The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-21
PORTUGUESE SHIP OF WAR.

Translation of Leading Editorial
in the "LusO Hawaiiano" of Nov.
II, 1888.
We again return to the subject to-day,
and we will not abandon it until the Por-
tuguese Government has shown, at least
once, that it does not forget us, and that
1t wishes to honor us. This time we are
going to employ an argument with which
we hope to see realized the greatest de-
sire OF all the Portuguese colony, but also
to see taken a measure of necessity and
OF duty, such as is the presence of Por-
tuguese ship of war in the harbor of
Honolulu.
The argument which we are going to
use is the following: At the end of next
year, 1889, or say year from this date,
there will necessarily be great agitation
IN all this country, and especially in this
capital, III consequence of the next gen
| eral elections, which are to take place in
February of 1890. The elections of 1890
! will be the most warmly contested, if not
| the most critical in the history of the
| country. The principal question in
| Volved will be the anti-Chinese versus
! the prO-Chinese, or in other terms, the
| proletary class against the capitalist
| class-One strong in number and in the
| right of representation, and the other
strong in money and in power. There
must be a terrible struggle, and it will be
| fortunate if it terminates peaceably. At
that time there will not fail Gas there did
not fail at the time of the general elections
I Of 1917 tO no chinG Of y1yoT haro ho1nnO-
| ing to the different nations which have
! subjects here in large numbers, and no
nation has SO great number OF electors
here as Portugal.
] Will any one believe that Portugal
| will fail to send here one OF her best
ships of war at that date? We do not
| believe it, We believe that she will not
only send one, but make it remain here
during the opening of Parliament. The
parliamentary session of 1890 will neces-
sarily be stormy one in consequence OF
the predominant question, antl~Chlnese,
which will involve an amendment OF the
Constitution, and if the anti-Chinese pro
gramme is realized, which we hope, and
for which we shall heartily labor, and
which is the only means OF salvation OF
this Paradise of the Pacific" we do not
i'll in being prepared, and the first pre-
paratiOn which we require is the protec-
ton of Portuguese ship of war, which
with it's presence in this harbor will ex-
ert strong influence in our behalf, and
will greatly honor not only the Portu-
guese colony in Hawaii in particular, but
also Portugal in general.
We do not hesitate moment in cred
iting that our inimitable Commits
sioner, His Elk. Sr. A. de Souza Cana
varro, will not only completely endorse
our sentiment, which, as His Excellency
knows, is the sentiment of the whole o.
the Portuguese colony, but will also espec'
iallv bring to the notice of the Portuguese
Government, in better and more appro'
sons for our request. And His Excel
lency being in the best relations with
the Portuguese Government, and beinE
gentleman highly respected in Portu
gal, there ought not to remain any doub
that his influence will produce Tor US TIT
desired result-a Portuguese ship OF wa
, at Honolulu at the end of 1889 or the be
| ginning of 1890.