Show PACIFIC annexation commissioner blount accompanied by his wire wife and a secretary passed quietly through the other day on his hie way to the sandwich islands as the representative of the united states government they arrived iu in san ban francisco on monday last and pro ceedee at once t to the U 8 steamer Rush which was in readiness for them within about an hour alter after arrival there they were bounding through the golden boiden gate headed for the little inter pacific kingdom so go it can be seen that no time la is being or is to be wasted the islands will be annexed or an authoritative announcement that they are not to 10 be annexed made in very short order comparatively speaking W whatever banever protest against or opposition to the boheme great britain intend to make she ehe had better be in read readiness lIness for lor for if the cammi sio ld report should be favorable to annexation it strikes us that the thing will b be consummated sum mated so expeditiously that there will be no time lime for the ruler of tile the wave to get a hearing speaking of this suggests the stes ste s which the english have taken lately towards exEen extending dirig their dominion in the be south seas in a recent work we nati the lo following howing list or of islands in tile ane pacific ocean annexed by england in 1892 early in the year aho captain of H M 8 Champ luu took of JoLius Lou inland in the name ui of his government alkis is a small island on the edge of the island bruu when the hawaiian cec rotary of state lear learned noti of its lluu llou uy by E england eglund he fie at once entered a protest prote bt agai against jost the act claiming me atie to be hawaiian Hawaii ans aud aad adding he had no doubt the me british government immediately give it il up ws aa 0 BLOH olk as it uie facts it is in quite uy us to bay it has done nolting 01 the surg sore and it il would be quite juile as much oo 00 to lu bay mat it IL nail nad no buoni lu IU lennon len lion about the llie ume bume time H lid S ulu licked ali roe small iain udis ot of samon 14 i r bug bugland lanu ou on may 28 gardner ulu idia ju oue one of the buu island group lying north of the principal islands wua wall by the same ship A landing kasnot made mad here because boo suite ot of the bargers of the coast but the proclamation ul of tin dexa tion was made as close tu to the kuure isdor 0 a ua a cutter abutter dared to go aud and two natives were present to listen to it to out one ul of whom a copy of the ducu meui was wa delivered along with a union jack on the ad of june danger lo lauti oue one of the union group was by the same nhip in the presence u bou natives and shortly after nassau island of the same group in dept emier lue lne gilbert islands isi ands un an archipelago aboin miles to the north northeast emst 0 A were annexed by captain darin da via u ui H U M B S royalist Boy aliat ima was the most important annexation 01 the year as this group ot of islands luland fl contains 2600 2500 who carry on n a considerable trade with americans and europeans rho american aldu once ence has haa heretofore been predominant with the king and inhabitants oi 01 buts buta the main island and when davis began his negotiations for the annexation of the group he was told by the k king he was expecting fumoo no from ban francisco to come and take charge of it in behalf of the united states the captain would not be denied however and he be succeeded in ilk inducing the king to accept a protectorate which ripened into annexation 1 and in month ellice island lying between the gilbert and fi fiji islands iala nug was placed under the Bri british tleta flag with such a record for petty nation stealing we hardly think our english cousin iii should make themselves too t regarding hawaii no ma matter ater what we may do 0 or r not do |