The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-31
VIEWS ON THE ISLAND.
now THE SALVATION ARMY rs SOW
POLLUTED.
The Editor of the War Cry Tells His
ENperience-soIid for Annexation
Churches, Etc.

Editor Nlilsaps Of the Var Cry arrived
Yesterday morning by the Australia from
Honolulu, where he went about two
months ago, accompanied by five other
Salvationists, for the purpose of initia
ting the Islands to the tenets of the
Salvation Army.
The editor has come home full OF en-.
thusiasm for the Hawaiian Islands and
all the people thereof, down to the very
Chinese coolies whom he declared to be
far superior to the common or San Fran
cisco coolie. without exception we met
with the warmest and hospitable set of
people, he said 1--WE were kindly re-
ceived by all classes, without regard to
politics. President and Mrs. Dole travel
around the | lInds, and at Hilo, where l
gave talk ON the salvation Army in the
| church of the white people, they were
very courteous and kind and came with
the rest of the town to the meeting.
When asked what was the church of
the white people + litor Milsaps replied
| that he believed it was the Cougrega-
| tional, but that all denominations of
Evangelcals worshipped together in the
same building. 81 cannot describe how
kind and gentle all sects and conditions
of people were to us. We opened our
first meeting in the town of Honolulu,
and they came in crowds and listened
respectfully. There was not the faintest
| hostile or discourteous demonstration,
and before left slxty-one had professed
conversion. Twenty of these were
Kanakas, eight Chinese and the rest
whites.
after being in Honolulu three weeks
we secured, partly through the kindness
of friend there, commodious and
roomy headquarters near the junction
of King and Fort streets, in the town of
Honolulu.
"Adjutant Egner, Mrs. Egner, Cap
tain NJ. E. thinner, Lieutenant LETTERS
and Sister Viola, who went with me
/ from San Francisco, have remained
there and hope soon to establish other
stations in different parts OF the islands. y
The editor in his travels, which eX-
tended from Olhu to Hawaii, seems to
have grown more enamored of the
country at every place he visited.
"rhere is great deal more talk of war
and revolution outside the Islands than
there is in Them" he said. Il do not
think the army numbers more than l25
soldiers. Those people want to be an
nexed awful bad. OF course there is a
party opposed to it, but it seemed to me
there We're more people for it than
against it. ~
Another subject on which the Saliva
ZIONIST proved to be ent usastic was the
tract OF country that it is now being
opened as a coffee district, between Olaa,
on the island OF Hawaii, and the volcano
of kilauea. "It's the most beautiful
country ever put my eyes on" he de
clared, enthusiastically "MIost OF the
settlers seem to be Americans of small
means. The Government grants them
iif y-acre tracts at IL so per annum an
acre. They take the land on a lease OF
\ thirty years, and have to clear and cul-
tivate it. The probability is, however,
hat a law will soon be passed by which
the settlers can buy instead of leasing
the land, When | was down there
there was Government Commissioners
investigating the settlement, which is
RAPIDLY increasing"