The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-21
THURSDAY, SEPT. 81, 1898.
LEANING ON A BROKEN REED.

The Bulletin does not care to dis
cuss the legal or constitutional aspects
of an American plebiscite" but falls
back on the theory that, as some Of
the early predictions of the Royal
party came to pass, the present dream
of an illegal American interference
here, in behalf of the preposterous
Queen" will also be realized.
1t is true, as the Bulletin says, that
the Annexationists did not look for
Commissioner, and that the Royalists
did. 1t might be added that they did
not expect the flag to be lowered,
though they soon came to know that
Mr.. Blounts motive in that act was to
put the Government over which the
Stars and Stripes had hoated on a
negotiable basis with the Government
to which they belonged. We give all
credit to the Royaiists, however, for
their lucky guess work in these two
instances but that it was all guess
work and nothing more is proved by
the fact that the Commission did not
consist, as they said it would, of Gen
eral Schoheld and Admiral Brown
that they knew nothing in advance of
Mr.. Bounts appointment and that
their "nspired" statements that the
latter had come to restore the throne
turned out to be the verest humbug
AS everybody is aware the mass OF
Royalist predictions which was made
about the intent of the United States
after the flag had been removed were
all contradictad by events.
In spite Of one or two hits, the
divinations of the Bulletin and its
friends have so uniformly failed as to
leave the ex-Queen's prophets without
honor in their own country or any
other. Where is the Bulletins Aus
tralian feet that was going to help re
store the broken crown to a waiting
head2 What Of the Naniwa and the
coercion by Japan7 What has become
of the prediction that Minister Thurs
ton and Consul General Wilder would
not be received or recognized Where
is the "protest /" that England and
France had promised to maker What
became Of the prophecy that the Pro
visional Government would be over
thrown by Claus Spreckels and his
due bill2 What Of the June and Sep.
TENDER RESERVATIONS" and the twenty
three other events Of like character
which were to have taken place before
this2 And going back in the catalogue,
what happened to the boastful divina-
tion-the commonest Of all-that Roy.
alists would rise and put the discarded
sovereign back the moment the Bos-
tons marines and tars had been with
drawn to their ship and had left the Pro,
visional Government at the mercy Of
cold steel.
1t must not be forgotten that the
two Royalist guesses that turned out to
be correct were of sort which did not
cover any breakage Of American or
international law. Those were very
different propositions than one to set
aside the American Constitution and
the rights of Congress for the sake of
violating international comfy. When
it comes to such question as that, all
the Royalist divinations in the world
amount to so much wasted wind.
Messieurs, the Royalists, your forte
is not prophecy, even though the tribes
of Moreno and MATHEMATICIAN mobile
fratynDl-may congregate at Washing
ton and give you the "tips" gathered
from all the unconsidered trihes OF
curbstone and bar-room gossip.