New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-11


appreciation Of the English IL TIE Americans were
not in the way, 1t Is mere sensa'ionaism 20 state
that Japan has any present designs upon th"n or
that the japanese officials here ar" sf'i.lng re-
bcllious blood among the l,bor,nq or native classes
or that the presence Of the Naniwa here is a CO.
ercive measure against the interests OF the FRO
visio,al Government
During the week since the Australians arrival
the royaljst propaganda has been very active.
The Cummins League bad several meetings, at
which IL was decided 10 make the visit of the
United States Commissioner one long round OF
fcstivity Mr. Cummins, in an enthusiastic speech
said that he lad private assurances from both
General Scholcld and Admiral Brown that the
cause, Of home rule would not suffer at their
bands and in view Of this he proposed that the
funds Of the league h" freely used to make their
stay enjoyable The members Of the organization
agreed to this and already tho scent of the com
ing luau infccts the air. II is quite evident that
if the commissioner make good use OF ms op-
portunj,ics he will 20 home distcndcd with
food and in condition 10 report in vino vcrtas
upon the cause of the oppressed KanalSa.
Not to be outdonc by tho men. the women OF
the Polyncsian race intend to offer the com
nissioners a hookupu This form OF entertain
mcnt may he compared to the NcwEnelan1 pound
PARTY, except that the weight of tn" presents j.
no. M all circumscribcd Two years ago, when
Admiral Brown was here. the hoolSupu was trl'd
upou him with great success. Native women
from far and near boarded bis snip ana ma
their offerings al his feet Some brought black
MICS and others chickens and ROSTERS, and Tor q
while the flagship rcscmhlcd floating PIG sly
and hen yard The sailors lived on pork ana
poultry for fortnight and had five meals u
day. Bceidcs tho live stock the women proh"rod
Grass mats. bead baskets hcadgcar, Mother Hub
bard wrappcrs. poi bowls. gin, dried squid ana
faro root. literally by the boat load. and the
Admiral accepted the Whole consignment with
Lcccminr JUNCTION. TO this day the natives ne
lcye that but for the hookupu the Americans
would never have let the Queen come to the
throne: and SO, to try the device again III TINS
bonr of dire emergency seems the fitting thing
to 90.
Tho statesmen of Hawaii. although disap-
pointcd at the withdrawal Of the treaty, are NOT
depressed at the outlook for annexation Ih"y
think the commissioner will find. when he studies
the problems presented here, that the best IL
tcrcsts of both Hawaii and the United States re-
ouire that the islands shall come into the Amer
lean republic either rs Il State or in territorial
relation.
ON the night of March u the anncNationist-
showed their numbers and proclaimed ther
views in d mass meeting at the provisional arhorN
The large building was PACKED with whi'e ana
native citizens, and enthusiasm was without Ii'hi'
over what was believed 10 b" the assurance tha'
union with America had been. or would soon o''
reached. 7. +. Lansing. wcll-known iiohoiu''
citizen. opened the meeting and made BRET
address. in which he said that a club woGid f
formed 10 support tie Provisional Government
"A r. "
Hatch. Of the Advisory Council, was made chair
man. and J. W. Jones, secretary. The foremost
men in reform polite, here including Robert W
Wilcox and j. Jo-cpa. leaders Of native blood. ana
William G. Wilder. y. : llartwcll. Dr. j. =. Nc
Grew. Professor Scott. II. " Castle, John I'm
ciutti, Hugh Gum. Alexander Young ana ITO
fcssor Olc>on, from, cilt whi'c cl'i%e"'' WIZ
heard i'll strong addic->c>
The meeting was ratification in advanc" oil
the good news which il was hopcG the ce'ahl,
liner Australia might bring in. Fortunately NV
crowd had it's Jubilee before the spell of re-
ioicing could be broken. Had IL waited aho'Iri
twcnty-foar hours the spirit Of the rdlly "o"''
have lacked its saving sracr OF c3hhdemr" ,,,r,
INFO port and il was quickly noted that the la
waian. and not the American. colorS waved g
the forcpeal As the vessel swung hlon i,;an
alitics embraced in the population here TreS~'o
forward 10 learn the rows John r. l,nsh: o.
Samoan fam" was passenger nn np' in;o al" H..
IL
rigging an made theatrical ge,tur" .,e
Tho treaty. has been. withdrawn ron ' u,
Senate," b" shouted "A commission VII W.
sen, here consisting Of Admiral Brown. General
Soho field 1ul-nnd-who's that man from 'eoIglh
Blountp Yes. senator BIcunt. There arr :" !. =,
two others. Annexation will probably I've lett 70
Th~,r was = 1uick hurrah from The Kanata
roustabou's. h" news spread among me ha,i NV
dock hands, lonnccrs and hacknen. ana thev
crowded 70 that part Of the wharf upon which
the gangplank was lying. A- soon as possible
Bush got ashore and uttered some words III ,'1
%%a"T lo a'l'G' de yE y" m Msn' ,s pcudci
moment Of the cx-Ambassador's life. IL" wa,
embraced ig brown-armcd mad"ns and wrrathFl
display of .osettcd holiday bacon. All the WAY
10 the Hawaiian Hotel whittier J." was "ecor,r =
by sam Parker aud Colonel MaclaIlahc ih'
natives welcomed him with floral pyrctcchnics
That afternoon every Kanuka who had any respect
for hiusef and his holy cause drank gin.
In the evening the old royal band MADE II,
appearance on the hotel grounu. aof '' ,vh LiJ'
immorazcl itself in the annals o' island hrroiSil
by hanging mp the fiddle aud bow when th" Queen
dcposr1-the most -nlrltIi ana i,''rp,t w, -,
their political rrsrntmcptn. Under the leadership
of a Malay musician who was stranded here WIN ,
show, these brown skinned eA-pro'eIrF 81 ne, ,ci'
Berger when they heard the news from biS',
came out in force and played AL IN" tunes tii'N
knew. Snch outpourIng o. natives aS DC
CURED then had not had itS counterpart Tor N'aI9
IL ~,
lent a. the ubiquitous mosquito and the s"'fihc.di
black pig. e..
Slight seismic disturbances contn1c 10 b" felt
in domestic politics. The question Of III" spoil"
j. still unsettled, many rOyalists being ~ olh"s
which the faithful adhrr"nts Of IN" Provisional
Government desire to occupy theinscve~ Pro-
tests against this state of things ar" lodged every
dav with the President and Ministry who rrpN
that 50 long az the royaist ncnmbcnts ar" pa'>lN"
they will not be turned out where such Il course
would iniure the cfcicncy Of the civil service.
Another cause of discomfort il found in the fact
that the provisional authorities are paying liIi
uokalani Il monthly salary al the rate Of $1,000
a wear and Kaiulani one OF $4,000 whi' many
men who took part in the revolution are out OF
work and feel the burden of the tax. The Gov
Prnment however. chooses 70 turn deaf ear 10 III,
protests and the salaries 90 on. that of the Queen
being maniicstly used IT, further the cause OF
ROYALTY against annexation.
The Honolulu press is AT loss 10 explain this
phenomenon but have learned that il is due ~
the diplomacy of the Harrison Administration
which advised President Dole that so much sym
pathy for tho Queen had been raised In the United
States by the refusal of the Thur-ton Embassy Il
let her envoy 60 10 America In the Clau1lnc and
nv the segregation of the crown lands that /,
would involve the annexation issue in cxtrcns