Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 202, 18 April 1893 Edition 02 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Tije frantic attempt5 of the anh»re and thejing »e5 in Amenea o»inj'iriug the bugbear of Engiish iuterference in Hawaii an<l picturing ihe Brit;sh r<<irii:g lion <>n the \rar path to preveut the l'nited Sta*.e« from gobbling up tiie- Isiands have bee:i very amusing, but they have been an ulter failure. Tne j;ngoei are <t a loss to underatand > r Juiian Pauncef <te’s insulting > lenee a< <l think that he ought t » be tendered his j>ass|Hjrts t<<r his 1 iilure t > j<ro teet. Many remarkable rea?<jns have been advdhiced why Am> r:ca ahoukl favor annexation aml l<>ud and lengthy has the discus9ion been. One scientific paper advocates annexati<>n, because llie elimale of Hawaii would furn ~h an excellent site f<»r a botan 'eal garden of the largest and most unique diroeiisions. while a more direct apj>eal is that one of the finest volcanoes spouts on the Islands, and annexatioQ is required l*ecaiiBe the United States has no grand vu!cano and wants a hig one. The true sentiraent in England is set f»rth plainly in the following editorial from the Loudon Daily Chronicle: Although it has heen definitely decided that the Sandwich Islards are not to be annexed by the Unitetl States, at any rate f>r the pre9ent, the recent attempt to run up the starg aiul strij>cs over them and keep that ti-ig there, afforda «TOund for »<>me interesting and instruclive reflections in England whieh has hardly yet be n suflicient'y perceived. It is a great miahike to suppose that we have no interest iu the matter. The narigation of the Pacific is ot as mueh importa<ice to us as it is to the Uuited Stnes, nnd Hawaii is not inaptly described as the kev of that oeean; Jind if ever a line of eahle ;s laid helween Canada and Australia it inust rest at Hawaii. The aj>parent indifference shown by English writers and statesmen is no doubt due to two faets: flrst. that they had felt contidence — justified by the result—that the Uniied States could not be “rushed” by a handful of unscrupulous sugar-planters into an act alike conwary to their Constitution and precedents, and cal!ed for by no ehadow rf nalional need; aud, second. that all even ihe travelled Englishman knows about Ha waii, is that it is the home of the famous flower-crowned “Hulahula’* dance; and that fleeiug swindlers niake f<>r it when they ean, because as fast oeean steamers touoh ut it, and there ie no telegraph. they enn step out of one veesel and into another, and lhus oompletely eover up their tracks. But the eomplele c.ise for annexatiou, whieh is at length to hand. cl«arly shows that the United States Governmenl could not have «acceded lo the apj>eal made to ihem witbout forfeiting its elaim to inlemalional resj>ect. As it is. Cieneral !Iarrisou comes very badly oul of the affair. His unseemly haste in stating that the “rtetoration of Queen Liliuokalani to her throne is uudesirable. if not impoesible.” witbout even waiting to hcnf ’.„r ;. u rcys, who vr< rc on their way to \Vashington, had tO say about tbe matter. is probably witbout a pamllel in modern history: while ex-8ecretary Fo6ter’s sUtemeut that the Queen had

made a “f>rmal subnr.ssion. wherea-« he intvr «juite weil tha'. -he had only yieJdcrt to superior force and had j»r*tested that she d;d so pending an appeal to the American Government. had perhap- hetter n<jt be dt-?enbed as it des?erves. Ttie New \ori Nation. a joornal whieh command; more re?»>ect froni cultivated Amenean? and f >reigner; who really ?tudy American atfuirs than any other pubiished, declares thut the exPresident’s filibustering me?? ge and treaty ovght t<> be exhibitetl at Chicago beside ihe Siirer Furchase Act. the swindling pension legisialion. ihe receut b<>gus census, and the broken Treasury, as a specimen, we presume, of what America ean do in ihe way of public ineptitude and dishonesty. But the truth as it is frankly told in the Xorth American R«vxew , by the exPrime Miuister of Hawaii and Chairman ofthe Hawaiian Annexation Commission, is all that is needed to show what a swindling plea would have succeeded if the Senate had not put its foot down upon the ex-Presideut. His only ground. without the least exaggeraliou, is that Hawaiian sugar, whieh used to be worth 90dols. a ton, is now only worth 50 do!s., and that annexation alone wili eoahle the planters to receive the American bounty. This was charged against tbe aunexationists before, aud now their ehaimian acknowledges it. All his arguments and figures show this to be in reality the sole motive. On the other hand, Mr. George Ticknor Curtis provea that the annexation of territory not contiguous to the Lnited States, and not detnanded bv the people, is utterly uneonstitutional. All'a well that ( ends well. however. America is very well out of the extraordinary risks she woukl run by creating a species of colony out of a miiture of Hawaiiana, Chinese, Japanese. Portugnese and Araerican planters 2.UU0 milee fr<>m her own shores, and sending a polilieal proconsul to rule over it. “The United States.’’ ns Mr. Curtis reminds us, “has never made a territorial eon<|uest of a f <reigu country ” England is verv well aatisfied to see Hawaii go on as before, with an independence supposed to be guaranteed by Americau sym| athy. And Hawaii —if such an entity rea!ly ex ?ts at all —must be drawing long breatos after itā narrow escape. Queen Liliuokalani perhaps needed a lesson. If so, she has received an impressive one, not likely to be forgotten either by herself or the more intelligent and educated young pnncess who may some day be called ufK>n lo take her plaee.

