Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-23
The Merry War.

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but there. as here, the war is all
on one side.
The provisional government is
surrounding itself with sand bags
and defying the United States to
come on. At home Senator Hoar
is furiously assailing the admi-
nistration for having already
gone on and engaged in war.
The only parties to the controyer-
sy that seem to be entirely in-
active are the President at Wash
ington and the United States
Minister at Honolulu. Neither
one. as far rs can be learned, has
raised a hand to do any of the
dreadful things they are defed to
do on the one hand and denounc-
ed for having done on the other.
The organs that have been
assailing the President for his
supposed action in Hawaii are
already beginning to hedge.
Finding that he has not done the
things they accuse him of doing,
they now declare that he meant
to do them but was unable, and
that now his real policy never
will be made known. This is in
anticipation of the message which
the President is likely to send to
the Senate very soon, and in
witch, there is no doubt, his
policy and the reasons for it and
all the instructions given in ac-
cordance, will he distinctly ex-
planned.
To those whose ideas of nation
al dignity rise above the petty
view of paitisans, and who have
tried to deal with this matter on
ly in accordance with truth and
Justice, there has never been any
obscuritv as to the Hawaiian
policy of the administration. The
only positive act which it has
commanded, was to carry out the
order of the previous administrat-
ion which had not been obeyed
to terminate the unauthorized
protectorate established over the
islands by Minister Stevens.
This protectorate was expressly
disavowed by Secrets Foster,
but was nevertheless Z .intalned
until the arrival of Mr.. Blount,
who carried instructions for the
naval forces to return to their
ships and the re-setablishment of
the Hawaiian sovereignty.
No doubt it was expected that
the provisional government. es-
tablished by this armed inter
vention, would fall when its sup
port was withdrawn, and that the
native constitutional government
would reassert itself. But this
did not occur. and it is perfectly
clear that no attempt of any kind
has been made, lsince the enter
prise of NJ. Stevens, to dictate
to the Hawaiians what form of
government they shall establish
or maintain, The ridiculous dis
play of warlike preparations re-
ported from Honolulu is merely
an echo of the partisans clamor
that has been raised in the United
States.
The annexationists interpret
this clamor as an indication that
annexation is popular here, and
that if they can keep up the agi-
tation they may secure the exe-
cution of their plans in spite of
the objections of the administra
tion. As matter of fact, all this
wild talk has little or DO reference
to annexation. 1t is simply op-
position to the administration,
and If it were Mr.. Cleveland
instead of Mr.. Harrison. who bad
tried to absorb the friendly power
through a hasty treaty with
COMMITTEES Of foreign residents.
the present opposition would be
just as violent.
We have no doubt all tha
the whole affair viii right itself
in time and that the President $
sound American policy of nom
intervention viii be justified and
approved Meanwhile it seems
to us that this nation has larger
and more important duties on
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