Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 60, 27 November 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Ti»erf* is 8ometbing pitifal in s-?e’ug :t m ui who has enjoyed the fallest r- spect of this conntn>*, Lke Professor W. D. Aleiander use li. s fr;iud »nd ruisst»temeuts in his L *ff >rts tod»‘ceive the people of tne Uuited St»t“s in regard t<» the trno stateo( »tf»irs in Hawaii. Mr. A'. \uid»*r who w»sincharge of tlie Hiiw.iiian L**gition — Mr. Thnrston »s usnaly being in Cbic»go—waa interviewed in reg»rd totlie etfect of the H»waiian nolicv of Clevel»ud »nd Grt*s1 . ( h»m’s letter. The ‘ mission;iry” embrj*o diplomat m»de the fol- j lowing statements whieh any ' ehikl i i Honolulu could prove to j bo outrageonsly f»lse. “The restor»tion of the Queen” ho romarked, “will undonbtedly result in an uprising, and bloodshod will certainly follow. In Iho event of an outbre»k tbe ' Portuguese, Germans and Amer- \ ic»ns would st;ind together, bccause their interests are so closely interwoven. Ou the other hand, however, the Royalists wouhl have the support and en couriigement of such Englishmeu, as »re opposed to the aunex»tiou ■ of tho isl»nds to tho United j States, the representative of the Louisiaua Lottery Company, who do not want the American tl»g to wavo where they ean obtain a foothold, Cl»us Spreckels and tl.»e people iuterested in opium smuggling. ” C»n anv one imagine auything more iufamous than the above remarks of tho “Christian ’ Professor? In tbe fii-st plaee there will certainly be no outbreak by Ihe lloyalists or anybody residiug in Haw»ii. Wh»t restitution there is to be done will be doue by the U.S. ,by the forces at their eomm md, or if necessary with tbo assistance of the British, French and .1 apanese war-vessels duo here. Peaee will theu in the future be absolutely preserved if necessiry through the eoml>iued f»rces nu*utionod or any one of them. Hinister Willis, statemeut that he will allow no persou or parties to create trouble bere, but will snppress and panish, any attempt made to cre»te a disturbance ought to ba suflic:ent gu»r»ntee that no outbre»k of any kiud will take plaee. The people whom the truth- : talliug Proft\ssor iells will do the bloodshet1ding cousist of the Portugue.se. Gorm »ns and Americaus. We notice that he mentioi»s tl»e Poriuguese first pre8Uin»blv, because th«v are * oxpocted to shed the hr.<( drop of I bloo.l while the protessor sconntr\ I men wi 1 be sitisfied by shedding ! their lo<l. The reasons that the threo botl es of alieus Lave to s‘»nd t >gether is, according to Alexauder “that their intorests are so cl<>sely interwoven.” We should like to be informed why the iuterests of the Gormans aud Americans are in anyway c!oser thau the interests of the

English and the Americans or tl»e English aud the Gerroans. There are exactly as manv Germans on the side of the Koyalists as tbere are on tbe other side we mean of the resj>ect»ble class. ! Aud there are perbaps as many j troe Americans boni in the • United St»t«*s who ar? dpposed to the unwarrantable revolution of Johu L. >tevens as in favor of it. The enumer- ■ atiou bv Professor Alexander of . t!»ose supposed to be iu snpport !of the Queen, shows what an uumitig;ited sconudrel that sanctimonious ‘Professor is. 1he ro\ »Iists wou!d hava the support of the following p;trtits: the Engli«h. the represent »tives of the Louisiana Lotterv. Claus Spreckels. and opium smngglers. Ihe Professor doesn t mention that tl»e royaIists comprise all the Hiiwaiiana, not alone iu Honolulu. but all over tl»e Islands, nor does he tell tl»e I nited States th»t here ;ire nearly as m»ny j voters of British nationality as there are of Amt*rican. hothe represeutatives of the Louisiana Lotterv ure we are uot inforrned. Who tl»e backers »nd j»etitioners in f »vor of tl»e Lottery francbise granted by the last Leg»slature are we all know. They consisted mainlv of Americans and Geri mans in this city “whose interests are so very muel» intervowen” and who now are promi r nent in the ranks of the P. G. lf tbe peoj)le engaged in opium s»nugsrling are to be found on the Ou O royalist side as the Professor infcrms us, tben, we fe»r that some ; of the sl»ining lights »mong t!»e P. G.'s will be sadly wanting wheu P»-ofessor Alexander's ontbreak t»kes plaee—at least on bis sido. That tho Professor nat »rally eouhln’i finish his reraarks without slandering the Queen, was of conrse what eoukl be expected frorn » man belonging to bis eoutcmptible ilk. bnt the following st»tement is rather refreshing by being something new—it isa pity that the good Cbristian doesn’t furni>h a few affidavits or at least produces the sonrces of his- iuformation. Perhaps he didn’t care to admit that he was drawing wildly ou his imagiuation, and facility for “makiug history orstories.” This is what he st»tes: “All the members of the latter clas-; have been promised immunity and protection by the Qneeu, and īn tl»e case of the Louisiana Lottery Company a bonus of $20,000 per annum was promised Her M»jesty if she wouhl grant cert»in concessions. Th»s g»ve her an idea th»t she eoukl m ike V the lottery comp»ny support her in idieness without having recourse to the bankers in her kiugdom and she cheerfully eon- ' sented to go and give all that was asked of her. ”