Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 33, 2 October 1889 — OUR WOULD-BE FRIENDS. [ARTICLE]

OUR WOULD-BE FRIENDS.

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We re#ret io say, 1 iiat tlie P.,C. Advertisi.-J\ government orgati lias and is, eii(leavQring to extri«- it«- its patrohs from the unenviable pf»i?ition, wliieli equi vocaīion wiil i) hvays plaee its authors in. and by so doing it has been obliged to niake f?ome of the most outragwus per- . versions of the truth in ordei* to do so. Fjrst it ! i'ly denies, the truth of our <-'iient about the i treatv. īt th«Mi jv)ins in \vith a statem,ent published as a jdenial from the Minister of Foreigii A (Tairs, and again savs cannot be a treaty of the kind statf.Ml.to- have been ma<le. On Sept. oOth in an editorial, it struggles hard 10 ae— knowledge that there was a reatv, j and snivels out, it is u said t:> have | heen proposed bv Mr, Carter," and on ? k 'if we are correctly'in-. formed,- (implying a doubt f (>f the veracily of sorne one high in' •iuthority from whom it no 'doubt obtained the information), it has not the approval of the Cabinel, and therefore cannot be consid(;red a government ineasure.' ? As the well-known organ of tlxe Ministry, the P. C. Adv rti?er has no excuse whatever for any equivocation or menial reservation, in spe ; : ;ing triithfully in this atfair, bocause. it has the confidence of the Minis?try,' "itF patrons, and it ean al\vays obtain direct report froni tlicm!

We Mgro' \vitli the P. Advertiser. \vh<Te \l savs. "it is pr >bable that Mr. ('arter eonversed with the ICi?ig on this free-trade qu?stmn, and we will add. v it is nwn than pvobablc that sueh. a eonversation did take plaee, and we have not the least dioubt that llis M ijesty, f ar ther th*in kne* npti of the extā*onJina|y bipcediiithe propoBsd treaty, whieh tbt Cabinet ratended Hni should «ign under their 11liīkk,* otherwis6. the dooumeni in qiLeetion would not* have been broxight before the King in itB entirety u a C*binet measure, CabijDet h&d already sedured Judiciary on the <iueetion of the rppponsibilitv and an aeknowledgement of the Cabinet for the King's act, in writing from the Ki:ig to abide bv their adviee was given, and t :iere is not the least donbt in * our mind that it was the intention of the niinistry to advise the King :o sign away the lVeedoni of this eoutry, but tortunately for the Haivaii;in People and its sympatbisers, thv Oabinet were not all agm\l in this liUle game of v seH out/' 'lhe deeision of the eourt, and the aets of his niiuistry. pr<\ luvles. any idea of consulAtiou with the Kiug «hi* matt-era The diffieulty was, like a lot of stTiool ln>ys, thoy had :\ot all iigretMl-before presenting the juattor for the royal signature. and in endeavoring to do so in Cabinet Oouneil, His Majostv was mado to lnmr witness toa disgraeeful \vrangle in what mam\er or form thoy should obtain tho oovet(nl troatv\ Tho 1\ 0. Advertiser, has *eluotantly pubJishoil t.he treaty. whieh it at tirst undorUx>k to|dony ever existed' oxwpt in tho iniagination of tho oditor of the Ka Oiaio. lt has ondoavoml to dtvry and to belittle our eiTorts to bring out the truth, br.t their is so muoh <>f the opposito eharacteristic in its r aturo, and evidently those of iU frieuds, that it shrinks bcforc Uie truth, >

* Fromall.weean Leani, tlio Mii\istrv li:is been| a party with Mr' (-art<T, aud j)rohal)lv one of the judges of tlie judiciary has had his little polilieal !finger in the nien*. in forinulating a docinnent whieh no one ean denv, j»ro}x»ses to eede our teiritorial rfghts a\vnv. a*iid to all inteni* for ; ever. We upon this littl<' pelieine of our would he friende, (we %rl) -ar to claf=sify them,) a» a means of perj>etuatiiig the tvranny of a lot of hvpoeriteB who eanie to this eountry • pr6fēssing religion, but yirtually to roh the people and ileecing theni by all the acts ānd inducements that it i's possible to deceive and to mislead the poor • open hearted and confiding kanak{Q