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SmppUememd Hod ftllw ZP0
Is She F-ueuie" Daughter?
A rumor prevails in Paris that a beautiful
young girl bearing a remarkable resem
blance to ex-Empress Eugenie is about to
begin law proceedings to compel the recog
nition of her claim to be a daughter of that
unhappy lady,
Preparing fur Labor Trouble.
The Prussian Government, fearing that
strikes are impending, has issued a decree
ordering the police to interfere in case strik
ers intimidate workiugnieu. Extra vigilance
8 ordered against strikers connected with
the social democratic agitation, the leaders
of which make use of the strife for higher
wages to widen -the breach between em
ployees and employed and to increase the
workman's hatred of existing political and
social order, and thus to bring about a great
rupture between the laboring class and their
employers. Socialist meetings and publi
cations will be put under energetic surveil
lance. District Governors are authorized
to demand troops, if necessary, for the en
forcement of these measures.
May llli.
The management of the Money Order
Department of the San Francisco Postofiice
is severely criticised at Washington Dean
of Arizona introduced a resolution in the
House authorizing the President to oiler a
reward of $25,000 for the killing or capture
rt frrnniinn The railroad strike in St.
Louis is declared off Catholic opposition
tn h Knirhts of T.alor is verv pronounced
in Canada The situation in Greece is still
regarded as critical.
Strike and Striker,
A crowd of socialists and others started
yelling towards the McCormick Reaper
Works, half a mile from Chicago. The po
lice were immediately telephoivt-d for and
soon arrived, and drawing their revolvers
fired indiscriminately into the crowd which
scattered in all directions, rive persons
were wounded, but no one is reported killed.
The entire reserve force of the city police
has been ordered to preserve order in the
vicinity of the trouble. The scene at McCor
miek's works was riotous in the extreme
At least 150 police had arrived on the ground
and were coming in patrol wagons. By this
time the windows of the factory had been
riddled with stones and bullets. Two of
the wacrons while ou the way to the scene
stopped to disperse a noisy crowd. The
mnh attacked them with stones, but the of
ficers iumped from the wacons, and by the
vigorous use of their clubs soon sent the
riotem flvinc in all directions. Then thev
turned and began driving the noisy crowds
out of the saloons in the neighborhood, us
ing their clubs indiscriminately. Inside of
the fence of McCormick's works, officer
Raffertv had a verv narrow escape. A rioter
nmo rn behind him and was pointing
pistol at his head, not two feet away, wlien
Lieutenant Shepperd struck the would-be
ARttRRsin to earth with his club, shiverine it
tn nieces with the viiior of the blow. At
o'clock the police were forming a hollow
unnare. inside of which thev escorted McCor
miek's men up beyond Twenty-second street
without trouble, except irom an occasional
stone hurled from a safe hiding place. Four
men were found wounded with bullets.
Fatal Explosion.
Another terrible explosion occurred" at fh
Pinole branch of the California Powder
Works. It spread havoc among a portion
1 1 Ml 1
of the company s property, ana mned one
white man and tnree mnanien.
This is the third disaster of the kinc
from which these works have suffered. Th
first occurred in January, 1882, the next in
September, 1883. 'lhe entire loss oi mi:
latest explosion is estimated at about $5000
is
May 3th.
The new Hawaiian treaty, now before the
Senate, is already meeting with strong op
position. The Senate passed the Postofiice
Appropriation bill. At New York, forty-
seven of Stanford's Palo Alto colts were
sold for $46,855. Charles Crocker is not
yet able to sit up. Queen ictoria opened
the British Colonial Exhibition in London.
Gladstone was enthusiastically received
on his return to London.
DOMDS.
Tb Socialist ami Striken Rewort to
Dynamite.
Chicago was the scene of several bloody
street riots, mainly incited by the foreign
Socialists and Anarchists. The trouble of
the day began with a renewal of the rioting
in front of the McCormick Reaper Works.
There a great mob attacked the police, but
were repulsed, two police being badly hurt
and a number of rioters wounded. August
Spies, the editor of a socialist paper, issued
an inflammatory call for a meeting to be
held at the Havmarket. He advised all
workingmen to use dynamite against the
police and to shoot and kill.
