The morning call., 1893-11-13
POSSIBLE RESULT.
HaWaiians Do Not Want
a Monarchy.
What Consul Wilder Says of the
Presidents Attempt to Re.
store Liliu0kalani.

There Is only one way to restore Queen
Liliuokalani to power in Hawaii, and thai
| is by force" said G. T. Wilder, the Ha.
waiian Consul to this port, yesterday after.
| noon, when CALL reporter asked him to
give his views on the island question.
IF l were only private citizen / could,
! perhaps, say something to you that would
| be worth publishing. Being the repre-
sentative Of the Provisional al Government,
you can see that it would not be in good
taste for me to say much about the present
situation.
lit Is true, though. that the people of
Hawaii are heartily sick of monarchy, and
| do not believe that form of government
can ever be re-esta blished there. The
people will not submit to the restoration
Of royalty, and the only way it can be
done will be for the United States to land
forces on the Islands. Even if this is done
the restoration will last no long er than it
takes to accomplish it. Once the forces
are removed bloodshed will be sure to
follow.
"Of course / do not know what Willis
instructions are. If he is content simply
to withdraw the moral support of the
| United States from the Provisional Gov
instate their queen II they can. that will
| be all right. The matter will end there
| then and things will stand as they now
are till another President is elected in this
country.
tits absurd to talk about the queen be.
| ing popular on the islands. The Provi-
| sional Government is the government of
the people. No one desires the reinstate-
ment of the queen except few half-castes
and natives of Honolulu, who have moth
| ing to lose in either event and everything
| to gain by the restoration OF a power that
they can suck the life blood from by fawn-
| ing and cringing.
| islands, for instance. The total amount
of all the property held by native Hawaii
ans. including the queen and the royal
family, the ha)f-castes and the members
of the cabinet and legislature. does not
| amount to 100000. On the other hand.
the holdings of those who favor anneXa-
ton aggregate fully S23,0G0,O00.
| 1.-THE natives at large do not care
whether China or America rules the
islands or what form of government is
established at Honolulu.
| "They claim that the landing of the
troops from the Boston was instrumental
in overthrowing the Queen and putting
the Provisional Government in power.
| This is simply ridiculous. The troops
|
and then only as peace measure to pro-
| tect the property of Americans In case
| there should be any violence attempted
| by the friends of the depOsed Queen.
| That is always customary wherever
| there is trouble in a foreign country. 1t
was right that the United States should be
ready TO protect the property and lives of
| its citizens.
But there was really no opposition to
the revolution, either before or after the
| Provisional Government took the reins,
nor will there ever be any determined op-
| position to the annexation of the Ha-
| waiian Islands. That is what they need,
and an honest vote taken to-day would
show an enormous majority in favor of it.
am sure of that.
And those who believe in the Provis-
ional Government are determined and will
wait. There will be another administra-
ton in this country in few years and per-
haps the annexationists will have better
| chance then.
"Blount virtually withdrew the support
of the United States from the Provisional
Government by his proclamation when he
went down there. If the royalIsts were
so strong and so popular then why did
they not restore the Queen? They had
every opportunity then, but they knew
their own weakness and let we'll enough
alone. The people of Hawaii are satisfied
with things as they are now. 1t would be
wrong, IN my Judgment, to change them"