Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 151, 1 February 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Star~ and the Stripe? were hoi-ted at 9 a.m.. thi» mcrpiag on tbe Aiiiolani Hale. The Hawaiian flag remain?- tl 'ating in the yard of* the Governmeut Building. United Statts troops took po«?e=sion of the Government Building under tbe command of Captain W illse ot the *‘Bo8ton.” Nobody «eems to know what this action ou the part of tbe Provisional Governmeut and the American repreaentative means or what led to the adoption of the measure or what the reault to the government and the people at Iarge is. Are we Americans or are we still Hawaiiaus? As the flag whieh now floats over the Government Building brings with it liberty e<jual rights, freedom of speech, freedorn of press, and the end of tyranny and autocracy we weleome it and shall look to it with joy during its temporary stay on its mast. We eannol imagine an instance —atd none has ever happeued—where the flag of the United States ean float over a country without the constitution of the United States being thefundaraental law of the land. This country has at present no constitution and we must suppose that the fundamentpl law of ihe great repnblic has heeome the same for us. This point should be eettled without delay. All Hawaiian laws not contrary to the provisions of the U. S. constitution wiil of course remain in force during this temporary protectorate, but we cannot believe that any laws contrary to the U. S. constitution will remain in existance and there will be a broad field for our lawyers to get tbemselves and the judges muddled up on pomts of laws and objections and exceptions. The Hawaiiane will remain as quiet and peaceful as ever awaiting the results of the conferences whieh necessarily will be held in Washington. The martial law ean be rescinded now and the armed forces ean retire to private life. The protection of the L 1 nited States wilh its armed forces will make the eonlinuanee of the militarism not alone absurd but injurious to the future of thecountry. The U. S. troops should immediately be given poss**ssion of the Barracks,and arms.and ammunilion helonging to the government. Hon. Paul Neumann and His Highness Prince David Kawauanakoa left to day by the Australia for \Vashington. The object of the mission of the two gentlemen ie to find out if Mr. J. L. Stevens and Captain Wiltse have acted here uuder the deliberate instructions of President Harris*m and Secretary Foster and also to learn if the Democntic administntioo whieh will be in power in a few weeke will endoree such xnstructions and aelion. It is expected that Oolonel Sprecke ! s will join the two gentlemen in San Fnneieoo and go with ihem to Washrngton. The byal Hawaiians will patiently await Mr. Neumann'e retarn or nessagn whieh beyond any doubt wiil be saccMsfal for the Queen and the ooontry.

Hon. J. E. Bu?h aiso left b_v the Au?tralia. Mr. Bu=h went to the States with the intention of lecturing through the principal cities on the H-waiian situation. Mr. Bush will strongiy repre=ent the Hawaiian feehng on annexatioo and the Iate revolution and will appeai in forcible language to the aenlimenl of all free and loving Americans. The light 1 whieh will be cast on the career here of Mr. Stevene and the Caj>uin of the Boston will be of the seize of a pretty powerful dynamo and nn shades will be used either. Mr. B'»sh will also attend to the American pressas he has left here excellently recommended to the leadingjournals in the States. The loyal Hawaiians ean also look forward with great hopes to the success of the missiou of John E. Bush. If it is considered necessary to eonlinue the guardiug of the town in the nights, it should in the future be done by the U. S. forces. It is a surprise to us that hitherto no accident has happened to the provisional soldiers or to passers bv. Lasl evening the rifle of a guardsman at Alakea Street went off because tfae intelligent soldier was carrying his gun on full eoek. The bullet fortunately went into the air aud the poor “sojer” nearly went into fits. The rule of the guards as to eocking their guns in calling for passes is another extremely dangerous and unmiiitary measure and has placed a namber of peactful citizens in the most imminent risk ofreceivingaleaden addition to their corporosity. By disbanding the “volunteers” the government will not alone secure a mueh needed saving, but it wili promote a feeling of security in the community whieh is mueh needed. Since the above paragraphs were given to the printers the “Advertiser” Extra has eome to hand and from that we learn that Mr. Stevens has established a protectorate over these Islands at th* request of the Provlsional Government —and that he in no way will interfere with the government of the country. We have no comment at present to offer in regard to ihe action of the government and Mr. Stevens except that of praise fur their prompt action whieh has resulted is a feelmg of security to everybody. If the former considered that it had sufliciaul reasons for making such request it was undoubtedly proper that it should do so and Mr. Stevens in grantingthe request becomes of course only responsible to the United States government in \Vashington for his action. But we most strongly take exception to the infamous and cowardly lies with whieh the editor of the Advertiser tries to explain ihe reasous for the step taken. We defy that hyjx>critical twaddling sheet to show one aeiion on the part of any foreigner or Hawaiian, except on the part of their mercenary army, or one line printed in any newspaper whieh ean be construed into incesaant agitation or encouragement to revolt. On the contrary everybody who is opposed to the recent §venta has !trenuously advocated peaee and palieoee and exhorted the natives and olhen to await in peaee the will of the just and liberal Ameriean peopla. The govemment haa not been endangered for one second since it eame into power «xcept by

the armed draeon? it called inW exUten< e. and it is ?imply a vile and sen«ational tabrication oi ihe pn'ze-lying morning paper to state anything to the contrary. Il is fortunate that men like Neumann. Macfarlane, and Bu?h went away on the «ame «teamer whieh took the Advertiser Extra. The «tanding whieh the gent!emen mentione<i hold among the California journa!i«t- will enahle them to nail the baseiess lie on the spot and so fruslrate the Advertiser ? attempt at makino >ensation. As long a« the government ehooee» to surround itsell wilh aa impenetrable secrecy the true ireasons for the step taken will not be known and we advise our friends not to exhaust themselves in guesswork. The reasjns given by the Advertiser we are confidently cognisant of are not those of the government and no mau in this town with a normaliy eonstructed brain will believe them for one moment. Many years ago there was a fine city named Rome whieh heeame greater and greater »nd extended its territory through its militarv forces. and in the course of events the soldiers were the pride of the government and the uation, especially the so-called Pretorians, who were stationed in Rome. Times of peaee arrived and the government thought that it could dispense *vith the exj>ensive army aud made a mikl proposition to that efi*ect. The Pretorians, who saw their salaries and provisious vanish naturally kickedand finding lhemselves possessed of thegovernment, they cut otf the head of the governmeut and replaced it with a gentleman who understood \their interests in a proper degree. As soon ?s the new ruler heeame giddy thrifigh his conferred power and opposed the will of the Pretorians, his head was cut off, and a new ruler was appointed, and this game kept up until it was found that the real rulers of Rome were the very pleasant and brave , gentlement whom the trusting and simple governnoent in a moment ot good faith had furnished wilh sufticient arms and the ammunition of lhose days. The Pretorians heeame a standing menaee to the people and to the 6tate; so it finally heeame necessary to send to Oallia and Hispania for the Iegions there, whieh promptly arrive<i under tbeir leaiiers who in their turn cut off the heads of the Pretoriaus, and took the rems of the government themselves, backed by their armed force. History re;>eats itself and militarism has heeame a curse in many countries under different names. In Russia it was the Strelitzes, in Turkey the Janitschars, in Egypt the Mameluks, in Francethe Revolutionarv Generals, chiefof whom wai Napoleon le Grand—and every where itwasproven that it is wise to be careful with sharp weapona—they sometimes cut both ways. Congratulations! Grandpa Sam! Now we have an “Unele Sam" and a Grandpa Sam! We prefer the Iatt«r.