The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-29

r. Bennett. Published by the His.
torical Publishing Company, Wash.
ington.
Preparation Of this volume was par.
ticipated in ly John Hays Hammond,
Capt. Philip Andrews, t. s. ~, Rupert
Blue, ND, and other associate edi.
tors, but the assembling of such a
mass of history and its arrangement
In so logical and pleasing a manner
must be traced to the guiding hand Of
Ira T.. Bennett. His long training as
as an editor at Washington, and the
consequent opportunities for familiar.
ity with history in the making is evi.
dent throughout this interesting and
valuable book.
spanish Conquest
The volume is a history of events
from the earliest discoveries along the
shores of Central and South America.
The earlier chapters present in re-
markably concise and readable manner
the history of Spanish conquest and
the operations of the English, French
and other buccaneers, corsairs and
slave traders. Looking back over the
intervening period, one IL not sur
prised at the cruml ling of the world
empire Of Spain. The operations car
ried on to procure gold, silver and
precious stones to pour into the lan
Of the small home country, considered
no rights of TIE natives who were Sde-
spoiled of labor, country and life it.
self. The serious thought arises as to
how Spain continued so long to in.
crease in power under system which
permitted the cruelties of IA Alva in
Europe to be re-enacted throughout the
Spanish Main with entire disregard Of
every human and property right.
The crumbling and falling away Of
Spanish oversee dominons NAV well
suggest that ill-gotten gains were the
means Of rendering effeminate those
who reaped the rewards of their iron.
armed progenitors. The stories of the
Spanish Main have thrilled the nations
through the intervening centuries and
tinged with romance a period nOtori
Gus for its bloody tragedies, its cruel
injustice and its degrading results.
The Gordian Knot Cut
Those who trace the course of dis
covery and settlement of the Isthmu~
through its many phases when the tusi
ness of the world was yet small, and
come to the final stages when commu
nication across the Isthmus became a
necessity, will recognize the perfectly
natural development from the Indian
cargadore to the pack mule, the canine
real, the railroad and the canal. And
when that great instrument of civil
zatiOn was threatened by "scraps OF
PAPER" the Gordian knot was cut and
the work proceeded to the fulillment
of the dreams of the centuries
Those who still feel that the cana
was constructed in unrighteousness, due
to the secession of Panama and its
prompt recognition by the United
States, may well ponder over the fact
that very considerable number OF
the States of our union seeded during
the fateful days Of 1861. and that they
did not re-enter the union voluntarily
and that during the continuance OF
their unfilial conduct they received al
the aid that could be given by certain
other nations, considering the block
aiding fleets of the union.
Divergent Opinions Natural
That there should be divergent opin
ions touching the matters involved te
tween the powers concerned, and par
ticularly with reference to the meth
DDS Of adjustment, may well be ex
pected. For about half century
there has been a group OF high -mindet
men and women who lave annually
come together in conference to con 81
der ways and means of preserving thu
rights Of the Indians of North Amer
i,a nt h. h., A.
grims landed. the Indian has been de
spoiled Of his hunting grounds.
In the remOrse,ess advance of eivili
cation some were carried along, some
were submerged, and many left a,
drift wood along the shores of prog
ress. Those who have reaped the fruit,
of their progenitors long-continued
pressure on the steadily vanishing In
dian frontiers, may, with entire pro
pricty, refrain from criticism of those
public officials who cleared away the
diplomatic barriers which halted the
marriage of the oceans which bear al
the commerce to and from our shores
The progress of civiliza ton sometime:
suggests and demands the overriding
of the lesser civilized communities or
the broad theory of the greatest good
to the greatest number
Wallace and Stevens
1t would deprive the reader of much
pleasure to attempt to follow the con
struction of the canal through all its
phs SEES. Fortunately, the editors have
included the history Of The regime OF
John F. Wallace and John F. Stevens
who preceded General Goethals. The
story of the sanitary, the food and
other problems which eventually loom
ed so large in the life of the thou
sands of employees who at one time OF
another sOjOurned on the lsthmus, Is
very informing.
The long controversy as to the reia
tive merits of sea level and the lock
type of construction being settled in
favor of the latter, the duties of the
engineers were given in the simple
slogan, "Iet the dirt fly" But Wal
lace and Stevens were not trained uu
der the hampering restrictions of gov
eminent red tape. Its irksomeness has
appalled, many who have gone before
them.
The Incompatible Cocktails"
In the end it became necessary ia
cut away such restrictions and to con
fer upon the Incompatible Goethals