The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-02-26


sun without very great ineOnvenience.
Under these, or even under any circum-
stances, and from humanitarian point
OF view. more especially when dealing
with native. and anxious to impress
ideas Of European Justice, all fair and
reasonable time should have been given
( in order to collect and hand over this in
. denuity. But those were not the ideas
at Berlin. Malietoa asked for one week
20 consult his chiefs. Ii given reasonable
( tiRe and the payment were inevitable.
can vO1eh for one firm that would have
/ Iivaucei the money, Is tirSt-el9SS Sc
/ cUritv could have been obtained, and the
. natives would have been willing 10 have
sold OF mortsagei everything they pos
u >eSSej. But within twe1iN'-four hours
+ after making the demand. and without
I paving any attention 70 the kings re
Quest. war WAS declared. and almost
+ Immediately 400 t7oepS or marines were
/ landed, Gni } DASH made upon the native
Government UcuSs."
Within twenty-four hours II the first
landing Oi troops = proclamation VAS
. issued. iepoSing Malietoa and proclaim
+ ing TamaseSe Is king. This was another
I piece Of outrageous cruelty, because by
Z this means MalIetC1 and his followers
were not only called upon 10 fight rs
ordinary bslligerents but were nov placed
IN the position of rebels. Ii the object
hai been 10 drive him 20 desperation and
. create : bloody war OF partial eNtermina-
tiOn among the natives, nothing more
crafty could have been designed; and
although events turned out more happily
than could have been expected, dis
tinetly say that the policy OF the Govern
meut st Berlin, whether Intentionally or
not, Was entirely calculated TO bring the
TWO opposing forces Of these hali-tutOred
natives into violent collision, And thereby
70 have created scenes OF horror and
bl0oishsd throughout the whole group
Of Islands.
The righteousness Of the means
by which the German claims were
sought to be enforced is well shown
up in the above extracts. The un-
reas0nableness of at least portion
OF the claims themselves can be seen
from the following:
Let Us examine one OF the charges
On the last annual celebration Of the
EmpeFOr'S birthday, some patriotic Ger
mans, IN order 70 show their LOYALTY
according 10 the usual custom, imbibed
= larger quantity OF lager beer than was
good for them. In the overflow OF their
feelings they very footshly give drink 10
the natives, on whom it had the usual
effect i general scrimmage OF more
or less friendly character eusued, and
before the disturbance ended Z bottle I
presume empty was thrown, which in
jurei I Germans nose Now 1t Is not
very wonderful that up to the present
time 1t Is hotly disputed whether the
bottle vas thrown by I native or Ger
man. Ii it Is true, Is I have every raa-
SOU 10 believe, that the Germans gave the
natives drink, then certainly most rea-
sogable people viii conclude that they
deserve no consideration from any re-
spectacle government
The conclusions Of the writer are
stated clearly. and are Of q nature to
command assent from disinterested
and fair minded people As this
portion Of the paper viii not well
bear ahridgement, We give it entire:
will uow State vhat seems TO me.
without further information, l. the cause
Of al these rapid and hish-hxuied pro-
c5e,ii1gs-
Il has been generally understood that
rr
many would be PLACED In the position OF
mandatory power, with the view Of form
ing > strong EurJpeaH-uative govern
u=ut. agreeable 10 EIl the other nation
aLiti=s- Bat Il that course had been de-
cIiei- EitLlut the Intervention of late
events the mandatory pOFer T0uld have
been 0s-i-zd to recognize the status quo
previous TO such lssILlp ptIJl But this
world have meant the recognition oi
lL-IiscGa. the f-lzui u the B.itisiI and I
Americans who has always resisted the Z
dirty work which he mas aL times been (
asked to peEflEE-- consequently the
status had % be altered and the pupEst Z
Ial-ases5 El=TLte,i- And what u1Gsrliz5 I
Ill GL=S= lzcLIzztI5lS7 Simply tie IL I
tlre adj -=-meltot the land cIaiuls. And |
1r= British and american CILlz5l5 70 - I.
~ cap IN hand to beg Of Germany d con (
=l1=Ez-Ill OF tL5Ir rights knowing that in /.
many cases they clash With alleged .
CilIlS u German s15I 5I=1tst Surely Il Eng {
land and America deem II necessary that /
CEs poser should Be selected to main .
tam Law and 1EieF, there should II the /
Hr=t place be appointed az international /
committee to adjust al matters Of owner (
ship II property, instead q throwing .
upon ole interested pzrty such zn iHvidi /
Cls task 1ud tEls sowing the bitter SEEDS Z
q 5uuity and future complications, I
which may render any atte1apt 1t gov
sEI-rEI=IE III IlEossI1le-
is matter q C5LlL0u izirEess 10 al 4
parties. and - laying the basis Of all IL .
tire gT1T=EEIneut, l should earnestly zi- I
visa tFs home aEtEG-IEiss al once % zE-
paint G mixed commission whose verdict (
zIIt b agreed 20 g final N ali land /
claims and legal dISpEtes which have &c
CURED Up 70 the preseut- Ife Islands 4
can tEszu ue thoroughly =GEVeyed and .
properties marked Of on reliz-
be MAPS 50 that actual ownership ulzy
b placed beycnf al doubt Il should !
Be easy II la0st Gases Of disputed claims,
where oae interizps the other,
% sE=Ct : reasonable compromise, q
eT=ryIhiug e noE II = state 0f Gnproffa-
His uncertainty, and I1.000a- With an zb-
=1lE-e title would be Of lGre market
TzI-s than 80 l00z- lz1le zt any moment !
% SUMMARY colfscztIOa-
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