Complex sentence: September 21 US forces placed the American flag at half mast upon the death of Queen Kalama, when the American consul at Honolulu would not assume responsibility for so doing Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen written by Liliuokalani.
Split into simpler sentences: September 21 US forces placed the American flag at half mast upon the death of Queen Kalama, when the American consul at Honolulu would not assume responsibility for so doing. She is mention in Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen written by Liliuokalani.