The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-16
SATURDAY, SEPT. Is, 1898.
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If all the men who owe allegiance to
Great Britain could be taken out of the
Royalist propaganda here and corraled,
there would not be people enough left
to make a respectable crew for the
scow that will take the Monarchlst
relics up Salt river The entire news
paper staff of the Royalist party, with
the exception of one editor who
would swear allegiance to the Nawab
of Rampur for $50 in hand paid, are
English from the drop of an al" The
foremost essayist of the lost cause,
Theo H. Davies, is as English as the
tower of London or the river Thames,
and the first man we ever heard advise
restoration was the British Minister.
Then there is the Anglican Bishop,
withal. Even the men who were
accused of the late conspiracy had a
clear majority among them OF the
countrymen of Guy Fawkes Sur
rounding the late Queen, counseling
her, inspiring her, whooping things up
for her, are Englishmen enough to
consume all the "arf and arr" that ever
comes to Polynesia. Take notice, please,
that the STAR doesn't object to the
Engishman per Sc. He couldn't help
being born that way, and nobody makes
a better American than he who had
Britons for his great great grandparents.
The point is that the eWeHte against
Annexation and in favor Of the
"Oueen" is not a native affair at all
at least not in its origin, its trend or Its
goal The whole thing is bounded by
British ambition with the object to
maintain a dynasty which, in its next
estate, would put on the throne an
Englishmans ward, Kaiulanl, girl
who has been reared and educated un-
der the cross Of St. George and who,
if placed on the Hawaiian dais, would
have no more use for psalm singing
Yankee" than Theo. H. Davies woulc
permit - and would have a British
husband at her side to back the Liver
pool guardian up. Phebus, what q
prospect After one year OF Kalulan
it would be as difficult for a man tc
get into the palace who cannot say
"cawn't" with the Lrndonese accent
"dontcher know" as it was for the
scriptural emigrants who were tested al
the border line with the unpronounce
able "shibboleth"
Nobody can blame the Britons fol
doing all they can to get control here
It's their historic way and a might.
good way it is from their national pom
of view. Obviously the American
would do well to emulate them in thes
respects. What we protest against
the prevalent humbug about the nativ
share of the Royalist agitation. n
doubt great many natives have ta'le
in with the Englishmen, IN their passive
good-natured way, but they have n
more concern for restoration than the
have for the next change in the moo
g., f,nrh Mhn hare r
any pure native complaints about tn
way things go2 Where is the pur
native orator or writer nowadays' H
is as silent as petriied clam in matri
of primeval rock, while the Englishmar
the halfwhte and a bakers dozen {
beach-combers keep up the "noise an
shouting Of the captains"
The longer our new American navs
visitors look at the Royalist DUNN
with its feathered cloak and lels tn
more humbug they will see in it, Unde
the cloak is invariably red coat, an
under that are stout English ribs bui
up on roast beef and Southdown mu
ton. Scratch the creature and it wi
say damn" with the unmistakable az
cent Of that profanity which mad
Flanders shudder and gave the Frenc
followers OF Joan Of Arc the idea tina
England's vocabulary was confined t
one word. In fact the whole present
ment is British, and its howl for "nativ
rights and restoration" is the cheekies
thing ever heard this side of Man
chester.
THE news looked for by the Chin
on Monday next should cover Blount
report upon Hawaiian matters; tn