| Show THE QUESTION GROWING the action of commissioner aloun in hauling down the american fla from the hawaiian government build lug jug in honolulu is the overshadowing topic just fuet now just before the special session of the senate adjourned a republican member off offered ired a resolution as to whit what was the authority it if any by which the flag wait waa removed remo romo where upon a member an ameni amendment ment inquiring as to the authority by which the flag was huiet hoist d there it to la thus apparently shaping into something of a party question on the british plan the majority for the government the minority it the chicago record which from the first has opposed american encroach meets in or advances upon hawaii claims occasion existed fur for proclaiming a pi electorate and the action of minister stevens lu la raising the Ame american flag over the islands was not warranted either by the atte of affairs at honolulu or by the feeling in the united states which he be represented represent eil it thinks that apparently there are hidden bidden influences back of f the hawaiian annexation project which are at work to create conditions editions upon the islands and stir up a sentiment of enthusiasm here that will bring about annexation ane annexation treaty of president harri son eod sent hastily the senate of the united states with its plan of pension ing a queen and buy buying ing off a princea cove is an extraordinary document it showed that mr harrison Harri aon was in full sympathy with the policy of annexation any dispassionate investigation of the matter says the will reveal that this country would not be benefited by annexing the islands with their complicated social problems aud and uncertain commercial benefit bene fiu As an exploit exploitation ution of jingoism an vexation nex atlon would be expensive commercial supremacy tn in the islands is already possessed and ana will be maintained their location insures this it is for the united states however to insure the autonomy of the islands island am rather than to wipe out their independent 1 l government the hawaiian islands are concededly the halfway half way house of the ocean and as such are of great importance to all nations having commercial transactions in pacific waters water these advantages the united states now BOW its aa heretofore possesses it was probably the fear that our rights in that respect were being jeopardized if not actually slipping away that caused minister stevens slovene to act as he did in raising the flag and probably the ascertainment ascertain men I 1 that such was not the case was what caused mr blount to lower it |
