Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 96, 25 April 1894 Edition 02 — HAWAIIAN FALLACIES. [ARTICLE]

HAWAIIAN FALLACIES.

Mr. Tbeodor© H. Davies. guardiaDof the Princess Kaialaai, «occessor to the throne of Eiawaii, who is staving at the Hotel Brunswiek, bas received a mesaage frotu Honoluln. dat*>d Varch 26. whieh says, “Bi!i passed for summoniug convention, piviug votes onlv to persons who have been resident one year in the islands and who will tike the oath to support the Government and to oppoae the restoration of the roonarchy. Poliee and soldierv who were nat«r«lized heforo January are allowed to vote. M In speakiiig cf thig Iatest phnse of llawaiian atl'Hirs, Mr. Davies said this mominp, “Tltree fallacies have heen imposed on the American people: First. that the five comroissloners in an\* way represent the Hawaiian people; second, that the Provisioual I Government Las everl»een rooopnized by ar.y government but the United States; and third, that the P. O. was met hy any body of people e\cept ut the oj»en mass roeeting whieh met in January, 1893. Thia meetinp Mr. Dole franklv described in hia letter to Mr. AVillis ns the one froni whom he rcceived his eommiaaiou-and whieh he stated he regarded aa liis ‘liiphost ©arthly authority.’ At the time Mr. Dole received that eomminaion from hiis 'hiphest oarthly anthority’ uo resident on any oue of the seven islands. other than tha one whieh eontains Honolulu, had knowledpe that there had heen a revolntiou or that eithor >Ir. Dolo or the five couimissioners conterop!ated anv ehanpo in the goveroment of i Hawaii. “When the coromissioDers sailed for Washington no eommunication had heen held with the other islands, nnd from that day j to this there has l»een no appeal . to auy e!ectorate of uny sort either in Honolulu or elsewhere. Tho eommiUee or eouueil appoiuted bv that sing1e iuass meeting is the oulv lopislat«re that exists in the iiawaiiau Islands. It fills nll its own vacancies, so that about one-third of the men have beeu appoiuted bv their colle«pues, and thev mnke and unnuike laws without refer©nee to any oatside e\prossion of opinion. However individoally e\celleut these men may be, no more dangerons po!itical condi- 1 tion eau e\ist in aay country, i and it is probab!v it is this eou- j vietion whieh loads the e\ecutive to raove now in the direction of represeatative governiuent. They are. bowever, face t<» face with anotber grave ij ,'sti >n. With incrediblo cre«lolity they have e\as|»cratc<l the natives into a aullea hostility. Tbere has been I no attempt at conciliatiou aud to day the emblems of Hawaiian royaItr are ou exhibition at tbe Midwinter fair. having been secretly smoggled out of the eouutrv by a\ithority of th© government, lest tke Hawaiiana sbon!d know aud reseot it Tbe sbop window of one of tbe annexation- . iets of Honolulu is fil!ed witb • designs of the new Hawaiian fiag. , with wbicb it is proposed to 8acceed tbe preseut naiional en- \ 8ign. “Many Uawaiiana are re<luced j I to penury because tbey refased 1 to sign ihe «nnexatiou roll and ! I they bavo beon turned out of < o£ce by tba gorverument and < I tbeir plaeea baVb been fiiled by * i

| wbite men who wi!l s:gn tho an-! : cexation ro!l. The foregoir<p ; i statement will f n:.ble one to \ tb • 8 ngular Cond t t:ons tbat mrst embirrass the effcrta to gtt oe to a cocstitot!on- i al basis “To give an idea cf the want ■ , of consistency in the views he’d I bv various classcs e f aRnexvt ons > ! I will give the fol!owing qnot«tions from men of infl;ience and high personal character and all of them mombers o£ tbe minionary fam : Iy: Ontlie7thof Jui_\. Mr. C. J. Lyrrs wrote — i ‘Hawaii offtrs to forepo her 1 sovereipnty and merpe it into tbat of the grei;ter power.‘ “Oa Ihe 24th of October, Eev Sereno Bishop wrote — ‘Xo peeple were in prenter oeed of friendly care andg mrd i«nship. Tht y :<re R(.t in ;« eonditicD to be consu!ted as to tht*ir political destiny.’ “Witb regatd fo the qnestion of recognition, all thc- diplumat:c i representatĪTes ’tho i»re there ! have been crcdittd lo the Qreen i und their cred nti.ils have never been changed e\cept iu tlie case of the mimster tf tlie United St ates. The governinent of Ros- . sia hns. by evident error, recog nized the goverament whieli has* 1 never existed. President Dole cannot visit und does not visit Hi!y ship of war except that of the United States heeaiiHe llie ofiicers eannol receive him ..5 t!ie ;diiefof the State. Tlie Hawaiian minister at Jupun, tlioogli i continniog to trnusact offic al ; busiues8, ceased to be invited to i the impenal paluee frmn the di\ nf the revolntion. As au (\j ressiou of wbat I kuow t > be the peuuine feeling < f the Hawaiiaus regarding the present conditious j of iifiairs, I qnoto from a lttter whieh w«s wntten on the 8th of March by a Huwuiian ludy of i educution and iiilluenee: *As a tnie Hawaiian, I con!d not let yon g < \v.thout Ihunkinp you sincerely for your kind champiunsbip of Hawnii and her riplits. Beiieve me, evny kiiul word yotl Lave >p<iken f>r and t > 1 us ; s tre«snred in oi;i- hearts aml will not bo e:.silv forgotten. Jt is u mutler of pi«at r< j gret to me tbat yo« h ive fiered s c!i i i friendliness I:ere fnr tlio staml yon liave iaken on tlie Hawaiian qnestion .hut ,t <h peeu.s my gr..titude.”