Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 33, 12 August 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

WEh*vealreadvreferredin anmi«takab!e I»nguage in anotber eolamn of thia is?ue to the treaty whieh haa been concocted by the P. (i, and whieh the laleal 5ta*e?man and diplomat of that lofty body, Professor W. D. Alex- ; ander ie euppoeed to take tu be aecepted by the U.S Administration. The main points of the treaty are as : follows: “Article I. cedes from the date , of exchange of r»tification of the treaty. wiihoul reserve, all rights of sovereignty in and over the Hawaiian Islatids, and dependencies. lo the l T nited States, to heeoeoe an intcgrai part thert*of. “Artile II. cedcs and lransfers tho Hbsolute fee «f the G«vernment and ! crotvn iands.public bu!lding8.port9, h«rbors. fortifications, military or naval equipments and all other puhlie property. “Article III. provides that the jexirting Government of the Ha- ■ naiiun Jshinds and la»vs relating | to its internal policy »re to be eont'mued for five years. to be execnt ed,and carried out under the direction of a United States Commissioner, appointed by the President .md Sen»te, snid Commis9ioner to restde in the HawaiianIslands with |H»wt r to veb> wilhin teu d»ys any Act p!is«ed by Ihe Loeal Govern meut, whieh shall thereupon bej c«mfe vnid unless »fterwnrd appr«vby the Presideut of the Uuited I StateB. “Article IV. pr.»hibits the immij gration «f Chinese iaborers int« the | Hawaiiaa Is1ands until such time i !is C<»ngress shall pMvide further legis!atioii; it also prohibits Chinese lab *rers now here frora entering the Unitcd States. Otherai»e, ihe immigration and lab«r !aws to remain as lbey are where they do i»«t eome int«conflict with the C«nstilution of the United States or such fulure laws ee Congress may pr«vide. “Article V r . provides that the I puhlie debt shall be assumed bv the Uuited States, but the Hawai- { ian Government shali eoulinue to p»y Uie interesl thereon. Congress i is t<» provide the future currency of tbe islands. As wili be seen frora this roasterlv • i d(»curaent, Mr. Dole and his seventeen colleagues in the first urticle, ' cede without reserve all rights of sovereignty in and over the Hawaiian IslHuds, and dependencies.” As Mr. Dole «nd his eeventeen eolleagues never have bad nor ever wili have any title to the Hawaiian Isiands, and dependenc»es, we should suggest that Article I. is sufficient to destroy the other el&uaee, and to eiuae Ihe abandonuieul of further neg.»tiations. Il must be r*membered that Mr. Dole aud his seventeen calleagces »re nnt inakiug their offer in the name or ou behalf of the Haw&iian people, and what Amenean will deny tbat in the people vesle the title to a country. Mr l>ole aud bis sev* ehleen tailg have never submitted tbeir treaty or their own poliiieal existence to a vote of the 1 p«opU* bocausethey know oniy too well that tbe result of a plebiscite would be vrorae than d e istrous. and , would oover theoi with ridicule aud contempt Is it tbe id -a. wesbouid • like to koow tbat PMfessr,r AIexa.idcr, aidcd by tbat ehampion li r Thurslon, and feebly asaisted by ex-msjah Uastings, are to present the lreaty with tbe asauranc» tbat it haa baeo ratified by the Peoule of Uawaii, and tbat they sU.nd tbere to-day representing lbe Ha- ' waiian naiion. If so we wiii have to remind Mr. Dole and bis aeven-, t«to ptt* that a rimilar attempt wa» raade tmmediately after the j revolotion, when the five brave i CamraiasM>nen aet ont fbr Waah- ; ington, and lbtre daim«d tu repre•eol Hawaii,aod huw ign«miaioualy tbny fdkA th»«ttnrapt.and how