The meeting was held in the evening, and
an immence mob of excited men was ad
dressed by several Socialists. When the
excitement threatened to become dangerous
the police was called out. As they march
ed up, dynamite bombs were thrown into
their ranks, killing two men and wounding
a large numlK?r. lhe police used their re
vol vers, and the mob returned the fire, but
the guardians of the law soon overpowered
the rioters and they were dispersed, lhe
accounts of the fatalities are conflicting, but
it is known that two policemen were killed,
four fatally injured, and that not less than
fifty were more or less hurt. About twenty
Socialists, nearly all wounded, are under
arrest, while it is estimated that fnllv fifty
of the rioters and lookers-on were injured.
Rioting also took place in Milwaukee. The
militia were called out and put an end to
the disturbance.
Treaty Topics.
At a regular meeting of the State Central
Committee of the Natioual Labor party at
San Francisco, the following was adopted
among other resolutions:
Resolved. That we protest against the
renewal of the Reciprocity treaty with the
Hawaiian Islands and demand the abroga
tion of the present treaty.
May 6lli,
William Leaman was shot and instantly
killed by McAllister at Woodland ; jealousy
is supposed to have been the cause. The
campaign against Gladstone's Irish bill is
becoming very active in England. Eastern
Emperor won the race for the Chester cup
at Chester, Eng, Haggin's Tyrant won the
mile-and-a-quarter dash at Lexington, Ky.
Fourteen men were buried by the collapse
of a building in St. Paul. The Senate has
made the Chinese bills a special order for
May 10th. The nomination of C. R. Pol
lard to be Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of New Mexico has been rejected.
The Senate has confirmed Governor Zulick
of Arizona.
C'; rr y i it i I lie Mail.
The committee's provi-iim for carrying
the foreign mails, as finally aim-uJcd by
the Senate and agreed to, reads as follows:
ror the transportation of the foreign
mails by American built and registered
steamships, to secure greater frMjut-uey
and regularity and dispatch, and greater
speed in the carriage of such mails to Bra
zil, tho republic of Mexico, Central and
South America, the Sandwich and u est In
dia and Windard islands, New Caledonia,
New Zealand and Australian colonies,
$800,000. And the Postmaster-General is
authorized to make, after due advertise
ments for proposals, such contract or con
tracts with the owners of American steam
ships for terms of not less than three nor
more than rive years at the rate of compen
sation not to exceed 50 cents a nautical
mile on the trip each way actually traveled
between the terminal points in the most
direct and feasible sailing course between
such terminal iioints as shall be found ex
pedient and desirable to secure the end
above set forth; and if he shall be unable
to make such contracts for any such re
quired services, he shall, as far as possible,
cause the mails of the United States to be
carried to and from said places respectively
in the best and most expeditious manner
practicable, if possible in Am-ucau vessel,
and for a reasonable compensation, not ex
ceeding the' rate before mentioned. And
the Postmaster-General, if in his judg
ment it be' practicable, shall contract for
semi-monthly .service between New York
and New Orleans and the port of Rio
Janeiro under the provisions of this law
MovintcTo Mllwauker,
The scene of rioting was transferred from
Chicago to Milwaukee. At Bay View, near
the latter city, a mob of rioters were fired
on by the militia, five persons being killed
and several wounded. The leaders of the
riot at Chicago were arrested and will be
held on charges of murder without bail
Mayor Harrison issued a proclamation for
bidding the assembling oi crowds in public
places. A policeman was fatally shot while
trying to arrest a couple of despc rate char
acters. Dynamite and giant-powder bombs
were found at the- office of the Arheiter
Zeitung, the paper which was instrumental
in inciting the mob the previous night, lhe
citizens contributed $27,000 for the relief of
the victims.
Word- Front the Wire.
Charles Crocker's side will compel him
to remain quiet for some time, but he is
cheery and hopeful.
The New Y'ork police have not arrestee
Herr Most, the Asarchist, but are still
searching for him.
The members of the Grand Army of the
Republic are protesting against the speeches
of Jen Davis in the South.
The Yankton, Sioux aud other neighbor
ing Indians are threatening trouble, am
have invited Sitting Bull to join them.
