Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 170, 3 August 1894 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

All tbe assertionfi of the pres ent government, to the contrary, the 80 ealleil repablic of Huwaii j h«s nnt been recognized by the United States In fact. ’t will not be r«-c»>guized by Proeident Clevelniid. The reasons givon by the re|>ublican pa|>ers in the United Stat«*s are absurd and dimsy The gist of the explanation - of the papers hostile to Clevel«nd ean be d«rived frorn the following par«graph: “It is reported frora Wushington that tlie Adrainistration may ' delav fortnnl recognītion of the Ha wuiian R“pnblic for awhile, and give s mie less interestcd nation n ehnnee to load off. Be cau.se we are interested is our j best reason for giving prompt aml heartv rocoguition to our own kiu, who have established an Ameiiean repul>licau government in the mid-Pacific.” The AiUeiiiwr takes this eiu *frieujr and claiius that “whilo Clevelaud is waitiug for tho loss intorestcd powers, the less inttr- ; ested powors uro waitiog for i him.” t)f course the Adtwlttter may bo correct, but we cannot believe lbe truth of Ihe paragraph referred to. Why should Mr. Clevelnnd cousider any action in rogard to Hnwaii wheu be, the senute, and the house of representalives dislinctly have said that any interference in Hawaii would be considercd au unfriendly act? The recognition c>f the Hawaiian republic by any Europeau power shou!d according to the statcraeuts of the Americau press bo extremely irumaterial to Cleveland nnd his goverument. The proposition that he is waiting, sounds too absunl to be believed in for a miuute. Oh, no ! The reason why Mr. Clevelaml caunot recognize tlm govornmeut is fully explained in hisraessago. Uis language there docs not allow of any wrong eonstruction. lt is plain mul to the poiut. He says: “While uaturally sympathizing with every eifort to eslablish a republican form of goveruracnt, it has been the settled policy of the United States to eonemle to people of foreign countries tho $ame free- j dom and iudepeudence in the mauagcnient of their dornestic atfairs, that we have always claimed for ourselves, and it has heen our praotice to rocoguixe ! revolutionary goveruments as soon as it becamo appareut that they woro supported by the j>eo | ple. For illustratiou of this rnle, I need only refer to the revolution iu Br«zil in 1S89, when our miuister was instructed to rocognize tho Republic ,<o aoon ua u inajorify of the of ouU havt signined thtir assent lo iit giUab}iskments aiul maintenance; a!so to the revolution in Ch:le in ■ 1891, when' our minister was diiectcd to recognize the new governmen{, if U tn»t accej>ted i the people. ; aud to tbe revo!ution ; iu Venezuela iu 1892, when onr recogoition was accorded on eon dition that the uew government 1 was fully established in posses- ] sion of tiie power of the naiioo, ' u nd accepted by the peopU. It i seems plain to us tbat Qnder sucb s circumstances tbe so called Re puhlie of Hawaii haa no elaim to recognition of tbe Cuited States. < Tbe present goverumeut is not \ aapported or accept«?d by the t people. They bold power through ] ihe hired meu and their ar<n$ j

wiiīeh they fraarleniiy obhinel fr -m tlie eunstitntioual g*>v<-rn msut T «ey i>«v»* is««t t*« s biuit tbeir eX'.st< iice to a jw>j-n‘ar n>te. i;t>r h •- tl>e j<r«-ss- ■ j. •.» e -i;b •<> t «k.- Iii- oh ■ at .•« j*opa'i»r eieelion. H »« then ean Mr. Cieve!«o 1 rocognize tb s gov»-rnmeut. nud <*.t the same time not stnltify himself by goiug back on bis pablicly sjx)k'en words of six months ago ? Bnt what will tbe result be of the refasal lo* recognize? The blatbei>kites who are bolding othces under Mr. Dole all taik loud euough and say that they don’t care a snap f< r the recogni tu>n. Tliey d >u t know what tbey are talking ahoui. II the Hawaiian repubiic is not recoguiz -d by the Lnited States, the result will be that Hawaii will be unaliie to obtain a reraov«1 of the reciprocity treaty. The present troaty expires in a few months, an«l n» no new treaty ean be procure«i wheie are we tben' The goveromont o! Dole wiil theu find that his great and good friends the planters and the CHpitalistB will scoru him. and demaud his imraediate abdicatiou Tl>at is the end of their alleged patriotis!n, and thoir dismterested sympatbies for the Uawaiian Republic. You toach their j>ockets. and yoo hit their hearts Aud tlie result of the abrogation of the treaty will bo disastrous to everybody, toall cUissos aml to all nationalities. The country willl be ruinod and when the homes of the citizens are s»tanding bare and naked, when the treasury of the country is empty, and even the mercenaries cannot be j>aid, when tho small savings of the workingmnn is lost while the capitalist retires to some foreigu countrv. where he during the years of pleuty has deposited his money, thon the Dole repnblie will find that there was no friendship, no patriotism, uo i poj>ularity be bind it. Evervthiug will be Self, Self, and Seif, nud in the cry for tbat great motor of all popular action the republic will be swamped, the rats will desert the ship, and oulv the debris of the onee wealtby kingdom of Hawaii will be foond. and then j>erhaps the kanaka will g t some euergy, and wake up to rcalizo that he rnust do something.—And he will look haudsome and strong nnd exhanst his energy and couiage by eielaiming: “Auwe Dole, lapuwale!” and then he will bo exhausted and pray and wait.