Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-10-09

measured by the standard OF men
earning an honest living what do
they amount tor Now pray. what
practice has any one of them ever
had in the essentials, which
form the absolute measures OF
a governing pozeri
1t is past nv comprehension
that men OF ordinary good sense
In other respects can under any
circumstances be CALLED into aak-
nowiedging the present status
quo. as Republic. but they seem
10 hsye done 50 and ii Is with
this I have to DO. They lave
proclaimed the thing to the
world and President Cleveland
has recognized it very much in
The same sense as woman says
to her husband I'm going to the
theater and you can go If you
please" and for the stks OF peace
the poor devil submits. Right
here IS where the present oligar-
chy is Brought face to face with
serious things which could not
have been obtained had The monar
chy been letalone. Certain Treaties
have been made between Eng
land, France, the United States
and Japan OF the utmost import
auce. The United States Fede-
raj Courts have decided that a
solemn treaty between their coun-
try and another does not amount
to a hill of beans. On their own
heads be the consequences of that
shameful decisions. but other
countries OF older standing than
the United States look with
other eyes on solemn engage
ments, and they are liable to ask
awkward questions.
The full force of these awk-
ward questions is now confront
ing the Government of this still
born Republic.
The U. S. Senate has by vote
passed its protest to the effect.
that any interference in the Ha-
waiian Islands by any other
nation will be considered as un-
friendly to the U. S. To any
f, fairminded person the absurdity
OF sucn a resolution is self evil
dent. SO far as my knowledge
goes the ohly agreement between
the Sovereign power of this
country and the Sovereign power
of the Z. s., is that this country
may not enter into treaties with
other countries which are mimi
cal to the treaty with the q. S.
so far, well and goodll But now
suppose Japan or England or
France. finds that this country
violates the treaty existing be-
tween the one or other of them
and in order to compel this coun-
try to respect their treaty, they
are forced to the ultimatum RE-
spect that treaty or take the con-
sequences where does the reso-
luton of the U. S. come in? Hare
they The right to force the decisions
of their Federal Courts on other
nationss Most decidedly not And
hight here is the nut this auon-
dam Government has to crack
this is the reas, for the half
hearted recognition of the U. s..
and the non-recognition of either
France, England or Japan.
There is not the slightest doubt
in my mind that the above mo
mentous question is at the pre-
sent moment subject for diploma
tic correspondence between the
Governments interested and l am
of the opinion that the ultima
tum arrived at will not be pleasant
for those who run the present
Government of Hawaii. The
whole resolution has been a Sc
rious blunder and the longer it
goes on the worse it will get and
if those in power would only con-
slider their best interests / mean
their pockets, they will get out
on the best terms they can and
let as have the quiet and peace
that all are craving for.
Another point it is we'll to con-
slider; surprising the Dole Go
vernment to be sincere In desir-
ing annexation to the United
Sfafas and fh.4 NJ H.tch 20,