New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-15

undertook the. role of god among tho brown
Hawaiians, and nearly won over the native clergy
TO new church Of which he was to have con
stitutcd himself the divine guide and teacher.
With him divinity was an instrument OF license:
As for Liliuokalani, She Is such mistress OF
Discrimination that it is not easy to convince many
well-neaning people that she Is not the Christian
woman she has always protested to be The church
las never como in vain her for pecuniary aid. yet
she is known 70 have danced the hula herself and
to have maintained the institution az lolani
Palace Missionary work has thrived in the light
of her countenance-and yet her amours have been
and still are open. fragrant and notorious Az
prayer meetings she has been pious eXhorter
and at the volcano she made pagan sacrince 10
propitiats the deity Of the burning lake; When
the good women Of Honolulu called on her in j., .
body TO implore her not TO sign the lottery bill;
might give her strength to do her daty in the
sight of heaven and then che signed the bill
The rank Hypocrisy and half-concealed pagan an
FIN OF 1e h bpos, taa as eDdreJ
after year BY white population which sprang
from the missionaries Of the Congregations
Church. II is right to say thai no town IN srs
religious and moral than the white quarter OF
Honolulu 1t Is city OF churches. miss SONS;
societies Its bars are closed Sunday and there
are laws against many forms OF dissipation Whicn
pass unchalenged in the United States Under
ment might have readily prepared itself for the
revolution which brought the monarchy TO timeS
end.
It may be the fashion. here and there. to say
that the Queen has been badly treated but the
blunt truth about her is that she stood for lndecen
cy, paganism and commercial distress, and that
she deserved the fate that came to her
PUBLIC OPINION
Jypou the matter Of annexation public sentiment
on the islands is sadly mixed The better class
Of natives. men like Kalua. Kauhane and losepa,
have favored it from the start: but the common
run, though lacking in featy TO the queen,
rather side with the English. The llawallanss
antipatly TO the fallen monarch is strongly ex-
pressed. The feeln, il due TO the fact tha'
Liliuokaani is tho heress Of us'Irpation ana
not one of the Lords anointcd. The throne be-
longs to the Kamehamehas but it was taken
from them by fraud and chicane. of which David
Kalakama was the first beneficiary. To give him
the crown. Queen Emma its rlghtful owner was
thrust aside. and the ancient royalty was forceu
into private life. Although its only sirvival Is
found in the Honolulu saloons. where the last OF
the Kamehamehas seeks solace in the flowing
bowl the native rabble is true ~ It's memory;
In srte Of his heather sacrifices and studied gooi
fellowship Kalakaua could never win the llkin-
Of his brown-skinned subjects. When he mad"
coronation journey through his little realm
they received him with scowling inhospitality, but
whenever Queen Emma travelled the same roma
fees and the hula dance. welcomed her az ever
village and crossroads
II would seem natural rhnt u poph1,ion
strongly opposed TO the ey-sOverpign wOnll SIDE
with those who had wrought her downfall; bnt
the Hawaiian does not like the Americans. pos
sbv because the ruling missionary class has
abridged his liberty and tabooed his ancient Gus,
toms This feeling has been artfully cultivate!
by the Englsh who hoped 70 get some political
benefit from it when the inevitable change IN
government came. II need not he thought, how
ever that the Kanaka, on account Of his prre1n-
dices. will over become 2 disturbing factor IN a
new citizenship here. lie is too inert. Years
nj characteristics
he said that no had never but once seen kanaKa
doing anything. aud then he was falling on
AMONG the hslfcaste IIawaiitns who have
gained wealth and prestige from the monarchy,
there il a variety Of opinions about an American
alliance These people have thrved on primes
fayors They have received lands, money: titles
and decorations and social place which they
could not have mounted to without the ana or a
royal ladder Annexation means the loss OF these
good thing in large degree, and the supremacy
of the mi ssionary crowd On the other han'i
cxtravagance has nearly ruined IN" encounters
in property and purse. and unless American nuy-
ers can be found for their mortga2ed estates tfey
will sojn have 20 work for a living Their theory
is that annexation would bring BOOM boom
would make a market for land and the rise In
selling prices would put them on their feet again.
For these reasons they are hating between two
opinions. but generally cCntcnt to receive
whatever may he In store for them.
IL Is an TO suppose that the sugar interest