespec she declines TO
have part parcel in festival an event
rant cruel wars have been fought But England cvia
non one w not make war account of the
done her She will illustrate resentment and her content m
staying quietly at home while America merry over her canal
1T without saying that the England to participate
grlevous disappointment i'll fact something of blow
IS an adverse note in what designed chorus of universal
joyfuness puts on what was planned to be universal
exposition Probably very considerably curtal the of
the far since other nations feeling themselves aggrieved under the
policy prescribed for the falling line behind England
and declining to have in the exposition the same time
nobody at once intelligent and entirely can blame Great
Britain for the course she has taken Her action rebuEe
but is rebue which have brought upon by an act
Of national dishonesty folly .l,. ~. ~ -
Chicago weekly takes great satisfaction in rebukng
e Dnglng craftsmanship which refusal of so
many OF the nations help celebrate achievement of the great
est engineering feat in the worlds history saying:
o4O anon ana defiance Of public opinion does well
LOT the Dut the day is sure to come when that ioued
pubhc opinion must be placated And sometimes the end
comes so quickly that the surrender is humiang
Aftnr
swapping our fingers in the face of the world repuiat
ing our pledged word by proposing exempt-Anercan
SHIPS from tolls, to the nations AMI
them to participate celebrating the greatest engineering
leat OF history. 1.-The was eynpced
England after long hesitation declnes Germany
sla refuse; Austria will think about That is not the re-
Spouse this country has been to receive Yet if is
what should have been by ACQUAINTED with
human
Seldom has been more dramatic demonstration Of
the superior development of mechanical poll
tea science Engineers in the face of almost nsuperabe
obstacles have carried through stupendous undertaking
me very elements have been subdued till what was pre
Vlousy a deathtrap is the healthy abode of man
l5u the statesmen who also had to in
oh WIN the canal have bunged, bunged bungled Pos
ing as the leading nation in pressing arbitration world
policy we retraned from taking dispute with Colombia
to The Hague; but instead avaled sof conn
Try internal dsension TO oment rebellion the particular
state mat eld the coveted
surrender OF the body TO us, we prevented Colombia
from subdung her fractions state
Granted that Colombia unreasonable we yvero tho
more bound to refer the international co,u
Instead having disrupted friendly nation and but be
canal IN accordance with deliberotev
rcputiiate the treaty, defy the of world and
plan to admit ships free
There why all ships should be treated
alke IN lhe cHnal Such would not show
he world hat W" could keep pledged word when the
immaculate pcc'lAly interest but II
establish good precedent in the of highways "
one cannot forecast the developments future. Who
shall say the day is far distant when will be distinct
advantage to fly through another country Besides if
we discriminate because the mil tl.
Is our only Justification to he
may be closed TO The refusal participate in the Pa
mama celebration rs the least of the by nations