The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-05

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lions With foreign eovernnents s. talk
|inf ehppq here and II win not be many
weeks, pps.ihlyj before this looks very
large ont ~ the States The treaty
WITH Ceionbiq - new proof 81 Il and
alike q me EARNEST desire Of President
wilson 70 gam the good will Of South
|Aporicn ~ vel rs OF Europe. SO that
tfadt noy follow the opening OF the
PanaIna Canal. The President mas A
inopiontou4 program in that reenrd to-
|earfy ilfdugh and thus far only the
foundaiions are being wen laid. nc a
likely 70 come into vivorous clash with
x'Pfesiloht Roosevelt, who win acc his
chance, on returning TO the United
States 10 obtain generous notice. As
matter Of fact eestain politicians OF
some eminence claim TO see that the big
campaign THIS autumn win be waeed on
foreign, rather thaH domestic issues.
The cOtntry Is weary Of tariff and dls
posed 70 Wait and ascertain how the
new law will operate. The currency
law appears to be making out fairly
we'll save Tor the iealousies Of a few
rival cities. The antitrust oinnibns
bin is not stoutly combatted anywhere
and the effort Is quite unanimous 10
get a lnsasnre that win do Ne work
desired.
Fresh subjssts In Foreign Questions.
But IN Foreign questions there are
fresh siibieets From the Beoinnfno
there has been diversity of views about
the Presidency Mexican poliev He
shoald 81 he should not have betn more
aggressive The repeal az eanaf falls
mas provoked a great nation-wi dis
cussion, echoes of which are certain To-
extend to the October hastings. Then
mst5 but not least, comes the matter OF
an apology and indemnity TO Colombia
for having been forcibly deprived Of
her asset IN the Panama Canal route
TO add rest to such ISSUES. there ~
Secretary Of State Bryan, who has been
much Of an issue almost From the day
he entered the cabinet. Apart from
whatever etieiency or lack Of it he may
have shown as the premier OF the adj
ADMINISTRATION, there are alike the enfhu
siastic admiration and deep seated hat
red Of the man, both rooted back in the
campaikns Of 1896 and 1900. He has
been much Identified with the admins.
tration y foreign policy although Presi
dent Wilson keeps his own hand upon
important undertakings In the depart
mcnt. fT.
Something like hundred prospective
postmasters the country over arc very
uneasy beeause their Commissions are
not fofthcopiihg at Washington. Most
Of them, however, have no reason to
worry. The senate is having fare
you-well combat to determine whether
any eoiored men shall be permitted to
hold federal Office under this admin
istration. The question will be an
swered In the affirmative and those who
asserted up and down theS land few
months ago that the President. was not
the friend Of the colored brother will
be eonfolinaed, Senators North and
West have forced the issue BY deciding
that no nominations whatever shan be
confirmed till Judge Robert II. Terrell,
Of the District, Of Columbia Municipal
Court has been confirmed.
There dre many senators who hold
that no man should be appointed To
fedetal Office simply because he is Of a
giych raee and conversely that when
,nomIree to fcIlerhI Office is OF given
faee that shdhl1 not be used is al
weapon 10 prevent his confirmation
The, present contest is of no small i'm
portAnce and win probably be settled
so deRisively that little more will be
heard about II for NNhile,