New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
Fsrland OK Minister Of Finance and two native ser
wants They will leave here for the East tomorrow.
THE WHY OF An Ex-MlNIsTER OF HAWAII

THE VIlcy OF AN EX-MlNISTER OF HAWAII
ONE ovK, L,KAU>,s CABINET WRITES LETTER
TO A PARIS NEWSPAPER.
NJ G Do Varicnv, who was Kalakauas Minister CT
Foreign Affairs has written TO lie Temps OF Paris
letter from which Tho following extracts prove
interesting:
"Thc events which now agitatlng the Hawaiian
Archipelago call for explanations Formerly
Minister OF Foreign Affairs in that small state
where ! have lived for fourteen years. ! know most
Of the men who are ut the head OF the present
snnexatIonst movement: ] was their constant sd
versary but | think that speak OF them with
lnpartallty. Tie movement dates from long while
ago. II can b. traced 10 the arrival OF the hrst
American missionaries. who came from Boston IN
1870 i is they and their successors who nave
CIVILIZED those Islands. and their work was useful and
good Initiators, Legislators and finally rulers. they
have thrown wide open the doors 20 immigration wnch
WINS recruited mainly among their countrymcn Inc
fertility OF the soil and the saluoTiousness OF ,he
climate have made OF those Islands the richest country
In POLYNESIA American capital has given value 10
f. and Honolulu. the seat OF Government mas Dc
come today an Oceanic Nice, the sanatoriun OF 'he
PsciGc States. .
treaty OF commercial reciprocity nego'iatea IN
1885 with Washington brought 10 Its cumhanoh NV
prosperity Of the archipelago. Sugnrcane pi'n'cis
and merchants enriched themselves Bnt uis P",
perity rested upon the continuation NJ treaty "nl.
the United states could abrogac AZ short houce' ~"
Mckinley bill put end TO it; and the painters n'r,
in their Interests do not see any snNauoh eN.'P'
In annexation which would make OF the archipeiaSo
a State OF the Great RcprAic
"Thev were not only Injured in their interests ou
thew felt tina; they threatened in their SecuiN
The impulse given 10 public instruction III 'ha' "'i'H
dom where not man or woman twenty years oiu
rould be found unable 10 read or wFi'e had fe>'eu
in sending 10 Europe number OF most nnhiah'
npnils natives or half whites. After a soJourn thTe
n some years they returned TO the islands' I'LL
nau.nt and ambitious desiring Offices and employ
ment. adopting the wa,chword Hawaii 70 Inc
HawaNans' and olamOring for the elimination OF '''e
nauralized ministers judges and fnncuonsrlee
Thor noisy requests found echo among TIE hshahs
AZ whom they constituted themselves the adVoca'es
and ,coders Hence those troubles and riots-caslS
renresscd hut which had been totally unknown before
1.-THE actual events have had ior meT s'"'''"s
po,nt the concessions made by Queen Lhuohaidh W
this restless and disseminated party The Amer'hhS
took the opportunity request the intervention Va
naval vessel 10 the power, and to send 10
tae.o, delegates targcd 70 seek the onnexdoh OF INC
Lsnpdom Whnt will the United States Government
Al, II NAV be that since left the archlpeag9
its sentiments have changed, but believe nov ns
I'D formerly that Il will decline the Ol1e? is In
slant tradition has been 10 admit only OF cohuen'a
and 10 decline ins,lar annexau0n Moscost 1900
into in fs41 France and England have asIsu oo ~
Jointly TO respect and maintain the nuepelioen, bot
the Hawaian archipelago. Invited u. hhiie,c " ''
Convention the Cabinet at Washington has reluseu 49,
but this reservation or refusal was olnIon 10 respect
the most formal assurances OF us 'oSoi"@' "
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