Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-04

eigners and at least seven-eighths Of ali the
land belongs to them. All this talk about
Hawaii for the Eawaiians is sbou; as uusub-
stantial as moonshine. 1t is the result of the
efforts that Liliuakolani has made to keen
Hawaii fo- herself. During the two years that
she has been on the throne she hss had an in
come of about $50 600 year. derived for the
most part from the crown lands. She was not
sa,sned with good thing, and IL she could
only have her way she would be only too glad
to see all the foreigners expelled from
the country. She overreached herself and the
people OF the country simply rose up and said
they were not going to have any more of that
sort OF thing. The cnes who have been PAYING
all the taxes saw them wasted and thrown away
In the most absurd manner, bat still we would
have let things go on as they had IL the queen
had only been willing to have any sort of a de-
cent cabinet. The cabinet that she was doing
her very level best to Dust from Office I'd 10
within couple Of days OF the time the end
came was the best that Hawaii has had for
twenty years past. Then, oye-ruhng every
thing in her way, she gave a place for the lot
terry company that this nation hss been irving
for years to get rid of, simply for what there
in it for herself. She is an avaricicus
woman, but above all else she is stubborn All
the best people in the island were opposed 10
the lottery from the first and the ladies even
wen. to the point of petitioning her not to give
IT home In our midst, and We were taking all
the possible judicial steps to keep it out but |
presume it would have been of no avail
WHAT PRKcIPITATED THE REVOLUTION.
"But the end came when Liliuokalani tried to
expel the members of her cabinet and replace
our constitution with another one more to her
taste. It was Just exactly as If President Har-
rison should say the 4th of March: Il will
not give up being the President What is more
l will excuse the members of Congress from
any further service. Hereafter Congress will
no he oil / int
members myself, and while 1 am about it am
going to give the judges Of the Supreme Court
a shorter term, say six years, and then l can
appoint them to suit my own taste. How
would the people in this country like that, do
you think? Well. we didn't like it. either. and
there was an uprising Of all classes of people
that was as sudden as it was unexpecAl. see
that DIR. J. Mott Smith SAYS that he ~ not an
annexationist to the point OF urging a revo-
luton. Well. neither were we, for that matter
but the revolution came almost before we
knew anything about it. and there were no
plans land at all. As soon as the situation was
fairly understood the streets were filed with
excited people asking what should be done and
urging immediate action. There were cries
that committee ought to be appointed to take
charge OF matters, and in less time than one
would think the provisional government was
provided for. This provisional government
consists of four men, holding Offices correspond
council of thirteen. that was holding meetings
every day up to the time that We came away
The revolution, if you choose to call it such
was quite bloodless one. for the army raised
no opposition"
THE HAWAIIAN ARMY.
"By the way" INTERCEPTED Mr.. Wilder, ''that
army is quite an institution. 1t consisted of
about eighty or ninety men, and, while it drilled
very prettily, it did not amount to much when
it came to fighting. When the trouble came
they simply stayed in their barracks. where
they would not get hurt, and after 1t was all
over the provisional government simply went
up 10 the barracks and paid them of and dis
charged them. The army and the police force
were under the command of a man who had
more influence than any one else with the
queen. His name is Wilson and he is half
white and half Tahitisn. He is a great big
pompous man, with very imposing mus.aches
IKE the general IN comic opera, and, while We
DO not know Just what relation he bore to the
queen, we know that she reposed eyerv con-
fidence in him and relied on his army and DO
lice force to protect her in whatever course she
might see fit to adopt. When the time came
for him to show what he was worth ne was not
on hand and there WAS no opposition raised at
all, and the queen simply became the ex-queen
THE MARINES PROM THE BOSTON.
"The most noteworthy feature in the whole
affair, however," continued Mr.. Wilder, twas
the landing of the marines from the Boston.
They came just in the nick of time, and while
they did not have occasion to raise a hand
against a single person the moral force that
came from their presence was overpoverng
1t acted as a paralyzer on all tendencies toward
lawlessness and riot on the part of the people
IL Is true that the Bostons men were not there
In the interest Of the provisional government,
but simply to protect American interests on
the island, and have no doubt that if We had
placed the welfare of Americans in jeopardy bv
our actions they would have turned against US. ~
The STAR man then called Mr.. Wilder's at
tention to C. statement that was printed in
number Of papers to the effect that, in calling
the marines on shore. Minister Stevens was only
acting in accordance with instructions that he
had received from the State Department, which
had long foreseen some such movement and
was prepared for anything that might happen
''Of course, L don't know what Minister
stevens instructions WERE" replied the COM
missioner. ''but there is one thing 1 do know
and that is that be was the right man in the
right place that day. By his prompt action in
calling the marines from the nan-of-war he
prevented all sorts OF trouble. / am sure that
if they had not been on hand as they were the
natives. urged on by the queen and few of her
followers, would have been very likely resort to
the torch and to pilage, and there is every
reason to think that but for the presence Of the
blue coats there would have been a great deal
OF bloodshed, for the kanakas far outnumber the
whites. Now that it ia all over they are per-
fectly satisfied with things as they are and
have no idea that there has been any sort of
trouble on the island since came away. To
show you how sudden the whole thing was can
tell you that the Boston only came into the har-
Dor OF Honolulu on the morning before the rev.
olution.
'She had been there some time before, but she
had gone off among the islands TO engape in n
little target practice, l suppose, and Minister
Stevens had gone with her, SO you see that no
one can say that the revolution was started or
in any way encouraged by the representatives
of the United States. For number of years
past this country has kept a man-of-war almost
constantly at or near Honolulu. while it has
been more than five years since England has
kept vessel there. They stop there fire.
queutly for fuel or for other reasons but not
to stay for any length of time.
ENGLAND AND HAWAII
"Do think there is any chance OF England's
espousing the cause OF kaiulani in her claims to
the throne? Not the slightest in the world.
have no idea that England would like to see
Hawaii come under the power of tho United
States and am sure that she would like to
have the islands for herself. But she has not
the slightest right to them. for Hawaii owes
nothing to England, while practically all her
prosperity 10 due to American ENTERPRISE and
capital. Hawaii belongs by right to this coun-
try and can tell you that she is a possession
worth the having. The resources OF the couu-
try are immense and the development has but
just begun. The population is a peaceable and
respectable one. OF course, We do not expect