Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 127, 31 May 1894 — Then and Now. [ARTICLE]

Then and Now.

In roiin**ction vvith tLeconqaest b Ministt r Kingof Nockur lslhiuI. ami tfn* high pr.;isr bestowel on the p. }f. < ver lbis explo t, bv tlio ever s«rvile olticiul orgaus of the reforra p»rty, it is well wurtn reinciubering the sentiments aml exprt'ssions whieh appeaieil in lS>t> in papers of the same poliiioal stripo : gainst the monaiehioul government that took possession of Oeean lslaml. Oolunul Boyd,in pursnance of instructions, left on tho Waialeale, whieh stfamer w s sent by the British Governn.eut to rescne or as>ist the»lnpw reckedcrew of Dau uottar Castle. W’heu the steauier arrived at Oeean isl«nd, t!ie crew had already been taken up by a p:>ssing vessel, aud Oolouel Boyd took fonual posst ssion of the isl and. claimiug that it alwavs had been part of tlie Hawaiian doraiuiou. The refonn organ foamed aud bo»lod and r.diouied. The main opj>ositiou p:i|>er, the Haw liian Gai:ette, under the editorship of A. T. Atkius«n said as foiluws: “Whv was the ga!Unt CoIouel s«nt' i’he was not develop«d tdl the islaud w«s reached. and fortunatelv for tliegallant mau aud his master. the wrecked crow had been removed or they would have i four.d the Bntish dag dymg whieh would havo fised the gal- | laut ou the borns of a diiemms. | However. ou this occasiou luek ' favored tho gaiLnt. no Hag was vissib!e, aud so we are toid that tho Colouel in f.»tigue unifonu—how could u Oolonel be otaerwi«e thau fatigued fter five days “cabin'd. cnbbed, confiued." | reads a docament base»l apparently ou soiue imNgitiarv aclīievoments of tbe too well-known “Board of tienealogy.'* Here it is neressary. if pos-

sible, to abjare jokmg. if. as the Ministenai orgau reports, the Bo«ni(»f G«ue«logy were referred to. the re(ereuce must faave beeu i either acoarse au l uuseemiy joke, | or a directfaisebood. l'udertfaese circumstauces was tbe Hawaiiau flag faoisted ob n m>rlhUss islet iu , mul Pacitio. Tfae idea of planting cocauuts for food aud alagaroba for fuel, I aud of erectiug a faut for shelter of auy possible sfaipwrecked crew iu tfae future, is a good ideu, had it keeo | ro{x»sed faonorab!y to tbe Bnt »b CouKui.ssiof>er. aud uudertakeu faouorably by tfae two coutractiug partics. But tlng ig not the idea —th« method of procedure whieh »uita tfae Hawaiiau luioiale* for every-

thirp. Sm« cereniocv, eoaae » ur.;fonn even be it f«tijiue umform. and some falsebood must go to ruake op a atroke of statesmansbip to piease a man of his ealihre. Fonr vessels are knnwn to bavo beeo lost oo Ocesn Island siuce its discover*. Some years henee, : <tr »ome roonths henee there roay I be another. the n«tionalitv j>ro- . b«bly Briti -h or American possi- ' bly German. not at all iikeiy Hawaiian. Meanwhi e. wbibt the principal object cf the existing governinent seems to be to proride j':Hces «tid «<laries for its sop- ! j»ort<-rs. it might be resj>ectfally - <gg sted th.it tbe kingdom wo«id be n «t« ri«lly beuefiited if the pie»- nt;; chiefs of the eahinei < f the Custom Hon.se. of the Post Ollioe, of the M rshalship and tueir clienls be formally appointed to exeiciee the functu>ns ou tfco newly «nuexed rt-ef and be spceddy s»nt forwanl to their ne<v p'»s>t.s. If Mr. Atkinson had fc>een gifted with a j»rophetic tniud he eouUin’l h« v e » r tten a wonl more suit«bie to the case of the p. g and Necker Is ttrm he has doue iu the abnve extract. His last paragraph vould ruect thesiucerest «jiprobatton if written todav.