The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-22

he experiment would have failed in
he outset. During the reign of ka-
mehameha ". a reactionary tendency
began to show itself among the ma
lives, and the former good understand
ing between the races began TO De
Impaired. One cause of this was the
Withdrawal OF the American Board OF
Missions 1t was a fatal mistake. |
THUS passed away a class of white |
linen who were unselfishly devoted to |
the interests of the natives, and who |
possessed their confidence. They act |
4 ed as mediatOrs between the natives |
and that portion of the white popula-
ton which had less regard for their
rights and welfare.
"Another cause was the premature
extinction of the order of chiefs, who
were the natural leaders of their race,
and whose part could not be filled by
plebeians or foreigners. The scourge
of leprosy, which has compelled the
enactment of severe segregation laws,
has helped to widen the breach be-
tween the races. The consequences
were seen in the lawlessness and race
hatred that broke out in Lunalilo's
reign"
THE EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT.
"Will you briefly sketch the reign
of Kalakaua?n
"During Kalakaua's reign there was
an extraordinary development of the
resources of the country produced by
foreign enterprise and capital, and
large increase of the foreign element
in the population. King Kalakaua,
however, seemed to consider himself
as merely a Hawaiian chief, and to
regard the white residents as alien in
vaders. His object seemed to be TO
change the system of government into
an Asiatic despotism like that of Jo-
hore, and to deprive the white race in
time of all voice in its administration.
He made systematic efforts to dcuIor-
aliZe the native population, by the re-
vival of sorcery, by removing the pro-
hibition of the sale of liquor to the
natives, and by fomenting race hatred
and jealousy under the guise OF ma
tionaP feeling. He abused his APP
pointing power without stint, and
packed the Legislature with subser-
Went office holders. He employed car
pet-bag adventures and renegade
whites as Cabinet Ministers to carry
out his schemes. At last his conduct
became so infamous that an uprising
in 1887 of nearly the whole population
of every nationality, together with
the better class of natives, took place.
1t compelled the King TO sign re-
vised Constitution which put an enc
to personal rule, and gave the white
element voice in the Government
By this instrument the administrator
was placed in the hands of Cabine
responsible only to the Legislature
while Office holders were made lnel1
BILE to seats in that body. The remain
ing three and half years of his reigI
teemed with conspiracies and intrigue
to restore autocratic government, IL
which his sister, the ex-Queen, 1
known to have had an importan
part"
"What of the ex-Queen and the las
revolutions"
NEITHER sPECULAToR NOR PIRATE
"Grave apprehensions were felt a
her accession to the throne, which
were partially relieved by he
promptly taking the oath to maintain
the Constitution of 1887. In her puD
lished statement she affirms that sh
signed it unwillingly. The Suprem
Court decided that the late Cablne
expired with the King. This gave he
an opportunity to dictate terms to tn
incoming Cabinet and to secure COZ
troll of appointments. Her first cor
dition was that the notorious favorite
G.. 3. Wilson, should be appo1nte
Marshal, with control over the whol
poIice force of the kingdom. He SUI
f. rOunQeQ Will gang ~. Ni'
reputable characters, and associate
openly with notorious opium smut
giers, while opium joints, gamblin
houses, etc., fiourished with the cor
niyance of his police. At the sam
time, he was known to have more ii
fiuence in the administration tina
any member of the Cabinet. III
Queen then formed an alliance wit
the agents of the Lottery Compan
by which she expected to concllia
the support of the unthinklng pop'
lace and secure a revenue independeI
of loans. The proclamation OF de
MOTTO constitution in which the whit
were to be disfranchised would nav
completed her scheme, and was e.
pected to be popular with the maJo
ity of the natives.
tgThe revolution has been fully vi
Dictated by the dispatches OF Mlnlst
Willis, lately given to the public"
such is the verdict of as honest
man as ever lived. He is neither
"speculator'' nor a pirate" 1t M;
he our mission to restore com
onera monarch, that she may brands
her royal snickersnee over the hea
of the Doles and the AleXanders
Hawaii, but /, for one, think I
limited States would do well TO co
sult their own history and mind the
o1.-n business. KATE FIELD.
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