Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 16, 5 October 1893 — What About Russia? [ARTICLE]

What about Russia?

EDITOR HOLMUA:—Under the above heading, you hit a very interesting nail on the head, and I, for one, am intense!y desirous of seeing you study the question as you promised. There can be no doubt that, as you said, the hasty action of Russia, in recognising the Hawaii P. G.—before America has decided about its future destinies, and ahead of all other Nations,—is very strange and significant. But it forebodes no good, no signs of ‘‘friendship" to Uncle Sam, quite the contrary. It may mean only that Russia intends to be ready to put her finger in the Hawaiian pie; but it may also be the result of a deeply laid plan, matured on these very shores. When we put together certain facts, such as the following: that Russia must have acted under the advice and representations of her counsel here, that this consul is one of the members of a certain German firm, who have made themselves very conspicuous in the revolution, and that the members of the P. G. have always been very haughty and threatening in their attitude towards America, openly announcing that if the U. S. did not do exactly what they wanted, they would give away the stolen country to some other power; then,the case becomes extremely suspicious, and the American politicians, as well as the friends of America here, ought to begin to smell a rat-I therefore hope that the attention you will devote to the matter, will help to throw the proper light on it. ALOHA AINA. “Why haven’t you been to church,” she said. “Since we were wed. May I inquire.” The he replied to his one -year bride: “They say ‘A burnt child dreads the fire!” — Life.