The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-18
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HawsiEans TO Force Gfeveiand's Haud-
Engisnd Ready TO Amer.
J. i. Gait, Of the firm OF Gait Bros. t.
Co, who, accompanied py his wife, left for
Honolulu on November rs. has written an
interesting letter, dated November 80, con-
corning affairs on the islands to his
brosher-in-Isw. George X. Carter. Hawaiian
counsel in this city. In IL he says:
@The provisional government Is well
prepared for all emergencies and. while
they will not attempt light against the
United States should Mr.. Cleveland insist
on restoring the queen, yet they will make
enough resistance without firing 10 compel
the snarlss 70 use force, which viii then
make IL an act of war, for which Mr..
Cleveland can be irnpeachcd II he takes
this step without the sanction OF congress.
III the queen gels back II IL believed that
British force from the man-of-war Cham
piOn will be landed at once and the queen
will put herself under British protection.
England will not give fig for her treaty
with France, but wo1id probably
call O conference TO make a set
tiement, and there would be
repetition of the Samoan difficulty. There
was rousing mass meeting held last Sat
urday night and some fine speeches were
made. Il. c. Jones, your brothers old
partner. addressed the meeting and among
other things said Cleveland had been pre-
viousiy elected on the plank OF the three
.R's'-~Rum, Romanism and Rebeilion-
and he is now dealing with three KS again
the restoration Of rotten royalty
About as strong q remark was that sniade
by Hatch when he said Cleveland had no
more right to undo the acts OF BENJAMIN
Harrison than be had those OF Abraham
Lincoln. President Dole has had letters
from men in the United States Offering to
raise a force of over /, 700 men. armed and
equipped and bring them down here to
fight against their own country. If Cleye-
land insists on such an outrage"
Mr.. Gait is evidently much in love with
the islands, for he writes concerning the
climate and vegetation:
Honolulu. with all its beautiful foliage.
green grass, tropical trees ana plants. is a
charming place. Ii certainly is para
disc. and / would like TO live here if |
could so arrange 1t. We have already had
tarrow cakes. baked tarrow. poi, guava
Jelly, guava jam. guava whip. baked
bananas, pineapple. strawberries, miiiet
and all the good things which the mere
mention of makes ones mouth water"
In going to Honolulu Mr.. and Mrs. Gait
took the steamer Warrimoo from Victoria,
but Mr.. Gait declares he will come back
home by some other route. In his letter
he writes that after leaving Victoria they
almost persisted from cold. and when they
wanted fire one of the officers said:
''oh. you'll be down in the tropics in
three or four days and you won't need
any Ere theni"
That part of Mr.. Cats letter referring
to his experience on the Warrimoo reads:
"0ur stateroom was so cold we almost
froze to death, and We could get no salts
faction at all. The first night we were all
sick. We rang the electric bell repeatedly,
but got no reply, and in the morning we
found the bell was broken, but through
out the whole trip they would not Fl * it.
the table set was abominable. None of
the officers did thing to make the pas
so much paint, dirt and stuff fying around
that the passengers could not find COM
Portable place on deck. | would carry the
baby through the saloon and Mrs. Gait
would come staggering after me with her
arms full of heavy blankets for the deck.
Although she.passed rightly stewards and
officers not one OF them would deign
very iii and we called In the ships doctor.
who advised change of food ana ordered
the stewardess TO prepare 1t. As she either
forgot 1t or was in no hurry, the baby had
10 so hours without anything. 1t was a
most horrible trip AMI the treatment we
received was, In my opinion, almost GRIM
inal. We arrived here yester-
day tFriday) at dsybreak and Immediately
called in DIR. Trowseau to see the baby.
As soon as he saw il he said it was starv-
ing. That is now an easy thing to remedy.
as IL has not gone too tar, and already he
looks and feels better"
Mr.. Carter says that n good many men.
learning that he was the Hawaiian consul
at this port, have called on him TO inquire
concerning their chances for enlistment as
provisional soldiers. lie has told all such
applicants that, as far rs he is aware. the
provisional government has all the troops
IL needs and all 10 wants.