The aonex:ition roll for\Vai!uku Maui, contained fifteen (15) signatures when the Claudine left. while the anti-anuexation roll in the s.une district was subscribed by 751 men at the sarue tirne. The olher districts report respectivelv iu the suuie proportiou.

It ha$ heen res-*rved f*>r Dr. MoGrew aml his hired Ca!ifornia Bcnbbler, and for Mr. H. N. Castle to term the displaying and wearing of the Hawaiian riag in the streets of Honolulu arch-treason. We suppo«e that the Doctor and Mr. Castle short!y will eall the annexation eluh a patriotic league. rrc «* new . nition of the word patriolism be ueed in the future in our scboois. The Doctor may be excas«d for ■ueh an exbibition of drivelling idiocy—it is a Iong time ēinee he

went to school —and hi? car»*s and tmuble« with marine hoapilai? ctc., mij;ht h.tve dul!ed his ideas o 1 what is ri£htand what is wroiig, bul Hen-nery i- so fresh from ?ch>x)I that Li« studies in history ought t > have made plain to him «h.at treason is,and what patriotism is. We beheve thougb that his eyes will be opened 3ufficiently to fathom ihe difference, eveu if his teacht-r »;il have to use an >trpumeni'.im ad hominm.

The Ailvtrtiser h;»s e'Uimuniea ted an edii >rial lo itselfthīs morning from whieh we deduce that the fiery anuex.itioniats have decided to RW;iit Mr. Biount s decision in the case bel' >re him, and hft ve eonie to the eonelupion that they cannot induce anybody to commit any “overt” act or in fact any act at all. The truth is, as we have told the P. G. all along. īhat the government would be just as s;tfe, it its buildings were protected by a siog!e walehmau, as it is with all its cosmopolitan multi-vital her.*es sleeping on their arms —and it would be so very mueh cheaper for the t txpayers. fhis is as far as the so-called royalists are concerned we believe that we ean speak with authority in regard to them. 0f the movements of the alleged republicans or ofthe armed supporters ol the governm©nt we know nothing. If the result ot the investigation by Mr. Blouut is that the Stars and Stripes go up again and the annexation treaty is presented and adopted by the Senate we shall adopt the situation peaeefully, and strive to better the position and righls of our countrymen unlil they receive as equal rights, and as full » voice in the affairs of the State, as do the Americans here.

TV) read the morning. evening. and serai weekly efFusions of the mbid and violent starap whieh some of the adherents of ttie P. G. have heen publishing lately, it is quite evident that the writers have either forgntten what they knew a few weeks ago, or totally misunderstand the situation or-dare we write it-are desirous of misleading those who have not heen as well acquaiuted with the actu.il facts. In any case it is as well to recite these so that every one may be acquainted with them and verify anything whieh to them may have been hitberto unknown.

Between the 14th., and the I7th. January a emall nuraber of men, helween 15 and 30 all told, arranged to have a revolution having for its ultimate result annexatnm to the United States. Tney pecured the countenance and active cooperation of U. S. Minister Stevens and the United State? trooiis. When on the I7th., they m ide their attempl it waa secure ia tuis a??istance. After the Queen'e cabinet had received Minister Steveus' as9urances that he wuuld only support the P. G. a deinand was made on thera bv Mr. Damon representing the P. G. This gentleman oa behalf of the revolutionists urged the surrender of the Queen and her government, and when the Queen her cabmet and othciais agreed to surrender it was only on the grounds that to provoke a contest with the U. S. trooj.s even if temporariiy success ful woa!d he altimately futile and d ; ««atrr*n<5 tothe Queen and nation. They therefore agreed to surrender under protest to be decided by the United Slates Government. And on behalf of th» revolutionists it was agreed that tbe Queen 9hould

reiuiiin in occuo*Uon of her F alaee with her guanl of honor, and other thin>j«. except ohanges made ntx>es?irv by the change in ihe torm of eovernment, shou!d remain as thev were until the decision ot the Uuiled States g >vernment was known, aud ou heha!t of the Queen and her advisers it was agreeil that the Provisional Government ahoh.d be accepted as the government dc facto.