The Regent of Sjmin has o flu red General
Guzeman Blanco, President-elect of en
ezuela, a man of war to convey him to his
country. President Blanco has accepted
the oner.
A Large l'art of Maudalay liiirue!.
The Insurgents have got possession of
Mandalay and destroyed by fire no less
than 4000 houses. Among the buildings
tnmred were the Chinese and Siamese
bazars. The hostility of the natives, who
remain loyal to the dethroned King The
baw, to the Chinese is intense, because of
the Chinese openly avowed their indorse
ment of Great Britain s seizure of Burmah
The officers commanding the British forces
have telegraphed to Lord Dufterin, Viceroy
that they are powerless to prevent the ro
bellious rioting of the natives and have
urgently asked for re-enforcements.
An Attempted lteuuioii.
It is reported that a complete re-union of
the Liberal party was being arranged by
the leaders of the inherent factions, and
that the basis of the agreement would be
the dropping of the Land Purchase bill,
and the amendment of the home rule
measure so as to include the retention of
the Irish representatives at Westminster
It vras even stated that Gladstone and
Chamberlin were negotiating on the basis
of such an agreement. The attempt, how
ever, failed, Gladstone learning that Cham
berlain would accept no guaranties for the
agreement except the draft of an amend
nient to the Irish bill.
Another Note to reece.
On the initiative of England a collective
note, signed by England, Germany, Austria,
Russia and Italy, was presented to Greece.
The note states that while the Powers rec
ognize the friendly intervention of France,
referred to by Greece in her answer to the
ultimatum as having been accepted and
acted upon before tho receipt of the ultima
tum, they must require some mors precise
assurances that Greece will disarm. It is
added that unless the demands of the Pow
ers are promplty acceded to, the signers will
withdraw their Ministers from Athens.
May 7th.
The ninety-seven colts and fillies sold by
Senator Stanford in New Y'ork brought
$84,850. Lord Hartington will introduce
in the Commons a motion to' reject Glad
stone's Irish Home Rule Bill. The news
from Burmah is causing much anxiety in
England. Senator Fair proposes the trans
fer of the Apaches to Santa Catahna island
The Senate will devoto May 27th to eu
logies of the late Senator Miller. The
Bank of England rate of discount has ad
vanced to 3 per cent. General Logan will
deliver the oration at General Grant's tomb
on Decoration Day.
lhe Chicago Situation.
There is a creater feeling of crmrti1,.nr
apparent in the abihtv of lhe authorities:
D 0 - -
preserve the peace. The arrest of a few
anarchists, insures a feeling that this ele
ment will no longer prove so troublesome,
the more in view of the fact that the leading
instigators of the recent trouble have been
caned, with Possibly a notable exception
The collection of evidence acainst the con
spirators is proceeding rapidly.
Warrants were issued far the arrest of
four striking switchmen, employed by the
St. Paul and Fort Wavne rond-!. rhnririnrr
them with obstructing "the United States
mail. One man was arrested by a Deputy
Marshal. The others have not been found.
The fund of the benefit of the families of
the dead and wounded police has swelled to
$28,000.
The police raided the hall of the anarch
ists at 105 North Wells street and 58 Clay
bcurne avenue and seized a few muskets.
At Pullman all the men at the Pullman
Works and the Allen Paiwr Carwheel Cnv
Works are still out. The localitv w nniet
and disorders were not apprehended.
runy tnree-tonrtus of the McCormick
Harvester Works employes reported for
duty.
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY-
Au Klfort to Have the Iiruiou ou
It Made Public.
There will be au effort made when the
lawaiiau treaty is taken up to pass a reso
ution providing for its discussion in open
session. rinoe- the publication of the
treaty, mauy Senators hold that there is no
longer any reason for discussing the ques
tion in secret, particularly as it is one which
affects the commercial interests of the na
tion. Mills, of the House Committee on
Wavs and Means, holds that it will require
an Act of Congress to give effect to the pro
iK)sed new treaty, and the House, he says,
w ill never consent to the continuance of the
policy of paying an enormous yearly
bounty to Hawaiian planters. The daties
remitted by the United States since the
treaty went into effect amount to more than
$23,000,000. This Mills and the majority
of the Wavs and Means Committee hold to
be equivalent to a gift to Claus Spreckels
and a few others of that sum. Mills, who
made the r rt from the Ways and Means
Committee, in favor of a joiut resolution to
give notice to terminate the treaty, says he
hopes soon to call up the resolution in the
House, which h' 1 Iieves will paas it by a
large majority. Ii the Senate persists in
discussing the matter in secret, the curious
spectacle will probably be seen of one house
discussing the treaty m public while the
other is debating it in secret.
