The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-25
An advertiser" Reporter Inter
views the Exile.

StodtuSulp aIduoud udtiNo mISSlOu
airy named w. B. Kapu and his
Tapitauean wife. He had been a
missionary of the Hawaiian Board to
Micronesia since 1863, with the ex-
It ception of short visits to Hawaii nei
of in 1877 and then again in 1880. A
~0nairief account of his removal from
doMe island of Tapitauea by the order
stor. the captain of II. B. NJ S. Royalist
lne peared in the ADVERTISER a few
the seks ago.
as Mr.. Kapu was found by a repre-
tentative Of this paper at his resi-
thence on School street yesterday
sternoon, where Mr.. Kapu holds
'..aily Interviews with members of
the Hawaiian Board and some of
his Hawaiian friends who are anxi-
GUS to find out the real cause of his
exciting the wrath of the British
naval captain.
Mrs. Kspu, Tapitauean lady, was
found sewing calico dresses. Her
hair was we'll drenched with cocoannt
oil.
The following conversation took
place between Rev. Mr. Kapu and
the reporter:
Reporter (translating the previous
account in ADVERTISER about Mr..
Kapu): Is it true that the Captain
of the British man of-war ordered
you to come back to Hawaii nei be-
cause you urged the natives of Tapi-
tauea to war 2"
Rev. w. B. Kapu: 'sNo; that is not
the reason. I will state the facts.
The British man-ofwar arrived at
Tapitauea last June. After hosting
the English flag, she proceeded to
do the same on the other islands
Utiloa, Butaritari, Maiang, Nonouti
and then returned again to Tapi-
tauea, where I was. The captain
anchored his vessel at the south end
and went to the north end IN his
boat While at the north the foreign
traders, who are Catholics, and jeal-
GUS of me, laid several complaints
before the naval captain: The i'm
portant ones were: ~ That 1 was
hostile to the Church of Rome, and
trying to bring up q conflict be-
tween the different religious sects;
and (2) that I had passed certain
laws over the people of Tapitauea.
When the captain learned of these
false accusations he returned hur-
riedly to meet me in the south end.
The captain came to me with an in
terpreter. He said: You are anti
Popish; that is very wrong L
replied to him that was not hostile
to the Catholics, but was working
peacefully among the natives in the
interest of the Church of Christ. l
explained to him what I did say, but
either through bad Interpreting OF
because he was not willing to listen
to nv story, the captain became
angry and said: You are very wrong
You must go back to Hawaii immedi
ately! Five different sects are repre-
sented among the crew on board my
vessel and l do not interfere with
their church matters. Why cam
you go on preaching about your
religion and leave the Cathol
les alone. The captain turned
to a native Catholic named
Taupo and asked him whether Kapl
was guilty of what had been tolt
him by the white traders. The ma
tive replied: Long ago. The Cap
tain said: No; not before, but now
The native answered No The Cap
tain asked me again whether ha'
laid down the laws for the people.
replied that the chiefs make thel
own laws, and that had no bushes
To make laws. The Captain aske
the native who made their laws. Th
native replied: You (meaning tn
Cantain) make our laws The CAY
tain then told Mr.. Kapu that he mus
pack up and leave in day or tw'
as the steamer Montserrat would
there soon. Mr.. Kapu was stunne
by the words of the Captain, but b
recovered enough to ask him WI
was going to pay his passage, !
Honolulu, as he could not aHoro
The Captain told him dlstlnetl
not to mind about the passage none
but to pack up and leave immed
ately. Mr.. Kapu did not dare to dl
obey the decree of the British autho
ity. but he simply acquiesced an
said yes" =, mr.,
Reporter: s'When did the Nor
serrat arrive there?" -,
Kapu: "The steamer arrived
Tapitauea two days after the hoy
ist had left. After remaining the
week taking aboard some OF t
natives, and my family board
her. The captain of the steam
nromised to bring me and my faml
TO Honolulu. We left Tapitauea
July 80 for Peru, Nokonau, Arrow
and Tamana. Left the last nam
island on August 9, for Honoiu
with about four hundred natiy
admits and children, on board, gol
to work on a coffee plantation
Guatemala. When we were we
Ut sea the captain learned that
natives intended submitting tn
contracts with Rev. MIR. Bingha
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