Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 205, 20 April 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The S*n Francisco Argonaut 'de*cribe« as follo*s, how it is that the CaIifornia dailiee present such a pecnliar mixture in regard to Hawaii and explams why all the “war-correspondenta" have wallowed in blaekguardism and lies to furthcr order: “The war correspondents whom onr enterprising San Franciscc dailiea sent to the Honolulu front are having a hard time. Beine carefully instrocted as to what they should write before they wrote it—being sedulousIy coached as to what their news should be before God made the news —they are in a difficult position. They have been sending- eolumna of stuff to prove that the islanders are in favor of annexation, while between the lines it is perfectly patent that all such statementa are ridicu!ous lies. Their able editors at the home offices, warned by the marked changed in puhlie sentiment in the United States, have heen trying to hlow cold instead of hot. But it ia impossible for them to edit their correspondent’s copy into diametrically opposite conclusions from the writer’s premises. and the result is a jumble whieh must amuse even the distracted edilors. It does not seem to have occurred to any of them to print the truth yet that. is the moet aimple thing to do, the easiest, and certainly the most honest. It seems also to be the la*t.” The Permanent Provisional Military, or Provisional Permanent Military, we are not quite sure whleh is correct, have been at it again. This time it is spooks in the Palaee Yard that have been the objcct of their target-practice. Not satisfied with laying down their own lives onee. and being ready to repeat that heroic operation when necessary, they evidently dcsire to lay some one else’s life down for him, probably in order to show that they are doing something elee besides getting sick on boiled tongue and green peas to #arn their money. 6ince the first enlistmentof these wonderfully well-drilled and aeeurate sharp-shooter« they have distinguished tbemselves by a series of most amusing (if tbey were not dangerou«toothcrpeople)andheroic •xp)oits whieh eerve to show their ▼igilance and bravery. Dunng the first days of the revolution it wai their shadows theyshot at,and put persons aaleep in neigbboring houeee in imminent danger of waking up with an ounee bullet through them. Then tbeir keensoented v*lour armed with bayonets induced them to play the footpad on the puhlie street, and hold up innocent persons returning home in haeka to search for concealed enamiea. Afterwards some more of tbem proceeded armed around the town to shoot innocent polieemen *nd other citizens who might possibly think but small-beer of the bold defenders of the P. 6. Thso their lively imagination dis* oovered that the servants while aaleep at Waahingtoo Plaoe wers firing guns at tfaem tfaroufh rarious private residenoes whieh lay hcfef«*a that spdt apd the B*rrackK Then when* poisooed by oeerfeediaf th«r Jlilitary fbre-

sight led tbem to turn out under full arms and invade the w*>oden building, known as the ohna premisesnext to t'ieBarr.-cks,ind break open tbe doors at midnight while the worren and chīidren in it were peaceably asleep, and there hold the fort 8gainsl the imiginary foe. Next eame the episode of the spiritual and ghcst!y stone-throw-ing whieh caused one of these brave heroes to fire his nfle pointhlank into a residence near by and narrowly escape murdenng the sleeping inmates. And now comes the episode of the three gho«tly tbieves with a bundle who stole notbing and mysteriously disappeared into thin air when they were fired at successively by two of our gallant defenders of the peaee. We don’t know whether it 5s the boiled tongue. or the green peas, or the coffee whieh is too slrong for their soldierly nerves, but we hope the Commander-in-chief-with-the-rank-of-Colonel will consult with Quartermaster-without-any-rank-a»-all and reduce the diet or else provide a nerve steadier every half hour for eaeh brave on guard-duty 6o th»t a repetition of theae shocks to their overstrung and sensitive military nerves will not occur. But to be serious this kind of thing is getting monotonous. If the repeating-lived heroes cannot be trusted to see straight after dark they should not be intrusted with loaded guns, but should have wooden imitations served out to them instead. They will serve as well for all ornamental purposes and unfortunate passers-by or residents in neighbnuring houeea will not have to run the risk of getting a stray bullet into them on aeeouni of the nervouBness of one of our Provisional Government military hem. Otherwise the P. G. ehould pass another new law requiring all buildings wilhin 500 yards of the Palaee, Barracks and Government Building enclosuree to be h>rn down and plaee a heavy penalty on any attempt at replacing them. They should then pas» an edict forbidding any one to pass through or over the epaee thus made vacant under penalty of instant death. This would probably enahle the guards td rest in peaee and save the iives of citizens. Life :s short aud risky enough as it is, and the Treasury has too many deficits now to require any more to be caused by damage suits brougbt against the Government for the criminal idiocy of