Evening journal., 1893-05-17
THAT FAIR PACIFIC ISLE
No Signs of Political Trouble
in the City of Honolulu.
THURsTON SUCCEEDS ], MOTT SMITH

As Minister to WashingtOn-As Honolulu |
Goes. So Go the Rest of the Islands. |
Situation There Plainly indicative of |
That ON other Islands.
SAN FRANcIsoo, May 17-The steamer
Oceanic arrived from Hong Kong and |
Yokohama, via Honolulu this morning. |
She brings the latest advices from the
Hawaiian Islands dated Ho onolulu, May
10, saying
"The shrill voices of sentries calling
the hour and announcing to the slumber-
ing people of Honolulu that all is well,
and occasional guards pacing to and fro
on their beats, are the only signs of po
ltical trouble in this city. AS Honolulu
goes, so go the rest Of the islands, is a
saying here, and the situation in this
city is plainly indicative of that on the
other islands. II is now a waiting game,
with both sides apparently confident and
saying and hoping that their particular
faction will win"
ThurstOn Appointed Minister to wash
1ngtOns
The most important event of the past
few days was the appointment of Lorrin
A Thurston as minister to Washington
to succeed J. Mott Smith IL has been
known all along that the position was
Thurston's and that he could have it
whenever he gave the word, and when
his acceptance of the mission arrived on
the Mariposa, May 4, he was Immediately
unnnfT1faT aud HE cf f1..I
on the Menowai, which left here May >
Thurston was chairman Of the commit
tee sent to Washington by the pro-
visional government to negotiate an an
nexation treaty and was practically the
prime mover in the revolution which de
posed Queen Lilinokalani
Other items Of interest and discussion
here have been the passage of what the
Royalists call the press gag law" and
the law prohibiting the possession Of fire
arms and ammunition The first men
toned law it is admitted by both sides,
is in the nature of special legislation and
is directed against the Hawaii "Holomua, "
a newspaper printed in both the native
and English languages, which has been
making bitter attacks against the pro.
visional government. It's editors and
hackers are unknown.
Names of Editors Must BE Published.
The law, therefore, provides that the
true names and abodes of all editors and
proprietors of newspapers shall be con-
spicuously printed in each paper, thus
locating the responsibility for such arti.
cles as may appear.
As the ex Queen is popularity supposed
to be one of the prOprietors the law is
Interpreted as measure to shut her off
from power to incite the natives
to opposition to the provisional
government. The other law provides
that any person having reasonable cause
to believe that arms and munitions of
war have been secreted for the purpose
of insurrecLion or for any other seditious
purpose may swear out a search warrant
and if such munitions of war are found
they may be seized and confscated by
the government
England Can Gracefully Take Possession.
On May 9th, there appeared in the
newspapers an advertisement to the
effect that on May 25 the first
of the Canadian Pacific new Aus
tralian line would arrive here
from Australia and would be followed
by other steamships in June and July.
By many persons mere this action is con
hlQefeu very slBulucanJ. Inc new steam-
ship line is thought to be more than
mere feeder to the Canadian Pacific, aud
those who claim to know say the estab
lishment of the steamship service is in
line with Great Britain's policy to con
struct travelling belt around the world
and that in case annexation is refused by
the United States, England can, with
good grace step in, and take possession of
the islands as necessary to the protection
of her interests here.
Another view Of the case is that the
new company is in the field permanently
as a competitor of the Oceanic Steamship
Company, and intend to make a bid for
the mail subsidy now paid the latter
company by the New Zealand govern
ment. The Oceanic Company's contract
with New Zealand is yearly one and ex
pires next November.
Minister Stevens has definitely an
nOunced that he will leave Honolulu fol
his home ia the United States May "a
He will leave the United States legation il
charge of Consul Severance.