Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 262, 19 August 1891 — Annexation or Independence. [ARTICLE]

Annexation or Independence.

| Mk. Editor : I see in the P. C. I AdverUser a correspondent, sign- ! ing himself Ē. E. C., disclaiming I the posBibility of a political union i with the United States, claiming to jbe well-mformed on the subject. In the first paragraph, he says : 1 w The Unfted States does not desirīe to annex this country, any m6re than they desire to annex the North Pole or Jupiters moons." In the paragraph immediately following, he goes on to say that "if ever (Unele Bam) does extend his territorial limits to embrace Hawaii, it will simply be done as a last recourse to prevent being forestalled by some other power."_ Taking the last quotation, he him&elf acknowledges. that there is a possibility of the United States eAtendiug her territorial limits to embrace Hawaii, and every sppearanee indicates he necessity ofbeing ready to meet that 'Mast recourse to prevent being fcrestall€'d by aonie other power," is showing itself—-the weakness and subserviency with whieh the government is administered under its present form. It lacks that £ssential force and vigor, justly claimed by E. E. C., for the maintenance of inde- ! pendent government. i In weighing the subject in my mindv we find> that there are other ! elements to be considered in the matter of government, whieh 'is ! and ha s always been ignored, the Hawaiianpeople themselves. Every writer in discussing annexatinn, republicanism, seem to forget the fact that there other people in the eountry beside a handful of sugar magnates and capitalists. Every thing said or done must bē balanced in the interest of the one iabsorbing iridustry, and all consideration for the welfare of the people is entirely overlooked.

To this end and for the good of the hlessed few, Mr. E. E. C. t beTieves that all h'bpes built oh annexation and othervagaries aiuseless, a.nd the only salvation for the cōuntry t (the sugar industry) is to;flood it with eheap Asiatics laI borers. . • | Either E. E. C.- is interested lārgeiv in sugar, or else he is a hireling in that iuterest, and thus. he I decries the possibilitv ofanychange for the good of the country, except !by niaking the land of wonderful I posibilities, in agriculture and eommerce, a large sugar plantation t© be run by sl'ave labor from Asia, and for the bonefit of a' few $ugur sy.intsand money-lendets. * PiliKftEß. ♦ • : : —— That fbr a long time in the good city of Boston, robberies were eommitted and no olue or. trace of the deiinquents, could be found, for a long time. Rut it was eventually discovered, bowever. that the rol> beries wei-e done by thc poliee themselves, We do not say, that this is the probable way to explain the mvsteriouB thefts committed htre for tho past four months, but we | hear that the native poliee attribute this midnight maranding 10 his foroijrn brother on the force, who claims extra rights anj privileges of entry at any time. Doesn't seem poBeible.