ita hired mercenaries. And if, as the Star advises, systematic" target-practice, particularly by starlight, is to be given them, we trust it will either take plaee on the top of Tantalus or in the editorial room belonging to that paper. Onee upon a time there was in monarchical countries a crime called Use-majeste whieh consisted of various offences derogatory to the Sovereign, and was originally punisbable with death. We seriously suggest that the P. G. should take a lesson from this and pass another little law enacting the crime of U»e-militaire, aleo puniahahle with instantam ue fits of—laugbter at all ihoee vile and nndiscoverabie scnandrels who disturb the rest aud ahake the nerres of tfae bold soldier boys. It might be well to, to abolish tbe electriclight» and hang the SaperiDtsndent to one of his own poles for caosing ail the#e #caree. And one

more I»«r coald be passed macing it “contempt'’ of the eouneil f»r auv spook or shadow to be abroad after nightfa!l. W ith tbese fear precautions our milttary could digest and rest in peaee. The iast Legislature through its Dolicy of retrenchment feduced the appropriation for the Band very materially—tbe consequence of whieh waa a reduction both 5n the number of the musician3 as well as in their pay. The P. G. —the temporary government of Hawaii —are «een now negotiating for a band of foreign musicians to eome hero and serve under a oay far higher than ever paid to the Hawaiian band. This is heiog done at a time where the treasury is empty and when the prospects o£•’ having it replemshed is nil. What is the intention of President Dole and his government? lt seems. to judge from the reckless expenditnres in whieh they indulge, that their object must be to bring ihe country into bankruptcy as soon ae poesible. perhaps thinking that eueh a hnaneial status wou!d render us still more attr..ctive to the annexationists in the United States. There is uot the slightest reaeon or fcxcus« for having any bandatall. Theonly Ci»urse why the appropriation for the band was continued was the sentiment of aloha whieh waa gen»rally felt for the band whieh had attained so rare a standlng as a mueieal corps that it was in accord with t!ie popular wishes and sentiment t> prtserve their services under the government pay. But now to waste another large sum of raoney on a l«.t of aii«ns for the purpose ofhearing them play three times a week is simply outrageous. We elaim that the government is exceeding the authority placed i.i it by paying, coutrary to the Iaws of the land, one cent of government money to any ali«n be he a soldier or a bandman,and that the government by such a breach of the law forfeits all right to the oonfidence and respect they otherwise might havebeen entitled to. Wecangowithout music until a permanent form of g.ivernment is adopted and eBtablished and if Mr. Dole purposes to make the present government a permanent one, it would be wise for him to get it settled on a sound financial basis before incurring any further ridicuious expense for a California Circus bend. Actions speak louder than words. Hawaiiana have a ehanee to see how the Provisional Government will treat them. whenever it gets* the ehanee, by their action in the matter of the Band. Though hundreds of eapahle Hawaiiane who are unemployed ean be found the Government has started in to import foreigners who have never aeen the country or paid a dollar of taxes, in order to have the luxury of a band of their own, as they find Mr. Berger ean make nothing of the cr*wd he started in to train in plaee of those whom he arbitrarily discharged for not taking the oath of ailegiance at onee when heordered them to, afler refusing the explanations they desind. The b*nd waa denounced aa a oaeleae luxury by members of the Reform Party in the Iate Legislature. But now they »ee that the diflcbarged band-boys are ahle to get along without them they propoae to import foreigners to eompete wiih ihem at Government uphnie. One good Land i« ail

this country ean afiTord, and if iha annexationi<ts were such friends to the Uawaiian as they alltge themselves lo he, lhey wou!de lher endeavor to get a new bmd of Hawaiians or persuade the o!d ones to Iet bygones be bygones and take up their not ea?iIy-fiHed places again. At the present time, when the so-called Chriatians in these Islands, are ra’sng heav«-n and earth for the purpose of “ alienating the Hawaiian’a soil and allowing it to pass into the hands <>f those who hate the sovereignty of the lawful ruler" it is mteresti ng to read that such attempts. have heen made bef.)re. and that piratical adventurer? have \tast their greedy oyes on this land whieh then was defeuded and saved tbrough the rts of th*> true Christian leachers. the pn)genitors of the insurgents of to-day who then gathered around the chiefs with advice and help. Let us read about an incident whieh happened about the year 1832 aud of wh'eh the Reverend Hiram Bingham \ tells us and see if our present am- i bitious annexationists of the Christian faith at least cannot draw a moral: “About that time j (1832). the king and chiefs bs- j eame acquainted with a proposed plau for takiug possesāion of their country, by some who loved the soil more than its owners. A pamphlet reached them, published in London. addressed t<» a \obU