Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 83, 26 December 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Yesterdav was the 1893rd eelebration of tbe birth of Him, whose a<lvent was promulgated on eartb bv the angelic cry of “Peaee on Eurth and good-will towards men.” How the leaders of tbe P. G. who assent to that belief ean reconcile tbeir celebration of tiie event, with the blasphemons scnrri!ity of their organs and 8upporters and their attitnde towar«ls the Hawuiians, whom their forefathers eame to unnounee tbat message of alleged blessiug and prosperity to them we caunot iraagine ? Will it be any wonder if Hawaiiaua shou!d desert a Church whose founders, in a generation, have so transfornir,'d “ Peuee on earth and good-will towards men ’ into armed oppression, tvranny, and race-hatred?

The Star poblish©d, a few nights ago, an alleged interview with au ofticer of ono of the American war-ships in port. The oflicer is supposed to have sbited that if the Admiral should order his subordiuates to do something whfth they did not consider proper, according to their violitics they wou!d demand such order in writing. Admiral Irwin must bo pleased to learn, to what degree naval discipline is developcd amongst his subordiuates —ba* for the honor of the Uuitod States’ uavy, we prefer to believe that the Star as usual is lyiug. J. L. Stevens, e\-Minjster to thc Hawaiian lslauds, has eome out in the most abusive and falsely slanderous manner in reply to Mr. J. H. Blount's report aud characterized a namber of our most prominent citizens as the most scoundrelly sot of mon possible to imagine. The correctness of his statements , to peoplo here may be measure'd by the fact that he invariably characterizes the opponents here of his nefarisous conspiracy who are of Amerioan birth or descent us Britisb. in order to appeal to the anti-British sentimeut faction of his countrymeu. The last eahinei contained not one man of even remote British descent and what was uot Hawaiiau iu their blood was of Americau e\traction.

Oar “esteemed” conternporan* ihe Star. speci&l organ to tbe anuexatiou club, is now bu<y reading the sedition law and riot act against tbe Holomua. It is evident tbat tbe backers of tbe SUr are gettiug tired of “digging” wben Satorday comes arouud, and of conrse of bona jide sapporters tbe Star bas none. Tae socceab of tbc Holomi a is of c.>arse a bitter pill to tbe annexat ou crowd. and to tbe Star elitor, and tbey would be very pleased if tbey could devise mians to suppress onr paper. In t je meaoiime tbe Holomua will c jntiuue beretofore, and wil!,

be eolarged in size £rom the enJ oi tbis mooth. Tbe Corwin departed qaietly on Snndav morning nt 3:30 o’elook. The answer of the Provisional Government to the demand of Minister Willis for a sarrender was presumHbly forwarded to Wasbington by her. The answer was delivered to Minister W illis Satnrday evening, and he together with Consnl General Mills were busy preparing despatches during the nigbt. M hat the answer contained is unknown except thut it was a refusal to surrender. If Minister TV illis has to wait for furtber instructions or is authorized to force a eomplianee with his demand is not known, and the usual secrecy whieh has snrrounded all altairs connected with the Hawaiian incident still prevails.

WLile during the beginuing of the revo!ution, and while investigations were proceedingthere were good reasons for the secrecy observed muy be possible, but we believe tliat the titne has eome for all parties concerned to play over and above board. Uncertainty and delay in action has a very disastrous inlloenee on the puhlie mind, and confidence, whereby a general stagnation in trade and all busiuess is caused. We believe that it wonld tend to create a raore securo feeling if the American Minister would make a puhlie declaration of his intentions and of his instructions as far as he ean do it in conformity with thera. Both parties are anxious to know when and how a solution may be expected, aud if the eountry yet is under the vigilant, if ōnly implied, protection of the United States the present groping in the dark and uncertainty are detrimental to all interests. aud should be dispelled without delay.