It appears that the State Department has
furnished the Seuate with some important
information relating to German designs in
the Hawaiian islands. Claus Spreckels is
said to be anxious to secure German pro
tection for his interests theres and mforma
tion on this subject and also relating to the
course pursued by Germany in the Caroline
islands is now before the Senate. For this
reason some Senators declare that it would
not be proper to discuss the matter m
public.
A careful canvass made of the Senate
shows that the renewal of the old treaty
without additional concessions will be lm
possible. Morrill, Chairman v.! the Finance
Committee of the Senate, who in Congres
sional proceedings was reported in favor of
abrogating the treaty, has not much regarc
for its political value. Speaking on the sub
juct he said: "So far as the idea of our estab
lishing a sort of Jingo empire in the Pacific
ocean is concerned, I have not much faith
in it. The truth is, that in case of war
these Hawaiian islands wtil go to the
strongest naval power, aud it will not affect
us one tjroat whether we have a treaty toot
hold there or not." Senator Gibson is in
favor of discussing the matter in public
and he st onclv opposes the treaty. He
savs.: "The treaty is merely paying
bounty forthe employment of Chinese and
Portugese laborers and discriminating
against our own people. The sugar pro
duced by these people comes in free coinpe
tition with that produced by our own labor
ers. It crowds out taxed sugar from the
Philippine islands and Asia aud diminishes
our exports to those countries.
The Cholera in Italy.
It is officially announced that the cholera
has appeared in enice aud icenza
Several cases and some deaths are reported
in these places daily.
All tuiet at Milwaukee.
All is -Quiet at Milwaukee. Troops con
tiuue to niard the threatened establish
ments at Bay View and South Side. No
riotous assemblage has been reported and
the trouble is believed to be over, ine ar
rest of the socialists who have been instiu
mental in urging on the riots continue.
Rotes from the Vatican.
Notwithstanding the objection of France
to the appointment of a papal nuncio at
Peking, the Pope insists upon establishing
direct relations with China. M. De irey
cinet, the French Premier, is negotiating
with the uticau with the object of
establishing a modus vivendi.
It is officially announced that the Arch
bishops of Rennes, Reims, Sens, Baltimore
and Quebec are to be created Cardinals.
The Trouble iu Indlas
Great excitement prevails at the Horse
Guards over the news from Burmah . Prep
arations for the dispatch of large reinforce
ments to India are being made. The news
from India clearly indicates that Lord Duf
ferin dare not reduce the force at his tus
posal for fear of an uprising.
GREECE AND THE POWERS.
The Foreign Ministers Preparing to
Leave Athens.
The Greek Cabinet met and framed a re
ply to the collective note of the Powers
lhe representatives of the Powers consid
er
: a . i a m i
ii luaciequaie. xne ioreign ministers w
ill
leave Athens to-morrow niornine. The
Biitish corvette Carysfort is in readiness
to
take on board Sir Horace Ilmnlol.l th,
English minister, and proceed to Malta. J
iuikiu guuooai nas arrived at L'irieus t
convey from Athens Tewaik Bey, repre
ntative of the Porte. Great excitement
prevails. The soldiers of the garrison have
been summoned to tne barracks and it w
reported that they will proceed to the front
to-morrow. Several members of th f'ham-
ber of Deputies who are officers in the army
nave oeen oruereu to tne iront. llie Gen
eral commandinsr the Greek trnrma nn fha
Homier telegraphs that the lurks are niasi
ing, ana mat ne uas ordered a siuul
ar
movement of his troops.
The official journal of the Ministry say
s long as tne pressure oi the ultimatum
of
the Powers is allowed to remain, Greece
will not dismiss a sinele feoldier from th
army now mobilized.