How the Provisioual Government havekept their part ofthebargain is "eli known. The Queen has re.uained perfectlj ne«tr.il under the advice of her att*>rney in charge *>f her pr*test, and the on'y action. either secret orooen. in w> ni or deiai. that sne has t;»ken has heeu to urge that none of her Cabinet or officials or their relative* ehouM take prominent or official poeiliona in any organization that the people might get ap with a view to restoring the independeuce of »he country as it might possib!y then be represented in the United States thatall these effi>rts were not the spontaneous wish of the people for their autonomy and independence. but the eff >rtsof herself. and her officials to restore themselves to tneir positions and salaries.

And fi>r this, as she has so wisely left everything to the loyalty of her people, and the justice of the United States, she has had to snbtnit fourteen times a week to the vilest abuse and most scandalous mis-representation end falsification possibIe, of herself and her actions by people. wlio were only too glad when she wai in p.>wer to beg monetary assistance and soeial favors for tne benetit of themeelves and their aoeieiiee, and associates. Probably however this has been done in the hope ofexcit ing the Queen, and her frimds into doing something prejudical to her case. It will not do this however, f>r we are content to wait.

lt is therefore plain to the eomraonest understanding that the situation at {>resent is that of a case on appeal to the highest court —that of the United States Government. \Vhatever the decision may be it must, and will be submitted to, but until it is rendereii against us, we elaim that we have a perfect right to still regard our rights, our titles, and our iriterests as iiitact, and that any efiort we raay peaceably maKe having for their ultimate object the restoration of those nalional rights whieh have been taken from us is i>erfectly legitimate. 'Ve shall as nitherto support the P. G. as tbe government de /orfo in all ils lawful demands, and we shall resist whatever it demands unlawfully, but we lookop it, as its name iraplies as merely a temporarv bridge carrying us over the difficulty until a peaceful and satisfactory solution is arrived at.

It app*ars from the 5jtar th*t our brave hem defetidtfr9 of the P. G-, have to lie awake at nights front fear of what the Queen will do. It is a great pity they shouid loee tbe:r rest on thia accountas neither the Queen nor anyone elee is attempting to do anything to them. But it ciear!y exposes their atateof mind. “The wicked dee when no man puraueth.” Th« Queen and her friendā are not going to do anything to disturb anybody in the employ of the P. G. Tbey bave placed tbeir eaae in the hand« of the Government at Waahington to redre«s the injury caused by iu representatiTe. Minister Stev«tns,

aml they confidently ah .!• » r ; decisioa relyinsr on it» ju>{ f*irne««. In the **Bu • ■ a long etfa?ion in ryhme w j •tyled “Poetry, w hnt in *•■ : <vcurs the foilowine ver- n'.\ the keynote of the wh 'Ip >■• and we cc*inn»end it to the tion of Hawaiian»: ‘ O Hawaiian? H iwa On thia point f >r one Be rou whol’y at ■ That we Ang!o S * >• , Wili do as we i>!e-. That 9 the whole lhing in , ahell. It ie not jii9tice. r r ness. Iiberty. c»nimer>e . : frora taxation, i»ide;- i> anvthing elee. It is simj>!v 'i—IV. you, you black kanakas. \\ * do aa we pleaae. , The “Bull«t’n" >>f S.»t :Ky hj • »bly written edit«>rint n : situation whieh will j r •> t.> rao9t biasaed reader that ;i. - try is at the present m i.. • der the directorship of tie l •* Statee, and at ita disp >s i... it » whatever niav he the ',e. t.» country alone ie respons;b t. ar. that our loud-sboutii g w -n fighters here wi’l hare no v..i»r; the matter one way »>r a; othtr. It will be worth while e:i.j ;;rir. into the credentials of that Kaui deiegation who have arriv>>l t >- tbat the Garden isle i> una:.; ly in fuvor of annex ition. A n a ber of Ietters» have heen r ?• by us whieh we ahall reiVr t whieh seeming!y contr>dii't th statement and lead us lo inf r th« Kauai is anti annexai i>■:.‘s T . large majonty. We hear nothing m r>* j that opium or those emwn j- we!l Hasn’t Marshal Hitch > : either the sabe or tl>e ui 1 a claimed to poseess?