Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVI, Number 22, 28 May 1887 — KE KIPE OPIUMA. [ARTICLE]

KE KIPE OPIUMA.

Ua hoaiai ac ka nupepa GautU o ka pule i ha'.a no ke kipe opiuma kiekie i law;!a«*eia e kekahi o na iuna aupuni hou i hookohuia ia iha nei, a ua unuhi mai kekah< o na nupepa Hawaii ia manao hookahi me na hoakaka piha. Ahe mea no paha e poina o!e ai i ka hoa heluhelu o keia pepa i ke ano o ia kipe t oia no ka wa e holapu ana ka hohono oka laikini opiama ma na umauma o kekahi mau hui pake o ke kulanakauhale nei.

Ua hoakaka pokoie niakou i ke ano oka hana i ioaa ai keia laikini ia Mr. Chunc Long, a i haule poho waie ai na manaolana 0 kekahi hui no ua laikini ia; a e ikeia no ma ka helu pepa o ka la 150 lanuari. Ma ka la 26 mai o Maraki, ua hoopuka hou makou he manao malalo oke poo' "He hooj>alaimaka" e piii ana no i keia mea hookahi; a ke hoohuihui ia keia mau manao hoakaka a me keia wahi hoakaka pokole hou, e ike ia no he iki kahi kumu ha na, a he oi aku na hana ino a hiiahila i ulu ae. lioko '•ku la oia mau la, ua hoaka ia mai o Mr. Aki, he pake kamaaina, ina he ake kona i ka laikini opiuma; a o ka mea nana i hoomahele mai keia oia keia iuna aupuni. Ua ae la aku kana, aua anapa hakaiia oie aku he mau tausani daia i mea hooiaka aumakua. Ma kria ua ioaa mai la he hooia no ua Aki la ka laikini me ke kanaiua ole. Noho iho nei a mahope, hoea hou ae la ua luna aupuni nei imua o Aki a noi hou i mau tausani eiala. Ma ho]>e o ka hoopau ia ana o na pohihihi o Aki no keia noi hope, loaa koke mai la ke elala; o keia mau dala a pau lo» i haawi ia nona ka huina he $75,000, ua haliia ae a hoahu i ka hale alii.

Lilo ae nei nae ka laikini ia Chung Lung, haule o Aki; ku aku nei keia 1 kana 75 tausani daia me ka nanaole ae i na mohai puaa i minawalea ia aku, aohe nae i loaa mai a hiki waie 1 keia wa. Hookahi leo oka pane ia ana mai

"mahope." Ma ka nana iho, he oi aku keia o na kipe i lawelaweia. Aole i hele mai ka mea dala a kipe aku, aka, na kela luna aupuni ponoi no i hele maoh aku a non©i aku e kipe mai iaia. He mea hao hao no hoi ka'hoihoi koke ole ia ana aku o kela mau dala iloko oia mau la pokole. Aia ia mahea i nalo ai ? Ua hlo anei i mau kulu kehau hoopulu weuweu no ka pa ahi ? Ua hoolilo ia nnel i mau huna one, a peia aku? He emoole ka loaa ana mai a he pupu ka hoihoi hou ana aku.

Ua lawelawe malu ia keia hana, aka, aole loa e haulehia ka mana o na huaolelo "O na mea i hanaia me ka malu, e hoike ia no ma ke akea." Ua koi pinepine ia keia hiuna dala e hoihoi aku, a no ka hoomanao ana iho, e pau ana ka pono ke ole e hooko ia ke kaulike ma o ke kanawai la, nolaila, eia ke waiho nei na mea a pau o ke ki]>e kiekie malnl) o ke kanawai.

Ake nana hou mai ka lehulehu, o ka lawelawe ana o kekahi hma aupuni i kekahi hana lapuwale loa i like me keia, aole loa e hiki na apono ana aku iaia e lawelawe no ka pono o ke aupuni. Ua loaa iaia he kee nui iloko ona la heuheu o kona kulana luna aupuni, he hewa kiekie e lpaa ole ai na hoonaauao hou ana nona ke hoomau ia pela. A no ka mea hei, he mea 1 maa iwaena 0 na lahui naauao ka hoolilo ana ī na hemahema i kekahi wa i kumu no lakou e ike ai i ka pono ole a hoopololei aku, aole nae ma keia kulanau

Ua hele m aku no hct keia hana a kauhihi ma na paepae kapu alii, wahi i> ua manao la i hoopuka la. He mea maule keia no na naau o ka lahui. Aka, i hoonaauao ia ai kak«u, aole he mea hiki ole keia ke hoopololei ia. Imua oka lehulehu ao ke ao holookoa paha, aole loa hookahi hana ino a hoohaahaa paha i ka inoa laahia o ka aina e mahuka mai ko lakou alo aku, O ka pono a nie ka maemae ka lakou e paa t a 0 ke kaulike hoi i hoopaaia e ke kaoawai mai ka niea iluna a ka haahaa 100. Ona hoomanao ana no keia hana i paa ma ko Hawaii nei moolelo, he haahaa loa a he kpuwale.