home rne by onelike wfa pped dcga witb th«r Uiīa bet«reen the;r !eg*. Tbn«dmiaistritk»Q in Washiogt->o is too well posted oo Hawaiian af£aire to day to b« impoaed npoe and made to believe th*t tbe property offered lbeon belongs to tbe partie* whieh make the offrf. Mr. Cieveland's C>mmissioner to Uawaiī Mr. BIount «ct*d ea searcber of reo>rd*. and it ;a safe to »ay 1 :b«t be f >und Mr. D»le’s t!tle, bī*l and frauda!ent on tbe Gce of it,and *be Uniled Sutes have nol yet beeome recelvcrs of st>len g * nia. — After Mr. Dole and bis aeventeei; ; wieemen bave in Arlicle 1 disp«»sed acreaof the whole coantry andgiven tbat *way, it is not aar|»rising thal ; lhey in Art-.de II **cede *nd transier the absolute fee of the government and Crown Lands. Pubtic Buildings, p«rts, harbors, f.)it:fications lthe sandbags at the Palaee?) military and navai (aie!) eqaipmeuts and all olber puhlie pMperties.” If of cpurse Ihe U. S. sbou!d find Mr. IX»le and his (•eveuteeu greatand smu!l pMphets autb<»riz»d lo dispose of ihe s«vereignty of Hawaii, it ie uresumable that there will be no doubt as to tbeir right to diepoae of any other piliaged property witliin thcir rench even down to the naval equipments, but we would eall the atteution of the American administration to the fiict that ihe very valuabie Crown Li«nds will never go into the posse8ai«n of the U. S. without a most vig«rous protest and laweuil from the rightful heirs and owners of those lands. We do not doubt lbat it will be hard fur the Navy Department to resist tiie temptation of accepting our naval equipments and equally hard f«rthe Secretary of the army to reftise our “fortific»tioD8” but they may get over their disappointment in time and perhaps ieam that they didn't iose ao mueh ufter all. Article 1II. eonlaina the milk of the nut. That is what Mr. DoIe and hia e »mpatriota have been scheming and struggHng for from the very day that they and their polilieal party were reduced to p«litical ashea at the ballot-box, by the will of the oeoplo, and thet Clause is that l, the existing governmeat of the Hawaiinn Islands and lnws relnting toils internal policy are to be continued for fire years." 1 So that »fier all it h»s been proven be lrue that it was self-»ggran-dizement and their lust f«r pelf and power whieh were the chief ; motors whieh set the revolutionj ary machinery in power. All tiie i claims to patriotism, to a desire for a free untramijeled government — all tbe promiaes to the Hawaiiane that nobod}’ bere ever dreamed qf disfranchisipg them, ali the assurances that the Hawaiian people wou!d be sbarers in the great prineiplee of the United States regardj iug hberty and 8eIf-government. all that we see comes to naught, and all that is finally by Arlicle III. of that infamous treety stamp ed hb lies, lie» and notbing but Iies. So Mr. Stevens disgrnced tbe flag uf the Umted States ar>d dragg.d it into the gutter n«t f«r the purpose of gathering in the ri|»e |«ear of Hawaii or f«r edding “th(»se beautiful emera ds” to the jewelry of the United States, but simply to assiat a handful of onscrupulous adventurere to tbMW a free peonle into polilieal serviti de and sustun anoligarchy m its most obuoxi«us, most datnuable form. And do Mr. Dole ar.d his seventeen c«-males rea!Iy believe that auy adnunistration in the Unittd States would dare to eommil such an outrage against all tbe boly priuciples whieh were embodi«d in that gre»t mastrr work, the con8titution of tbe United Sutes, or do these htt!e n»rrow-miuded shorUighted petti f ggt re tbink f»r a momenl that therepresentatives of the America»i 1 people would listen to such «n infamous pmp»s;tīou? Fors.»olh those whom tbe Goda wisb to destroy. they firet depriv« of their reas,»n. Even from the very firal day when the pr»visional coaimissi<»ners l«udcd in San Francisc> tili this day h«s every jouraa! in America, not excepting the mosl rabid annexation org.ins, expressed a regret that the Provisiooai Goveroment bad DOt put Ihe question of annex«iion to a vote bef>re negotiations were opeued. And now eome th«eeeigbteeu men (?} «it I» tha t moat un-Americau prop«sitioo that the ! Ualted 8tetce shoaid ealahliah «n oli«Breh/ «od guar*ntee tae*e ti|^Wl , Mk(f)8 tefc tjrao ny over

1 n cirilised people. The«oemwt of • CIerel»od oopoM tbe iwtor»tioo by AtDerio»o fjpow of ihe j an monarchr ttd o2aim that »uch l step *oald be lralj un-Amenoaa. . bat «h*t d > they think «rf tbe >ropneilion of Mr. Do’e *nd hia eerentcen fo!luwers? Tbe re»tir»tioo r{ ihe monarchy woulu tne*n tbat tbe ‘ L'oited States wou!d undo a <rreal wrong dune in tbeir nme »nd it | wouid not be un-Aaieneen, because 'it would be as*i?ting a friendly nalion to obt-in tbat for whieh the United Slates’ cit xens fought aod bled g -vernment fay its people, of i its pei*p!e. and for its people. while if they accepled Mr. D>>ie'a proposition tt wo j1»1 be adding wrong to wrong, infamy to infamy, and stil! more, di»grace to their glorious [ name and fl<g. — In Article IV Mr. Dole and his seventeeu ?upporters gare some | j promises in regard to ehineae lsbor. J Mark well, thev do not sar Ariatic 7 • • Iabor, Oh no. the d<"xir3 of the eountrv must n<»t be shut to Japanese ; eoolie laborers, and tbe Islands ean : be fl H>ded with that class at any lime, Contract l.»b.»r is not mentioned. but this un-American system will, in f.ct remain in furce under Aniele III for five years. , ail under the suj ervision, saoction, and pro*.ection A the United States. Article IV is simp!y a catch bej cause the fact ia that no Chinese .d>8ire to eome to Hawaii any i longer, and the sacnfice of Mr. Dole aud his seventeen sharp cbuois is very eheap and vcry easily made, but it won’l work wortb a cent un tba American people. — i Article V allowa the United States to oay the debts of Hawuii aggregating to ab>ut $4,000.000. M»-. Dole is kind enough to promise that he and bis seventeen i wealthy brethreo will eonlmue to pay the iuterest on the debt presumably out of the taxpayer’s i money. We suppose that Mr. D >le feels sure that the Uxnayers . will be perfeclly bappy and will- ' i_ng to furnish him and his gang of seventeen with the sinews of war, or is there a secrel Clause in the treaty providing for a gunb>>at i travellmg around to col!ect the taxes? Mr. Dole is very sanguine | but he and liissevent(on lillipulian I politicians wiil find a great and ' bitter disappointmant in store f>r . them. Becai>se they ean rest as- ; sure that the United States government will uever ratify a treaty ! whieh :s build on the ptinciplecfj taxation without representution nor will they enter into negotiation wilh the governmeut whieh lill today uas nrt dared to eall for a plebiscite, but simply stands in the light of a usurper—a gorernment | ag.iiust the peoule. Take Paul 1 Neumann’s advice and |et tne ballot-b>x decide your existence, Mr. Dole and Messrs. »eventeen subs, and the question of •‘closer relations ,} to the Unitd | Stutes. Jf you win, well and good j the United State» may then li»ten ; to you, but if you lose, the United | Stutes will then deal with lhose | wbo truly are—the hawaiian peo- | PLE. ——