The Advertiaer comes out this morning with santlry carefully selected extracts fi-om the appendices to Mr. Blount’s report, and makes varions commeuts thereon evideutly inteuded to be hurnorously sarcastic. As we have not yet been favored by Mr. Thurston with a sight of what is said to be the only copy of that document extant in the islands, we ean neither note the accuracy of the extracts nor give the oontext in explanation. Our only remark on tke circnmstauce is that the Advertiser humor falls ven- tlat indeed, even if it is not in the worst possible taste to select extracts relating to the bonored and lamented dead to bol»ter np chargjes whieh the Advertiser‘s conductors know to be false. Of eourse the Advertiser will make excn?e that tbe safety of the P. G. and its eontiuued existence depend alike on the publicatiou of these slanders on the living and the dead. We may remark that if tbatargument is really cogent it will be in order for ns and otbers of tbe loyalist party to lay aside the restraints of gentlcmanliness and prblish the trotbs concemīug the foolncss of the inner life of that “resnlt of sixty years’ missionary civiiization in Uawaii ’ as Steveus calls it. and there will be no lihel suits either, for the )eaders of tbe P. G. will not dare to risk the unveiling of tbeir heretofore Central Union

Chnrch white-washed sepalchres of «iving lies that they have of their lives. A hint is snfficient.

RoCHEFoCArLi) has been credited with saying that, “He who imagines he ean do without the world deceives himself moeh; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him, is still more mistaken."—From presen* appearunces the now sbining lights of the ProvisionaI Govornment imagine that the world wonld be again chaos if they were extingnished American power whieh supplied the ineendiary flame is hoped to soon nse its official breath aud, pouf, “out, ont, brief candlel”

5 Uxder the protection of tbe 1 gnns of the American marines anel sailors, and the authority of America’s then Minister Resident, Henry E. Cooper, Andrew Browu ’ T. E. Lansing, John £mmelnth. C. Bolte, Ed. Subr, Henry TVaterhouse, W. C. Wilder, W. O. Smith, L. A Thurston, W. K. Castle aud J. A. McCandless all Hawaiiau subjects on tbe 17th of January pnblished. that; “We citizens aud residents of the Hawaiian Islands orgauized aml acting for tbe puhlie safety aiul the eommon good positively proclairaed that they were hungry for office; that they eonhl not get plaee bv ballot, ou!v bv tbe aid of American bullets, and they did obtaiu their, end as follows; H. E. Cooper is now a circuit J udge, salary per raonth unknown; Andrew Brown is superintendent of Water Works, salary unknowu; T. F. Lansing, raember of Board of Health, salary, or perqaisites, unknowu; John Emmeloth Advisory Council, salary unknown; C. Bolte, ditto; Henrv Waterhouse, ditto; member Board of Health; W. C. Wilder, ex vice-President, member Advisory Council; W. O. Smith. Attorney General, Presideut Board of Health ; s(tlary etc. uuknown; L. A. Thnrston, Hawaiian Minister at Wfcshingtou, etc., etc.; salary etc. unknowu; W. R. Castle, member Washington Commissiouers, salaiy r etc. uuknown; J. A. McCandless ; exmember Advisory Council, perquisites unknown. And so of all that nohle thirteen who first eome to the front, for the puhlie good (?) eaeh and everyone has held office under a eall and gift frora eleven of themselves. Gentlemen lirst spell, then prononnee, if possible, and finally define, Oligarcht. Fifty-one white men voyaged in the steerage of the Alameda and arrived here on the 22nJ inst. Five cases of rifles and flxed am- | munition arrived a sb*rt while before by one of- the sailing ves- I sels from the coast. The San Francisco Chronicle, of late date, ( says ; “Some time ago, the manager of a detective system (Pmkerton) ! throngbout the country was in this city, and made some eflbrt, | inetfectōally, with ConsuI Wilder to 4iave him engage a thonsand or two thousand men in aid of the Hawaiian Government.” There Ls at present, a dearth in ; all lines of business here and the work whieh the fifty-one strangers hope to obtain b*s, very probably. something io do with the eon- I ients of the five cases of rifl*s and fixed ammonition. And yet, the present rolers say that tbey are

representatives of the people ! The working-men of this city, whose homes are here, are all sofficient to ophohl the principles of aml maintain law aad orvier. and there is not the slightest fear of attack on Provisional guncarriers, only by American forces in carrying out the will of the American people.