Show ANNEXATION OF HAWAII It is probable that one of the problems prob-lems if it may be so called with which the incoming administration will have to deal is that of the annexation an-nexation of the Hawaiian islands There is really no popular demand in this country for annexation but it Is very evident that a big effort will be made to work up such a sentiment this effort will come from the islands Hawaiian advices of the 10th inst say that the Hawaiian attorneygen eral has started for Washington to confer with Minister Hatch in regard to annexation He comes with full power to enter into any arrangement he sees fit without referring to his government In the fullest sense of the word he is a minister plenipotentiary plenipoten-tiary The Hawaiians by adoption and revoluUon have decided that they will not insist upon any conditions before be-fore annexation can be had practically practi-cally they will not dictate terms Now what on earth can the United States want of the Hawaiian islands Absolutely nothing They He three thousand miles from our shores and their possession by any nation could not possible be a menace to this country coun-try If those who are now annexationists annexa-tionists were revolutionists four or five years ago no one cares unless it be someone in their own loved isles But because their revolution has failed in so far as setting up a selfsupporting republic with the elements of jrrnwt nn n n U and permanence in it is no reason why this country should take the little lit-tle seaborn republic under its wing The congress of the United States I has just passed an act restricting immigration im-migration and It has gone to the president for his signature Its purpose pur-pose is to keep out just such people as the annexation of Hawaii would bring In They might come under the American flag but that fact would never make them Americans in the true sense No native of the Hawaiian islands can today become an American citizen through naturalization Yet the annexationists would bring them in by wholesale There might be some material advantage in annexing the islands but It would be outweighed a hundred to one by the political disadvantages dis-advantages We have enough country and what it needs is development And this country is now compact KeeD it so |