Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 126, 10 February 1891 — England and France in Regard to Hawaii. [ARTICLE]

England and France in Regard to Hawaii.

The informatioh hae reachsd us that efforts are being made bv the British authorities to induce France to a}>roga + ,e theTreaty between these tw« Countwp, wherein they iniitua!jy bind themselves to respect tl:e indopendence of Hawaii. ()ur information states that the basis upon whieh an annu!ment of the treaty is to niade, if agreeable to France, is the withdrawal of British inlluenee from the alfairs ofthe land of >radagasear in favor of the former. In plain words, England is willing to allow France to absorb Madagascar. and forthe unob?tructcd orivelege of doing so, she exDect? the sam« favors from the lutter in regard io Hawaii. This iuay, in some scnse, explain the re tieence of the Knglish press, īn re■ferenc.e t» the Future of Hawaii, and the satisfaction whieh she fe«ls iii tlie termination of a growing intimacy, by the dej,th of King Kalhkaua, l>etween hor ami AiiiericaUh! The scifishness of individuals and the greed of nations, when will it eease? —-—♦ • ♦— l*:» pi-ia ktti ua haie 1 ©a'ui ko paa o kekahi mau pava hana o #ī.iiiiiiKua ane llilo. ao k& aku n:v.'oia Ua hu : . mahiko o Hilo, e noiio ]>111>1 nui a ana e Mr. \\ . W. (>oodale. No ka i»iha loa ona hale hoaliu kojma, n«Uiia ua holo kin<> mai oia i nei nei, e huli ai i mau moku no ke kii ana i na ko e lawe mai. o ke kumu o keia kupa'i, no ka nui o ke ino i kel a mau lu aku nei. Ina nae • hokov» ke aluh:io ina aohe he olelo i«n».