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

contrary to all their confounded lies, but we have
also found him 70 be the noblest foreigner that
ever trod the soil of Hawaii, to whom every true
Hawaiian ought to be grateful as long as he lives;
and If he should make his appearance there again.
hereafter, Hawaii should welcome him and receive
him with the highest honor as a father RECEIVES
his son.
Mr.. Moreno has taken the whole responsibility
concerning us upon his own shoulders which Is
indeed an act of self-sacrifce ON his part which
we three shall never forget As long as live. He
has been constantly drawing money from his own
FAMILY for our support, while the money appro-
prlated by the last Legislature is lying idle in
Aliiolani Hale.
RE has always been as kind as a father to us
which for myself shall never be able to repay.
How foolish was during our trip from Honolulu
to San Francisco on the steamer ZeuiaHdid to 90
with the Missionaries and listen to their vile
ISLANDERS against this good man, and even believed
them. | was not only foolish but ungrateful to-
wards him who has been my only friend in these
strange lands As pardon draws us nearer to our
Creator, so Will always look up to him (Moreno)
for pardon of my past conduct
He is man of very high birth sprung from one
of the noblest families of Italy and who owns the
title of CouNr. He is welknown here in his own
native country great and distinguished man.
At O'Clock PM. on the 23rd inst, we went to
see King Humbert at his palace, called the
Quirinal. He received us most cordially The
person of the King is fine and erect, and his face
Is agreeable and handsome. He cannot speak
English. and SO all what he said was made known
TO us through Mr.. Moreno himself. MIR. Moreno
handed to him in our presence the letter from
King kalakaua, and also told the King that which
all our King had commissioned him to say. King
Humbert replied that he will be happy TO comply
with the wishes of King Kalakaua in regard to
recognizing and supporting the Independence of
the Hawaiian Kingdom. MIR. Moreno also spoke
to him in the highest terms about our King, and
said that King Kaakaua is worthy of the good
will of the great Italian monarch King Humbert
also said that he is very grateful to King Kala.
kama for sending to Italy TO school, and he will
take Us under his Royal protection, hoping that
! we will be happy and content in school and on
the following day he would speak with the Minis
ter of War and the Minister. of the Navy for .pac-
ing in the Military and Naval Academies of
| Italy. We left the presence of His Majesty with
the highest satisfaction of having seen him and
heard much in " Far away isles of the Sea-
Before l conclude this letter | wish to impress
one thing upon your mind, and that is this The
| Missionaries are the ruin to our King and to our
country. Beware of them Let your love for
| your country and your King be your guide and
your shield against them. Stand by your King in
good or evil fortune, and fight for him if that is
needed. 1 speak this to you because know you
are surrounded with vpers; but " beware" is the
word.
A letter was published in the Ha,caiian Gasetie
said to be written by me from Berlin and sent to
| them, which is an internal lie. Will you please
find out everything concerning that letter and let
me know of it Send a copy of the Haicaiia,,
Gasette, too, which contains the letter.
And now, as am about to close thiG letter, n
friend use all your influence i'll any way whatever
| that the money should be Immediately sent to us
our proportional share of the appropriation made
| by the last Legislature.
Direct your letter follows:
| Poste Restante,
| Rome, Italy,
Following is an extract from letter to gentle
man in this city, and also letter addressed to the
Hawaiian People signed by the three boys:
ROME, ITALY, March 10Th, 1891.
| To the Ho,roiidH People We saw in the
| HAWAIIAN GAZETTE of February End, 1881, stating
that Mr.. Moreno receives money from the Hawaii
| an Government for our support, out of which ht
| manages to support himself.
With the exception of the $500 which the Gov
ernment sent to us through MIR. Martin in Paris
and which sum was quickly consumed by oui
many expenses-for Railroads, Steamers, Hotels
Washing, Clothes, etc, etc, although living with
in the strictest limit of economy, Mr.. Moreno has
been supporting us with his own money from the
day we left Paris to the present day here in
| Rome. This is fact, because we have seen il
with our own eyes,
Therefore what the HAWAIIAN GAZETTE has said
is an outrageous lie.
For the sake of truth We now sign our names
| ROBERT w. WILCOX
| JAMES X. BooTH,
ROBERT N. BOYD.