Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 142, 19 June 1894 — INTIMIDATION? [ARTICLE]

INTIMIDATION?

The Peuple Don’t Scare At AIl. TU<* l.m>ling ' { the Piii!ad»-1-phia tnxj| thĪM morning whs prob«blv ih*- climax of thedipl«>mittic arl <>f W illis and V\ nlker. It u ;is cl«imed thitt the blne-jttckctft l:*nd**d for a drill —Nijyb<> lv who s;»w ibeir HU}M-rb aj*jH5Hrance will admit tliat a <1 ri11 w»s not needed. W liere «1>»1 Adrniral V\ Mlker ever l*od his trooj*s b**fore for a <lrili? W «; j>r«*siiiu<- tbat the mueh j*r«is©d m\al ■ llicer f.as been in other |’«>rt* in conin>and of American »ais!»ip«. W o d u t doubl tbat he lias v sit*-d Triest, Stl’elei>b>irj* IL inbnrg and <>ther importarit s<-i*ci rt-. Bat we w«>uld lik«.‘ to know \vhere and when lie ever s w the n< e<*ssitv <«f t}irowiii£? • P a batalioti ashore nu 1 order hia men 1<> j>ar«de the strvets with fixe<l bayonets. amhiii .nc«« and <>tlier paraplieinaliae of war. If Ainericaii s.«ilois, cruising in war vesseis. «re not Ianded at the porta of the BalTic or Mediterra - noan f«>r tlie s!«ke <>f drill, whv s!iould tbey be land«wl in th«? port | «'f iloiiululu ;«iul j>araded around j t!;e stroots in tbe eapilal of a frieudly natiou? There ean l e ouly one solul : on. ■ nud that is. th «t Mr. Walker dosin*d to intimidate the people of thi» city by n display of Im one i or two hundr«d inen. To indnlge ! in a platoon dri!l in our streets I eanuol be excus d or explained in unv olher iuanner. Foiiunnte- * ly the Uawaiians bad been pre- I j>nred for tho littlo g ime of bluft, Minl Conscqueully very few j>enj\le took in t!ie drill. The haml pl»yed, the flags waved. tl:o amhulniiee lookeii out for the ! exhaiisted warriors and eom- ! ro«uder Logau lookeil handsome, j lmt nobody g>>t scar«*«l. Tbe . ]>eoj>le of tbia couutry eannol bc bulld< zed «>r blufled again j even if Admiral Walker s whiskers «ro Ionger and more bristling ; Ihan those of the i»te “blufter’’ ! (.’ «]>taiu W iltse. The landing of Aiu« ric iu trooj>s today ou lluwai- | i ui soil was a gross mistako and i proves the cxtreme laek of del- * icacy. tact aml dij>lom»cy of the | Amenean ofticials here. The teusion of j>olitical fe.*lings here is slrained to tho ntmost. To further irritite tbe sentimeuts of the Hiwaiiana by fl>mndiug | Americnir bayouets. Atuorican j uniforms «nd Americin fltgs in ■ their faoes will ouly lead to an ! ojh*ii rupture. The iauding of : Aiuerican iroops on the lt»th of I .Ihhuhi v 1893, is still fresb in the ! * mimls of the j>eople. What that actiuu uieaut has boen well proveu. At tbat tiiue th« Hawaiians listened t« thoso wlio purposed t<* be wise, kuo\ving and their friemls. aud they surreudered l>efore the arrav of Aiuoneau bayooe4s aud guus. The iuistake j of doing so h«s been folly | realized. The act uf !auding has been disavow«d and condemnod ! by the United 8tates througb expressions of the j>resideut of the Congress and through the Press. The liaw«tiaas to\l«y kuow that 1 the iaudiug bv A<lmiral Walker 1 has no sigotfioance, no poiitical t im}Hirtanoe and wiil uot be toler- ; ated or endosred by President 1 Cleveland aml the l uited States. an<l for that reuoo they don’t j i scare one liUle bit The Admir i al ean rau a plaioou or a batal- i i lion or his whole ahip ashore if ' t be pleases—he oauuot prevent | j the jxK>ple of this from * f»rming a lor, by, n and of the people. Aud in due v time Amenea will tel! btm so tl when mformedof hislatcstexpioit. • —