Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 80, 21 December 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The text of Minister Willis’ «lemauil on tue provlsioual govcrnaient has beeu published in the moruing organ. It is short and sweet, and very mueh to the point. Tlie Minister has secured certain conditions from Her Majestv whieh he terras “most favoral»le” to tl»e revolationists. A general amnesty will be granted to the rebel>, and the Queen’s govemment will :«ssume all ob!igatiou8 iucurred by the provision tl goverumeut as far as they are Hccurding to our present Constitntion. Both these conditions we consider under the circumstances to be appropriate The amnestv means that there will be no pro.secntion for treason i»gaiust any one connected with the P. G. The assuming of obligutions mcurred coustitutioually by tho revolutionary govemmeni has we presurae reference to bonds sold uuder the loan act. All expenditnres not legalizcd by tho Legislatare, we expect will have to be made good by tbe provisioual geutlemeu individually. It would rather be too mueh to expect the tux-payers to pay for the fuu whieh the rebels have had. In fact, the only way iu whieh the necessary money eau be raised would be through an increased taxation, and wo ean hardly consider such a stop advisable at the present time. There are enough wealthy 1 mon connocted wuh governmeut who ean afibrd to reimburse the ' treasury and the Queen. Eua, 1 Memlonea, Waterhouse, Wilder, 1 Chas. Cooke, and otbers will be parfectly able to put up the money spent uuder the heading “General Expeuses Provisioual , Governmont.” y

As Minister Willis says, tbe conditions are most favorable to the revolutiouary party. The vilo abuses of the Queen the cbwardly slander of the rightful eovereign the hostility persecution nud boycotting of the loyal citizens will be forgiven and in eiue time forgotten. Bat the amnesty is on!y intended for past •otfenses. The daily threats uttered atnong the annexationists and ventetl iu thoir press of another revolution as soon as the Queeu ;s rostorod, will be answered and checked in a firm and determined manner. The ,slightest attempt of running this -countiy by another insurrection will be punished in the sternest manner possiblo. Hawaii has had euongh of theso revo!utions. Those who are dissatisfied by ,liviug uuder the lawful monarchy supported by the great majority of tbe people had l>etter seek otber climes, and leavo tbesa sfcorc3—or stay and take the eon0equences. It is expected that Minister Willie will receive an answer to his demand to-day after the eunneila have met. If ihe government refuses to comply with

his demand. he will undoubtedly take the necessan' steps to enforce tbe will of Amercian. Xo more time should be lost. The election is near at band, and it will take a great deal of work to get everything iu readiness between now and Februaiy. A Legislature shou!d be c»lled together as soon as convenient, so that the puhlie business eau be placed on a solid footing and confidenCe restored. The P. G. are waiting, hoping —like Mieawber, that something will turn up. Gentleroen nothing will turn up whieh ean change the instructions whieh Minister Willis is now prepared to carry out. Kesistance will mean the eaneellaiion of the terras granted by Her Majesty, and there will be no amuesty. lt will be well for the men who are at the head of the government to look before they leap, and before they plhhge their irresponsible and ignoraut followers iuto future misery. Ib*sistance by armed forces against the combined naval forces in this poxt is simply an absurd idea, aud that the result will be disastrons to the x-ebels, and the punishraent swift, is undoubted. American citizens caught with arms in their hands against the fiag and forces of their country are traitors, and their punishmeut will be that meted out all over the world to traitors—the rope or the bullet. The daily Kuokoa has an artiele this mornmg in whieh Minister Willis is being greatly abused for carrying out his orders. The Kuokoa is hardly worthy of notice, but we mentioa this fact, becauso that paper used to “roast’’ the Holomua when wo criticised John L. Stevens, and used to eall on the authorities to protect the diplomat and punish us. What is sauce for the Holomua, Messrs. Kawainui and Emmeluth may also be sauce for the Kuokoa.

