Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-12-08
WHAT is NEW?

ing to hear the oft repeated ques-
ton asked Any newsl' News OF
what! Mr.. Dole goes to Hawaii
he's scared. ". 0. Smith talks
on the street with a royalistl
he's frightened J. A. King goes
to Maui Royalist plots. Capt
Good goes to San Francisco sick
ness of the whole business is the
cause. p. c. Jones seen talking
excitedly on the street with a
fellow Missionary and the Go :
ernment's in a mess! and so on ad
infnitum. Did it ever occur to
the minds Of the miserable scrubs
who ask What new" that every
one of the above named gentle
men have a perfect right to go
where they please and when they
please as their business arrange
ments will permit
The trouble is, the wish is too
much the father to the thought
A little common sense applied
would stop all these silly ques-
tions and a little more wisdom
and discretion on the part of the
government side would prevent
the friction which is bound to be
displayed when distraint is re-
sorted to. This partial Republic
(for | can't call it whole one) is
struggling through breakers and
qaicksands and many of them are
the shortsightedness of their own
actions. One of its most foolish
actions was to place arms and am
munition in the hands of persons
who could use the same against
them.
Another sad fault has been the
stupid employment of persons as
spies in their cause, whose faces
they had never seen before and
whom they ought to have known
had they used the least business &c
amen could be turned against them
1t is very hard to review the
events since January 18th 1898 |
without treading on some peoples
corns and probably the better
heading for this article would
have been Recent events in Ha-
waiian History" but. still at the
same time facts are stubborn
things. | cannot and will never
forgive the undetermined trick OF
Stevens because no right minded |
man can countenance unfaithful
ness without stultifying himself,
but the fact remains-Stevens
did depart from the path of rec
titude and through that departure
we have now the Hawaiian Rep
ublic, and Mr.. Dole is the head
of it'll!
Voting and fighting or fighting
and voting has not changed the
fact it is there, and what arrant
nonsense it is asking whats
new" The answer is as plain as
a pikestaf', this is a Republic,
never submitted to free vote of
the people it is true, but it's there
Just the same if they 1.-THE govern
ment) have the sense to do Justly
and truly as they ought to do and
can do, if they will. But, and
this is a big BUT; petty spite
against free speech, petty annoy
lnce by spies; stupid interference
with the regular order of business
visions OF danger; and
n fact a host of other absurd
Kings which show weakness
'ather than strength will not
'alm down the friction now ex-
sting, nor will it add power or
prosperity to the new fledged Re-
public of Hawaii.
Serious breakers are ahead,
he Republic has not a treaty
With any foreign power, with the
destruction of the monarchy the
echnical existence of all treaties
eased and it would not surprised
ne to see even the United States
AXE advantage of the fact. In
let have reasonable grounds
,r believing that Mr.. Thurston's
Unfortunate protest will be one
Reuse used. q
But | am trenching on quest
ms that rar{aip IN Heu,,,'s g.