The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-11

there would oe nothing left but for Us
to put the eastern Islands into a bill
Of-saie treaty
''With these three great questions /
confronting us-the Nicaragua canal, /
Behriug Sea arbitration and Hawaii, T.
the last ready to drop into our laps +.
like ripe pear-we have need Of that
spirit Of manhood, energy ami eudur-
ance which was superbly developed
when We were fighting one another
with million men in the field. Then
We shall see the outcome OF the power
and spirit Of q great people on great
occasion. Let Us move 10 the 'front.'
RaiuIsni Wants "A Crown
New YORK. March - Princess
kaiulani, niece OF the deposed Queen
Liiiuokalani OF Hawaii, arrived here
to-day on the steamer TeutOuic. With
her were Theophilus II. Davies ami
Mrs. Davies, the English guardians Of
the Princess, Miss Davies and Miss
WartOff, the companions of the Prin-
cess. r. G. Macfarlane, eX-Minister OF
Finance TO the dethroned Queen Lili-
uokalani, and DR.. Mott-Smith, pres
ent Hawaiian Minister 10 this coun-
! try,went down the.bay on the revenue
cutter Chandler To meet the young
| Princess.
| She had come to the United States,
she said, more for the purpose of learn
/ ing and observing for herself the ma
/ ture of the people who have been ask
! ed to take control Il her country, than
/ To make formal petition for her
/ crown.
That" she said, is rightfulIy
mine, and il the Americans are the
noble minded people that l have
learned 10 regard them they will not
be party TO the outrage by which |
have lost my birthright.'
In regard to her views on the vari-
Gus aspects which the Hawaiian Gov
eminent is likely TO assume the Prin-
cess Kaiulani referred TO her guardian,
Mr.. Davies, but she issued to night
the following address:
''To the American People: Unbid-
den / stand upon your shores to-day
where | thought so soon To receive a
royal welcome on my way to my own
kingdom. | come unattended, except
by loving hearts that come with me
over the wintry seas. | hear that
commissioners from my own land
have been for many days asking this
great nation to take away my little
| NileN dlu. IiicN Sptsth ~ W OAu W AiAS
and leave me to find out as | can from
the rumors in the air that they would
) leave me without home or name OF
a nation.
) Seventy years ago Christian Amer
lea sent over Christian men and WON
! en- to give religion and civilization t
Hawaii. They gave us the gospel
They made us Il nation, and we learn
ed to love and trust America. To-day
f three of the sons of those missiOnar
les are at your capital asking you t.
: undo their fathers work. Who sen
r them? Who gave them authority t.
2 break the constitution which the,
r swore they would uphold?
'To day /, a poor, weak girl, witt
not one of my people near me, an
with all these Hawaiian statesme
against me, have strength to stand u
: for the rights of my people. Eve
n now [ can hear a wall in my hear
and it gives me strength and courage
Q and am strong-strong in the fait
1 of God, strong in the knowledge tha
e | am right, strong in the strength {
t 10000 900 of people, who, in this fire
d land, will hear my cry and will refus
t to let their flag cover dishonor
y mine?'
V Much Too T. retty.