The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-21
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own country had compelled him to
come. After some not unnatural
hesitation the Queen gave an I'M
qualified assent in writing to the
conditions suggested for her accep-
lance in the name of the President
of the United States. The members
of the Provisional Government, on
the other hand, have positively re-
fused to acquiesce in his decision.
The President, it is hardly necessary
to say, has no power to impose that
decision upon either party. He can
not use force without the authority
of Congress, and to Congress he has
now RENTED the whole subject for
determination.
What the ultimate issue OF the
matter may prove to be, il is not
easy to say. While Mr.. Thurston,
the revolutionary leader, declares
that there is no risk of disturbance
pending the deliberations of Con-
gress, the dispatches of Mr.. Willis
Indicate the existence of very dan
gerous state of things in Honolulu.
The Provisional Government have
thought fit to distribute arms freely
amongst their supporters, whether
Americans, foreigners, or natives,
and Mr.. Willis says that many OF the
persons so equipped, like children
with new toys, are eager to use
Them They are, he continues,
without intelligence or restraint, and
they have no property interests in
the State. Accordingly they are liza
BILE TO act at any moment and To
break into b.violenco." In these
circumsta nces, it is satisfactory to
know that a naval force is available
sufficient for the adequate protec.
ton of the lives and properties of
the British inhabitants. II is pro.
bable, too, that the risk Of violent
attempt upon the Queens life, al
though appreciable, is not serious;
but it is al once ludicrous and signi.
ticant to find that the American Min.
lister relies upon the telephone from
Her Majestys house lin Washing.
ion-square" to his room for her
protection. Although Liliuokalani
was doubtless well advised in ulti.
mately accediug to the terms pro.
posed to her by President Cleve.
land, il cannot be denied that tn,
objections which she originally urged
against them have good deal oI
force. la the dramatic conversation
reported by Mr.. Willis she exhibited
acuteness Of understanding as vel
as queenly dignity Of a really strik
ing kind. She declared that tn,
lives aud properties Of the rebels
we're forfeited TO the law, and tina,
by the law she would abide. aud she
justified her refusal To attempt {,
evade its severity by asserting thai
the revolutionists were the enemir.
OF the Constitution Of lSSI, ant
that there wouli never he peac,
while they were there" The fact
rs Mr.. Blount's most interesting re-
port demonstrates, is that there ar,
two parties in Hawaii with interest,
so entirely opposed as apparently I,
ice irreconcilable. The white mel
have been struggling and intriguin,
for years to destroy the power Of tn,
far more numerous native popula
ton, and to exploit" both then
aud their territories Cor tho advan
tage of the foreign element. Thi,
policy has been steadily pursued fol
u long period by very discredtabl,
and INSCRIPTIONS means and with Q
very large measure Of success. Tn,
natives, however, possess consider
able degree OF intelligence, and som,
twelve years ago patriot" Minister
named Gibson undertook to teacl
them how to employ their numeri
cal superiority in constitutional
way. The effect was attended b,
onl y partial success, as the white o.
so-called "missionary" party out
manGuvred the natives. Still, ever
under the constitution OF 1887, tn,
natives managed To secure a create
amount Of power than was agreeable
To the whites, and it is to this cir
cuinstance that the revolution is (,
be ascribed. II the monarchy i
restored, there is now an undoubt u,
risk Of an absolutist reaction il
favor Of the natives, who love tn
dynasty and do not care for tn
constitution. u, on the other HAND
no restoration takes place imme
diately, the Provisional Governlnen
is certain, according to Mr.. Blount
To go to pieces very shortly. II can
not last, he says, il unsupported, fo
more than a year or two at the cut