Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 11, 1 October 1894 — SPREAD EAGLEISM. [ARTICLE]

SPREAD EAGLEISM.

Thc e.liioe of the .Mr*Himr for m)iiie re3*40D or otlicr, eoterc . into tbe Usk of ietting the wings of tlie Ainenem K creak. He feels liimftelf a cliamj>ion of tbe great gi iiou> cr.tn«l • e tc etc.. etc.. |>riuci|>!es, on wbicb tbe grent. glorion.“, grand, g >»ss\. etc., <ic . etc . repoblic. aeeonling to author.ties līke ‘!UI. >t*'r ens. Brecker riJge aml DM»bs, i» t>ailt. \ Tbe e*g!e scroams. l*-;t ;\ *ioes not do it tbroogh Mr. Arms\rong as an imj»cri«l binl. sure 'i i’s strength. rwulv to str:ke. amrdetermined t-> comjuer. I he Eagleistn of the A'lrtrtii*r is notlAng more thnn l’eaeoekihm. The ;ntelligence of the L )*iteil represente<l bv rocn, who are wey aw..retlnt any contl : ct vritb tbe powers of t! e East or the AVcst ionst be, if not disastrons, at least disadvantageo s t> the great He puh'.ie. Tho A<1verti*n' writei, «ho fails to rea. / th-* littlcness l his bn»in is now doiug the P>-acock act toward • Jat »n and L’hina 1 Believing that !ie writes witb a f>ather pnlled fn>ui thc wings of the irumortal Araeriean eaglo, he emits a gruut nnd a fi<jiie«k, of whieh au avernge hog and a follborn pig would bo e<joally asliamed. Ho tells ns that the Japauese government foll'>w»d iu tlie f ot , stops of the Unil©d States, and rt>cogmzcd th> Hawaiian repnblic bv reco ving th ■ Hawmi in iejire j sentati\e. and llmt it further moro told the sr«l rej»rcsentative that \{iu'k novled<jeil Ou «i iprtinCU'y , af (he L nilnl īitatf H in //(!((¥{(( VV>» eui'P not t > den1 with the idiocy d;spluye>l bv tbo Adver- j tiser man in writ ng sucb essence of rot. Mr. Irvin, or for tbat inatt> r. «ny otlu*r f»»re gn rej*ro- 1 seutativo w,m!d k ow sbsolutely notbing about the policv of a P • • powei t>> whieli he iuight bo accied ted. Thnt the j»res»*iit governmiMit has boen uekoowl edge<l is vory i robable. Tiiat tho Japaiieso g.ivernraeut has made a contidc t uf Mr. Irwiu iinpossible. Tlie A‘lrrr!i<< f r edilor sli*>ws a fntal lgnoraiico **f diplom 1 e «ffairs; in fact thc very same laek of sdtxiir f<iire disj»lay©d bv 1 iiu < in fonner days when he made au , ass of KaUkaua and himself duriug their trip to Enrop©. Kmphasising bis ignorauco and inexcusablv stupidity, be hninehesout today iu au aiiiele iu wliieh ho fries to advo»'.ite tho nnuesation of theso islands by Araerica bccause Ohin i m iy a»loj t u thro.»teniug attitude. And this is whal he savs: “The war now existing bctw©«ti Chiua aud Japan puU bi f**ro the Aiuerican pe- ple, in u very reuiislic way, tho enpiemo impoiia ee of Hawaii to the St ites." The Uuited St.it s liH\en t given a thonght to tho prescnt Japan-Cbiua war. e\cept as t is hii interoating pieee of iead<t g m:\ttors iu the uumer us journals who foel jubilaut ou aeeounl of uulim ted c>py. Hawaii has so far played no role iu the war aad will not do s<) n der present circurastttnces. The suddon fe **xj>ivssed bv the A<iirHif*r in rec nl to Oiiina ■ is rather »uiusi> g whoa wo re-1 meiuber. that Ohina i* Ih* ng defe«ted r ght nnd left and hasn’l won a single batt!e. Still thc ehampion of the Amerioan Eag!o s cries ont: The pcnd:ng » ar isan tdocator, 1 and it sbows to the Americaus that Ctiinv is making rapid stridcs in the »rt of moderu war- ! fare, and that if<he Cbine$e vver get into thc way of thirsting for ‘ Ameiieau gore tbcy will prooipt- j ly attack Amnricau shij s. aud ĀmericHn coa|ts. esj>eoially as th« *meric4n8 »ave j»ersisteoi!y. * brutnllv. and Uajastly «mtraged { the rigbts cf tho Oiinvse. We aro p)eased t > see that lu ia trying to uake good t«-nns wiih Lis Leathen frienJ- sud admiU"

