Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-02

equally unsatisfactory 10 ua and the
Representatives Of the provisional gov
eminent. our position II peculiar
one. Popular government Il oui q this
question and stu popular government
In some modified form IL the only
thing that will safety our people.
Most OF us are agreed That we would
get the best results from u government
similar TO that which England gives
her colonies.
"people must not think" continued
Thurst0n, "that the natives Of Hawaii
are opposed to the proposed ACTION OF
the provisional government In seeking
protection from the government OF tho
United States. Many natlye3, IN fact
u large majority, never have been Ia
sympathy with the native ruler Rnd
only the clique that lived aud grew
rich on the iRvOrs OF the dcpOsed queen
have any serious objections 70 the pEO.
posed government. The reports OF the
recent revolution have been very &C.
curate as far as the details are con-
cernrd but no Idea can be given 10 the
people living In the United States Of
The fllmsy excuses and sub,erfuges by
which the queen sought TO force the
new constitution on the people that
would make her n despot with more
power than the car u Russia ever
oovo'ed. IL their plans had been sue.
cessful the white people would have
been forced 20 abandon their Interests,
and would have been absolutely com.
PEELED TO leave the Island"
CANADA HAS A WORD TO SAY.
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. H. Senator
Mclean tonight asked parliament
whether the Canadian government
had impressed upon the imperial au-
thorilies the vital interests Canada had
In the maintenance OF the political
Independence OF the Sandwich Is.
lands now In n state Of revolution and
for the ANNEXATION Of which islands
n motion was now pending hefOre the
United States Senate. Sir John
Thompson replied that communica.
tions had passed between Tho, British
and the Canadian authorities Ia recent
years In regard 10 the importance OF
the Hawaiian isles an possibls station
In connection with the telegraph ser.
vice and Canadian interests which
involved the Independence OF their
country. Respecting the recent move.
ence passed between the Canadian and
her msjesty's government, partly DO.
cause the latter was we'll aware OF the
Importance Of the interests involved,
and partly because as he had reason TO
understand her majesty's government
was alive TO their Importance ms re.
CARDS Canadian and other interests OF
the empire In those Islands.
ENGLAND WILL NOT OBJECT
SERIOUSLY.
BosTos, Feb. Joseph N. White,
prominent business man who lett
Honolulu January i.h, says:
"rhe English colony, through small
numerically, assumes great strength
because OF Its open sympathy with the
natives. They are In favor OF the
native government and did not aid
the propagation OF American ideas. In
plain words II Is this: The English
are working slowly to the end that
England may get the Islands and she Is
bound to get them II possible on ac-
count Of their strategetio valuo."
While In Honolulu, White mot
among other prominent gentlemen
Commander Macarthur OF the British
war ship Daphne. White asked the
commander II no imagined England
wouli object II the United States titled
to get the Islands. The captain said
he thought England would rot ser.
iously object.
HAS THE QUEEN CHANGED HER
MIND?
LONDON, Feb. 1.-The Hawaiian
charge d'afiairs has received no dis.
patches from Hawaii 10y way Of New
Zealand, although the Alameda ar.
rived at Auckland from Honolulu. and
he IL OF the opinion that the Queen
has changed her mind about the ap-
peal TO Great Britain, and has sent n
statement to Washington which will
arrive ON the next steamer at San
Frnncisco.
VERY LIKELY.
BERLIN, Feb, l.-lnquiry at the
Berlin foreign Office in regard TO the
attitude OF Germany ON the Hawaiian
situation ELECTED u semi.Olliclal reply
TO the effect that Germany at present
was passive, but II the United States
should annex Hawaii, Germany
might demand a slight compensation
elsewhere.
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