The State of Honolulu.
A LESSON TO AUSTRALASIA. (Per Press Association.) Bkisbane, Feb. 11. The Queensland Ministers report that they Found Honolulu in a thriving condition, especially in regard to the extent andrapiddevelopmentsof sugar and coffee plantations. But matters political are in a state of chaos. The Japanese and Portuguese, residents are disfranchised. America will Hot annex the island, chiefly because the large Asiatic population would at once have the right of entry. The Hon Byrne (one of the Ministers) considers the Japanese question a most important one. Out of a population of 100,000, 40,000 are natives or half-castes, 25,000 Japanese and 15,000 Chinese. With the natives left out of the Government the Japanese would be the largest element. They have demanded the franchise, and he cannot see how the Republic can refuse it. If the Japanese get the franchise they will rule the islands which would become a dependency Bof Japan. This, he says, would be a very serious problem not only for Australia but for America and Great B^&n, because tbe result would be a : large Japanese settlement comparatively close to America and between Australia and Canada.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 188, 12 February 1896, Page 3
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189The State of Honolulu. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 188, 12 February 1896, Page 3
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