Mansaere of Frenchmen.
The officials of the French New Hebrides
Company on Espiritu Santo island have
been massacred by a party of natives from
1'ort Stanley. The Governor of New Cale
donia has dispatched a transport with
roops to the island to render any assistance
that may be required.
Mormon Missionaries.
There are a number of Mormon mission
aries in Switzerland trviug to induce the
girls to emigrate to Utah, promising them
happiness and prosperity. Some that have
already been victimized write from Utah
bitterly bewailing their fate.
THE NEW HAWAIIAN TREATY.
Full Test oT th Measure ou lie fore
the Senate.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Washington, Mav 4. There is a measure
before each branch of Congress in relation
to the Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty. The
one before the House is a resolution that
has been reported favorably from the Com
mittee on Ways and Means to abrogate the
existing treaty of commercial reciprocity
between this country and the Hawaiian
Islands. The measure before the Senate is
the treaty negotiated in 1884 by Secretary of
State Freylinghuysen and Minister Carter.
That treaty was sent to the Seuate December
9, 18S4, for approval by that body, but it
remained in the hands of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs without any action being
taken upon it until the present session. At
this session of Congress, as soon as Morri
son introduced his resolution m the House
to abrogate the treaty, the Senate Com
mittee took up the treaty that had been
referred to it, and after considering it, re
ferred it to the Senate with the unanimous
report that it be approved. The following
is the text of the new treaty, which, for the
first time, is now laid before the public:
Whereas, A convention was concluded
between the United States of America and
His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Isl
ands on the 30th day of January, 18o, con
cerning commercial reciprocity, which, by
the fifth Article thereof, was to continue in
force for seven years from the date after it
was to come into operation, and further
until the expiration of twelve months after
either of the high contracting parties should
give notice to the other of its wish to termi
nate the same; and whereas, the high con
tracting parties consider that the increase
and consolidation of their mutual commer
cial interests would be better promoted by
the definite limitation, therefore the Presi
dent of the United States of America and
His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Isl
ands have appointed the President oi the
United States of America Frederick T
Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State, and His
Majesty the King of the Hawaiian islands
Henry A. P. Carter, accredited to the Gov
eminent of the United States as his Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary, who, having exchanged their re
spective powers, which were found sufficient
and in due form, have agreed upon the
following articles:
Akticlb I. The high contracting parties
agree that the time fixed for the duration of
said convention phail be definitely extended
for a term of seven years from the date of
the exchange of the ratification hereol, ane
further until the expiration of twelve months
after either of the high contracting parties
shall give notice to the other of its wish to
terminate the same, each of the high con
tracting parties being at liberty to give
such notice to the other at the end. oi tne
said term "of seven years or at any time
rhefeaf ter.
IArt. II. His Majesty the King of the
Hawaiian Islands grants to the Government
of the United States the exclusive right to
enter the harbor of Pearl river, in the island
of Oahu, and to establish and maintain
there a coaling and repair station for the
use of vessels of the United Statei, aud to
that end the United States may improve
the entrance of said harbor and do all other
things needful to the purpose aforesaid.
Abt. III. The present convention shal
be ratified and the ratifications exchanged
at Washington as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respective pleni
potentiaries have signed the present con
vention in duplicate and have hereunto
affixed their respective seals.
Done in the city of Washington the 0th
day of December, in the year of our Jjori
1884.
u. s. Fbedeeick T. Fbelinghutsen.
t.. s.i Henby A. P. Cabteb.
In the printed copy of the treaty Article
II is in italics.
Two things may be said of the propose
treaty. First, while it seems to give to this
country certain privileges in compensation
for the great benefit it bestows on tne
Hawaiian Islands, it in reality secures to
this country nothing that the first-class
Powers of Europe do not equally possess
except the remission of the duties on cer
tain articles imported from the United
States to the islands.
