The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-03-03
THE QUEENS ENJOYS.
Interview with Mr.. Neumann in
Chicago - He Denies Sundry
StOries
(ChicGgo Times, Feb. IT,

In order to display for inspection
the other side Of the Hawaiian an
nexation question Paul Neumann is
at present scurrying across country
to Washington as fast as the powers
of steam can carry him, He took
Chicago at stride, barely deigning
to pause for breath at the worlds
fair city. Reaching the Union depot
at 4 o'clock by Burlington train he
merely paused to cast his valise up
on the bosom of Pennsylvania
sleeping car, and then was whirled
away to the east. In his convoy is a
prince of the blood royal, own
nephew to Liliuokalani, the Lilly of
Heaven" as also of the Sandwich
Islands. The prince, who appeals to
the greatest of the republics on be-
half of the least of the monarchies,
bears the name of Kawananakoa,
and mitigates the burden by affiliat-
ing himself to Christianity under the
first name of David. The latter is a
stalwart, thickset youth of dusky
complexion and Is summers, who, in
spite of his surroundings, affects fin
de steele civilization in the matter of
dress and accent. On the few occa-
sions when he opened his royal lips
yesterday he spoke in polished, we'll
modulated English, without a sus-
picion of Kanaka tinge, and seemed
wholly capable of assimilation to
latter day requirements. Paul Neu-
mann himself wears q considerable
shock of gray hair, through which,
in moments of agitation, he is wont
to run his fingers. Probably he
would confess to 45 years. In all his
lineaments he bears the impress of a
man who has looked the world in
the face and caught it's true inward
ness. An inelfable shrewdness char.
acterizes his expression and features
Ex-MINIsTER MAcFARLANE IN THE PARTY
1t is obvious at first sight that
should a conflict of testimony or
opinion arise in stating case to the
Washington authorities the commits
sioners of the provisional govern.
ment would find him a dangerous
antagonist. With Mr.. Neumann and
his charge is Z. G.. Macfarlane, ex
minister to the queen in an early
stage of the session of the last par.
lament. Albeit he possesses no off
cial status in the eyes of the mon
arch of Hawaii, his counsel as tc
matters American and knowledge O.
offairs Hawaiian are regarded as Of
prime Importance by Mr.. Neumann
Mr.. Macfarlane's immediate objec
in visiting these shores is, however
connected with private business il
New York and st. Louis. He ha
been further delegated by severa
prominent firms in Hawaii to watcl
the progress of events in their in
terest.
Hope of retaining for the presen
the status quo has by no means lief
Mr.. Neumann with the president
declaration in favor of annexation
He believes that the feeling in favo
of that movement has been stimu
lated by a one-sided representation
of the state of the case. He is her
to call upon the American people t.
listen to the other side, and he is O
opinion that when the case is fairl
stated it will be seen that no small
injustice has been done to Queer
Liliuokalani. He boldly announce
himself as the most advanced annex
ationist in the islands, but avow
that those who have come to tn
front to demand annexation posses
no claims to recognition. Neithe
the time nor the methods adopted
he conceives, are appropriate to an
neXation. He is here more to pre-
test against the commissioners thai
their object. He denounces them a
disappointed place hunters, VIII
have chosen revolution as the las
desperate means to gain for them
selves political power.
At the outset he spoke bitterly c
an alleged newspaper which publish
ed fictitious interview purportin
to be with himself, but having n
origin in fact.
81 want to say right at the start,
he said yesterday, "that the Chicag
Herald has published whole strin
of misstatements about me. | wa
never interviewed by represent;
tive of the Herald, and yet | see a
interview published this morning i
it's columns claiming to be with mi
1t is fake all the way through.
know there are lot of things pull
lished that | never thought of, an
| am morally convinced that m
friend Mr.. Buck never made use {
the expressions attributed to hin
o AS an instance Of the malicious al
s surdity of his tale, he said we wei
4 in no hurry to get to Washington
That is wholly untrue, and Mr.. Buc
never said SO, as he is reported t
have done. We were delayed /;
Terrace, just outside Ogden, in I'll
snow, for three hours while the
were clearing the track. We mac
no intentional stop. Though | hol
the Mystic Shrinists in great respeo
n we never attended their ball and II
yer thought of doing so.
o Further than that, there is 1
truth in the story that | am Spree
els agent. was never even his a
torney except when called in to a
sist his own lawyer. | have no co
h nection with Spreckels of any so
in this expedition. | do not eve
know his status in the question