- “It will cheer the Amen'ean women and cbildren to kuow tbat they ean probably find protection from Americau vio!ence under the consular flags of France, Germany, England, Portugal, 8weden, Ohile or Japan.”— Star, 20th December, 1893. This is a sample of the records of the Star clique in prodnciug a reign of intimidation and terrorism among the people of their own side. Logically read it would seem that the American women aud children must seek protection from the violence of those American men, their husbands, fathers, and brothers, who the Star now terms Hawai-ian-Americans. But we opine, it is meaut that in the eveut of resistance, by the polyglot personuel of the P. G., their wives and children will be assanlted—possibly murdered and ravisbed, certainly pnt in fear of personal violence, by the American sailors, who are to be ianded to carry ont tbe policy of the U. S. Government Such an atrocious libel on Americansailorsorsoldiersas tbat that their appearance or actions will terrify women and chiidren of their own uationality has never before been pnt in print Shame on yon, Star fool! The old proverb has it that *‘it is an ill bird that fonls its own nest” Can you for one moment dream tbat American soldiers or sailors

war on women and children? Nay, are yon not tiying to secore yonr own female relatives in order to hide behind their skirts in tde time of danger to yoar own pusil)aminoasly slanderoas skin? Go to. Toa lying scare crow! Ameriean sailors will deal with rebels in a proper way, bat they never lift their hands in anger, or even atfi*ont women or chīldren. The Star with its usaal lying tendencies compares the declaration of independence by the United States of America to the present sitaation here. Was not 1 that declaration forced by the very same facts as have trans- ! pired here? Did not an alien coterie aspire to rule the inhabitants of the soil by virtue of strength derived from a foreign

power? Aml did they not meet disaster in the attempt to fit a foreigu yoke on the people of the land? Read your declaration of independence again, and the actions whieh led up to it. Tou will find an esact parallel in the case of tha Hawaiian nation against tbe P. G. You will not be driven to lie wholly, deliberately, and withont foundatson as you did do yesterday. Blind leader of the blind, beware lest ye fall into the ditch. The greatest satire we have seen on the P. G. is the poem of the late J. R. Lowell’» republished in the Star yesterday evening. Fancy truih being eonsidered by any sane man as the type of the P. G.’s. Can it be that the pressure of defeat has cansed anothor revolution in the brains of the Star crank and mude him at last a fully r-recom-mended candidate for admission to permanent seclusion iu Dr. McWayne’s establishment? Eeho, ■ve fear, answers yes!

Business is slacker than ever and in spite of the approaching Christmas the stores look deserted. This is the worst Christmas ever experienced by the stores —and the P. G. are to blame. It was commonly reported that the P. G. has addressed Minister Willis and refused to corrply with his demand for a surrender. The next thing we shall hear will be that their surrender will heuneonditional.

Two ladies, according to th» Advertiser, have offered a thousand dollars for the purpose of sending some steamer on a junketing expedition to San Franctsco. FooIs and their monej are soon patred. The commissariat department bas not alone furnisbed the necessary provision for the heroes who are suposed to shoot Unele Saml’8 so!diers, bnt they have also laid in a supply of strong refreshments and medicine and bandages for tbe wounded. We pity the "heroes” who are to be treated by the Surgeon General. The Advertiser in its usual correct and eareful manner said yesterday that f/ i£r. B. W. lrwin had “said” etc. etc., and tbis moming it states that Mr. Irvin “did not” say so. Now the query is, is Mr Irwin, Irvin, or is the misspelling tbe usual Advertiser dodge of evading on bonest manly apology for fake news?

The single anarmed soldier at the British Legation and tbe presence of the fiag at the Ameriean Legation presents the reliance in powers whieh are not made nervoas by the armed front of the Provisional mosquito. Abmt $800 worth of provisions were gathered in at the Palaee. It is an established facl that the P. G. heroesthinkoftheir bellies. Four iron tanks presumably to hold w:\ter (or rather beer) bave been placed in the Palaee to-day.