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Show T , lUCllIU ANMViriOV Comnitialoncr lllount, accompanied by bla wife and n tecretary, pawed quietly through die other day on hie way to tho Bandwlch liland a the representative of the United Bute goTornmriit. They arrived In Han franclico on Monday hit and pro ceeded ut oiico l the U. B. aloamer Jtuh, which wai In rendlseia for them Within about an hour alter arrival there they were bounding through tho Golden Oato headed for the llltlu Inter-l'nolllo Inter-l'nolllo kingdom, as It can bo aeon that no tlmu la being or la to bo watted, the liland will bo annexed or an author! tatlvo announcement that they aro not to bo annexe I made In wry abort order, comparatively ipeaklng Whalover proteat agalrtt or oppodtlon to the echenie Qrt'At Ilrllatn may Intend to makoihe had btttir bo In rradlnei 1 for, for If tho oommlitloner'i report ahould be favorable to annexation It ttrlkeiui that tho thing will lu con. aummatcd ao tixpeditloualy that there v will be no time for thu "ruler of the B ' wave" to get a hearing rr 1 Hpeaklng of thla luggett the teja I i which the l..ugllt.li have taken lately r J towarda extending their dominion In 1 Jj. t tho Boutli Heal. In a reoent work w e fl find thoiollowlng Hit of Island lu the H raolflo ocean annexed bj 1 ugland In H 1S92 J atly In tho year, the caitatu B ofJI.il. H Chamj Ion took pom talon H of Johmton Inland In tho name of hi B government Thla li a amall Itland on BJ tho aauthern olgo of tho Haudwloh B laland group, when the Hawaiian too B rotary of itate learned of Ita auuaxa- B tlon by Tngland, he at once entered i Hi I rotest agalatt the act, claiming the Bl Itland to be Hawaiian, and nddlng lie BJ had no doubt the llrltlah govornmeut Bj would Immediately give It up nt aaou Bj ni It learned tto facta It ' qutle B auperlluoui toaay It haadonu Molhlng Bj of tho tort nud It would bo iiulto m Bj much ao toaay that (thai no tuoli In Bj teulluu. About the aame time, If. M Hi B Curaooa annexed throe amall lilandi Hj north of Hamoa fir I ugland On May BJ i.8, Qardnor Ulnnd, ono of tho Ban ! Bj wlcli Uland group, lying north of the Bj prlnolpat litanda, waa aunuxod by tho Bjl nmi ablp A lauding taa not made BJ here became of the daugera of the Hi ooasl, but tho proclamation of aiinexa- Bj tlon wai made a oloto to the atioro at Bl a cutter dared to go and two uatlvca HI ' wore nreient to lltton to It, tnoue of H j whom a ooiy of the document waa Hf "" dellvcrod, along with a Union Jack B On tho .J of June Dinger liland, ouu H( of the Union grouj, wai annexe I hy Bjh the aamoehli, In tho ireaonoeo' CO J Blj natlveaaudahortly alter Jaiau Itland H of the tame group. In Hettoniuor the III ., ailbert lalanda, an archlpelai(u about HI VV 8000 mllealo tho norlheaitol Auttralla, HI s weru aiiuexoj ty Captiln Dtvla of Bjl II M B JliyalUt lhla waa the BJ) mtat lmwrtint annuiatlon ol BJf the Jiar, aa thla group ol lalanda Bjl oontulni -V)0 luhablant', who oarry on BJi a conaldurablu trade with Amorli an. Bjl and Enrol eiii The Amerloin lultu BJ eucohaa herotoforo been predomliuut BJ with tho king and InhablUnta of Huts H ritarl, the main lilanl, utU whua Bb Divla began hla nogitialliiia for the BJ annexation of tho group ho waa told U by tl eking he waaoxpuctlngajmooue U from Ban I'mncUoo to om ati 1 1 iko H chari,uof It lu behalf of tho United m Btatee The captain would tint be BJ denied, however, und he ajoouede J lu BJ Inducing tl e king to acoipt a protoolo BJjJ rale, which rlreued Into annexation, BB i andluthuaame mjuth l.llleo liland, BVtiLBHBk. BJUiHDuBJBBik ' t lyln between the (lllbert an I FIJI Mania, wai place J under the Uf tlali Hag With tucli a record for petty nilhn aleallngwa hardly think our I ujllali couilna about 1 mtko themlelvei too itonaplcueiit regarding Hawaii, no malter what wo may do or not do |