The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-01

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dence that l did, and knowing what
90 know / certainly do not regret /
There Is a great deal OF humbug /
this world, and Mr.. i. satisfied IL
the full extent by working up the Idle
that Mr.. Stevens was an hour too 500
IN recognizing the Provisional Gov
eminent. Columns of newspaper al
t1cles have been written on IL wit
the result that the American publ
are satisfied that he was not an hou
too late. That is what the publ
knows now for the other side.
"To my certain knowledge, he col
lected more solid information on tn
subject OF our Jurisprudence, our sys
tenn Of land titles and tenures, ever
| going SO far back as and so deep a
into the intricacies of the mahal,
award. Following up the subject, b.
brought TO light the fact Of the actua
amount OF land awarded TO the peopI,
as compared with the amount awarded
to the chiefs. Not a detail was omit
ted. Then he took up the subject o
races and their ability to appreciate
the franchise. Following this, he
studied the health problem, visiting
the hospital personally. Educa-
ton, too, he has not omitted, the
Il
creeds receiving careful consideration.
4 Then coming TO the more material in
terests at his request careful and eX.
haustive statistics were prepared as to
the ownership of property, indi-
vidually and collectively, who paid
the taxes and by nationalities, the
probable effect of Chinese and Japan
csc immigration, our labor laws and
| other important subjects too numerous
Il f. l. l..
| man say that they will have no bear
! Ing on our future relations with the
United States? / have not lost faith
In the man, and it is not wise to look
on our side only of a man or move
ment of so much Importance tc-.5-
'ica or HAWAII.
"You mention that if Mr.. Gresham's
letter and instructions are followed
out we shall be in trouble or perplex-
ity. Did it ever occur to you that Mr..
Willis may have had instructions to
deliver or withhold his letters of Gre
dence to Mr.. Dole as he might find
the circumstances warranted? Events
have shown that he did delay in the
delivery. When he did the act was
final, as by his subsequent remark,
"My relations with the Provisional
Government are unchanged" Anne
rican diplomats abroad have never
yet carried the title of perfidies so far
as my reading of American ,diplo-
macy goes. 1t has proved that it
verges on the line of cultivated hon
esty. Mr.. Willis proved this when
the ex-queen applied to him for pro-
lection by referring her to the Pro-
visional Government and like a gen.
tleman Offering his services as a
private citizen to secure her the re-
quired aid, and the eX-queen is now
under the protection of this Govern
ment.
"You will, perhaps, ask the question,
why dwell so long on these matters,
and L can only reply that it is to
the Hawaiian question is not being
treated lightly either here or in Wash
ington.
~ know you will ask one more ques-
ton, and that is, what about Ores
hams letter? All it would be safe for
me to say is the public have answered
it, and President Cleveland reserves
his opinion. The Provisional Govern
ment has come to stay, and in the
meantime is a very interested OBJ
server of President Cleveland's opin-
ion and the action of Congress-"
This matter has given us all a
great deal of consideration, and
while L am only voicing my own
views In the matter, 1 feel that 1T Is
due to the Advisory Council, and
perhaps to those of the public who
are interested in this situation, that
some statement by an individual
member of the Executive Council,
who has given it some thought and
r,oIrht not No ont nf
place.
/ look upon this whole movement
which was inaugurated not only last
January, but which dates many,
many years back, as one of closest
relations to the United States. 1t is a
national matter-it is not a matter
confined to a particular party or to a
particular faction-it is a question
that effects every man, woman and
child in these Islands 1t even goes
farther than that, and perhaps that
Is one of the reasons that the United
States have been slow to act, because
il is such a new departure in their
foreign policy to take the Hawaiian
Islands as part Of the Great Repub-
lie, but / think in all their relations
with this country they have shown
discretion, they have shown kindly
feeling, they have shown sentiment,
in every way that can be evinced,
towards Us.
What the present situation may be
with the heads of the government
at Washington, we have no right to
say that we know their explicit views
now until we have heard from them
definitely. To-day after thinking
over the matter have written a
letter to gentleman in San Francisco
who has taken q deep interest In this
matter, and if you will allow me, MIR.
President, to read it as being simply
NV own views, / will do SO.
I feel that where the American
public has taken the interest that
they have in us, no act Injurious to
ms will be allowed to be commenced
against u.s. We are safe IN the
hands of the American Republic to-
dav. American is written from Bird
Island to the extreme limit of Hs-
wall. You cannot touch a spot on
Hawaii but it is American. 1t is
American in sentiment, it is Ameri
can in progress, it is American IL
everything. You cannot drive u
not