Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-05
WILL RESIST WITH BLOOD.
What a Longtime Resident of Homo
lulu Says of the Situation.

A letter from Honolulu, brought by the
steamer Australia, which arrived in San
Francisco November Is, was received in
New York Saturday and published in yes
terdays Tribune. 1t was written by Bev-
erly Thomas, who has lived in Hawaii for
a number of years, to a friend living in
New York. Mr. Thomas is thoroughly con-
versant with the Hawaiian political sit
uation. The part Of the letter bearing upon
Hawaiian matters is as follows:
You ask me to give you a clear statement
OF the situation in these islands. and to
state my unbiased opinion in regard to what
will be the outcome Of the struggle to es-
tabhsh a republic here. This is a hard
thing to do at the present time. for we are
all at sea as to what position the United
States government is going to assume to-
ward us. Mr.. Willis has just arrived and
presented his credentials to President Dole.
All sorts of rumors are afloat. One of these
is that Willis is going to assist that vile old
she-devil. Liliuokalani. to regain her throne
What lent color to this rumor was the land
ing of a number Of marines from the man.
of-war Philadelphia, and a number of the
boats of that warship, filled with men, all
or whom were heavily armed, were KEEP, i'm
the water all one night. At daybreak these
boats were taken back on board the Phila-
delphia. No one can tell what was the
meaning OF this movement. 1t was said
that the queens friends intended to make
an attempt to get control Of the govern
ment, and that the marines were to assist
them; 1t was discovered that the secret of
their plan had been made known: that the
conspirators were under surveillance, and
II was decided at the last moment to give.
up the attempt
Let me tell you that IL any attempt is
made to replace the queen on the throne
there will be bloodshed. We have now a
citizens guard numbering nearly 500 men,
and this guard will fight to the last to up-
hold the new government. We are now en-
Joying freedom and comparative safety
and II the United SAFES will only annex us
ana II 1t won't do that keep its hands Off
then We will become prosperous. Before the
provisional government was formed We
were like lot of slaves. afraid to open our
mouths. We were ruled by a car and he
was Claus Spreckles. The queen obeyed
his commands. and he naturally had a
monopoly of the trade. You know how he
lorded over every one when YOU We're down
here After the death of the old rum-soak-
ed King Calico" as we used to call him
Spreckles grip was frightened His dicta-
ton became unbearable, and the other mer-
chants of the islands revolted. Minister
stevens understood the situation here He
Is an honest man, and his report was a
truthful one. If Harrison had remained
President few months longer We would
have been annexed long ago
Inc Keeling here against President Cleye-
land Is very bitter, and Willis is looked
upon with suspicion. Only a few royalists
speak with any favor of the democratic ad-
mlnistration. A gentleman told me the
other night that Spreckles gave a liberal
contribution to the democratic campaierr
fund, $3o,WU, and that he was Interested in
a number of investments in whic 4 CIeye-
land and his friends are interested There
no mo- hs ii.
ident and compel him to help him. have
been democrat all my life and this kind
OF talk makes me blush with shame when
l think of the blunders the administration
is making. ~
L saw Minister Willis the day he landed
ana II am any judge of character he is a
very weak mana man who would be will
Ing to bind himself to any scheme no mat
ter how wrong 1t might be. dictated by the
people TO whom he owes his appointment
l think permanent republic will be estab-
nshed IN few weeks. and the queen will
then be forced to leave the island LII makes
me sick when 1 read in the American
papers so much gush about the old nag
She Is terrible old beast. People in tbs
United States know nothing about her 90.
ings-on. If L started in to relate to Won
one-half of the things she did while on tbs
throne your blood would curdle i'm vomr
veins. 'i
send this by the Australia l have inst
time to add a few lines. The marshal has
called meeting of the citizens guard
What is up i don't know L will lei Won
know by the next mail. Every man has a
Remington rifle, and is well supplied with
ammunition. VAIN