The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-15
THE QUEENS SECRETARY.
He Says LiliuOkaIani Is Much Abused
Woman.

The Heralds dispatches of Sunday
contained a brief interview with E
IL English, ex-secretary TO the depos-
ed queen of Hawaii, and now residing
in Denver. A recent number of the
Republican makes the gentleman say:
In the first place that revolution was
effected by thirteen men out of Homo
lulu's population, backed. Mr.. Stevens
TO the contrary Notwithstanding. by
ESQ marines and two Calling guns
trained on the palace gates 1 know
this to be true, for on the night when
the revolution was effected, / saw these
men and guns stationed by United
States Lieutenant Lucien Young oppo-
site the palace in the rear of the opera
house The American property which
these men were ostensibly put ashore
to protect was half a mile away in
another part of town. As Commits
siOner BIount has said, the soldiers
were in a bad place to protect prop
erty and in a good place to scare
Queen LiIiuokalani. But this is all old,
no doubt
There will be rejoicing in Hawaii
when this news is received The Amer
leans in Honolulu will be disappointed,
and I suppose we cannot blame them.
All The rest of the city, and most as
suredly all the rest of the island will
be glad. The merchants, aside from
the land-owning Americans, want the
queen restored. I could name you a
large number of them who are op-
posed to annexation most bitterly. An
neNati0n would boom land values and
so work rich benefits TO the descendants
Of missionaries who have bought shame
fully cheap all the land of the natives
The HawaiianS are an exceedingly
open hearted, generous, simple people
If you were to express admiration for
anything owned by q native he would
Immediately insist on giving it to you.
a good many Americans really have
not had the heart to refuse, 1 grieve
to saw.
mo outrages have ever been perpe-
trated by the natives. People Go not
lock their doors at night in Honolulu.
The natives are to be trusted They
want only TO be let alone and are will
ing that the United States should con-
troll the islands. as has been done for
many years, by virtue of commercial
supremacy. That is the best way after
all.
For my life I cannot see why the
United States wants the Hawaiian is
lands tt may be because I am an
Englishman, but, frankly, it seems TO
me that annexation would prove a
burdensome movement What does
this country want with a coaling sta
ton stuck 1000 miles out there in the
ocean, away out of the track of United
States lntercontinental traffic? It
would cost more to protect the islands
than they are worth, particularly
when they practically belong Ia the
United States now
Great Britain maintains great
fleet in those waters. Should Hawaii
be annexed, the United States fleet
would have 70 be increased there more
than the strength of the navy can af-
ford. Besides that annexation by the
United States would be almost 8 casus
belh between England and France.
These two nations now have a treaty.
based upon the neutrality of Hawaii.
That neutrality wiped out, ships and
soldiers would be sent in great num-
bers into those waters and. Well.
there would be war. Hawaii annexed
would not be a strength to the United
States 1t would be a weak spot de-
handing protection.
Professor Alexander, see. predicts
bloOdshed in the event of Queen LiIiuo-
kalani's restoration He doesn't know
anything about it, He has spent the
years shut up with his books, and is
not safe guide in questions of this
kind. There will be no bloodshed.
Take away the marines of Lieutenant
Young, and the thirteen revolution
lists cannot DO much
Il want to say word about the
character of Queen Liliuokalani. She
is a much abused woman
All the calumnies that have been
utterd against her are false, | am
sure She is good woman of inteIli-
gence and education She has a re-
markably soft and winning voice. she
chooses her words elegantly and | tell
you that any average man who calls
upon Queen Liliuohalani in the expec-