Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 159, 14 February 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

It spems thnt in 3pite of Mr. Aehford'» pr >phecy in the Liberal i that Mr. Neumann woulil not be recinr;ji~ed <>tHcially in Wa3hington tne Uii;ted Stites <ō»vernment intends to awail h;3 arrival l>efore takinju r any t>-ti< »11 on the retjue.-t for annexation hy the Provisioual Connuittee. The QoeeuV j r.»ti-st and autoi;ra».h lett< r were presented to Preeident 11arn- 11 by Senator Felton of California who wired to Mr. Sprecke!- in >,iii Francisco, the assurance of the President that no steps would be taken bef>re Her Majestv - euvoy was heard. This is of oourse the only proper proceeding, but it seems that the provisional cli<iue here expected a diflerent action altogether. From a Ananeial point of view it was fortunate tur the Queen that the governmeut refuscd to take her envoy on the Claudine so she would have had to pay half of the expenses for the benefit of the WildtT Steamship C.>'s. stockhoklers. After a c.ireful perus.il of all the newspapers bearing upon the Hawaiian situation it becomes more and more evidenl that the five commissioners under Thurston's raaiiageinent are sailing under a false tlag and trying to gain their ]Hiiut under false pretenscs. Such a deceitful attitude is really very childish and will certainly not be appr.>ved by the American puhlie, . when it learns that the Provisi >nal Government does not hold oflice with the sanction of the nalion or in any way represent popular feeling or sentiment, but simply is the sickly chi!d of the Union l>etween Mr. J. L. Stevens. and the hankmpl sugr.r-p!anters ol' the Ielands. The establishing of tbe temporary protectorate proved beyoud doubt the weakneea ofthe illegitimate kid to exist without extra nursing, and fortunatelv for Mr. Stevcus he f und the Captain of the Boston willing to act as drynurse —an oflice whieh must have been very iucongenial to the moist nature of this gallunt sea-dog. How Mr. Thurston & Co. oan have the brazen effrontery to ]>ersonate the people of Hawaii in the Uniu*d States is beyond coraprehension, and we antioipatea strong reaction iu the American sentiraenls in regard to them when their true position and staudiug is learned. ( — We are generally caretul about | trustmg t » mueh to interviews as published in American newspapers. They are often a »ource of great surprise, especial)y tj the interviewed }>arties, but thf*diflerent intcrriews ofthecomroissioners are so sm>ngly in accord with eaeh other that there is no reason to believe tāem to be ine rrect. It is hardly worth the trouble to point out the falsehoods and lies in whieh especially Mr. Thurston seems to bave excelled himself. Kvery man in this country ean see tbe perversion of truth by the devii'e partncr and it needsnocomment on tbem. We shall, though, mention a few of the Haleakala statesmau’s prevarications as an example

of what the provisional commi>>sioners bave dared to dish up to the Amcrlcan pe«jple. / -- , Mr. Thurston is reported to have | -iid: “It L uot true thal Minister 1 Stevens was a party to revolu- 1 ti>>n.” I- uot Mr. Thurston aware ol the fact ihai. before the pmelamation of tbe peoeienanal governuieiu. Mr. J. L. "tevens stated t i the Querii*s Ministers that he would n>>t land tr<»ps to assist the ! Queen and the Iawful government : of the country in cise of an insur- ■ rection. but tuat he would assist a ; prtivisional government when it was declared? L> d not Mr. Stevens without the sl;ghtest cause, and conlrarv to hī- assurance to the ; eor{>s diplomatique and t» the Cabinet, land tr > >ps without uotifving the minister of foreigu afl'.drs of such step (contrary to diplouiaticusages) or giviug any reasons for it. and did he not plaee the troo}>= in battle array, with sharp loaded arms. in such position that any attempt to arrest or dislodge the insurgents wouU have been raade