Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 72, 12 December 1893 — What Mr. Enghsh Says. [ARTICLE]

What Mr. Enghsh Says.

Mr F. M. English forraerly a resident of Honolnln, and now living in Denver. says, that the restoration of the Queen wou!d be justice done at last to a mueh abused sovereign.| Mr. English also savs that the facts set fortb in Secretary Greshara’s Ietter are absolutely correct, and expresses surprise that there should havo been so mueh delay in reaching the conclusioa now apparently stumbled upon by the State department. As for war and bloodshed. he laughs at the idea. Mr. English said last night: “In the fii-st plaee that revolution was effected by thirtoen men out of Honolalu S population. backed, Minister Stevens to the eontrarv notwithstanding. by 250 ! marines and two Gatling gnns trained on the palaee gates. I kuow this to be true, for on tbe ! nigbt when the revolntion was j etfected 1 saw these men and I guns stationed by l’nited State> i LieutenantLueien Youngopposite i the palaee in the rear of the ! opera-hoose. The American property whieh these men were ostensibh’ put ashore to proteot was half a mile away in another part of town. As Comraissioner Blonnt has said, the soldiers were in a bad plaee to protect property aud in a good plaee to scare Queen Lilinokalani. But this is all old, no doubi. HOW HE SIZES IT CP “There will bo rejoicing in Hawaii when this news is received. Tbe Araericans in Honolnlu will be disappoiuted, and I sup pose we caunot blame thera. All the rest of the city, and most assuredly all the rest of the islands will be glad. The mercbauts aside from the landowning Americaus, waut the queen restored. I eouUl name you a large nnmber of them who are opposed to aunexation most bitterly. Annexation wonld boom land valae and so work ricb benefit to tbe descendants of missionaries who huve bonght shamefally eheap all the land of tbe natives. Tho Huwaiians are an exceedingly open-hearted. generous, simple people. If yon were to express admiration for anything owned by a native he wouUl irarnediately insist on giving it to you. A good manv Americans reallv bave m»t had the heart to refuse, I gri»ve to say: “Noontrages have ever Veen perpetrated by the natives. ! ple do not loek their doors\at night in Honolulu. The nat;V's are to be trusted. They w:»V only,to l>e Iet aU*ne «nd are wilA i iug that the i’niU »! States shouUW control the isl«mls. as has beeu' done for manv years. bv virtce of comtnercial supreuiacv. Thut is the best way nfter all. A CSELESS ACQCISITIO.V “For my life I eannol see wby the l'nited States wants the Hawaiian lslands. It mav be becanse I am «u £ogiishman. bnt, frankly, it seems to me that anuexation wonM piose a burdcnsciiie movemcnt. “Wh«t does this conntry want with a coaling station stnck 2,000 miles oot tbere in the oeean away oot of tbe track of United States intercontinental traffic? It wonid cost more to protect the islands than they are worth.

partionlarly when they practically belong to the United States now. With the iālands n ainU, Ameriea need not worry about them as England and Fr*nce are uuder treaty not to tonch them. and certainlv wonld not allow eaeh other a f<H)t hold. THE QrEE.N HERSELE. “Professor Alexander. I <ee, prediots l>Ioodsheil in the event of Qneen LiUnokalanl'e restoration. He doesn t know anyihing abont it. He has sj>ent vears shnt np with his boO vS. aml is not a s.ife gnide in questions of this kiud. There will be uo bloodshed. Take away the niarines of Lieutenant Young, and the thirteen revolutiouists cannot do inueh. •‘ I want to say a word abont the character of Qneen Liliuokalani. Sbe is a mnch-abused woman. “All the calumnies that have been nttered aga : nst her are false. Iam sure. Sho is n good wonaan of iuteiligence aml education. She has a remarkably soft and winning voice. she chooses her words elegantly and I tell you that anv average man who calls upon Queen Liliuokalani in the expectation of seeing an iuferior person, generally leaves her feeling very mneh as if he were nuraber 2 instead of number 1. Sbe is a noble woman. Sho has a right to her throne and to the rule of her people whieh this conntry should not take away at the urging of a few Iand holders who are trving to work a real estate boom in Honolnln.’ —Denver R>puf)licnn.