Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-21
HE AIDED AND ABETTED THE
TROUBLE IN THE SAND
WIUH ISLANDS.
The American peopieWtli Endorse
the Presidents Action When
They Know the Facts
Letter From For
Eaer Mexico
Citizen.
Correspondence of the LEDGER.

and lately mucn advertised CoIner VI
the world would be interesting to
your readers. Doubtless your in
dividual readers have each decided
to their own satisfaction the moment
GUS question-to us poor Islanders
AS to whether we should or should
not be received into the sisterhood
of States. AS to our fitness for such
a position, those who have never
visited these Islands may picture to
themselves something like this:
A group of five Or six Islands lying
IN the mid-Pacific, the nearest
foreign port being San Francisco,
21OO miles away the total popula-
ton being about 10000, and made
up of Chinese, japanese, Portu-
guese, Hawaiians or natives, Ameri-
cans, English, Germans and a few
other scattering nationalities. In
numbers the natives, Chinese, jap
anese and Portuguese largely pre-
dominate. OF these four predomi-
nant races it is my belief that the
native is the best educated and the
superior in manly qualities of the
other three. Very nearly all the
Chinese, japanese and Portuguese
have been imported, under labor
contracts for the plantations, and
are of the most ignorant and un-
desirable class of their respective
countries. To talk of giving the
franchise to these people far out
does the Scriptural parable Of the
pearls and the swine. The natives
are a kindly and generous people,
and their easy going disposition has
too often been taken advantage OF,
and their lands and homes taken
from them under the guise of friend
ship and religion. For although
the early missionaries did a great
and noble work here not one out of
a hundred of them failed to line
their pockets we'll, and the choicest
lands and ''kuleanas'' are in the
possession of their descendants to-
day. There is a great cutlery about
the morals of the Queen Liliuokal-
ani-that "she has favorites," that
"she is going back to idolatry,"
and so on. l do not pretend to be
All authority on morals, or an ex-
pert on religion, but | know it to be a
fact that up to the day of the revolu-
ton, not one of these highly moral
individuals but what would be de-
lighted to visit the palace and bring
his wife and daughter and sister to
meet this ''immoral Queen" There
hadn't been any religious revival
going on here about that time, and
Just what woke up these moral
heavy guns doesn't seem very plain.
1t is the firm conviction here, among
those who care to know, that
Minister Stevens aided, abetted and
helped to start and carry through
this rumpus. 1t is my firm belief
that without the landing of the U.
S. troops the revolution would not
have been successful. Mr.. Blount's
report seems to an humble observer,
who has seen it all enacted, to be a
true statement of the case. 1t has
always been my pride to call myself
an American and the American
people will endorse Cleveland's
policy when they learn the true
facts of the case. 1t would indeed
be a queer proceeding should the
United States absorb this group and
then disfranchise the natives. Yet
if they are allowed a vote the
proposition of annexation would be
knocked in the head by a large ma
jority. If we are taken in by Uncle
Sam, the party now in power,
through Stevens influence: would
be showed under at the first cleo
ton by overwhelming numbers, and
that the ringleaders dread as much
as the monarchy. Many people
here are afraid to speak their opin-
ions On these subjects because a GER
tain clique of the missionaries, their
decendints and their followers are
so intermarried and bound together
that criticisms of their acts or opin-
ions are followed by dismissal from
employment or loss of business
There are business men here who
have been assessed repeatedly large
sums of money to keep up this pres
ent state of armed possession, yet
these same merchants are not in
favor of the regime, but for policy's
sake dare not say so. 1t is reported
to-day that Minister Willis, Stevens
and Blount's successor refuse all
social calls and entertainments until
the matter is finally settled.
FORMER MEXICO CITIZEN.