impossible, for the simple reasou that the American trooj>s with whom the Queen’s governnient had no quanel would have beeu directly under the fire of the soldiers? Will Mr. Stevens deny that he issued his official recogmtion of, and promise tosupport, the Provisional Governinent, hef<re the Covimi(tee 0 f Fourteen arrived at the Gi<r(rnment Building, and that such official document was handed to Captain \Viltse on the verandah ofthe Arion Hall by Mr. C. L Carter? If these aotions on the part of Stevens dou't niake him a party to the revolution, we wouU like to know what he is to be called. Mr. Thurston says that the Ariou Hall was rented for the "Bostou'' s >Uiers and it was quite accidental tbat a plaee was chosen opposite the Government Bui!ding and the j>alace. Was it also without & special purpose that all efforts were used to obtain the Opera House (a buiUing also coninianding th* palaee) from Mr. Spreckels. representative; and that this gentleman, mueh to Mr. Stevens cbagrin, positively refused to allow the troops there? Fijjm whom did the troops or the goYernraent obtain the Arion Hall? This building is the property of Mr. Hayselden who was at Maui, aud it is leased for church-purposes to Mersrs. Waller and Poepoe. We are inlbrmed that the latter gentleman went to Mr. Stevens. asking wilh what right the U. S. forces took j>oss>>ssion of the plaee, and was answered ‘*My gixxl man we have got to be soraewhere, and we mean to stay ihep* until we ean find some other plaee? A pecuiiar way indeed to "reut'' houses in—probably that's the way it is done' in "Boston." A Mr. Thurston states tbat many of the native members of the Leeislature would have heen willing to eome over to them against the Queen forf50.00. A gross slander and vile falsehood like that ahowa the caliber of Mr. Thurston and his partners. If 150 00 could buy natives. votes in the House the whole revolution would have heen unnei‘essary. because the Reform Party with its expert bribe-givers wouU have been able to control tbe country in all direclions. Mooey seeme to be plentifol vith the Provisional Government as ihe Advisory Conncil ia stated to

be worth aboui I15,000 T (X)0. Thi», for a wonder. may be a true «tatement of Mr. Thur»ton, and we recommend it to the «peeial notice of j the Tax As»e«sor« and CoIlector« |of ihe countrv who must l>e very ?urprUed and hapny lo be made ‘ aware of the fact. / / It i« a ri«i; 2. ?ays Mr. Thurston. of tiie civiiized pr<>perty-owning lK>rt; n <ifthe populalion again«t waelelul ra ',-ale aiui «enii-bar-barous tyranny. Mr. Huntsm»n ; in the Liberal (aiso an annexation paper under government patroj nage) say- ia -uh«Uuce, the revi>lut; >n was a g <i?end t>) tiie unemploytd. They shou!dered their muskets tor bread. ll is no small matter to be without work in H»>nolulu. Whom -hail we l>elieve? Fr.)bably it wur- a few epeculating bursted sug ar barons under Dole's and Thurston’s engineering, with Stevens as supervisor-in-chief. wh>> I»ressed the buttons and Ihe “unemployed” did the rest twith ihe •'Boston” crew and guns as a highly eiaborate and ornamental framework.) , / Mr. Caslle is re{>orted to have said that Mr. Stevensdid not ree<>gnize the *Provisional Government before it was in possession of the Station House, and every other pointof vantage. Unfortunately for Mr. Castie ? s character for veracity, Mr. Paui Nenmann bas in h;s possession a letter adressed by Mr. Stevens to Her Majesty’s Cabinet. and forwarded to Mr. Samuel Parker, about 4 p.m., on the day ot therevolution, to theStation Honse, where a largo iorce of the Queen's supporters were gatliered; in whieh letter Mr. Steveps inf>>rms the Cab>net that he has rec >gnized the Provisional Government andstands ready to support it. When ihe veracity of the cotnmissioners after a while gets properly investig.ited, it is very likely that the American j>e>)ple will open its eyes, and with Representative Outhwaite of Ohio, believe that the whole occurrence is one of the worst fillbustering affairs in modern bistory—and not totheoreilit of the Great Republic across the water, il' it shouhl sustain the aelion of its representative, and conquer a weak, friendlv. and peaceful nation whieh asks nothing better than to be left alone in their native paradise, witbout the addition of the intrudingserpents. cleverest dodge of the Provisional Commissioners is though, to have raised the “British” cry iū the States. The truth is that there has been no reference to Great Britaiu in anything done in Hawaii. No j)rotest has !