The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-16

Trinidad"
mo, indeed. could not endure IL to
cut myself off from the whole civilized
world in that fashion. shall live there a
few years, aud afterward | shall come and
40. shall start in the spring, IL the war
in Brazil is over. That has delayed the
from starting this fall"
The baron's kingdom will he about 90
square miles in extent-not 50 bad, by any
means; not enough to justify the title of
emperor, nor yet, perhaps, of king, but
certainly enough to justify prince or grand
duke with II. X. II. before 1t. His royal
highness the Grand Duke of Trinidad would
not rank with great white car or the EN-
peror Of Germany. But he would be fully
as lofty as the Prince of Monaco, or the
Prince Of Lippe or Lichtenstein, or any of
those little kingdoms which have to ask
permission of their neighbors when their
soldiers wish to have target practice.
1t is interesting to think what will come
about should Mr.. Flagler's son-n-law thus
make himself one of the sovereigns of the
earth. Will all the nations recognize himY
VIII his father-inlaw become one of his
subiects2 If his people should some day
revolt and wish toestablish republic, will
he, holding the titles to the land, order
them Off? And will they go or will they
send him2 There are absolutely no prece-
dents in this case. Other men have stepped
into Kingdoms already manufactured Bar
on Harden Hickey will manufacture his
own kingdom.
Aside from his present enterprise, Baron
Harden-Hickey is very interesting man.
He comes of one of those Irish families that
fled with the Stuarts to France and be-
came Frenchmen. He is a poet, novelist,
| journalist, duelist, soldier, sailor He has
known poverty, and he knows what it
means to enjoy great wealth. He has been
everywhere and has done almost every
thing, and yet his appetite for adventure, for
hardship is unsatisfed. He was educated
in the College of Jesuits at Namur, Bel
GUM, and afterward at Leipsic, where he
learned to fight duels. When he was 10, he
entered the French Military school at St.
Cyr, but left when his father died in 1875.
He devoted himself to writing and to the
study of sculpture. Beginning with 1876
he published many novels and poems.
In 1878 he started in Paris royalist
journal-Le Triboulet-and for 10 years
supporting the claims of Count de Cham
bord. he fought many duels aud endured
the continual harassinR of the republican
government. The Boulanger alliance OF
the Count de Paris Disguised him with
French royalty, which, as he said, never
could hope to do anything in France again
He abandoned his journalistic work and
took passage in the Astoria for sailing
voyage around the world. He visited China
Japan and India and in the last country
became Buddhist-not an esoteric Bud
dhist after the manner of the Blavatsky
cult, but "a believer in the teachings Of
Buddha as wise and pure man, with nc
esuteric nonsense.
Three years ago, while in New York look
ing about with some idea of endeavoring
to evangelize America into Buddhism, he
met and married Miss Anna Flagler. Since
then he has been in the orient again and
has only returned here to set on foot hi:
Trinidad scheme. 1t may be that Baron
Hardcn-Hickey' Buddhistic beliefs will
largely influence his plans for the new king
dom.-New York World