the biottt . etc.. tre»to»ent «»f tb<* ■ ehiLeK*- by bis cuuntrymen. Yet he warn» h\ecretarr Herbert. thatr * Evcry n*T«l tight s a training w i.ieh CL ne*e sailors are gelt ng for -ome e uing bru«h wīth A*neriC’« cr« ; «ers” I' . I ‘e i St. t. *«i1pi ba blv nmain nnshak»n iu spit» of tbe trttinīng of these Cbiuese «a lors. who roostly have joii cd ■ McGiuty. Mr. Ar rstrong eau eim his fear«. Tbe |>olicy of Cbina. tbe wjr-like att;tude of ber dn>wne<l sai’.ors aud the gen ral di.«play • f the yel’ow dr.»g *ti w;l uot at all uterfere with »he country from whīeh he | has exj>*tr»ated himself, bnt whi> h evidently does not f>-el j we keued tbrongb his depart>>re B;t while he comes tremblit g with f-ar <A L’hina «nd callit.g to th- L*nīted States to grasj> his ■ ie«ent resideuce and save him an>l tbe cott j>act he loses s gbtof Jajian and tbe strength of thot great empire altogether. In hisapj eal for anuexation ho j writes. Acr* ss the jiatbway of that ; cyclone, whenever it raoves, lies little Haw.iii. aud the Americuns are just b*’g'nningto fiud it out. And \vhat e rthly benefit eould America fiad in tbe j)os8ession of Hawaii? He about Japan “aeksnowIedg:ng” tbe supremacy of the United St*ites in Hiwaii. Is it likely that the J:»j>anese governmeut. fnl! of conrage aod amb'tion; jiroud the tndit on\ of the past a:,d determined t > lA’ko them?elves the rul*-rs of the l’aeilie, w*>uld eneoun ge r eveu toler to tho constant ernigralion of Jaj>anese subjects to Hawaii, even in the heat of a : g u r antic war, except there wasa secr* t objbct. Japan doe:< uot i care a snat>/or Uie LTiit d States. | The landof\he Chrysantheinum j knows the s\reugth of its uavy and its armv. Japnn, as soon • :is t!>o j>r seut war is concluded ; will e >ntr >1 K*>rea and Formosa. And it virtu.illy contr>>Is the Hawaiian Islauds to-d*»y. l)oes tiie or the Governmont whieh V represents In-liwe tli».t the intvlrbr-nt Jjipahe.s>> residcnts haven’rVearned a less m from tl;e men <>f \?>e 17th of Jamnrv 181)3 ? Do theVthiuk th:it tho men who represeiw 30,000 c»t zens comiug froiu ;> nghtiug rac>* , with great rcsources itiitl with blind obediouce tu tVeir hoio>> govemment \vi!l hesitate in :sing their numeneul strength 1 and aftor a while, control this co';iitry ? Tlif ignorauce and tlic i laek of f<>r s : ght on ti,e j.«rt of } Ihe rupublic is nstounding. On© jioi tion ot’ tlie men who comj)".se the j>rcsent goverument s;nile seivuly, l ght their cig*rs or look in their praver-bo ks «nd say: “Oh, well. I uele Snn will l< ok aftor ns, never mind the clouds in the sky And .lapau siiii«>-; ai*d wliispers to LTicle Sam: ‘\\ bat nre y u going to do about it ?” The other m mbers of tlie government als> smil«. Thev dou't iight their cigai-s, but they re- I '1 ze thoir j)ioj»erty. g:ither iu tbeir sj)oils, secure their passage md say ; "Aj»re> Jao«s ln deluge." Aud iu the raeantTue poor Armstrong j»ulis uj> his sleevos, t\vists the tail of the lion. piek the 1 avcs of tbe Chrysantw r nuin and vaiuly tries t>> iiekle t!ie Eag! e whieh he mistakes for a stmtting lmrmless, conceited Peaeeek wit!i its bmin in the glittericg tail.