The morning call., 1895-01-21

will not go well with Mr.. Cornwel1 should
he again set his feet on the shore of his
adopted country protected by nothing more
than his loyalty to the old regime and his
rights as an old resident and large property
owner. He has reasons for believing that
he is very much wanted by the Provisional
Government Just now after the excitement
of the last attempted revolution. In fact
the present powers that be in Hawaii sus-
pect Mr. Cornwell of having shipped arms
and ammunition to the Royalists since is
arrival in America five weeks ago, a sus-
picion which he repudiates with scorn.
Still, Mr.. Cornwell is a loyal Royalist.
He grew up that way. His vast fortune in
sugar plantations, cattle ranches and cash
on hand was built up under the benignity
of the crown. He is one of the "oldest in
habitants" in Hawaii He went with his
parents to the islands in 1856 and has lived
there ever since. In 1889 he was elected to
the House of Mobiles. On January 10,
1898, he was appointed Minister of Finance
for the kingdom by Queen Liliuokalani.
-Four days service embraced his career as a
Cabinet officer, and then came the revolu-
ton. On January II Liliuokalani was de-
posed, and her Ministers went out of office
with her. Since that time Mr.. Cornwell
has attended strictly to his own business,
cherishing the while a kindly sympathy
for the natives and their cause, attempts to
aid which have been several times made
and lost. In an interview last night, while
speaking about the last attempted revolu-
ton, Mr.. Cornwell said:
"The situation on the islands was very
serious at last accounts. The uprising was
not a general one. I have been informed
that the royalists were forced to fight be-
nate that it was ever attempted, for many
lives will be sacrificed. One can only sym
pathize with the poor Hawaiians, for the
Government people will now shoot them
down like dogs. And for what? For try
ing to wrest their country and homes from
the men who stole them. | believe that
many of the prominent men at the head of
the present Government would be only too
glad to put the country back where it was
on the 10th of January, 1893. The pros
perity of the country is virtually dead for
another year.
'That the present Government continues
to be unpopular is an indisputable fact,
and it always will be unpopular with the
Hawaiian people. It is impossible to fore
tell what will come next. One thing is
certain: the natives never Will be friendly
to the present oligarchy nor in favor of an
nexation to the United States. The ex-
Queen was dethroned by a few dissatisfied
whites, assisted by the American Minister,
Stevens, and the United States troops
from the warship Boston, and / can assure
you that the natives never will be satisfied
until they can have a voice in the govern
ment of their own country, be it as a re-
public or a monarchy. The present Gov
eminent has virtually disfranchised the
natives. The oath required of them is one
that they will never make, namely: never
to support or recognize the claims of the
ex-Queen. They are a loyal race these
Hawaiians. They are kind-hearted and
generous, and have my sympathy. They
have failed in this, their last attempt to
regain their country; but know they will
keep on trying. Such men as Thurston
taught them the art of revolution In 1887
and we have been having revolutions ever
since, and will have them so long as the
present Government is in power.
"Under the ex-Queen's Government, !"
Mr.. Cornwell continued, 1--WE were a pros
porous people. With the good feeling ex-
tended to US by the United States in the
way of a return of duties on sugars, many
American, English and German operators
have become wealthy, but, regret to say,