The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-07-22
vision of the Futnrn.

singular fanoies, dreams and visions. One OF them
indeed, so struck me, and has so fairly haunted
me ever since, in all the vividness OF its details,
that, to deliver my own self from the incubus,
thought could not do better than to write 1t down.
Perhaps YOU may like to submit it tOyOur readers,
as specimen OF what fever can produce, creations
in which fiction and truth are SO well miKod up
and blended, that it would take all the wits of sew
eral official monopoly organs to unrayel one from
the other.
| 1t nppeafed to me then, that was coming back
TO Honolu1 after an absence of many years, per,
haps fifty. / noticed, as the steamer gently gded
along the sweet beach, and came into the still har-
bor that the whole aspect of the town was greatly
| changed: the dwellings were much more numerous
than IN my time in fact they crowded from TIE
very foot of the water clear up into the back nils,
and they seemed to belong, TO a style of building
different from what l had been accustomed to.
And by and by, by peering more lnquisltlvely
about, remarked that all the houses seemed 10 be
crowded with families Of small, yeilowish people,
whose bodies were more draped than dressed, and
who walked on kind of stills made Of one fiat
/ board nailed TO two small cross sticks. In fact
they rather looked like Chinese, with this notice
able difference, that they had no queues and very
soon found out-ohi change from former days
| that real Chinaman with queue was not to be
seen anywhere, no more than one could see the
shadow of anything like the sturdy, jolly, synpa-
thetic old red7skinned native Kanaka They, evi-
IDENTIFY bad gone to a better land. The white peo-
| pie also were few and looked miserable. 70
was fairly struck at these changes, and was
still wondering over them, whilst slowly stepping
/ down the gangway, when my eye struck familiar
| face. The old gentleman indeed looked so much
like himself all over that did not realize that By
this time he must have grown to a rather MATURE
age But he did not give me time to reflect, for az
soon as be saw me, he cordially greeted me with a
hearty "Aloha old boy! glad TO see you back again
here!' Then staring at me, he added, 'you have
been sick, havnt you? So have L. he continued
without allowing me to get IN word, II have been
| quite unwell, so full of anxiety and worry, but
1 - -.EN f..
know that my grand scheme my pet dream, which
gave me so much trouble, is grand success al
| last
-Here the kind Minister of Foreign Affairs, fol
| be II was who had been speaking to me, paused
and seemed to be absorbed in his dreams, when
abruptly turning his eagle eye me he said, ''You
know how many difficulties have had 10 overcome
and how cautious have had to be, for any indis.
cretiOn would have ruined mel condescendinply
winked, though neither knew what he was talk
| ing about, nor what had been his trials, but did
not like to show Ignorance, for fear it might stoI
his expansion.
"But thank God, l have shown them what
could do Ny Japanese 'AHiaHce JHtime'' is nov
an indestructible fact, and the japanese have
promised not TO allow any other power 70 interfere
with us. But l still remember every phase and
difficulty of the scheme. 1t begun one bright
morning, long ago, when a fit of melancholy wa,
| preying over His Gracious Majesty, my monarch
| He only man IN this ldHd that erer liked me, God
bless him for it and who appreciated me to my
Il true value. ne DdSSbu one arm my ueCh
and wept o my Minister, be sobbed, am sad
| for don't feel myself enough King / am king
and will be crowned but | will very soon have
no more subjects left to reign over! Good majesty
/ said, be cOmforted! and let the matter rest with
me, I'll remedy all that I'll give you all the sub
iect5 you DESIRE Yes said His Majesty, but don
| give me any more westerners, they are SO uuruly
independent and such spoiled children, they novel
know what is the best for them; give me somt
quiet people, always ready to do obeisance and
| with whom | shall be able TO be ruyal tony
hearts content" 1 then thought of the Portu
guese, bat soon found out that if they be darl
| and looked like a cOgnate race to the Hawaiian
their hearts still too white, and they did not
/ Hmalgamate enough. / was then rather at a loss
10 know how to fill out my promise, and it vexed
me, for from that depended my holding, office
and did not want to let that go, no not ever
with my life So spent many sleepless night
over it. But one evening, just as 1 was dozinc
away, happy thought struck me, jumped out OF
| bed, knocked chair down, badly hurt my shin.
