What Shall USA Do

With Hawaii?

Papeete, Aug. 31.

ONE of the knotty problems of the post-war world in the Pacific will be: What shall we do with Hawaii?

Already there is an organised under taking to marshal the farming and indus trial interests of the West Coast of the United States against settlement there by any United States citizens of Asiatic ancestry.

If Hawaii is retained under the US flag, Hawaii will apply for full statehood and. eventually, will be the forty-ninth star in

the galaxy. As full citizens of a sovereign State of the US Federation, the inhabi tants of Hawaii will have —under the United States Constitution—the right to settle, own property and become voting citizens of California, or any other State.

Now, as we all know, the population of Hawaii is made up of Asiatics, half- Asiatics, quarter-Asiatics and Asiatic octaroons.

A situation of this kind will keep the States of the West Coast in a state of such excitement as may re-awaken the dead volcanoes of the Sierra mountain range. The only solution appears to be to hand over Hawaii to the Philippine Republic. The Filipino people—being themselves Asiatics —will know how to govern an Asiatic community.

Thus, Hawaii would become a happier place psychologically and politically, and the citizens of California, Oregon and Washington would not endanger their blood-pressure. • Apart from 12 Samoan youths selected for scholarships in New Zealand, two other scholarships will be awarded to European candidates to be selected in an examination on October 4.