Second, it is doubtful whether the Senate
has the right to extend the existing com
mercial reciprocity treaty between the two
countries without the consent of the House
As to the first statement, a comparative
study of the treaties now in existence be
tween the Hawaiian Islands and Germany
France and England shows that we gain no
substantial advantage by the proposed
treaty. Article II of the proposed treaty
states that Kalakaua grants to this country
the exclusive right to enter the harbor of
Pearl river and to establish and maintain
there a coaling station for the use of vessels
of the United States, and to that end the
United States may improve the entrance to
the said harbor. This is a grant of only
temporary occupancy of the harbor, the ex
elusive right to last only while the treaty is
continued. If this concession is to be of
any value to this country, the United States
would have to improve the harbor of Pearl
river, so that ships of commerce and war
could enter it. The United States wouh
also have to establish a coaling station.
After the United Stales has gone to all this
expense, which would cost millions of dol
lars in tho permanent improvement of that
part of the islands, all these things would
be forfeited when either country gave notice
to abrogate the treaty after the expiration
of the specific term ot seven years.
But even with all these alleged privileges
which the United States would have to pay
for in vast sums, that country would have
no more substantial advantages there yian
England or France or Germany now has by
the provisions of the treaties existing be
tween these countries and the Hawaiian
islands. In 1851 England concluded a
treaty with the Sandwich islands, as that
country is styled in all European conven
tion, the second article of which savs:
The subjects of each of the two contract
ing parties, respectively, shall have the lib
erty freely and securely to come with their
ships and cargoes to all places, ports and
rivers in .the territories of the other where
trade with other nations is permitted. In
like manner the ships of war of each con
tracting party, respectively, shall have the
liberty to enter into all harbors, rivers and
places within the territories of the other to
which the ships of war of other nations are
or may be- permitted to come to anchor
there and to remain and relit.
The ships of England by this treaty of
1851, have all the rights and privileges that
the ships of the United States would have
under the proposed treaty. English meu-of-war
and merchantmen could come to the
islands and repair at the ship yards there
without going to an enormous expense to
establish a plant. France concluded a
treaty with the Sandwich islands October
2'J, 1857. The fifteenth article of that con
vention secures to all French vessels the
same rights that the English ships possessed
under the treaty of 1851. Germany has
ike privileges and every other country in
Europe has the same rights. By the pro
posed treaty the United States, after im
proving Pearl-river harbor, gams nothing
hat the nations of Europe do not already
enjov.
It is a verv doubtful question whether
the Senate has any right to conclude this
reatv without the consent to the House.
Treaties that do not affect the revenue of
the country can be negotiated by the Presi
dent and approved by the Senate and go
into force without being referred to the
House, but treaties that affect the revenue
must receive the approval of the House be
fore they. go iuto operation. The following
is the language of Article V of the present
treaty between the United States and the
Hawaiian islands :
The present convention shall take effect
as soon as it shall have been approved and
proclaimed by his Majesty the King of the
Hawaiian islands, and shall have been rati
fied aud duly proclaimed on the part of the
Government of the United States, but not
until a law to carry it iuto operation shall
have been passed by the Congress of the
I nited States of America.
It took au Act of Congress to give latency
to the treaty. The treaty was to last for
seven years, and, further, until the expira
tion of twelve months after either of the
high contracting parties shall give notice to
the other of its wish to terminate the same.
The Act of Congress limited the treaty
existence to seven years, or until twelve
months after notice was given to terminate
it. The new treaty proposes to extend it
for seven years more. The Act of Congress
did not confer on the Senate the riht to
extend the treaty for a new period. It is
the opinion of leading men in the House
that the new treaty would not go into ope
ration until a law is passed by Congress
to that effect.
The Hawaiian Treaty.
A correspondent of the New York Even
ing Post writes to that journal as follows :
v The . resolution of the Ways and Meaim
Committee to abrogate the "Hawaiian
Treaty of Reciprocity' should set thought
ful people to considering what the policy
involves aud what is the secret of the vital
ity of a measure, which for the past ten
years, has withstood the fierce and unre
mitting assaults of the combined forces of
the rich and powerful sugar refiners of the
East and the sugar-growers of the South.
At the time of the passage of this treaty
the "San Francisco Chamberof Commerce"
gave utterance to its convictions in these
strong words: "Opposite the very portals
of tbis commerce, and in its track lie these
islands, keeping, as it were, watch and
ward over this entire coast and commerce.