| bone, and burnt my finger in lighting the lamp
/ But did not mind that for had my idea. And
! began writing my plan out, every item of which
have since carried out. Ii had struck me that
the Japanese Empire was the only part OF The
world which could procure me the obedient, placid
/ subjects wanted by my master. 1t was neverthe-
less progressive nStion, with a limited territory
/ a largely increasing population and no colonies
So that 1t would not be difficult for me to make
them understand of what immense advantage my
scheme would be, not only to myself, but to theil
whole Empire"
Il then foresaw that it would be better for the
thing TO appear as coming from my master, soonel
| than from my humble self. Accordingly, when
my Royal Master went around tho world, l cate
chised him as to how lie was to broach the subject
to the Mikado himself, and must acknowledge
that he followed out my instructions very credit
ably. Then / sent out special Embassy to that
| Government with the avowed purpose of starting
free immigration. i selected for that mission two
of my most graceful and most idiotic friends, and
they never even knew what they were really going
| uNaFnTN lint FUrla
| to keep the whole thing all to myself. But the
dispatches they carred-and you know, old boy
that / can manage aplng pretty cleverly-madt
everything SO clear, that the Japanese Government
Immediately sent back, under pretence of doing
honor TO my masters Coronation, a commission tc
enquire, de risH, into the practicability of my
scheme.n
They came, were well treated not tiny e1pens,
land he slyly giggled), and conquered them, fol
they went back enthusiastically convinced. And how
could it be otherwiseI Ny plan was 50 marvellous
in its simplicity! Here stood on one hand Japan
with an excess of population, and no colonies; on
the other hand Hawaii with every requisite tC
| make fine colony toJapan, but with no popula.
ton! My genius hit the nail on the head in max
ing the following combination: japan will furnish
my master, durlng his life and reign, all the sub
jeots his fathGrly heart may fancy, with the under
standing that soon as these subjects are nu.
merous enough, he will be proclaimed Emperor
of Hawaii, to feel himself more at ease IL
addressing his brother the Emperor of Japan, land
llllS Was II utclutull DtlleT llhn tlat Otlel
tiattery of mine, the Protectorate of the Pacific
which did not work worth cent? Then, at the
death of my master, as alasl none of us can
escape the final law, the Empire of Hawaii will
revert tc Japan, without any difficulty to be ap-
pretended, or to be possibly raised BY the most
| cranky of foreign nations for the arrangement
is protected bv three arguments which no interna-
tional law can touch; lst 1t is based on secret
Treaty and understanding signed between the
Poteutates of both countries, who by Divine Right
have full ownership of their territories and uneon-
testable right of disposing of them they please;
md. 1t Is corroborated by matrimonial alliance,
for very cunningly aud secretly negotiated a
family tie between the nearest of Kin to my mas
ter-which Is also eventually his nearest represen-
tauve TO the throne-and some relation Of the
Mlkado, and though not very close, the relation
ship is near enough to throw dust into peoples
eyes; 3rd It's commanded by the political rights
of the most numerous element of population"
Here stared at my interlocntor, and he noticed
my being bewildered, so be kindly continued: ayes
don't you that at the time Hawaii is TO be trans
fered over to Japan, the native Kanaka race will
have become extinct for you remember they we're
dying out at the rate OF about one thousand year
and knew Of many causes that would iucrense
that rate; and at the time when the Kanaka did
disappear, the Japanese already numbered more
than one hundred thousand, whilst all the other
foreigners, American, European and Portuguese
had been driven away by the irresistible Jauanese
competition. SO that nobody will be able to call
for any foreign interyentiOn and, in what concerns
poor America, If she wanted even to frown why
the Japanese neets would lombard all her open
ports and make her feel mighty cheap and hum
bler'
Here the speaker paused again: he seemed to
grow taller and lifting his Napoleonic head to the
SKY, he continued: This mastery combination
worked beautifully. japan, who had never before
allowed her citizens to 90 outside of the Empire
readily consented to send US as many heads as We
wanted, and the best joke is thaf disguised nv
population question under the cnrrent labor ex-
c0se and made those cranky white planters bite
SO well to the bait that they ioytully paid for the
expense of bringing the people over whilst they
would haTe hung them and me too had they only
known the truth; for as soon as their contracts
we're out, the Japanese inili grants had secret or
ders from their GOyernmeni rs do their utmost to
settle down and take hold Ia the country. So
batch after batch OF them foured in. And with
them Obtained another good results viz: that tie
Hehn displaced the Eagle and settled thai cold
gold question which had given me so many fits
The only thing that still weighs on me, thonRh /
take it lightly is that Kalaku uda dollar, which ia
now NOT worth more than 90cants; yes, that vas a
blunder, but you know that we poor ddgenturous
politicians, We must sometimes mako hiun5ers in
order 10 keep our places. - lT I
1nen one Gay, ny RIeat auu good friend the
MikadO expressed the wish fur lis hbFeruulent 10
hold some land IN Harafi and tsling eYcnSa a.
some petty complaints made by some Japanese
laborerB aguinst planters, comnlaints which could
Just as well have been settled by the existing
japanese consul, resent Us special Deiepate or
Envoy Extraordinaire. If the thing had been
what II was proclaimed 10 be / would merely have
sent CUT with this Delegate the proper competent
onloiei, the inspector Of Immigration; but l was
afraid this old ohatterbox might let the cat ont Of
the Dag, and further by making great fuss over