"There is a strong sentiment on the island against allowing Chinese and Japanese to become citizens. There are cases where these races have acquired the ballot, but they are very few, and the sentiment is adverse to their becoming citizens. "The natives are all citizens, and would have the right of franchise. Under the regulations now governing the franchise, about 4,000 votes were cast in the election of 1894, and about 3,000 at the more recent election." President Dole made a glowing picture of the benefits that this country would receive from annexation. It would greatly encourage commerce between the United States and Hawaii by making the trade absolutely free, and it would open up to Americans a great many industries, the chief among them being coffee-growing. It would also vastly improve the condition of the islands themselves. In case annexation is rejected by our Government, President Dole says the Hawaiian Government will continue much as it is at present. Whatever happens, there is slight prospect that Liliuokalani will be restored to her throne. * * * * * At last accounts, Havana was in a state of peace. But it was feared that this peace would not last, and an outbreak against the Americans was expected. Only the other day Representative Amos Cummings, of New York, made a fierce speech attacking the Spanish authorities and urging our Government to go to war with Spain and help to free Cuba. He compared the condition of Cuba to-day with the condition of the American colonies at the time of the Revolution. Then, too, a great meeting was recently held in Boston to uphold Cuba's cause, and the feeling in favor of the Cubans has been strongly shown throughout the United States. But the Cuban insurgents are suspicious of Americans, because our Government has done nothing to help them. If the Government did do anything to assist the Cuban cause, we should probably have a war on our hands in a very short time. In preparation for further trouble in Havana, General Blanco is said to have gathered a large body of troops in order to crush it at once. General Blanco, however, decided not to remain in Havana, but to go east and take charge of the campaign against the insurgents. On the other hand, it is reported that many of the troops left Havana a few days after the riots, and that the only signs of the disturbance were the squads of soldiers left to guard two of the newspaper offices that had been attacked. Some of these troops, it is reported, have been sent to Santiago de Cuba, where the insurgents have been very active of late. It was rumored recently that the seat of the Cuban Government, near Cubitas, had fallen into the hands of the Spanish. This rumor, however, is believed to be false. Still, the Spaniards have probably been doing some good fighting in this neighborhood.