Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-09
PRINCESS APPEAL.
Princess Kaiulini and Her Eng
lish Guardians Arrived at
New York.
She VIII Present Her Case to
President Cleveland at an
Early Day.

Princess Kaiulini, niece OF the
deposed Queen Liliuokalani OF
Hawaii has arrived i'm New York.
With her were Theophilus Davies
and Mrs. Davies, the English
guardians of tie princess, Miss
Davies and Wartoff, companions OF
the princess. E. u. McFarlane,
ex-minister Of finance TO the
dethrened Queen Liliuokalani, and
DR.. Mott Smith, present Hawaiian
minister to this country, went down
the bay on the revenue cutter Chand-
Ter 10 meet the young princess. They
boarded the ship Immediately after
she left the health officers boarding
station.
There was quite an army of curios-
ity seekers on the pier TO get a
glimpse of the princess. A suite OF
rooms was engaged for the party at
the Brevoort house, and they were
driven there Immediately after COM
ing off the steamship.
The princess is eighteen years old.
She is a tall, beautiful young woman,
with a sweet face and a slender
figure. She has soft brown eyes and
dark complexion, that mark the
Hawaii beauty. She had come TO
the United States, she said, more for
the purpose of learning and observ-
ing for herself the nature Of the
people who had been asked TO take
control of her country than to make
a formal petition for her crown.
THAT" she said, sis rightfully mine,
and If the Americans are the noble
minded people j have learned TO
regard them as, they will not be a
party TO the outrage by which | have
lost my birthfight."
In regard to her views on the vari-
Gus aspects the Hawaiian govern
ment is likely TO assume, Princess
Kaiulini referred to her guardian,
Mr.. Davies, but she issued the follow
ing address:
ITO the American people: Unbid-
den, Island upon your shores today,
where | thought SO soon to receive a
royal welcome on my way to my own
kingdom. / come unattended, except
by the loving hearts that come with
me over the wintry cas-. i hear that
commissioners from my land have
been for many days asking this great
nation TO take away my little vine
yard. They speak no word To me,
and leave me to find out as / can
from the rumors ofthe air that they
would leave me without a home or
name or nation.
Seventy years ago Christian Amer
lea sent over her Christian men and
women to give religion and ciyiliza-
ton to Hawaii. They gave us the
gospel and they made US a nation, and
we thus learned TO love and trust
America. Today there are three of
the sons Of those missionaries at your
capitol asking you to undo their
fathers work. Who sent them? Who
gave them authority To break the
constitution which they swore they
would uphold?
To-day, /, a poor weak girl, with
not one of my people near me, and all
these Hawaiian statesmen against
me, have the strength to stand up for
the rights Of my people. Even now /
can hear their wall in my heart and
it gives me strength and courage, and
| am strong: strong in the faith of
God, strong in the knowledge that |
am right, strong in the strength that
the 70,000,0 900 people who in this free
land will hear my cry will refuse to
let their flag cover or do dishonor to
mine
Mr.. Davies was delighted TO learn
the question of annexation of Hawaii
had taken a turn in the senate and
had been practically laid over for the
consideration OF the next administers
ton. 1--WE do not mean to get hear
ing with President Cleveland in any
official capacity" said he, shut sim
ply as private individuals. What his
dicision is will scarcely be affected by
our visit. The princess felt in the
face of the threatened annexation of
Hawaii by the United States she
ought to come here, where she could
directly what was the true sem
timent of the people. We will re-
main until after March 4. From
here we will proceed to Washington.
where We expect to see Mr.. Cleveland,
1T was only about eighty years ago