Lord. by Mr. James, a dtsappointed adventurer, who had seeu Botanry Bay, and visited the Sandwich Islands, and who considered it “ mnrtifying to an Englifhmnn to icalk upon thf aoil. enrichfd hy the blood of Cook, nnd not feel that it waa hu own.” “He bo!dly recoramendedto theBritisngovernmentthe occupancy of the Sandwich Islands on the plan of a proprietary government, either colonizing them, or granting them to a joint stockcompany, to be sold for the benefit of the company. and for the supuort of a foreign governor. Awkwardly attempting a defence of what the natives eall his “covetnis design,” he shamelessly averred “ thal the chiefs were semi-barbari ms, and very oppressive; that neither the government, laws, letters n<>r religion there ought to bc regarded as objection to the measure; that the people earnestly desired to be taken out from under the oppression of the chiefs and missionanes; that all the foreign residents, Amenean and English desired to have a British governor who wou!d promote the settlement of tbe country. and wished him to make their wiehes known as so<»n as he should arrive in London — all to a man except the missionanes who de*ired no change but to have the islands all to themselves; and that under the proposed arrangemenf the islands might be made auotber West Indics for the extensive aud lucrative production of sugar. cotton. coffee etc.etc. (guaTa-jeliy)” With a very emall modification ie not the aelion of Mr. Thurston ! in Waflhington, in 1893, his assertions, bis plans. bis lies. bis prospectus very similar to tho«e of Mr. James in London, in 1832 ? It is | pleasing to noliee tbat tbe eimi- I larity is carned ont, also, to the result of the reepective missions. I &nd tbat Mr. Horton James wa» as mueh of a failure with tbe English Government 60 years ago, as is Mr. Lorrin Thurston with the t Ameiiean Government today. We «ill let th« reverend Hiram Bingham finish hia ta<e f<»r th« epaeial |

benefit of Ihe Americ*n mi?aion»rT in Honolniu of to-d*y : “To him who suppo«ed tbe Bri* tish Gorernmeut, the reeidents and the expeoted oolooiela, to be aa corrunt as bimself, the?e rea9ons, «peeiou? and puerile as ther were. aeemed to warrai:t a gre«t nation to abo!ish ihe n»tive eoeernment, and disp«'>«ses9. enslave. or drive into the eea, the abt>rigines. It is well fbr all parties thnt the inAuenee of Araerican mis9ionari€9. ever friend!y to ihe continued of that nation, stoyd in the way of eueh ! aggresaion.tnough they had neither sword. nor spear. uor eauoon to resi9t it. “Lorrin James” waa not appointed Prefect or Governor of the Hawaiian I«lands. The British Government was rich enough without n>aking those iaUi>de another Naholh'a vmeyard. and loo honoral»!e to carry out this Ha-man-like plan for seicing the p<>98e59ions of a feeble. friendly eonfiding j>eople. \Vhatever aome olher power might be dispoae<.i to do. and whal ever different a c!ass of nmaionanea might exert, in re- : ference to the subjugation of th« i country, none ean ju9tly blarae the rulers for being on their guard ' 8gainst aliensting thcir 9»»vereignty or countenaucing a class of religiou8 teacher9 (Sereno?) who it was feared wonld unite with those who de9ired that in the:r plaee 9orae otherpower might rule. We publish a res«.>lution adopte«l by a branch of the Farmer’s grange of California whieh 9hows that the agric::ltural interest9 of that State aro not favorable to anntxation, and aUo sbows that the true circumstai:ces in Hawaii are prettj' well realized by our ncighbors: Resolred, First—That annexation would not tend to mcrea9ed the wealth or power of the Umted Stat»-9, bnt wouid largely tend to increase the nationaI expenditure« in proper!y maintaining a Iarge nava! and la>id f>»rce at or near the islands, and also in mainlaining a civil service corps. Second—The native popuialion of the islands is undoubted!y attached to its nstive r ilers and to its form of government, e9tablished tor more than a thousaod years. It numb> rs ab<»ut 4U,U0*J inhahiUnts. Nine-teuths of thein read and write, not ouly their own lai»guage, but m»*st of them alao the English language. They are an eniightened, Chri9tian people and not ignorant pagtns. Third—The Grange is opposed to the mongre! foreign population, consisting of about 30,000 Chine9e, 10.000 Japanese and 10,000 Portuguese, to say nothing of olher nationalities whieh now occupy Ihe islands, and whieh, if incorporated by annexat on. mnst beeome citizens of the United 8tdtes as are now citizens of the islands. There are a!»<» now living on the islands about 1,300 English, about 300 Germans and about 2.000 Ancerican9 and their de9cendants—a mrst heterogeneou« mass of humanity. Fourth—We are opposed to the overthrow of an esUblished government. as was tbat of the Hawaiian isiands. and of a party, numbering less than 100, usurping all governmenUl a»utbority and mainUining them«elves in the;r usurped pomee by the aid at the arms of tbe United Sutes, ■ auihorized by the government of I the same. Fifth— Re»olr<d, Tbattbe Grange : believes in keeping faith wiih the | nations; that in 1S45 thc United Sute» entered into a aolemn treaty I w:th Great BriUin and France ' wbereby neitber would, without the consent of the otber two c«n- » tracting powen, aeaume dommioa over tbe Hawaiian islands.