Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-01-13 | Page 3 | George Q. Cannon Says Mingling with Whites is Killing Hawaiians

George Q 0 Cannon Says Mingling With Whites is Killing S I Correspondence of the Associated Press P Honolulu Jan President dent George Q Cannon of the Mormon church Inan In Inan Inan an interview published here calls calis attention to the decrease of the Ha Hawaiian allan population and nd expresses eXIre profound regret at what he terms term the passing away of or the Kanaka race Mr Cannon was here fifty years e rs ago when hen he started the Mormon church chunh here and he says ys that in making inquiries about the notably families he found that sassy many of them had died out He thinks the natives natole should be separated from the outside world lorld I would favor the tM natives here being gathered together and separated from the evil in influences of the outside world work said he They The could c uld be taught laught a higher and ana better life Ufe President Cannon Can oft intimates that immorality is killing off the Hawaiian n race and that the mingling with the whites is responsible for such condi conditions 5 t T Mortuary statistics of the islands show that a large infant death rate rat rat c J than t an a amali birth rate is responsible for the decreasing d 1 population of or Hawaiian FI The proportion of deaths death of or those under 5 6 of age geto to the whole hole number of or deaths in recent months has been very Yer great being eight out of 34 W in ift live months It is claimed that the Hawaiian children are not property properly cared for fot by their parents