Show ISLANDS kin kill kalakaua Kalak nua wants to sell out by W U telegraph to nio herald naw IS EW YORK july 14 the times editorial it is au an open secret secre t that kalakaua king of the hawaiian islands island is ia on oil a vi voyage around the world for the purpose of selling kingdom we have havo tho right to regard with some uneasiness the trad ing expedition of king ki n kalakaua virtually edition the united states states has a mortgage upon the sandwich islands that we have the tho monopoly of the trade of tho the islands both as regards imports and exports is well known the government ia is independent of all other nations it is true and it is true that the government mentis is nominally native batitis but it is also undeniable that the worthy gentleman who is king of the hawaiian islands by virtue oi of his descent from the head chief who seized the government upon a time is merely a figurehead and that he is less of a ruler than constitutional kings usually allyane all yare are the fiercest annexationists in the islands are naturally american fla planters and l nd traders they fear to have their t air property PI interests transferred to the dominion of some european power they long for the time when they will not bo be obliged to submit to the uie payment of an import duty on their own products imported into their own country they argue that since nearly everything that tho the ilawan hawaiian I an islands e export X goes to to the united states and nearly everything which is imported imp arted into the islands comes from the iame same republic if annexation ever arrives it must take the islands to the united states that this step would be denounced den don by the foreign n residents who are not american is also also true but in any event although our government cannota flord to promote ally policy of annexation other governments gov of the tile world should be notified that any attempt on their part to acquire the sand sandwich islands by purchase or otherwise would bo be regarded by us an unfriendly act if we are to foster and maintain the great commerce between the pacific coast and asia that comm commerce erce will need protection which can best bo given it from a naval and military station on the hawaiian islands sl ands we have already been beet I offered a station of this character alian acter on he the islands but the tile policy of our government has been adverse to any such bartering of reciprocal commercial treaties for political advantages as this proposition contemplated perhaps if king Kalak kalakaua nua really wants to cede liis his kingdom to the tile united Stat Sta csor place it under american protection the ilie shortest way to reach this object would b be e to oner to sell out to some E european power |