Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-22

we're nearly equal. between the Amer
ican 1S-gun shIp-sIoop Wasp and the
british l$-gun Drig-sloop trolic. the
latter lost both of her masts and -
allied and wounded out Of a crew OF
10, her hull Deing riddled. The Amer:
can loss was onIy 10 men killed and
wounded in a crew OF 135.
Neither are we met 10 lament our
.osses; tue disgracelul surrender OF
.,etrot to DrOck, the unsuccessful dash
Asa.hsI lorK, the capture or the PROUD
lie sapeahe " tie shannon, the Ge-
struCIlon of W asnE gton by Hre, ana
severe losses on tne pIrt Vi our mer-
cnanI iharItle IN Nn.Cn 4v,vVJ lAcH
ere uu,ny engaged at tne opening ..
lie " az Im u44L, IalZ.
1t is not uhseefnly, nor does 1t de-
o.. -. ...c 49,. uslastIc Celeurd
ton Of 100 years of peace, to paus>
4uug enough 70 pay JusI trloute l.
the American sailors OF the early Gay
49,. Ll..u.!. A. hey we're as
skIlrur, resourCeful and brate as eve.
-, nfdde many UtIUfe tie wa Il.
defending themselves in unchartea
waters against Malay pirates, spalf.s--
,---..l- =, ,...u - 0...y CUI 0oL-a, ~
still more nardy in war which Cla5
said, In a fine frenzy, was Tor tree
49, ...Iu st...Uis L.e4IIs.
Scarcely nUI Ilc WI begun wheh
Ale svuu4urIy, UU-..temiJereu, ana ol1>-
IlilstIc john quincy ADAMS, tnrodgh
- .....~ u4nlL.J "a L..e IIuSS.an CJ~rL -
.ILh lie us LnLn the IA. os;SsAu y.
, .,,neu negutidt.UnS Tor chung d w..
- az. 81 ~ New EnSIauu SLntinI1
and so destructive of New England
.e-.son ..u.pLei Lne hussiau olIe.
..uu .p,CIuLLu Two distinguished cItE
-eus, ual.~t.n aud B4yard, 70 c9
-kL4dte IN EuAUpe WITH M. auah4s,
" .4JuI they JUIIUu Ill ot. FelerSDdf5
= uIy Il. here letter from Loru Cas'
LIeI eaeA ndue peace unnReIy. INT
Iii ee Inen LHCn IrOueeded 10 GCthen-
Jurg NHeIe .4.orable CommunIca-
.lCn was received from England; puL
the capture of Napoleon and occup@-
ton or Paris delayed a conference.
Going 1naiIy to London they found
that the Brush demands we're so un.
Reasonable anu lnat the British eX-
yECLaL.UnS o. tlcLUry through large
..rAy and tleet Just despatched to
America so alluring that negotiations
we've o.l OF the question.
"Un Monday, August 3, 1914, the
British commission met the American
commission at / O'CLOCK at the reiIgI.
GUS house OF the Brothers oil st. john
III the Palace de Cnarteaux. Here
..round an old table in tine dinlng-room,
after the usual ceremonies and for
malities, negotiations began. They
outlined four main questions:
Il. Impressment and the right to
search foreign warships for British
sailors.
-. The determination of an Indian
boundary line. -
IS. The revision of the boundary
line between Canada and the United
states. ~ -" ''.'
-. The fisheries. ''
= 1--WE cannot follow the daily ses
sions where both sides were unwilling
to give and take even though botH
nations were eager for peace. The
negotiations dragged along YEARLY
and sometimes bitterly until summel
blended into autumn, and winter CAME
Lord Castlereagh and the duke of Wei
lington urged compromise just as thu
negotiations were about to'be 5iyer
up as fruitless. The Christmas spirit
of the religious house In which the,
met began to All the hearts OF tn,
British and Americans alike. A Pho
posaI was made to waive all tue ques
lions that had been under discussion
for nearly five months and restore eve
rything Just as 1t had been before tn
war. A strange PROPOSAL to end
war covering ;Wo and half years
but Christmas carols were being sun,
all around them. They heard tn
sweet refrain peace, on earth. 5nh'
will toward men; and they yielded t
its persuasive melody On Christina
eve the spirit of the Prince OF Peac
triumphed, the final proposal was rat
fed. and Britannia and Columbia wer
at peace-a real Christmas gift to An
glo-Saxondom and to the world. " :
What a blessing this Treaty Q
Client proved to America. Up to thi
time she was mere confederation 9
independent colonies and knew no spil
| II of nationaiism. She was entangle
with connections with England an
France and was subservient to thei
whims and their animosities. No'
these all passed away-questions 9
impressment, embargoes, orders.ir
council, Napoleonic treachery, The nj
ton created by ths Revolutionary wa
was now to be organized to meet sue
issues as currency, banking, tariff, II
ternal improvements, immigration an
the development of the west. Amer
| ca had long been looking steadily 3
the sea, anxious as to what tiding
incoming ships might bring from E,
rope and eager for traffic and gain
the wares to be unloaded. Now Ane
| lea turned her lace inland, toward tn