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was for Mr.. CLEVELAND TO order our naval
commander to land his forces, capture
all the oficers and men" Of the Pro-
visional Government, and turn them over
| 10 cher Majestys Government TO be dealt
| with by a court specially appointed for that
purpose" This court lie calmly explained
| TO Mr.. WILLIS would he "a court under
martial law"
The plan, therefore, was to slaughter
| these Americans summarily, and thus hui
| namely save them from the agonies Of
| suspense. Mr.. CLEVELAND would capture
and bind them, the drum-head court mar
tial would promptly condemn them to
| death. and then Grand High Executioner
WILSON would cut their heads OF. The
scene would be bloody aud heartrendlng.
but 1t would soon be over.
The exact method by which the beheading
would be done. whether by the axe, the
sword. or the gullotne. was not explained
by Mrs. DoMINIs or her paramour. Cousid-
ering that the number Of captives to be be-
headed would be large, probably the inten-
tlon OF the Grand High Executioner was to
use the sword. An expert Chinese heads
man will cut OF hundred heads In about as
many seconds. The condemned are made to
kneel In a line their hands are tied behind
their backs and then this functionary
whisks of their heads in a jiffy proceeding
rapidly from one to another. and doing the
Job In each case with single stroke Of his
terrible weapon. In Wholesale executions
like those proposed to Mr.. CLEVELAND by
Mrs. DoMINIs and Paramour WILSON this
Chinese plan is probably the best that
L. IV -,
capture the Americans at 10 o'clock in the
morning. They could at once be brought
before the already organized court martial.
and having been caught In the act OF re-
bellion against Mrs. DoMISIs they could be
condemned In a lump and In few minutes,
and by II o'clock WILSON could easily have
their heads of. As compared with this
summary method Of execution. chopping
their heads of on a block with an axe. or
beheading them with q guillotine. one by
one. would be a slow and tiresome process.
The sooner they were out Of the way the
better 1t would be for Mrs DoMINIs. So long
as they were above ground she could have
no chance OF reigning over Hawaii.
What would be done with the slain after
their heads had been discovered from their
bodies Mrs. DoMINIs Is stickler for the
traditional fashions OF Hawaii. and 1t may
have been her intention to eat them. The
ancient custom OF her people was to devour
the hearts and livers OF warriors slain in
battle; and doubtless In her magma
nmity she would give even to Presi-
dent DOLE and his American followers
the distinction Of being warriors and
entitled to such treatment after death. 1t
was customary also to reserve for the chief
the left eve OF the victim OF a human sacri-
flee. as an especially choice delicacy. though
when the great warrior KAMEHAMEHA
l. died In 1919 the assembled subordinate
chiefs deliberated over the advisability OF
eating the whole OF his body. LILIUoKA-
LAM would probably expect at least the
left eye OF President DOLE. Another
Hawaiian practice was to collect and keep
the bones of the slain as trophies, after
they had been picked clean. manufacturing
them into fish hooks or arrow points. with
which to shoot mice. q favorite diversion OF
the olden time.
II Mr.. CLEVELAND should succeed by Sc
cret strategy and closet conspiracy In put
ting Mrs DoMINIs back on the throne as
his sense OF justice" requires undoubted-
iy she will carry out her original pro-
gramme Of beheading her enemies. He
had no more right to impose conditions on
her than GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has. Her
promise OF amnesty was wrung from
her under duress. and she could justify her
self in disregarding 1t. Besides. as she said.
she must execute the laws. and SIR. CLEvE-
LAND can neither make laws for her nor
abrogate laws already existing. He has no
more right to interfere with her as a Queen
than he has to interfere with Queen VIC
ToRIA In the execution OF the laws Of her
kingdom.
Evidently Mrs. DoMISIs is set on behead-
ing the Americans in Honolulu and confis-
eating their property; and IL she gets the
chance. she will do It..