Telegrams received in Tokio announce that the United States Senate have passed the bill for reorganizing the system of Government in Hawaii, and that it will probably receive the President's approval and be promulgated ina few days, after which it will become operative within six weeks. Its most direct effect will be to invalidate all contracts for the sup ly of foreign Ixbour, agust, 1898, Further, the Jaws of the concluded subsequently to the 12ch of
United' States will become applicable to Hawaii in the matters of labour cabotage, and newspapers, in reporting this news, predict the immediate collapse of all emigration companies in Japan. In other respects, too, the situation created will be serious for this country. The operation of the United States tariff will render it difficult and costly for the Japanese now in Hawaii to obtain supplies from Japan, as they have hitherto been in the habit of doing. and the -trade restrictions will make it. imfor " Japanese vessel to call at route for America, The last dif-Geulty will be immediately felt by the steamers of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, now workin th the P.M. S.S. Company and the 0. & O. S. S. Company. No adjustment appears to be possible. To transfer the Japanese steamers to the Am-orlean flag is impossible, for they would thus forfeit their title to a Govern sidy. Apart from the more-thun.questionable wisdom of extending to America's new and distant possessions "hard. systems which find their only justification i special conditions of her home territories, their is no excuse that we can perceive for this violation of the engagement given to Japan ut the time of the Hava tion, that her interests, as secured under existing arrangements with the Havwaiia Republic, should not be in any way impaired by the annexation. 'They will be impaired, most seriously impaired, ignored altogether indeed, under the propose! system. How such a course can be recon oiled with the United States' pledge, we do not see, but it ix impossible to suppose lat the Washington Goverament will be lity of any prench of faith, and we ther fore look with confidence for some adj ment of the difticulty.—** Japan Mail.
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