Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 12, 15 Ianuali 1894 — A Barefaced Insult. [ARTICLE]

A Barefaced Insult.

The Ādvertis9r lately preseuted a«- statement in whioh besides using in an insulting raanner the expression of “Great and Good | FriemV’ as applied to the Presii dent of the United States it also , | allowed the publication of a story i i whieh implied that the crew of the U. S. S. Philadelphia “un- ! derstood’’ that they wereto desert 1 their colors and act the pai-t of cowards by “running“ away from the Provisioual (not Hawaiian) troops. Mueh surprise has ; been evinced by American citij zens here that such a bare faced, and ; bolieved to be, untrnthful stateraent should be allowed to 1 pass unchallenged, but, so far, the American ofiicers and men of the U. S. S. Philadelphia have quietly accepted the iraplied insult to their flag, their Commanaer- ini chief and their own honor. And so has the Minister. Following is the tale published by the Advertiser under the ! heading “They were to run. A | sailor from tbe Philadelphia exj plaina his order3;" “An amusing story of what might have happene*d had the American troops landed accord- : iug to the wishes of ourGreataod . j Good Friend has just eome oot. } | A few days ago, some one asked a sailor from the Philadelphia whether the crew of that ship had made any preparations to laud if called upon by MinistecWillis to , do so. He replied tbat they had, aud went on to say, in perfect good faith, that the way thev pnderstood the matter was that if were called upon to shoot at the government forces, thev were first to fire over their heads. then the Hawaiian troops were to d° the same, and thenthe United btates troops were to ran. He , seemed perfectly sure that this was tbe programmo that would | be carried oul” I 1 i - ; — -