The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-10-12
'sNmercial Advertiser.
fTnm the PrDfidencs journal. July Both. I
OF the French.

;;-Desi=us OF the French.
.u,urius, letter is from source of the
...,si .-,,tiisu. and is worthy of serious con-
Some wears ago. some of our readers
,.,bar we gave the first information that
H-J N this country Of important events
',- At the world and although the facts
. I, ] our correspondent were stoutly denied,
r-,cy was afterwards fully indicated.
nJs5ted 70 the same correspondent for
,rr5mpt against theindependence of the
=, archipelago appears about TO be made
r.-eh vita the view TO overthrow the
4 : f;Esuieiiameha w., and annex that very
4 q. ,e-v interesting kingdom, to the great
I. eo1tinuanee OF the scheme projected
..ur Dillon. and attempted to be execu-
/. l5mirnl de Tromlin, with frigate and
.'-rs.ts. in 1919, on which occasion this
l.-,mnander landed three hundred men in
- shere not soldier existed, took pos
4 8 4 little slluting battery, spiked and
r.. the sea ali of the guns, placed senti-
| - ,be custom house and the government
;npeling the entrance of the employees,
Fs,,lv embarked, carrying off the Kings
i xbi,h has not been returned up to the
- Perrin, Commissioner of France for
( h,- for the last two years been discussing
[s uInipotentiaries Of the King the arti-
Il new treaty, under assurances that it
! more liberal than that of 1916, which
Es5I ths government Of Hawaii from levy
s,isr import duty than five per cent. on
ruds, and u assimilate more to the
4 l,e.y made with Great Britain and the
Sa,iss- The restriction upon import du-
indeed withdrawn, but i It's place
=. assumed by Mr.. Perrin to govern by
ripalation the school fund set apart for
hziiJn os the Hawaiian youth, and To es-
ssD. by treaty, q at documents in the
| anruase should be received at the custom
uni other public Offices. wherever they might
.i5ed IN the English language
) dsmands Of the French Commissioner
Ihinly the object he has in view, which is
h the Hawaiian government into obliga-
npssibIe to be fulfilled, laying before the
proofs Of the Noncompliance of Hawaii
-saIy stipulations, thus neutralizing the
= protection, by Great Britain and the
States, OF the Independence Of that rising
one knows that Hawaii was discovered |
English, it, native inhabitants converted |
ssianiry and educated by American mis-
:, and that very large portion of its for
.ahitInts are Americans Thus the En-
: become the common language of the |
+; commercial transactions, trials in the /
Il Justice. and business at the custom |
nj et the government offices, are conduc- /
hzish, and at most of the schools, the !
2 e,Iaeated in this language. This being !
}. it is next To impossible TO admit the |
% 4 perfect equality with the English /
:. and this being attempted to be estab-
, rresatv. the first failure of compliance,
Ieuld be the first case that was presented,
Be allzoned 70 the world as insulting 10
.sriial Majesty. and punishable only by the
ton Of the offender.
! the new treaty containing these very |
nable features was presented to His Ma
riTy council for It's constitutional appro-
.his respectable body refused to assent to
,arion. An additional article Gd refer
was then proposed and accepted, which
At MEASURE removed the objections.
is form the French Commissioner for
the treaty to his government, but without
? reply. and after having given officially
anees that his Imperial Majesty did not
. exercise any exclusive influence over
and that the French government did not
.of the conduct Of Admiral de Tromlin,
lnted in january last an offensive note to
lister Of Foreign Relations, asserting that
,srial government had approved OF all the
is consuIs and naval commanders of
$50 and 1919, that France has peculiar
, n Hawaii different from those OF Great
aai the United States, requiring special
sipuIati9ns to protect those alleged pecu-
srssts. and in virtue of this claimed the
interfere in the religion. language, legis-
nj revenue of that kingdom In previ-
Mons. Perrin had claimed
H virtually to set aside decision OF the
? Court of Hawaii in last recourse, not
aling be had previously made himself
~ party to the suit He Furthermore as
at tie new treaty, with all It's overoearlng
riOus. Is the work of the French govern
iter having previously declared ofiIcialiy
vas his own production
wishing. or having any good reason, TO
'e rsa ynaninity of the French government,
sagthens the belief THAI causes are so1Sht
lreciade the possibility of Great Britain
! Cnitel States stepping forward to protect
epsDlenee Of Hawaii.
= = NJ doubt that in 1919, the American
Tened the ewes Of Louis Philippe to the
'of attempting to seize upon Hawaii, ana
" % be hoped that public demonstra,
'Ihs United States and Great Britain, ana
sury the naval forces Of these powerful
! will prevent the Emperor from attempt
at TIE King declined.
hcility with which France assumed SOW
y over the society and Marquesas Islands,
!, a remonstrance from any other power
l'' has led to the belief that a similar
nay be pursued with Hawaii. A strong
'Finn : however entertained that England
United States viii not permit such an act
rsurTation. particularly after both have
2 guaranteed the independence OF that iit-
yim-