The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-01-22
THE CONFEDERACY OF HAWAII.

loNinS aTticle appeuTS III 'he cah
Francisco Bulletin. 1t is interesting
from its elucidation of the Hawaiian
Governments foreign policy" that
is so enshrouded in mystery, for some
incomprehensible reason, at home.
Instead of a protectorate, a sort of
tutorship of neighboring groups is
proposed. There is something eN-
ceedingly rich, which cannot be ap-
preciated outside of this kingdom
under present auspices, in the sug-
gestion that "the new state should he
under the tutelage of persons sent
from Hawaii to teach the islanders
self-government." What rich green
pastures such an arrangement would
afford for the Bakers, Hayseldens and
Lilikalanis of Hawaii, in danger of
laundering from protracted dietary
of stall provender! Great pity it is,
however, for the pampered but un-
satisfied herds, that the coveted fresh
fields have all been appropriated by
Germany and Spain, thus rudely
awakening the Hawaiian Magi from
their luxurious dreams of lucrative
state pedagoguism over the less-fa-
vored isles of the Pacific.
1t would appear from the article
quoted below as if the Hawaiian
Government, in this ambitious
scheme of acquiring tutorship in the
art of government over the neigh
boring groups, is trading upon the
prestige won for this country by its
large Christian missionary enter
prises in those islands. TO those
who know the attitude of the Gov
ernment toward the missionary ele-
ment of Hawaii, and the avidity
with which their supporters make a
political weapon of the vulgar and
reactionary prejudice against what
is popularity but improperly termed
the missionary party" this phase
of the Government Polynesian
policy will appear in its true light
as the rankest hypocrisy. The
Government people may well charac-
terize themselves, by implication as
they have done, "the party of i'm
moral pretences.
If all the visionary exploiting of
our Foreign Office was done at the
private charges of the man or men
who are carried away by the pros
pective honors accruing therefrom,
the matter might be dismissed with
smile at the matured vanity pro-
jecting it. But these foreign en-
bassies after o'-the-wisps are
using up the scant revenues of this
kingdom, while the most necessary
and important domestic services en-
trusted to the Government are
starving and decaying for want of
the means of sustentation. Here is
the article upon which the foregoing
comments are based:-
A writer in tho London Times of
November 26th thus outlines the objects
of the visit to Europe of a Commits
sioner from the Sandwich Islands -
1.-The Hon. ii. A. p. Carter, Minister
for Hawaii at Washington, has arrived
in Europe on special mission to the
Governments of Great Britain. France,
Germany and Spain. Mr.. Carter, who
is a native of the Sandwich Isles, but
of American parentagc, has been a
resident in Washington for some years.
and was intrusted with the negotiation
of the Reciprocity Treaty with the
United States, which has done so much
to increase the prosperity of Hawaii,
and he has in addition made several
visits to Europe upon the business of
the Foreign Office of Honolulu. Upon
the present occasion Mr. Carter is the
bearer of an important proposal FROM
the Government of King kalakala will
reference to the future of the Marshall
and the Gilbert Islands. These island,
contain population of about seventy
thousand, who, within the last few
years, have become civilized and Chris
tianized through the eXertions of Ameri-
can and Hawaiian Congregational mis-
sionaries, all of whom had the Sand
wich Islands as the base of their opera
iions and who have expended in their
enterprise about ESO,O00. 1t is now
suggested that these groups should be
allowed to fcderate on tbs same lines,
but not with, the Hawaiian Islands,
that their autonomy should be pre-
served and that with some slight mOdj-
icaton the Hawaiian system of govern
ment should be extended over all these
islands in the Central Pacific which at
the present moment have not been an
neXed and colonized by any European
power. Mr.. Carter would be glad to
see the same principle extended to the