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The Morning News
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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London newspapers editorialize on the proposed US annexation of Hawaii, discussing shifts in US policy, Japanese protests, and implications for international relations and the Monroe Doctrine.
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Most of the Morning Papers Contain Editorials on the Treaty.
London, June 16.-Most of the morning papers contain editorials on the proposed annexation of Hawaii. The Times says:
The United States government has made a new departure from its historical policy. The action of Japan is hardly likely to retard the Senate's speedy acceptance of the treaty, for the Senate at the present time will not pay much deference to the feelings of the country. Such an acquisition of foreign dependencies will bring of necessity a new and serious foreign policy, which cannot, in all cases, be determined by an unlimited application of Monroeism.
"Will America pursue the colonizing course upon which she has now entered? President McKinley tries hard to represent the case as wholly exceptional, but the forces tending in an opposite direction are very strong."
The Standard says: "The event will be a severe check to the Japanese notion that the Pacific Islands are their ultimate heritage and it would be a gracious act on the part of the United States to allow Japan's treaty rights to continue. Anyway, it is scarcely likely that Japan's protest can be made effective. Even the United States would have thought twice before fighting had the Japanese seized Hawaii. The natives will be better off under the American government than before. Without doubt the Americans will soon build a fleet to protect their colony."
The Daily Telegraph says: "No political complications are likely to ensue, but it is for the Americans to square annexation with the Monroe doctrine. England's interest in the event is only sentimental."
The Morning Post says: "President McKinley should be satisfied to shelve the matter, now he has brought it before the public. Japan is not likely to consent without a struggle; England will require a quid pro quo and the affair will scarcely escape the notice of the Australasians."
The Daily News admits that the United States has a superior claim, and expects that the Japanese protest will be merely diplomatic.
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London
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June 16
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senate expected to accept treaty despite japanese protest; no political complications likely; us may build fleet to protect colony.
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Morning papers including The Times, The Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Morning Post, and The Daily News comment on the US treaty for annexing Hawaii, noting departure from historical policy, Japanese objections, alignment with Monroe Doctrine, and potential for US colonization.