Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 1, 18 September 1893 — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [ARTICLE]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

—: I Plie company whieh. ander the | name of tlie Associated Presa fnrnishe» to tbe newspapers of the Uaited Stttes news of all kinds, and from all parts of the world has heretof >re been considered a reliable and honest enterprise. the principle of whieh was to give to the civilized world in a j systea;atic way all facts whieh iuiglit be considered of nniversal interest to the readers of Ameriean newspapers. To jndge from the manner in whieh tbe afiairs of Hawaii have been presented to the world throogh the Associated Press, and more especially through the branch office in San Franc sco, it is obvions that tbe usefuluess of the company has sadly deterioriated. The Sau Franciscu brancb, uader the managemeut of Cbas. S. Diehl has furuished reports of Hawaiian affairs whieh have been wr.tten uader lus iustructions iu a biased aud disbonest uiauner. The speeml correspondents sent to Hawaii, aud later on tlie loeal corresondents appointed to work for tbe Associated Press h«ve eom- j peted with eaeh other in filliag their disi»atches with direet lies, witb misst tements,and witb fai.es at»d can »rds. Tbe papers iu tbe j Western Stat»s wh cb receive their news from tbe San Frauciseo brancb of tbe Associated Press shnuld be raade aw»re of tbe uureli’ibility of tho dispatches issued from th«t office. It is something new that au association like the Associated Pivss Corapany shouM take sides in poliiieal matters,and doctor the dispatches published to suit tbe views aud seutiinents of the jinguists and annexatiouist» in the States. But anvbody conversant with afiairs in Hawaii will know sueh to be au undisputable fact. Tlie Repuhliean papers whieh desire to convey the TRDTH totheir readers should sever tlieir connectious with the Sau Franciscobranch of the Associuted Press; the Democr«tic papers sbonid uever aecept and publish a dispatch frora that compauy, at Ieast, as long as the present manager is rnuning tlie for tho pnrpose of airing his mdividual political ideas. The most childish and absux’d fake whieh yet lias been spread throngb the Associated Press dispatches from Hawaii is the Japauese cauard. The Americm papers liave soleniuly wr tten editorials abont tbe ‘Japanese cloud iuHawaii,"about ‘Blonnt’s taking a band iu tbe J »panese i dcmands in Hawaii.” and about I “Blouni’s hurried departnre on I account of Japan's attitnde in Hawaii.” We have in former is- ! sues pointed ont tlie absurdity of supposing that the Amorican miuister to Hawaii ever committed the blunder of interfering in a qnestion between the govern meuts of Hawaii and Japan, arising simply from the ditferent interpretation of tbe treaty ex»sting between tbose two conntries. Tbe annexation org»n- whieh have attempted to insnlt Mr. Blount, bv accQsing him of taking snch an andiplouiatic action have fniled to prodnce the letter whieh thev elaim Mīnister Bloont wrote to Mr. Do!e, althongh botb editors * are roady to elnim that they h«ve free access, both to the Hawuiian Foreign Office and to the confidence of Mr. Dole. The trnth is i sitnply that theHawaiianOv>vero-

ment ander ilr. Do!e‘s presidiura I sbirked tbe responsibil.ty of.»n 1 swenng J;«pan by adv>«ucing tbe excuse t:(«t they wereouly *'prorision«l, and were neither * permanent nor st»ble goverument, and therefore unab!e b> take action in sacb a vit*l m;«tter. While tbe Japanese G'>vernment evidently feels satisfied by buvirg no dealings with tbe Hawaiinn “PiovisionHl” it is safe to suppose that the qnestion of Hawaii folfil iug its tre.«ty obligations has neither been sbelved nor forg<>ttea, bnt will be fully veutilated ;>nd brongbt to tbe surface when tbe “Provision\1“ vauishes into tbin air. aud is sucoeeded by a permanent aud st ble goverument based on the will of the Hawaiian people. But «11 the talk »bout Blouut s interference is simple a c «n»rd | inveuted by the Associated Press correspondeuts for the pnrpose of cre»tmg a feeliug in America j ag«iust Japan, and thereby, if ] p.»ss b!e,bo >ra the hopeless)y lost ! anuex»tion cause. Tbe men who iuveuted tho murder society, and tlie dyn»mite cons ; ir»cies and »11 tbe otlier sensational yarns will of co >rse stop at nothiug, and nothing wliieh thoy eau write need s>irprise anybody. Tu>t the S»n Francisco branch of the Associated Press should publish such r t and tliereby impose on its patrons is » great deal more of a surprise, and it is a disgr»co to that company.