Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 5, 6 Ianuali 1894 — Hawaii. [ARTICLE]

Hawaii.

Many |>er90ns who admit ine ' injustice of the attitude of the j United States during the Hawai j . iau rerolution now iusist that | two wrongs cannot make a right. I 1 and that. having depoaed the Qneen. it woold be as great a | I «rong to retarn her to power as \ it formerlv was to dethrone her. It is claimed that the Hawaiian | Government h«s been reeogniied | |by all civilized powers; it ia therefore the Government of the islands, and we sre bound to | respect it as such. This argument might be sound if the present Government wen? m its ■ ( nature permanent. But it ia not. j It calls itself a Provisiomtl Gov-1 1 ernmeut. aud eannol eveu main- • ( t«in itself without gross injustice i < to the Hnwaiian j>eople It most either pnielaiin dictatorship or a | Repubīic. If it pursues tbe latter course, pr«ctically all the natives and of coni-se all the poorer foreigners mu«t be di3frrtnehised. In brief, the republic would be ] so only in name, and a baudfnl of | < whites wonld mle the rest of the ‘ islauders i 1 Since we have assisted the i Provisional Oovernment. we at least have the rigl»t to demand that it shows justice to those I whom it rules; iu other words it shanld aunimon n et»nvention that sh«U faitbfolly represent all the people of the islaud. This eonyeutiou may declare lor the Quee.ii. oi for her niece v Priucess Kaiulani, for a republic or for aunexation. but in any event our responsibi!ity will be ended.— ftroolclyn Citisen.