Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 139, 15 June 1894 — Wrong as Usually. [ARTICLE]

Wrong as Usually.

In the last May number of the "Paradise of the Pacific," under the head of "From Picturesque Hawaii," are some untruths that ought not to go unanswered. The third paragraph under the foregoing title is as follows: "Lunalilo was the last who claimed descent from the Kamehamehas to rule on Hawaii. He was called the "Well Beloved" by his people, and at his death, in 1874, after a short reign of only one year, the old fendal veneration for their royal rulers seems to have died away. The Hawaiians have given compara tively little love to the occupants of the throne since that time." Lunalilo was not the last who claimed descent from the Kamehamehas, for the "missionaries" claimed after Mrs. Bishop died that she was the last, and now the immaculate p. g's claim that Kunuiakea is the last one now living. On our behalf, we will not say who is the last, but that there are many living descendants of the Kamehamehas, which on native Hawaii ncan be got to disprove. The other untruth is that "the Hawaiians have given comparatively little love to the occupants of the throne since that time," (the death of King Lunalilo). Hawaiians have always shown their love and fealty to the late King Kalakaua, in the latter years of his reign, as evidenced by the universal mourning at his demise. And since the overthrow of her Majesty Liliuokalani, their love for her is unbounded and nothing can swerve it from her. The foregoing bodes ill for the "too fresh" editor of the Paradise, who has been only a resident here for about three years.