Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 303, 16 ʻOkakopa 1891 — WANT HAWAII ANNEXED. General Thurston Say There is Deep Sentiment for it. THE NATIVE JOURNALS URGE IT. [ARTICLE]

WANT HAWAII ANNEXED.

General Thurston Say There is Deep Sentiment for it.

THE NATIVE JOURNALS URGE IT.

A. Thurston, late At-torncy <' i -ral of has arrjvcd hcro atler six weeks, absenoe in New York and Chicago. Im the latter'city he has beer en€rgetically at work in the interest o? the llawaiian exhibit for thc W'orld'B Fair. It is the intention to put īn a big cyclorama of the grt*at volcano of Kilaiiaea if th« managers ean flnd room, and it now looks as thoogh they ean. Walter Burruige, the leading landscape of ChK?a£o, ha? been engaged the be aeeouiGenerai Thur»tmi to HoqoIMu. >4 Tbere is a deep uuderlying sentiment in Hawaii in faror of anuasatioubytheUmted Statefi,now," «iid Oeneml TbwretoD. 4, Eren the aative Hawaiian paper, Ka Leo,

ie open and prono\inc«d in favor of it, aad iu advocating annexatiop Tiiis is the first iime the Hawaiians have been in favor of it. It would be going too far to say: that the sentiment as a whole is for annexation, but there is a very stuongf undercurrent, and is g;r<gfing. SUGAR CUTS . lk It is believed tberethat so far as the sugar businegfi is concerned annexation bring the Hawaiian islands under the benefit of the bountv law. If President Harrison would impoee duties on sugar beets from Germany,' France and some other countries it woul d also help us. The President - was empowered to do this, if in his judgment he thought it wise. Our £ugar interests have been demorali?ed by the McKinlfey bill, involving, too, as it does, our labor problem, tbatthere is a feeling that something must be done. tv It is not thought that the annexatiou of the islands would in any way be an infringement on the Monroe doctrine. Hawaii is directly in one of the paths of the oeean. It is the great stopping plaee out from San Francisco on the way to the Occident, and a straight line drawn from the end of the proposed Nicaragua eanal to Hongkong strikes the islands square in tho cente^. T.EANING ON THE STATES. v \ Besides, the Hawaiian Islands occupy the same position the Unit<kl States, 30 mahy of the people think. as the Farallones do, and at the recent Pan-Amei iean Congress Hawaii sent delegates at the request of the United States. u I see bv the papers I have received, and have learned by correspondence and by talking to persons just up from tbe islands, combined with what I knew formerly, that there is a deep and growing sentimentin favor of annexation. It seems to be the definite opinion that it is certain to eome. M The Queen is not favoring the English in any way." said he, īn conclusion. 4 'That is an error.'V General Thurston has been East in the interest of tbe Oahu Land and Kailroad Compapy. and Voleano House Company. Forty thousanddollars is being spent on the new Hotel and fiteen miles of dsives; and the Government is mak- j ing a thirty-milemacadamized road! from Hilo to the Volcano at a cosi! of $3,000 a mile, AN rSLAND MI'SEUM. General Thurston reports that a raovement has been commenced at Honolulu to collect the various native curiosities of the islands and, prcserve them in a groat institution devoted to the history of the Islands. Charles R. BishoT), the] baiiker, is ~at the head of it. He is now in England eollecting various artic]es that have been carned *way since the dayfl of Captain ('ook, the discoverear of the islartds. ,k He has been very courteously tFeāted in Great Britain aud other foreign lands, and has been aided materially," said General Thurson. u The British Museum tumed over to him without eoet sever»l exceedingly rare articles ©f native clothing and weapone, aud other eountries &re doing )ikawise. Mr. Bfeahop has ereetsd a cofitly alone ; building. in wWak various article3. are how gatho%d. The, oHginal ! idea hae tak«n'o& «rwter

eeope, how*ver,- and the building will be greatly enlarged by Mr. Bishop. M It k a faet that most of the rare and highly priced articles of native mantifacture afe now scattered in fore]gn lands. It is a big nndertakiD§ to get them. back, but Mr. ! Bishop admirably--1 The build|ng is in memory. of hi& wife. Thsjjisfcitutian is as tfoe Mueeum of the Pacsfic* an| will be oae of themest coipprehen* sive and interesting on th|s side or the world."^ Mr. Bi£hop is expected |iere at an early date with a large quantity df articles illugtrative of <?arly Hawaiian History«—-5. F. :Ex,