Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 46, 10 November 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

tioa whieh demaads that all govemment offieials shall heoome soldiers. We hardly think tbat the Senator's propositon will go ' through because anytbing more absoni has seldom been prodnceii not even from taat sonrce. To forct a man to become a i'<jlu.nteer is rather ridicnloos. and to arm a number of men whom the Senator himself claims he does not trust because he snspects them of royalistic sympathies, we should consider dangerous. Besides this we should suggest that the time to take such a step has gone bv. Minister Willis is here with i full instructions to act ou behalf I of the United States in tbe Ha- | waiian matter. His instructions are based upon Mr. Blount’s report of the situation and circumstances as he found 1 them here and although they are ■ kept a profound secret nobody ! ean doubt that the United States i will “aasist” in settling the trouble here—as they assisted in creating it —and we should think that it wouhl be wiser and more in conformity with tact and courtesey on behalf of the P.G. not to take any steps at present whieh may be misunderstood, yes, even interpreted as hostile. There is no more need for soldiers here to-day than there was two or five mouths ago. There will be no attempt on the part of the Hawaiians to gain their rights by an insnrrection, and the government is perfectly well aware of that fact. The Hawaiians are perfectlv satisfied with leaving the destiny of their country in the hands of the United States and they have sufficient assurances that justice will be done them. Why tben should a nnmber of peaceful goverument officials who attend to their business and thereby do their duty to their countrv be forced to ng tilēmselves out in ridiculous uniforms and stamp around to the still more ridiculous commands of of a lot of shop-keepers or tinsmiths, as if their countiy was in any danger whatsoever? M e need say no more on the subject, because we are perfectly snre that the seusible portion of the councils will consign Mr. Emmeluth's military resolution to its proper plaee—the waste-basket. The Star is very amnsing in in its efforts to enlighteu Minister Willia in regard to Hawaiian affairs. Last night the annexation organ expressed a hope that the minister would soon realize what a liar Mr. Nordhotf is and how very wrongly he has represented affairs here. The Star is, to say the least, ignorant of many things whieh have happened here. One of them whieh it sorae day will leam is that Minister Blount’s report of Hawaiian affairs will to a great extent corroborate all that Nordhoff has written—and, afterall, it is that very report whieh has been the guidance of the Washington administration ui the instmctions nnder whieh the present minister will act. The Star is not successful in fumishing information. We were promised some very damaging information iin regard to ConsuI General Mills, but beside some abuse of Mr. Mills, we never notice<i that the Star eame up to its promises. Abnses against Mr. Charles Nordhoff will probably fall very ffat ou the ears of the American ■ Minister who undoubtedly bas

la the Advertiser'8 editorial of yesterday the semi-official organ said that by the establishment of a permanent government friendly to the Hawaiians coufidence. wonld again be restored, and the stagnation caused by the preseut unsettled state of atfairs would cease. Whafs matter with the or«ran? Haven’t we everv week n • been treated to an eulog\’ over the present adiuinistratiou—especially when a mail stearaer \vas leaying—h«ven’t we been told that uever no, never had there boen such a foeling of security in business icircles as now, hasn t it been dinged iuto our years that uow for the first tirae in tha annals of Hawaii. was there an absolute and positive confidence, and all becao.se the raonarcby hud been overthrown, and the good, tho wise, the only P. G. placed in powor. Aud uow after all that oaut aud rot has been printed and the Advertiser’s valuable (? 0 space wasted, coraos the editor and states that there is noconfidence. no feeling of security, but that these ean only be gained b} - the establishraent of a perinaneut goverument fnll of loyal care for the preservation of the aboriginal race of Hawaii. Are there two editors to that paper or has it two policies?

There aro many ruraors whieh aro always being circulated in Honolulu. especially iu regard to politics, that are often very aunoyiug to the pivrties with whom the ruraors deal. Oue of the latest victim, is the Revorend Father Lenoro. who hi»s been extreraely aunoyed by a silly rumor stating that ho had said’that Minister AVillis had made certaiu iraportant disclosures to hiin when they eaiue down together on the stea raer frora the coast. The reverend gontleman has iu conse»|uence beeu pestered with i|uestions frora tho very large circle of people with whom he is acquaiuted and has heen busy denving the proposterons yarn. Anybody conversant with diplomacy would of course be aware that Minister Willis certainly wouhl uot tell anybody the secret of the Amoriean docision iu regarvl to Hawaii whieh has been guarded in the most uuusual manner by the Washiugton adrainistration and anybody knowiug the good Father would certamly be aware that he wou!d be the last man to make any such stateraeut. \V e trust the Revereud geutleman will be left in peaee in the future from the gossips aud uewsraongers. There eau be no doubt that there is an inelinaiion on the part of the revolutionists to efiect a compromise with the opposition, and thereby secure a permanent «nd suble government. Such a comproraise is not of course desired by the rabid crowd represented by the Star,

bnt rather by the people who represent the conimercial. and busmess interests and virtually are the backbone of the annexation party. The lood-mouthed storekeepers deep in finaneial rnuddle and tronble. and the petty clerks rigged out in gold laee. wonld of course prefer to see the present state of afiairs eoniinue, but they don’t count the least in the caIculations of the conservative element. The Star eleraent, has been taught many a lesson by the eonservative annexationists who are to a certain extent represented by the Advertiser. The ultras howled for the Gueen’s deportation —and were sat on. They howled for the dismissals of all suspected rovalists from office —and they were sat on. They howled for tbe sarae thing again and again—and were sat on every tirae. They are now rather crushed aud although the Star considers it a duty to blow the small tiu-trumpets of the uitras as loud and as noisely as it ean they all realize that they will uot ba cousulted iu regard to the shapiug of the form of our coming governmeut, They ean be left out of consideration iu the conveution whieh the Advertiser eleraent has suggested. The Advertiser eleraent whieh comprises the coservative raen who are headed bv Dole, Damon and Hatch are willing to do anything as long as they ean secure a stable governraeut in the hands of themselves. They have no objection to the restoration of the ivIonarchy and the constitution of 1887 as our fundaraeutal law as long as they eau bo assurrul ihat thov will be the goveruiueut and given the power to run the country. A treaty with the Uuited States could then be made whieh wouhl secure for Hawaii not alone commercial advantages, but also a virtual protectorate whieh woukl be an absolute guarantee agsinst externalor internal disturbances iu the future. Such a treaty fraraed by the advice of the Araerican Minister could, by the calhug of au extra session hore of the present constitutional Legislature orby a new election, be ratified by Hawaii and theu presented to Cougress where it undoubtedlj r would be accepted as a raatter of the policy of Clevelaud. We are not prepared to express an opinion as to the feasibilitv of such a compromise. The word has an ill clang in the ears of the loyal Hawaiians, but they as well as their Queen have left all actions in the raatters pertaining to their future in the hands of the Uuited States, aud will of course abide by any suggestion or demaud whieh may be raade by the representative of that countiy. We expect of ( course that tbere will be a general denial that any compromise is intended or contemplated, but such denial will have no efi’ect. j The friends of Hawaii must remain quiet and i»eacefal as they have done heretore and they may derive some interesting amosement not devoid of instruction by watching the capers of the men who now wish—that they hadn’t done it. Senator Erameluth was again worrying over his famoos reso!u-

been acquainted with the reputation of the famons journalist, | long before he ever heanl of the existence of Mr. Smith.