The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-06-11
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JUNE IL, 1881.
he thanks of the Hawaiian people are
fr.. and are, we feel sure, most heartily
te. .ered to His Excellency Il HUNG
Nc and other Chinese official persona
r. received King Kalakaua with such
courtesy during his short visit to
the central kingdom. We feel glad to be-
lie~e that the interchange Of courtesies, and
Of Jews on subjects Of mutual interest, be-
tween dis Haiesty, and so important and
influential q Minister as Ii HUNG-CHANG
cannot but be of benefit to this kingdom in
its future relations with China and with the
large number Of Chinese subjects who seek
temporary or permanent settlement on
these Islands. The hospitality and kindly
feeling displayed to Hing Kalakaua by
men Of official rank, wherever he went in
China, j. a welcome evidence of good will,
and a pleasing augury as to our future re-
Iaifons with that Great Empire whose peo-
pie seem destined to play no mean part in
the development of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Whilst still within the geographical linn
its of China, His Majesty first set foot on
British soil; passing swiftly from one TO
the other Of the greatest Empires the world
has ever seen. The cordial and distin-
gui-hed reception accorded to the King by
sir John Pope Henessy in the name of Her
Majesty the Queen is especially gratifying.
70 T. the right hand OF fellowship rendered
% her King by the representative of Ha-
waits oldest and staunchest friend, and is,
40 doubt, an example of what His Majesty
viii meet with at all points of his journey
through the scattered possessions of Great
Britain. Not less pleasing is it to note the
hearty way i'm which King Kalakaua was
received and fSted by the British commu-
uity Of Hong Kong. Here was something
more than official politeness or respect ac-
corded TO rank. He was made heartily
welcome among them, as one whom they
were delighted to honor both as a King and
a- "a Gentleman. Such a reception is pc
c~ulfarly gratifying to his people, and will
u1 doubt be valued by him, as by them,
even more highly than the most splendid
hosp.taIity of princes or of great officials.
The visit Of the King to Japan, China,
siam India, and other countries opens up
prospects Of many new treaties. y little
/ state j. preserved i'll its autonomy by a
wise administration of domestic affairs,
and a discreet foreign diplomacy. We
have had some diplomacy that was wise,
and some otherwise. We have been
| STRENGTHENED, and we nave been weakened
by treaties. But Il negotiation accom-
pIished means 4 decoration for the negotia-
tor; hence the desire Of many to be treaty
makers; even although a treaty may be al
Embarrassment for the parties concerned in
the negotiation.
When we get solid values, for a fair quid
pro quO, without compromise, all is well;
but whatever in any negotiation trammels
our action, or our perfectly free intercourse
with all other states is to be carefully
avoided. We may be led on by high
courtesies and kindnesseS to try to recipro-
cate the attentions of Empires; but there
i, danger in great favors. The alliance of
pigmies with giants is not natural; and
when the barn yard cock entered into
treaty with the horse in the stable, not to
tread on each others toes; while they mu-
tuaIIy disposed of some sheaves of grain;
t!e stipulation, on the part of the rooster,
was recognized by an old owl in the loft, as
an evidence of the unwise presumption and
vanity Of the consequential barnyard bird.
TWAS expected from what was published
/ III last week tTCt1ttfC Ill TeSDcCl 10 Rather
Larkiu, and that the editor had been chal-
Icngcd to produce his evidence, that the
succeeding issue of Wednesday last, would
give Us an array of indisputable witnesses
to sustain his allegation. But not a name;
not one authority to support the gross and
slanderous charge. We presented our wit
nes-e= TO establish the authenticity of a
letter or certificate of character; but the
other side does not produce one to prove
All alleged forgery.
And as regards the report of an alleged
conversation with Bishop Moran, it is not,
and cannot be substantiated. No Catholic
Bishop would so discuss he character of a
priest with a layman; and we do not wish
to suppose, that a priest seeking an evil re-
port, would undertake to garble a Bishops
discourse TO promote the defamation of a
brother priest. And besides, the well au-
tIeuticated letter of recent date, addressed
by Bishop Moran to Rev. w. J. Larkin, in
which me speaks of his irreproachable
character. as a man and a priest" COM
p.ctely refutes the alleged report.
THE society for the destruction of poor
houses" is the title of a society of which
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, the able chief editor of
| the y. y. Tribune is President. And on the
occasion Of his recent wedding, he sent a
batch Of poor folks out West, to where they
had q chance for work and homesteads.
| Perhaps if Mr.. Reid and his society had
been out here, some time ago; a fine estate
that Is to he devoted to the support of two
or three dOsen paupers, in a sparsely peopled
fruitful country that really ought not to
have, and has no, native paupers; would
have been more coisely and periodically APP
piled to In settlementIof a hundred or two
of healthy young working awaiia npeople
on donated ands, and to assist and instruct
them in establishing Hawaiian homesteads.
SMALLPOX.
FRIDAY, June 10th.
1t is with pleasure that we report that no