OUR DUTY TO THE CHAMORROS. 233 The acquisition of the Philippines and Porto Rico was prompted in a large measure by humanitarian considerations. We went out of our way to secure Guam for purely selfish purposes and we have created a condition upon the island which is, to put it mildly, no improvement upon that in which we found it. Probably no one doubts that remedial measures will eventually be adopted for the removal of the distress and difficulty attendant upon life in Guam, but if action is much longer delayed we shall have no ground for surprise or complaint should a change take place in the present feeling of friendliness entertained by the people of this little island for America. HAWAII. PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE ISLAND. The Volcanic Character of the Islands The Interior of an Active Crater Contrasting Districts of Each Island - The Scenic Charms of Hawaii - - Cloud Effects From the Summit of Haleakala - The Far-famed Hawaiian Sunrise. Lying in mid-ocean just below the northern boundary of the Tropic of Cancer, the insular Territory of Hawaii is the uttermost group of the Pacific islands. Between it and the Aleutian chain of sentries to the Polar Sea stretches a bald expanse of waters. A line drawn from St. Lucas, the most southern point of the United States, to Manila, its most remote possession, will pass through the Hawaiian Islands and barely miss Guam. Honolulu is the only possible stopping place in the voyage from America to Japan, and it is in the direct route from our Western ports to Australia and the Asian continent. The advantages of this commanding geographical position would ensure the future prosperity of the Territory apart from its natural resources and industrial development. The number of the islands composing the Ha |