Home Rula Repubalika, Volume I, Number 1, 2 Nowemapa 1901 — A FRAUDULENT GENEALOGY. [ARTICLE]

A FRAUDULENT GENEALOGY.

Mr. lulitor J n thc Advcrti.scr of Fobruury ;md Ucu>l)cr lustl louml a *ra«d«lcnt g t >iton np ], y homo llaole NoluuiH'i-, 1 to Miil !»is i>urpos<- and l<> ll«illcr «i poor, doludcd \v<'iiian. l l or thc Sc'ikq of nc\vcoinci\s to tlicsc lslands, who havc 110 of tlic llawauan Alns, l wntc thc folluvving" to sliovv tliat "all J.hat ghttci\s i.s not gokl": Lhe mmle-up Alh m thc pcrt»on o£ Alrs. l'-nuna l)ch ncs is takcn hy our kaniaaiiias as a jokc, if not <111 outrage to thc mcniory ofHJuccn Keopuolaiu, tlio tabu wil'e of Kaīnehamelia tlic Grcat, and motlicr of Kaniehameha 11, Kaiuehameha 111 and tlie late llcr li.oyal Highncss Hanctta Nahienaena. One thnig is well known in tlicse lslands, tliat tlie anccstry of iVlrs. JDel'ries were ncvcr known or answered to an appellation ot au Alii. Her gottcn-up Allislnp is only crcated m tliese days of the li.epublicanism. lo the known Alns who are more or less rclatcd to Uie £aunly of Keopuolam, both on tlie faLher's and the mother*s sides, ' wlio are in potisessioii of the true gcnealog-| ieal table o£ thc said King Kiwalao and his' only dauglitc:r, Keopuolaui, look upon tlie DeFries get-up with contempt and disdain. ln fact, Kmg Kiwalao, soii of King Kalamopuu of liawan, was slam in 1782 by Kamehameha 1 at the battle -of Mokuohai, Kona, Hawaii. At this time Keopuolani was only two years old, his first-born child with Kekuiapoiwa Liliha. Kalanikauiokikilo Kalamakua, a young«". sister of Kekuiapoiwa Liliha, a datighter of Kalolanui, sistcr of King Kahekili, 2icr (Kalaniakua) only husband was KanJkmeo, son of King Kumahana of t>aliu, 2H<l their issues were Kalaniomaiheuila and Kalanianoano (k). Tlie Higli Alii, K. Kalaniakua, was in the court of Kamehameha the Grea.t since 1790, after the battle of lao, Wailuku, Maui, and she only died m 181 o at Honuakalia, Honolulu. At that tirae poor Mrs. u>eFries' grandparents were not known even as retainers of note. '1 hey might have been around the court as plebians 01- eommon retainers. All the known gcnoalogists failcd to clironicle this poor inake-up Alli's pcdigrec ; nor David Malo, S. M. Kamakau, J. K. Unauna and others, and neiLlier Judge Fornandcr in his works cver knew this shaiu Alii. A GEN EAL.OGIST.

A groat tlcal said and liUle donc does nol help us oul of our pilikiaa. For sonic montlis pabt tlic Fire Claims Commission, aulhorized by Act of the First Legislature of thc Hawaiian Territory, to reccivc and to look into the claims of the sufferers by the fire that destroycd millions worth of property in the city and causcd endless losscs and trouble an tlie outer districts A lias been in session for nearly five montlis. We occasionally liear. that, as far as thcy have been able to ascertain, the Comniission has decidcd upon the validity of sonie of thc claims, wliieh will ainouiU to about two millions of dollars. The neccssity for raising inuncy to pay this obligatiou is appareut t«.) ovoryoue fatuiliar with tlic subject, and necds no argumcnt, and thc neccssity of the sufTercrs by tlie fire is e(iually as cloar. Tlie sutTerers in a like casc woukl ncver have rcmained as quics-

ccnt from the time the loss happencd to 1 theiu, uiklct thc unnniigatcd arrogance and ! mexrusable eomluel of tlu- ~ Hoard of J [i'alth, backcd bj ihe gi>vernnicnt, until the ])i*cscnt tnnc We have seen the timc vvhcn llie monarchical govcrnment was madc to jiay a dcniand by the British j»ovcrnmcnt for the losscs suffcrcd by the owners of |hc rteamship Madras, for loss of Liine and busincss. Tn this casc it js even \vorse, because thc stcamer was not actually destroyed by firc; but the Chinese n.-r--chants an<l otlicrs in l)usiness, the wholesaie merchants who supj)lied them, who were also suflfcrers, wcre actually burnt ou t Lhrough the crass ignorance or dishonesty |of the officials in power, who were at the head of the affairs of state at the time. Some of the subordinate officials of the governmcnt, after being well paid from the public treasury, were allowcd to resign and to pass into silent oblivion, the governme*it' as tjuicl\ly sneakmg behind the men who made the cgregious mistake. The head of the gGvernment si+s complacently "{n his chair, with scarcely a murmur uttered against him for his stoicism and indiflference towards taking the proper steps to see a way by I whieh these claims ean be settled or quieted. Therc is a way, but the Governor refuses to make the move. Ile sits in his seat, nursing his beautifnl whiskers, refusing to do his duty, to comfort or be comforted, but says between his clenched teeth ; "Never, never, no ncver will I eall an extra session to help to make the redress needed to relieve the sufTerings of those poor fellows that were burnt out, and their friends who backed " them at the time, if I ean help it."

Queen Liliuokalani, accomparāed by Delegate and Mrs. R. W. Wilcox, spent a very pleasant day at Manoa a few days ago. She enjoyed herself collecting ferns for her garden.