Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 11, 29 September 1893 — Late Foreign News [ARTICLE]

Late Foreign News

KAPIOLANI ASD THE PLEBISCITF. īt is stated thnt tbe Queen Dotvager Kapiolani of Hawaii has c<>me out squarely in favor of aanexation, and that she says if the Royalists pnsh their opposition mneh fnrther she will advice the natives in the puhlie prints. No doubt she wonld exercise cousider sble inlluenee if the annesation proposition \vere put to a popular vote in tli«islands. It is presnmable tbat the natives nre amenahle to reason, theref >re if anyone in whom they have confideoce shonld plaee before them, the advan tages of b«ing inoorporated in the Ameiiean Uaion, they would prob iblv cast their ballots in f ivor of the project whieh wonld menn prosperity for tlietu. — S. F. Chroniclt. THURSTON' T0 SPBECKELS. WashInOTOX, September 21.— L. A. Thurst n, r.*presentng the provision«l Governmeut of Hawaii. has published an open let ter to Claus Spreckels in whieh he reiterates the charges thnt Spreckels tried to embarrass the provisional Government by snddenly demanding the paymeut of a loan of $95,000 to the Royali ist Govemment. Tbnrston says i that soldiers were placed in cbarge of the GoTernraent bnildi ings to prevent Spreckels and other Royatist snpporters from carrying out theirrepeated tbreat of restoring tbe ex-Qneen by i force. He cites the continned . peaee aud the snrplns in tbe

treasnry to sh«>w tbe soccess of tbe new G >vermuent. Thurston declares that planters. alu:ost without exception. prefer to take their chances witbont contract eoolie lubor rather t!ian to bear tbe misgover ment of the past. Spreckels knowā. be «sserts, and oth-r p anters know and tbe people of tbe Uuited St ites know that therv is as mneh probability of the Hawaiian plantere receiviag tiie bonntv «*f two cents as tbe tradit oual rich m»u has of entering the kingdom of heaven. HAWAII TO CALIFORXIA. Washixgtox. Sept. 20. —A quiet little dinuer w.»s given t > Spreckeis by Osuard Brothers. the big sugar men. Sen itors Allison, Hale, Gray, H»wiey. White of L<misi:ina. Perkius of C»lif>rnia and G'>nnan were present. After dinner Perkins observed that it might be a goo»i idea to aunei the Hawaiian isIuds, not to the United States as a sep.ar.»te St:ite, but to the State of California. He pointed ont several islands from thirtv to f >rty miles d.st:int frotn the coast whieh had beeti annexed, and suggested that wero Hawaii so iunexed California would take care of it. Allison said that he had some snch idea for some time. Gray and Hawley thoug!it well of it aud of another snggestion from Perkins th t Congress rnigbt pass a law annexing the islands to C »lifornia, the Calif<>rma Legislature to sauction sncb act. Spreckels is understood to h >ve 8iid nothing, bnt as Perkins is his bosom friend, it is suppos d that he approves if he did n«t suggest the idea. Developments are looked for. HAWAIIAN MTSICIANS. George C. Beckley, o»e of ex Queen Lilinokalani’s advisory connseli>rs, arrived yeaterd»y from Honolulu on the stearaer i Anstralia. Ho has in charge five native Hawaiian musiciaus, very ciever performers, who he is taking to Chicago to join t e cyclor ima in tbe World's Fair. L«st evening tbey gave a concert in tlie hailway of tho Occidentil Hotel. This moruing tbe entire 1 party leaves for Cbicago. It had been expected that the ‘ Hiwaiian Nationul Biml,furmerly the Royal Bmd, of forty pieces wonhl eom» on tiie steamer. Tho band will eomo for the MiJwinter Fair in this city, but it w;»s d cideil not to go to Ciiicago, as ilie l>ig fair there will soon draw to a close. A POISONEl) SOLDlER. J«hn Slattery, a soldier of the of tbe Provisional Government at Honolula, wiio was accident«Ily pois<med about five months ag > l>y eating some tinned vegetables, was bronght up on the Steamer ■ Austra!i i yesterday »nd sent to ( St. Mary’s Hospit»l for treatraent. The other soldiers who were poisoned fally recoveretl, bot Sl»ttery has had trouble Wsth hts stomach ever sinee. Dr. Soule of the steamer thinks tbat the soldier’s trooble are dne to his not receiving proper attention at the time tbe symptoms of poison manifested themselves and th.»t tbe poison has permeated the s_\*stem. NO BAP. TO THEIB LANDINO. Yesterday afternoon Collector Wise received a telegram from tbe TroasuiyDepartment instrnct-

ing hira thut there was n > lepil b«r to the right of the Afong («milv. l*tely arrivevl fnun the SaDiiwich UUnih, to l-iml. The ColIector s.it they did aot eo.ne within the provisions o( the eielaaion act. bot sabmitted tbe matter to the departtnent.