The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-03-07

before the public, inasmuch as they fee
that they share with Mr.. Grieve the tul
responsibility Of whatever may have beer
his sction in the matter.
TIE manuscript of this programme was
brought to this office by Mr.. VIM: Aud
who informed our foreman that II was
for use at the coronation hulas- The
manuscript was handed over to the
foreman of our printing establishment
The proof was taken away to be read
by those having the matter in charge
and was returned with request purport.
ing 10 come from His Majesty's Chamber.
lam. that the ROYAL arms be impressed
upon it. The programmes when printed
were taken TO the Chamberlain's office by
Mr.. VIM. Auld, and were distributed by
staff officers at the Saturday evening en-.
tertainment at the Palace grounds. We
were asked to send and did send the bill
for the printing TO Mr.. Gibson, Chairman
Of the Coronation Committee.
Not one of our firm had cause to sup
pose, or did suppose, that there were any
improprieties in this programme. When
those who were informed Of. or knew, the
significance of certain portions of that
document expressed in the public journals
their indignation. the Paeifs C0Hmsrci0
Adcefissr untruthfully and maiciously an
nounced that the programme was got up IL
this Office, and that we without authority
had placed upon it the royal arms; that
journal the day after our printing bill was
sent as requested TO the Foreign Office
declared that its editor had seen the bill
and that it set forth that the programme
was got up by us.
1t became essential that Mr.. Grieve's
reputation for good faith and integrity
which Is as unsulhed as any mans in this
Kingdom, be entirely vindicated. and the
blame placed upon the shoulders where il
belonged Whatever may be the view
which His Honor the Police Magistrate
may take Of the law Of the case, that
object has fully been accomplished. We
greatly mistake If another object Is not
already attained namely. that no gentle
man or lady under any preteNt Of ignOr-
ance Of its possible significance will here
after care to be present at hula exhibitions
1t Is worth some temporary annoyance to
have such 4 stigma placed on that kind Of
performance
To the Hon. William II. Castle. ex At
torney General, by whose manly action
these results have been reached, this com
munity owes a debt of gratitude which
ought never to be forgotten.
This is a plain statement Of the case
Mr.. Grieve's character as an honest, up
right and worthy man stands too high fOI
any breath of detractiOn to even smirch
his career here has been one of the strict
est integrity, and no one can even imagine
for moment that had Mr. Grieve been il
the slightest degree cognizant of the
alleged contents Of the Kings Coronation
Hula Programmes he would have per.
mitted one line of the wretched stuff 10
have been set in the office over which lie
presides If there has been error. it has
indeed been unwitting; if he has trans
gressed the law, he has done so, lured on
by the idea that what he was doing had
the sanction of the King and was as innO-
cent in character as such a document
ought to have been. The fact that Mr..
Grieve was led TO believe that the King
Chamberlain, Col c. H Judd. authorized
the imposition of the Royal coat of arms
Is in itself sufficient to shew how he must
have regarded the pamphlet Could he, OF
could any one else imagine that an enter
tainment to which distinguished foreigners
We're invited, at which European ladies of
culture We're actually present, should be
heralded by a programme of an obscene
character: it certainly passes belief that
either Mr.. Grieve or any one else could
have even suspected such a thing.
But if Mr.. Grieve and his partner
Alatau T. Atkinson. have ulwittingly and
the Courts Of the country shall stigmatize
as obscene: what must be the guilt Of
those who initiated and got up the pro
gramme of the hiEg's Coronation Hulls
the document was circulated where? N
the Kings palace. By whom? by one Of
the Kings Aide.
If Mr.. Grieve and his partner are to be
mulct in a penalty, how much greater
should be the penalty Of those, who know
ing the peTnicious character Of the docu-
ment, boldly and in defiance Of all morality
circulated the filth among the innocent
and the pure If what we are told Is true.
every pure minded woman and man in this
will revolt at the shocking i'm
Of those persons, every pure
minded woman and man Will sympa-
thize with Mr. Grieve that he should have
been trapped into an apparent conniv-
lnce with those whose hideOus immortality
Of thought exceeds the worst phrases that
stain the pages Of the Roman Suetonius
and Martial, whose mental depravity,makes
Dne well nigh hopeless for the future Of
This people, the leaders of whom can
lcquiesce in anything so vile.
Mr.. Grieve will come out of this ordeal
with unblemished character, morally in
locent man. would that the same could be
,aid Of all who have had any connection
with the Kings Coronation Hui4 Programme,