>een sent to the English Goverument nor did British infiuence play any ro!e in the Qneen's resolutiou to submit to the insurgents and Araeriean troops. The Hawaiian Islands look to the United States only for protection, and before anything else lUr justice. Thcre ean be no talk about a voluntary annexation of Hawaii. It will be a conquest and oue it seems to us lhat uo American ean feel proudof. That the great American Republic should conquer a friendly nation without j)rovocation, for the purjx>se of assisting financially a handful of American citizens who evidenllv didn't ’ find the American eonlinem good «nongh for ihem. and thcrefore emigrated, will go down into history as a blot on the fair page of the aalion whieh has fooglt and bled for iiberty, equal rights and government by the people, for the peopie, and of ihe

people. We urge the American Governraent to send a eomm --; >n ont here and let them through a vote of »11 the pr -ent electors asoerUin how the :r.:e :eeln thīs n»tion ;-. The ey> - ol' th«Araerican j>-t)j>' will then be opened. and the true iuwardnes- ot the miser.il>’.e intricue- ■>!’ the or. e wealthy adyenturers hcre wil’ -tir.k in the ncstrīl- •>:' the civilized world. A great deal i- Wii.e s.iid al>out these Is!ands ;>eii g ens imj> rtance as a strategic j>.>int t>r a n;; val st.ition. The Uuited States .ire n>>w committmg tiie danger >uerr r whieh h.is almo-t everv eountry in Europe. th.it ol sh >piu2their f>reign j> at the BUggC8t 9 - 0f D»T»1 an>l arroy offi>*ers. As in Germany and France, the men whose trade is w.»r, are always preaching increaae in milit.»ry l‘)rces aml gaini:;g of morc territory !' r strategic purjn>ses. The <)j>:nion ot naval and army men should have Jes S weight than the oj>inion oi dip!omats and statesmen, because it is a natural fact tli»t the officer? wi 11 always insi-t in. and j>erhaj>honestly, believe that the s»f-?ty and j)rosperity of a country aro embodied m the eannona and bavonets, a the»ry whieh has ahown so distii:ct a f,»ihire that the f)»lseness of it is evident t > the duliest mind. « With all duc resj>ect for the officers of the Ainericaii navy the:r explanations'of why the Hawaiian lslauds are of so great imjv rtance t » the United St;:ti « navy are very lame :»nd ean hardly stand any honest criticism. It is not snj>posed that the United Statcs cv> r intends to heeome an »ggressive nation. It would he against eommon sense ami reason ever t<> expect that sueh shonld haeom * the j)olicy of any Amenean government, and. even if it w.>s. wh»t earthly g»uKl would » coaling station and stron: naval fortific»tion do out here. No power in a ■ war with the United Stat> - woukl go round bunUng t' r the Sandwicn Islands aiul it is not likely that the American navy w>»uld b<? aliowed to lav idle here ronsider- • * ing the amouni of eoa-l territory on the cont:nent open to attack. The modern war-shij>? need noeoal-ing-stations. The !atest Russian cruiser ean take suffioient eoal at Saint Petersburg to go to Wladiwostock without stopping, and judging frorn the raj>id improvements in the coustructions of war vesse!s better result- will shortly be obtaine«l. The United Statc>will spend a f >rtune in fortifying these Islands and then they will wonder whal the d>-uce they wanted them f>r, and how the deuce thev ever are to get their money back. Lel us look