Plant an active enemy upon them, and
even if he were the most insignificant of
the maritime Powers, he would probably
annihilate this commerce. A power with a
fleet consisting only of the Florida and
Alabama would, entrenched in these marine
fortresses, harass all profit out of it. In
the hands of England and France the
effect would be to enable either of those
Powers to shut us out of the great highway
of the Pacific and lock us up, so far as
commerce is concerned, within our own
mountain ranges absolutely at his pleasure."
Our army and navy officers concur in
that opinion, believing, to quote Admiral
Porter, that, "with the Islands the Pacific
Coast is impregnable; without them it is
defenceless.,' The London Times says.
"The maritime Power that holds Pearl
River Harbor and moors her fleet there
hold3 the key of the North Pacific."
Every Administration for the last half
century has unmistakably declared that no
other Power should ever be allowed to con
trol those Islands. This treaty gives us
for all practical needs that absolute control,
through a proviso that the Hawaiian Gov
ernment shall not dispose of any territory,
grantj any special privileges, or make any
similar treaty with any other Power. Mr.
John Bigelow recently said: "Though I
never undervalued the importance of those
Islands to the United States, since my re
cent visit to Panama I am disposed to re
gard the control of them of scarcely less
importance than the control of Long
Island, both to our commerce and our in
fluence upon the seas. Under the treaty
we secure all the control we need. To
terminate will be to put the Islands up at
auction, at which, whatever may be the re
sult, we are sure to be the victims.
When Isthmus ship-transit is accomplished,
Honolulu will be one of the most import
ant pieces of territory in the world for us,
whether for peace or war."
And why this question of annulling so
important a convention ? The Pacific Coast
men reply in their appeal to Congress :
"The trouble is that the sugar refiners of
the East are willing to sacrifice to their greed
not only the commercial, but the political
advantages we enjoy under the treaty. It
is not public spirit, but private capacity that
wages a persistent fight upon the treaty."
Their chief organ, John E. Searles, Jr., who
for mauy years tried to break down the
treaty by charges of fraud charges that he
was forced to acknowledge, over his own
signature, were pure inventions now comes
before Congress with new statements equally
false and misleading. No one knows better
than John E.-Searles, Jr., that the treaty
neither " created a monopoly of sugar '' on
the Pacific Coast "nor made it higher
priced, and that the former monopoly of
Claus Spreckels is utterly broken down by
a rival refinery which now takes the bulk of
Hawaiian sugar, thereby making it unpre
cedently cheap on the Pacific Slope. The
statistics he offers are equally untrue.
His absurd statement that the treaty has
not benefitted the Pacific Coast is disproved
by the earnest petitions of its leading busi
ness men for its continuance, by the verdict
of its Senators and Representatives in Con
gress, and by the voice of its united press,
imploring to be saved from the baleful ef
fects of abrogation. Over $30,000,000 is
now invested in the Pacific commerce cre
ated by the treaty, giving a trade of $12,
000,000 a year, and affording employment
to a vast army of men in every line of ac
tivity, both on sea and land. Its annul
ment, to quote the Alia-California, "would
take away at one blow one-fourth of the
commerce of this coast, and turn over to
England, lush, ripe, and profitable, the
island trade, built up under the shelter of
William L. Marey's wise policy. How
would New York nijet a proposition to de
prive her of 25 per cent, of her trade, es
pecially if the painful excision were accom
panied by the exposure of her coast shelter
less to attack ?''
The year before the treaty two-thirds of
the island trade was diverted to Australia.
A Canadian agent has just returned from.'
the islands, sent there to sound th ir Gov
ernment as to the formation of a treaty sim
ilar to our own. Handicapped as the Ha
waiian planters now are by the high cost of
labor, they would perforce turn in their ex
tremity to the country which could best re
lieve their needs ; and with cheap English
Hindoo labor, cheap English capital, and
strong English protection, the islauds would
inevitably form (unless as Great Britain
dreads Germany should outstrip her in
the race for the rich prize) the loim-coveted
link to gird the Pacific chain of her posses
sions, stretching from the terminus of her
Canadian Pacific Railway" to the nether
most shores of Australasia. And with what
face could we complain that England, Ger
many, or any other Power should pick up
what we had so lightly tossed oside i

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