The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-11

again, although Liliuokalini has no
legal claim for compensation, the annexa-
ton commission, in the interest of har-
mony and to avoid the appearance of
harshness, secured the insertion into the
proposed annexation treaty Of clause
giving her an annual pension of $4,000,
and until she began to openly work for
the overthrow of the government the
salary which she had received as queen
continued to be paid to her by the pro-
visional government, and until Princess
kaiulani came to Washington to work
for restoration she also continued to
receive her former allowance.
1.-The ex-queen has twice applied to the
government for protection against sup
porters of the government whom she
feared might do her harm, one of the times
being while she was in the act of nego-
tiating with Mr.. Willis for her restora-
ton and the overthrow of the provisional
government. Upon both OCCASIONS squad
of police was detailed to guard hor from
harm.
The government has at all times been
willing, in the interest of peace, recogniz-
ing no obligation so. to do, to grant the
ex.queen an annual allowance, on the one
condition that she abandon her claim to
the throne and agree to keep the peace.
has been the bchcading proposition made
to Mr.. Willis, and continuous plotting
to overthrow the government, culminat-
ing in tho instruction last month.
Has any other government, great or
small, ever treated q deposed sovereign
with such long continued patience, for
bcaranco and courtesy?
CHARLES IL was decapitated on less PROV
ocation,
THE universally respected empcro- Of
Brazil, whose only fault was that he was
an emperor, was hustled out of Brazil the
day after the overthrow of the empire and
died in exile.
The great republic Of France considers
it essential to her safety today to keep in
exile tho Bourbon and Napolconic claim
ants to the throne of France.
'In another direction the Hawaiian gov
eminent has shown unprecedented moo
Grafton.
'ln times of revolution, of excitement
and transition, all governments, includ-
ing that of the United States, have as.
sumed as mn incident of sovereignty and as
"a proper means of preserving the peace
the right to exercise more or less control
over the press and the right of public
meeting.
"In this era of peace In the United
States tho police of Chicago and New
York do not hesitate to interfere with and
break up anarchist meetings The Wash
ington police last spring arrested the
Coxeyites for trying to hold a meeting and
pcaceably present a petition to remedy
alleged grievances. The police of Brook
Ign last week prevented by force the hold
ing of a mass meeting of workingmen in
pgblic square.
1.-THE governments OF England, France
and Germany exercise freely, and to a
much greater extent, the same power.
1.-THE provisional government and tho
republic of Hawaii have neither suppressed
nor attempted to control a single news
paper in Hawaii and have not prevented
the holding of single public meeting in
Honolulu. The royaists have repeatedly
awaited themselves OF the privilege to as
semble unmolested in the public square
and pass such resolutions as they chose
condemnatory of the governments; pro-
testing against annexation; against the
constitution and the republic, and declar-
ing in favor of the restoration of the mon
archy. The royalist press, from the relig-
ious monthly of the established church of
England, to anonymous circulars, have
been allowed unchecked, to advocate tho
restoration of the monarchy and to pour
out flood of abuse upon the republic and
its supporters
Zone of the serious features of the situ-
ation in Hawaii is that n number of the
leading insurrectionists are what might be
called professional revolutionists.' The
rank and 1are ignorant dIpes"
Mr.. Tlmrston then reviews Wilnoxs
career rs q conspirator, giving the history
of his plots against King kalakaua in tha
interest OF Liliuokalani, and OF his subie-
quent effort to overthrow Liliuokalani
and establish republic, and proceeds:
This is n fair sample of the material Of
which the leaders and organizers of the
late insurrection are composed. Most of
them are foreigners. Scarcely any of them
own any property In the country. They
ara men who have everything to gain and
nothing to lose by insurrection and dis
turbance. They are of the class and char
acter which furnished the communist in
Paris and the anarchist rioters in Chicago.
What is the government of Hawaii to dor
"There have already during its short ex-
istence been two domestic conspiracies to
overthrow it by force. Is the government
to condone every offence that can be CONF
mitted against government, and upon
capturing insurrectionists in the act of
shooting down its citizens allow them to
agGin go to repeat the operation at
the first convenient opportunity
How tho government of the republic
will solve the problem do not know. The
gospel of forgiveness and forbearance has
been practiced with apparently no SUCCESS
full result.
The men with whom the government
have now to denl have no comprehension
of liberality, of forbearanee or generosity;
they construe liberty to mean license,
ista 10 ma FOR Nd
for weakness
Whether in the execution of the trust
confided to President Dole and his advisers
they may deem that the future peace and
safety of Hawaii and lis people requires
the death of one or more OF those who