the -'.tuation squarely iu the face and see what the Uniled State- will ohlain by annexing an nnwilling iiitioa inhabiting an Island group over 2,000 miles di?tant. They will haye the satisfaction of sj)reading the Stars aad Stripes ovtr American citizens of a more or lesdesirable class. As lhey bave got about sixty railhons of them at home they might be able to get a!ong without-īhe Hawaiian eontingent. They will further on get some British, Germans, and ‘*other nationalities” citizens, ofwhom tbe majority are s»tisfied with tbe old regime and oppoeed to anneialion. Thev will xhen Uke into their

m;s:hty aml ūthfr’.y »rm> aK>ut «.-Ui.’» - f rm«Tiy ;r.:;s ;t!nir the Ai'ie» .imi M»tieir» uoder tiie Kinge,fp,>rtugal; filthy, ignon»nt and aade> ; nbl« a eias> «■“ tne Ilaliau, Gr*lioian, aud Poliah pauj»er immicrants against whom ihe . S; i• • - - •'' ami raising a • »nst\nt d-'r;stve h>>wl. There will then lv d*»nated ♦o them «bout Jaj«,iuese v\ho dcsire nolhine ī-tt r th.m -t ehanee t<> get away from here. and spr*ad them- *lvee over the \Vestern S:.tt<- where they w.’.I < * lish a healthy an<l very mueli winmng oimpelilion ag-.ūnst while laK>r. The F"r»'ign Offioe in \Vashington ought, thongh, t > feel ple-.»se»i over a Japanese int! tx in g*-(ting an incre«se in w >rk, as tbe Japs are ehrv>nic iomplainants to their government. and that is verv 8ensitive over t’ne nght- of its absent subjei'ts, a!though. it '>‘»*ms very glad of getting ri<l of tiiem from honii*. We then offer Ameri«a (for the apeeial benetit of their California cousin«) about I*>,0<H') Chinese of whom a «inall fraction are indu3trious capitalist-. eoeaoselling raerchants. mechani< >, an>i tr.iders wliiie the grt*al maj >ritv are eompoeeil of raore or !*•»•* <lesirable domestic servants. ti<*ld laborers, highbinders, loafers, gamb!ers, aiul opiumstuokers. If wo ean besure that our Chinese j> >pulation wiil be abs >rbed in Calif >rnia aml dieap|iear fr.»m here we iuight be with the annexationisU». FimIIy the 40,000 Hawaiians Iieoome involuntary subjects of the l>nited States. U’e have n thing e\ ■>■ j>t praise f>>r them ns a p« oj»le aud as citizens. "r. Thurst«n st»rops them as ha!f t>irb»rou-, wh ; > h i,nut very tl ittering to the rcsultsof the work of his father aml grandfatber, who eame here ou a tenoenU Sundiy-- :v»>l ->»• >- ri;• : :• > i t» civilize and Christianiz«* the jH>ople of Hawaii. But their )u ing 3emi-b.»rbaroti? w»old probahty not worry the highlv civiliz >1 repuhlie where Judge I.ynch « ; ts higli in office and where the « /«</»- zfd irhile •» hnm loe man madf in fAeir God'» own itnayt >tl lht *tak>’. \Vith the 40,000 natives we also donate to the States that h!ot on this Paradise of the Pacific, the liviug grave on Molukai. »;th »ts 2.000 lejH*rs. and the inexterminable germ aii over this country. Come, then, great Republic, and make this great and glori»us > >nquest, ar.d let the handful of bankrupt adventurers dictate to you and persuade you to commit an infamy whieh will make the cheeks of the coming generatinns blush for their fathers. Tne men you sent here as teachers ofCbristianity have taught us to Iove liberty ai;>l indejjendence. aml hol>i patriotisoi as the h;ghe«l virtue of man. V»u were beld up to our admiring gi/e as the defender of thu-e great j>rincij)les. Now. after we have ad»pred and made them part of our nature. you crueh them. teil u- that they were fa!se. and j)ropo>»e to tre»t us hke a Iot of irresjx)nsible sl*re» or chattels. The “Advertiser" stated the other day that after reading the Marij>osa mail broad and s»tisāed smile« expande 1 on the faces ofthe aunexationists. Tnat does uot surprise us. as we always have noticed “that the hogsmiles when he gets his f K>t in ihe h»g-trough t ” but we have been unahle to find anythiog except the sensationai bead*lines whieh eouhl induce the Reform Party to believe ihal annexation is a foregone conclosioa without the vote of th« people.