Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-29
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Some E1glisLmen are gentlemen By ma
tuYe, education, and experience. They re-
spsct the rights Of others. and never make
The mselyes offensive by intruding them
selves where their presence is not wanted.
AMI where they cannot justly claim the
right to 60. But there i another kind OF
Englishmen Of very different characteris-
tics. These are constantly prone to make
themselves cfensive to others BY their super
suficiency and their intermedding with
other peoples affairs. These more general
" had their birth and early years among
those termed in England, - Of the second
or third clsss. If they have prospered 10
their worldly concerns BY favorable citcum-
stances and their active pursuit Of gain in
other lands than their own, they put on
aristocratic airs and assume tone OF SUI
periority over their equals or superiors who
are not their countfymen. A striking
specimen If this latter type OF
Eog,ishmen Is the T. n. Davies, recently
arrived in Washington to instruct American
officials what they ought to do ~ to the
Affair." Of Hawaii. This man il the pflnci-
pal member of mercantile firm that has
been for twenty years doing busiaess 1t
Honolulu. Davies has made most OF bis
wealth through the favorable conditions
created by the reciprocity treaty between
the United States and Hawaii. The terms
and Intention Of that treaty when negotiated
were expressly to secure the imports
ton into the islands of the products and
goods of the United States in exchange
for the Hawaiian products. So far Is pos
sible Davies has sought to deprive Amer
can, Of the advantages of the treaty, while
constantly greedy to share the advantages
which it has given to the business and pro-
ducts of the islands. He has done and is
doing bis utmost to drive Americans out of
the Hawaiian markets by the sharpest
kind of British competition. Not this
alone. The Pearl harbor concession to the
United States was part of the consideration
the United States was to have for the IA
vorable terms Of the treaty to the islands.
Davies has, through the Hawaiian newspa-
pers and by all means in his power. sought
to prevent Pearl harbor being taken and
improved by the United States. As the
agent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and
of line of Pacific steamers running in
connection with that road, he antagonizes
American interests to the utmost. Several
years since he resumed his residence in
England. where he resides the larger por-.
ton of the time, and where he has been and
still is a kind of guardian and custodian Of
the so-called Princess Kaiulani. 1t is
pet scheme of Davies to have the Hawaiian
monarchy restored and to have his half
caste ward placed on the little throne. He
knows the amount of corrupting patronage
there was around tt q. throne in its last years,
and he selfshly calculates that il he can be
influential in plotting against the provisional
government, thus greatly reducing the
American influence in the islands, and aid
in getting his ward princess installed in the
palace at Honolulu, he will be the power
behind the doll monarchy and mainly die
tate the palace power. This little scheme
converted into fact, he thinks he could
readily obtain the diplomatic office at
London by which he could secure &C.
cess to the English court, and gain the
kind of aristocratic acceptance in London
society, from which he is now rigidly ex-
cluded. OF extreme vanity, pretentious to
repulsion among men of modesty and good
manners. he thinks he can 60 to Washing
ton and air his self-importance by call
ing on the head men of the Ameri
can government, though he does not
dare assume any such attitude Of pre-
sumption and dictation towards the chief
officials Of his own country. 1t is to be
seen how far this ultra English antagonist
of American interests everywhere, this
bitter, scheming, enemy Of the American
colony in Hawaii, will intrude himself on
the President and secretary of state. Per-
haps the only rebuff this man will dull. ap.
preciate, would come from q vigorous APP
plication of well made boot toes though Il is
earnestly to be hoped that this last altefna-
tive will be avoided.
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