The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-04-29


of your own race. The Royal Hawaiian
Band is also brought here, and are nov
delighting you. You now rejoice at the
royal presence with you to-day, but ou
Queen shall again pay you visit.
Hon. Mr.. Lilikalani then intro
duced to the lepers His Royal High
ness Prince Kuhio Kalanianaole
who stood up and gave graceful
bow to them, receiving universal
cries of "Aloha from the lips Of
all.
Hon. j. K. Hookano, of Kohala
Hawaii, who went as a delegate
chosen by many of the members OF
the Legislature to convey their Aloha
and heartfelt sympathy to those PEG
pie afflicted by this dreadful malady
In his remarks he said:
have been sent here to present to
you the Aloha nui of the mem
bers of the Legislature. This col.
ony is increasing, and it is no small
thing to be separated from the dear ones
you loved, more especially when this
separation means an exile from your
family for lifetime. This disease is
unlike many others in that you are to
be carried away from home. Modern
science is baffled with regard to the
treatment of leprosy. The best phi, 81
clans throughout the world cannot stop
the onward tide of this disease. But be
hopeful, the Board of Health has been,
and is still, endeavoring with the best
that lies in their power to find means of
alternating your pains and sorrows. 1t
has been often said that Kalaupapa is
the living sepulchre of native Hawaii
ans. Therefore let us put our minds to
work, and find the best means OF avert
ing this cruel saying. Be cheerful, a
day may come when our endeavors may
be crowned with success.
Mr.. Kekipi, of Kohala, then adj
dressed the people, saying:
My dear boys and girls, aloha nui to
you all. We are here with sorrowful
hearts at the awful spread OF this dread
full disease. My loved ones, human wis
dom has tailed to stop the increase of
the pangs of sorrow. Justice shall be
done " is the motto on the throne, per-
haps that is the only way yet left to us
with which We can prevent the spread of
this disease. Jehovah is our Comforter,
and He alone can do what human
science has repeatedly failed to do. Let
you all appoint day on which you will
humbly fall down on your knees and
ask aid and succor from the Throne OF
Grace to diminish the awful hold which
leprOsy has upon our nation.
Rev. j. III. Kalana of Hilo spoke as
follows:
Three hundred of us have come to
associate and converse with you for
brief time. We have come with sorrow
ing hearts to see you all, for sad linger-
ing alOhas still abide in our hearts. You
should rejoice, however, inasmuch as
God has provided good and healthful
location for you here in Kalaupapa and
kalawao.
After music by the Band, MIR. IA
lauhala, one of the inmates who was
chosen spokesman on their behalf,
advanced from the throng of lepers
and pathetically addressed theQueen
as follows:
I will now make reply in behalf of
my fellow inmates, who are still de-
voted subjects of Your Majesty here at
Your aloha nui for us in
iuced your royal heart to visit the
Leper Colony of Molokai nei. On ac-
count of that love you have come in
person to see us, and you have seen with
your eyes the sad Affections which have
befallen our lot to bear. Here We are in
misery and pilikia, we are away from
our friends and relatives. When we
learned that Your Majesty intended
paying us visit; we began to assume
hope, for your visit will surely tighten
the bitter sadness which burden our
hearts, and we entertain the hope of
seeing the dear ones we have left at
home. Remember the life Cor welfare)
Of your subjects in heaviness," is our
only request. From the four corners of
the earth we see glimmering lights i'm
parting good news to us that there is yet
hope for us who are afflicted with this
dreadful malady. Bring them hither
Here we are in death, and seemed as
though buried alive. Our eyes are CEN
tered on your hart. The Government
mas done its best to aid us your poor SUBJ
jects, and xe owe deep debt of graft
tude to the Board of Health. In fact,
we have no grievances to set before you
now. Our new superintendent Mr.. w.
II. Tell, has met with our general favor.
The only great sadness which bitterly
greved our hearts is our separation from
our relatives and friends, and from the
la of our birth. Our earnest request
to Your Majesty now, and the one which
we have always implored of God, is that
He may grant health to your subjects
who are afflicted bodily. God Save the
Queen.
Hon. Jos. Nawahi, of Hilo, Ha
waii, was the last speaker. He said:
now give you the aloha which the
nation has intrusted me to impart to
you. We have come to soothe, ii pos
sible, your SORROWS. Our beloved Queen
is before you this day. She deeply
grieves your Affections. Your SORROWS
are hers, and your joys are hers, for a
Queen is powerless without people to
rule over. Therefore let us unite in up
holding her throne, for there are yet
hopes for your tears. Her Majesty feels
your sorrows, and will endeavor to
for hopes of your recovery. Re-
sponsibilities yet rest on your shoulders,
through your otsprings, of replenishing
the and with people. 1t is generally
believed that lepers will bear leprous
children. This is not founded on facts.
The Board of Health of some South Am
erican states have allowed children OF
lepers to inter-marry, and that has been
a source of re peopleing those nations
These children are free from indications
of this disease. There are now l,175
lepers here, only ten of them being for
eigners. his cannot but recall pity in
the hearts of the nation. 1t is the duty
of the Government to send Hawaiian
youths abroad to be educated in medi-
cine. This is the only way left us for
saving our race There ia not a single