The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-07-29

l lNoCtiCllIN Ntlutleec.
IL KrSe KkLAKGvA is No; eitlIeT wilfully
or naturally blind. he must have some IN
Easy moments when contemplating the
price he Is paying for the flash notonety
procured for HIM by his HStute Foreign
Secretary.
Thelsi phase of this notoriety ap
pears in the London Tilss OF June 18th
cAhled by its United States correspondent
dent:
PEuAprtrHIl. June SI.--The Gorsrnusat o.
] the Sandwich lslAuds has appo.nted 4 Cornnis-
si1rer. NJ. n4Ccytt who has IuSt arrivei a. SSr
/ Frareiseo tc visit Washington IN order to open
/ uerstisticris for the admission q the Sandwich
/ Islands % ths Araerican Unton. Most OF the
| rariuus Interests in the Hauuiiau kinciom an
| rueiprucify treaty provides for the muiul 61-
| change q products The views Of the American
Govsrausut on the FrOPo-l Of annexation havs
no; been Gnncunoed
1t Is probable that the statement Is to
tally inaccurate Ii Is possible that II Is
partially accurate. Il Is certain that no
m0re dangerous statement, as far as the
reputation and independents Of tins King
dom are concerned. can be circulated. Ii
Is certain too, that most emphatic denials
VIII be given by the said Foreign Secre
taIy % try and counteract the foregoing
statement. 4
But be tins ss It may, again we say that
hing halakaua ought 10 have some uneasy
moments when contemplating the price he
L paying for the yagaries Of his chosen
Minister. However much we may have
regretted the apparent glamour which has
given the present Minister Of Foreign Al
fus- s.,-h ~, ,.,+i.,.,., ,... l,a ~, 80 ~
Sovereign. we have always believed that
the King had a sincere pride in the posi-
ton Of independence and dignity which
the Kingdom enjoyed 'sis0sa he Ssernded
the throne.
The position Of the Hawaiian kingdom
was UNIQUE, and II only depended on itself
80 maintain that position mot by the Wi
gar device OF Haunting ribbons and orders
wherever they could be sent hut by pre-
serving It's dignity at home What has
bern the course pursued Inc self-styled
Premier has sought 10 elevate himself and
ttrrgsrs his Sovereign. by seeking to di-
nlnrsh the dignity Of all other officials,
Hawaiian or ahen
Ifhas surely tended little to exaH the
natien 70 hayp the Minister dubbinE him
self HIS Excellency- when he invites q
Fureign Commissioner to q special recep-
ton. Was such breach Of good manners
ever perpetrated when Mr. Wylhe held the
seals Of that Office
Was Il 20 serve the interests OF the dig
nlty OF this Kingdom, that a few weeks
Sgo, the inspired organ Of the Foreign
Othce, whilst processing % bid adieu to
the late Minister Resident Of the United
States, attempted 10 belittle the represent
Etives Of al other friendly nations l. II TO
promote the dignity Of the Kingdom that
the Foreign Ofice 50 grossly neglect 70 the
present Minister Resident as not even
70 gazette his arrival thus leaving him
70 the present day 10 depend on chance
courtesles for the proper recognition which
ought 70 have been attended to by the
Government to whom hewas accredited
But the mos D-judged act WIS that Of
selecting as the special representative Of
Hawaii 70 the United States. two gentle
men whom the United States have declined
10 sccredit aS their Representatives. any
longer N this Kingdom rH--
Csn the King see all these things and
not realize that his Kingdom and his peO-
pc are being sacrificed 10 one object the
asgrRndizement and exsltatioD Of one man
who pretends to be his friend' All the
applause Of the Palace Hotel and other
centers Of fashion and taste in San Fran
cisco. cannot make ND for the effect Of
that one paragraph to which we have
referred aboye-and which as il circuistes. |
viii inevitably thrust the Hawaiian nation |
out of the position It had once gained
We are told that Japan Is enuoUs Of I
The superior recognition accorded to Hs /
Esii 10y Western nations VIII Japan not !
oe eonforted when It finds that this su-
penorlty l. cOndoned by the fact that the /
pretended patriot who has turned nearly |
every honest heart against him Is treacher- /
}Usly eonniying at Western absorption. !
-Le Roi s'1Bssss" Perhaps he Is natur- 4
lily blind the Minister Is not blind 4
neither Is he working tor amusement