Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 31, 23 October 1893 — SERVING TWO FLAGS. [ARTICLE]

SERVING TWO FLAGS.

D* U» X«dtw «f Hawmii U iunaiiml Theodore H l**ries, formerlv the British vice-ooosal in tbe Hawafi:ic Is!ands, and at present the gnardiau of tbe amuhle Cbristiau i>nnoes», Kaiulani, arrivetl in the city i vesterday. on his «ay to Honoluln. and is staying at tue Brevoort Hoase. He spoke pleasant!y of s>me o( the members of the Provis ional Government of the islands, bnt with great regret of the st»te of utfairs whieh }>revai!s there. . Tbe natives. who have lived iu the islands, from time immemorial, are bowe<l in grief over the theft of tbeir kingdum by foreiguers I and alieu'. It is a coutest of ! men against twu helplesa women. • Tbe Prorisional Government. ilr. Davies said, is not American. ; Its fifteen members iuclude Americans, Euglishraen, Irishmen, Germaus and one Portagu«se. lt has uo cr«?dit in any foreign laiul, and cannot burrow mouey in any foreign conutry on eartb. Some of the advocates of annexution have attacked Queeu Liliuokalani in tbe most infamous mauner. These men bave > not been ashamed to slander a womnn in the press. They have cailed her an “idolatress.” She is a sincere Christian woman. aud supports twenty girls at a missionary school. The Provisionai Government Mr. Davies said, was afraid to jiennit the nation to vote on annexation, because the nation would cast an overwhelming raajority against it. Mr. Davies was unahle to see how the presentGovernment could permauently exist. The ditilculty in dealiug with the foreigners in Honolulu, Mr. Davies observed, is that tbev sene two flags. In talking to the Uuited States they declare tb it thev are Haw*aiians. In * x talking to the Queen and her people, they say that tuey are Americans. The Princess Kuiuiani is now at school in Germauy. Some re *ent photographs of her, in Mr. Davies’s possessioii, sbow a very gentle, refined and hands>me youug lady.—.Vnt Vork Journal. ■