Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-15

TuT fEfnttt ~ rHT pftftf,
Om Government has sent ~ ultl
matum to the blhated monan hics of
the earth In the matter of the cunlftl
vt the Pacific Islands The great man
who II now Ia The foreign office knows
what he " about Ills plans arc well
laid and mntured tof ycars tho sub
jet VI th, pum,c, oi the Pacific han
engaged his Thoughts awake and asleep
King, aud cmprmn viii ucmhlc ON
iheil thrones when they read the feso.
lutc missNc ut ON government and
understand The character ut the official
nom Whose mighty hlain It cmnnatcd
Little Hawaii conscious nf tight and
trusting IN The support vt her patriotic
people, has Cnunchicd state policy
before which the Munrne Doctrine ol
the United States ainks into insignii
.,an'c, aud tie great powers viii have
tu stand aside and cease their nmhi
Iiotm Interference with the dtsinica ol
those nnulnI tribes aud nllion1litits
which are ktndred and contiguous to
Hawai- Nor w our government un
prepared to enforce her newly adopted
foreign policy Ahcady The Hawaiian
navy is represented in the Southern
seas hy u vessel which proudly llaunh
The Hawaiian llng before the eyes of
ohcckmalcd lorclgn powers and carries
the authorised officials to whom Is en-
trusted the delicate and responsible
duly of lhwarllng The secret and per
nlclous achcmes ot the cilcte govern
mcnts OF Europe, and OF protecting and
conIcdernling the dclcncclcss cognalc
races ot the Pacific nrchipclagocs. At
home, our authorities are equally ON
the alert The Hawaiian standing
army and volunteer companies are
being rapidly modified The drilling
of the mounted police h being pushed
as fast ~ circumstances permit, and
their depleted ranks arc being filed up
10y discreet aud liberal exercise OF
the pardoning power ia those uniortu
nate members ot the squad who have
been immmed 10y circumstance over
which they had no control within the
muky teccsSes Of the Hawaiian dun
gcons, The Pclc is TO bc placed upon
a war footing as soon rs il can be no
complished one OF the guns OF the
Punchbowl battery IS to bc transformed
into n. plvolg gun 0d interim, and
mounted on the pelc's deck house, To
sweep the horizon IN all directions, 1t
is intended that the pelc shall be the
Nag ship OF the navy for the present,
and jury mast viii be riggcd up which
shall bear the admrals pennant Pro
plfaIlons are also being made TO con
vert the piledriv into an engine OF
war of some kind The authorities
have not yet been able to decide
exactly what form will be most pmcti
cable, but prefer ram. The govern,
menI civil engineer has suggested that
q slight change in her present form will
enable her To sink the largest iriga,cs
with single effort, simply by dropping
the driving weight from n suitable
height on to the deck of the opposing
craft, 1t has been definitely decided
to make a torpedo boat out OF the
dredging machine, il having been
theoretically shown that the machinery
of this crait offers peculiar facilities for
dischargng torpedo either under or
over any hostile craft that should have
the hardihood to engage her, These
two astmcnt,oncd vessels are To bG
plated with rails from the Berclania
street railway this use of the rails
beng expressly al interim, and when
hostIlltics are over and Hawaii has
vindicated herself ON the high seas the
rails will bc returned to Bcrctania
street and the railroad relaid and
operated as before, With these pre-
para,ions our government may calmly
and confidently await the shock OF
arms, if the foreign powers are so
MS TO provoke the slumbcr-
ing spirit of small bu, warlikc people,
and the great originator of the new
and glorious Hawaiian destiny may
prepare for the advancement of. his
sovereign from the rank OF King OF the
Hawaiian Islands to the proud position
of Emperor oflhe Pacific Archipclagoes.