Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-05-14

BY this last mail we have farther proof
of the progress Of the education of the
"innocents abroad in charge Of Mr.--no.
Captain or Sgnor or Don G. c. Moreno.
who turns out to be, according to the writer,
a real live CouNT. We publish, with per-
mission, the letters just as they arrived.
The fact, the very obvious fact is that these
compositions were dictated by the Count him
self The autograph letter Of King Kalakaua
appears again as means of introducing him
self and his pupils to European Sovereign.
This time it is King Humbert of Italy, who ia
taken in by the production Of this autograph
which we maintain the Count has no right to
use. His credentials from, or his connection
with the Hawaiian Government have long
ceased to bear the official imprmatur, and it
is nothing less than an imposition that this
man, be he Count or commoner, goes about
processing to represent the King of Hawaii.
The money matters 30 constantly harped up
on may be easily explained. The Count took
away with him over $4,000; how much of
this was wasted in his American campaign
it is hard to say. The removal of the party
from Germany to Italy was consequent, not
upon failure of remittances from the Govern
ment, but upon the fact that a different
channel had been thought advisable The
accusation made by the writer that the Hawa-
ian Consul in Paris had pocketed dishonest
ly as implied) ouo-half of a remittance, is too
absurd TO comment upon. The Hawaiian
Consuls at Paris and Bremen having i'm
portant documents to forward, objected very
properly to so vague an address as "Poste
Restante. Rome" and Mr. Hackfeld of Bre-
men wrote and asked for q more accurate or
definite address, but his letter as far as we can
learn remains unanswered by the Count ;
plainly enough the Count does not wish to re-
ceive the letters awaiting him, and meanwhile
makes use Of his autograph from the King
and his possession of the persons of his pupils
to keep up the appearance of being still an
accredited representative of the Hawaiian
Government, which we need not say has long
ceased to be the case. Amongst other in
'iiSN' "u'oh'"ESo w DS SulHcu lTOln tIlS eS-
perience, let us hope that the King may learn
that it will be wise in the future to be careful
as to whom he may entrust autograph
letters, available for any Sovereign to whom
the bearer may, by their means, obtain access
The youth explains with delightful naicete
that as the hing of Italy does not speal,
English call chdt (sic) he said was made
known to us through Mr.. Moreno himself
We rejoice to learn that the wishes of King
kalakaua in regard to recognizing and sup
porting the independence of the Hawaiian
Kingdom will be complied with by King
Humbert, but did not know that it was al
Morero's instance that he does so. The
gratitude of King Humbert to King Kaakaua
is also very touching, and the fact that the
writers eoen shook hands with the Italian
Sovereign is highly gratifying. The usual
TRADE against the missionaries is reproduced
by the way, who taught reading and writ
ing to these youths and their fathers =? And
against whom are they exhorted to fight if i,
be needed AS to the letter published in the
GdzeHe, which is an "infernal lie," we hope
that the writer may, as he wishes, find out
everything concerning it, and settle accounts
with that journal. We doubt if it will be to his
satisfaction
| Now, of all the unusual and uncalled- 70.
schemes for spending public money which
were voted by the last Legislature Chinese
steamer subsidy, Coronation expenses, Statue
Pedestal, Decorations, etc., the SIS 900 voted
for the Education of Hawaiian youths in
Foreign Countries F." appeared to be the mos,
rational and innocent; we fear however that il
may prove the most mischievous and unsatis-
factory OF all. First, the nomination of q
member of the House as one of the youths in
need of foreign education was ,croog, and next
the appointment of the Count to take them
abroad was aoorse. They have been on thei,
travels Tor the greater part of year, and have
not, up to the date of these letters, been to
any place of instruction at ALL What they
have learnt, the letters themselves show
Hawaiian officials vitied and traduced in the
coarsest terms, misrepresentation and mis-
statements Astounding, and ON tile opposite
side of the account-What an introduction tt
the Grown Prince of Germany and to the King
of Italy Both expressed themselves willing
to forward the education of the traveller
neither has been suffered to do anything to-
wards it. How is this ? 1t seems to us thai
the possession Of the Kings autograph and
the custodianship of the youths has been used
simply as means to forward the Counts pro.
jects. whatever they may be, in the States ant
in Europe, and he is naturally unwilling tc
relinguish the possession of such valuabl.
tokens Of an official status which does not be.
long to him. Meanwhile, "Poste Restante
Rome," is their address, and the letters VIC
publish the fruit of their education. 1t ma,
be noticed that in one letter the writer states
that ".fron, As begihniag Of our journey from
Honolulu to the present day here in Rome
Mr.. Moreno has been supporting us with his
own money!" &C.; elsewhere it is asserted
that "with the exception of $500 which the
Government sent to us through Mr.. Martin in
Paris. and ,chich sum Das quickly consumed bl
our many erpeases, Mr. Moreno has beer
supporting us with his own money from N.
dty zoe LEFT Paris to the present day here in
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