Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 139, 15 Iune 1894 — TRUTH FOR ONCE. [ARTICLE]

TRUTH FOR ONCE.

Some P. G Lies Nai-eil To tfae £ditor of the Tribnne. Sir: On pnhlie qoestions ; well as on matters <>f private eoudact it is to be ex(>ected that mtr will ditTer. that eaeh party wil fcflow ils chosen leader, or eaeh ir.dividual be governed by b t o-m interest or his coascie«c» Bat tbose who are not biasol rtlat:ons to tbe poiuU at isst e bsve a right at least to kaow tlt trath, or that statement cf a;*parent tratb whieh any sinceit person woald make witb know!edge of the matters in contes:. Now. for over a year tbe A ne •• iean people have been parpos©y and wilfally kept from any .- edge of tbings &s they are in tl t isiand kingdom of Hawaii. I ee not propose to ask space to difcnss those matters; I simplv ast cnnsideration to tbis brief s at> - ment of facts: Aboat the 17th <>f Jianary. 1893, five men st»rtei for Washington with avcwti p irpose of ceding tbe Hawniue; uition to tbe United States If w; pnblished tbrougbout tbe lana that the forraer people detirtd union with tbe latter. As a ;'ac , the voters of Hawaii—1A ,0(X* 1} registry—bad expressed no opition at all for or agcnst annen.tion, and even had tbe Americ£t ! element commissioned tbose fi’ t iud.viduals, it would bave beeu t tritie less tban 5 per cent. of tl e above number—GŌ3, to be e:;ac: \Vitbin a monlh your ost ! columns bave allnded to tb .*■ 1 embassy as “\vhether we woa e accede to the wish of tbe Hawai- | j ian people” If tbey have >'ul. wisb it has ever been exprefse l Theod->re H. D .ivies, a Br tisfc ! cit zen, passed throngh the Uui; ed States recently, retnrniag *c his home at Liveipool. His tr>| had absolntely no political sig- j I nificance, yet bis presence nei€ was madfl tbe text for conspicnous avticles on tbe inAuenee ■>! i £nglaud on ouj politica, and di i i patobes iogeniou3ly prepar€d j foster sucb a view \vere sent _‘ro r | i Honolulu to be reprinted in evei\ ! ne\vspaper in ihe conutry. r.f a fact, Great Britain bas sbowi more than ber nsual conservatis i in dealing with Hawaiian qae - tions, aud all that bas beeu sa;t ' ou tbat subject procoeds, n >. from ber, but frora tfce ninete€i j self-appointed ineu who now bo t tl.e reins of goverument. I ba' < ; it directly from tbeir own moutI b i ' tLat tbey propose todotbis—i ! e., excite tbe fears of tbe prcse.;' i Administration tbat an allim<€ will be made by tbem with Gre .1 Britain; tbat tbus, to avoid tl € j stigraa of Laving played intc> tl < | hands of a rival power, Presidem Cleveland will be forced to jetc to Congress a apeeial me35apt recommending United States si - premacy of some sort at Hawaii In the first plaee, by the tiea j of 1843, Great Britain cann>*. even aeeepi a protectorate ov *r any portion of the Hawaiiai ifl ands; in tbe second plaee, if sl € 1 shoaId desire it. she will ta';e i : tbrough tbe only sovereign sl t ! bas acknowledged — nAmel • Qneon Liliaokalani. Yet, sbow me one Americaa | citizen wbo knows tbat tbe 3rit 1 ish Mmister addresses Sanfou ; B. Dole »5 “Minister of Foiei(.r Afiairs.” that no Power save Ra \- sia bas ever acknowledged tl t ; Provisional Government. tha; tl t | French Mioister arriving \v.th l ; three montbs at Houolula ua: i credtted to tbe Qaeea’s C»art | tbat no national vessei save th i | of tbe Uuited States bas ev.*r j accorded Mr. Dole a Presid ;nt salate, aud tbat at bis olEeia. r« - ception even Amtrican nav:lif ficers were ordeied not to appe-o* iu auifurm. Agaiu, it is sedaloasly circal*ted by tbe party in power tb u Ameiiea b«s vast interests *j prot«ct iu tbe Hawaiian IsLnv?s Eitber we bave m llion» thece vr uot a cent. Whieh is it? I: ti.» former, let us haalen and eelleii oor taxes, not on)y for the pr«e li year. bot for, s«y, twenty yaa n pasi. 8arely we eannol *!U v* ■ »ocb a 1 jrge amount to eioa n k t.txitiou; it is a fraod ou tut.-o n as who pjy for the suppo.t el oor anoies and oavies, tbose wuo penaioo oor \reterans. X haw fisod the Uaii o i t«Uc«

| gnde Uxatioo at twenty yesis. I becans« prior to that d»te. or ’ 1876, tfcese sogar barons. now so rich and saocy, wer® banirupts. And wby has tbeir coadit;on cbaoged? Becanse, ooiLr tbe ieases of lacd from tbe K Ukaaa drnastv. nnder the contr<c t labor imported for thera by Kiiakaoa and his sister (the pre»rat deposed Qneeo), nnder tb» reciprocity treaty neg>tiatfd for tbem by tbis faroily of raonarcbs. they bave most abandant!y pr»epered. They have forgott< n from year to year to send hom» to us nbeir annaal stitement of taxable property, bnt now that tbcy b.-tve qaarrelled with their rulers tbey seek protection of prope:ty tnd of life by sending circu’.irs to tbis coantry, in whioh, \.ilboul the le«st reason or even seir hlanee of argaraent. this property giined nnder the laws of a Lre:gn Power, on a foreign soii is assamed to be Americaa npital. «nd tbey, wlnie ander oitbs of allegianco to foreign govert ments, Americaus! Lastiy, who informs tbe ;eaderof our newspa|\ers hs to •urront ereat3 in tbe Hawaiian I>Iauds? All despatcbes sent for geueral pnblication are penned by two individuais. Oae of tbese ; s abont as arrant u fanakic in oppositioa to tbe natives of Hawaii aud in desire to annex tb»t l.md to tbe Union as eouhl b«> fouiu1 in tbe wor!d; tbe other ajvnt for a rival organiz.»tion, \»as foi t\velve montbs an edit»r of tbe most promiuent provisOnali»t jonrnaI. Eveu tben tb»ir dispatcbes are under olKeial suj er vision. Woald any euteiprising publisher base stateraent> of fict , ou sucb prejudice»l antl;oritv 5 I The latest iust mee of socb prejudice»l statements is to be fouud in tbose disputches whieli represent tbe n»tives as heing overawed, so tbat tbey liave failed to register. Instead of this, it is tbeir iutcnse love for theii Q;ieen and tbeir ualiou. In 18S0 ;be Hon. A. F. Judd now bolding tlie ; otfice of Cbief Justice. nuder I commission issued by the 'iresent | Government. wrote as follows: “Tbe Hawuiian kingdom stil! ! stands prosperous nn>I res >ectid, making aml executir.g i .s ewu ■ la\vs; it presents today t!.e o*d_\ instance of a nation lifte-l from , : tbe »larkness of heatlienisa to tbe light of Cbristian civiIiz*tion witbout tbe destruction cf tbe native government. It woa1d be ditficult to fiud a coantry wbere tbe sentimeut of nationulity is stronger tbuu araong tbe abori- , ginal llawaiians.” -■ Julics A. Palmeh Jb. )