The herald., 1895-08-02
HONOLULU THE BEAUTIFUL
A City of Progress and Pros
perity
TIE AMERICANS IN CONTROL
SpreckIes Not So Much in Evidence as
Formerly
Tale Of q Traveller Well known Among Los
Angeles Prominent Citizens Who
Has Just Returned.
TIE AMERICANS IN CONTROL

|. A. Lothian, resident m ember Of the
firm of W. p. Fuller & Co., in company
with F. W. King and Charles Marston,
returned from a thirty days trip to Hon.
olulu yesterday. The party sailed from
San Francisco June p and landed in the
same port upon its return on July %. In
describing the voyage. Mr.. Lothian said
that after the first twenty four hours out
the Pacific was as quiet as the surface OF
mirror. and that after three days out
not a sail nor any living thing appeared
above the broad horizon to vary the
monotony OF the trip. At three days
distance the land birds deserted the ship
on account of the warming atmosphere
and returned. The party spcnt sixteen
days in Honolulu ani the domain OF her
deposed majesty, Queen Lii.
The pressing need of those ISLANDS, F"
observed Mr.. Lothian, sis foreign pro-
tectorate. 1t is the thing hoped for by
the inhabitants, and the one thing which
will give industrial prosperity and gov
ernmental stability to them. The admin
istration in the hands of President Dole
is wisely directed ana quito satisfactory,
but the thing those people are looking for
is the steadying hand OF powerful ma
to entertain confidence in established con-
ditions and give them a status before the
world. At present the republican form
OF government. substantially like our
own, is somewhat tentative in character.
1t Is expensive to maintain because it is
new and because it is opposed by vast
majority of the total population. the
local conditions make its perpetuity de-
pendent upon the maintenance of a strong
military and police force.
The affairs Of the islands appear to he
wisely administered from an industrial
standpoint, and spirit OF enterprise and
contentment obtains in commercial cir
tion of the defunct monarchial regime
mixed with Japanese intriguers aad
Euro pean political .adventurers, The
strong majority Of the citizens engaged
in trade and enterprises are emphatic in
their expressions of desire for.au Amer
lean protectorate.
Mr.. Lothian is well acquainted in the
islands am ong prominent merchants. and
gives it as his opinion that almost the
entire foreign trade of Honolulu is with
the suoast cities of California. MY
house." said he. sends a travelling rep
resentative to the islands twice a year,
and it is probably safe TO say that nine
tenths of the foreign commerce of Lil's
late domain is related directly to Amer
lca."
Speaking of miscellaneous observations
made upon his trip Mr.. Lothian said
The climate of that country is sim ply
perfect. The thermometer shows little
variation from the Los Angeles register.
but the atmosphere is slightly moe hu-
mid. Frequent showers occur, rendering
the appearance OF the landscape brilliant
with luxuriant verdure. The hotels are
we'll kept, the public buildings creditable
and the parks and public gardens ricn in
tropical flowers end foliage and evincIng
an advanced knowledge of the effect of
landscape gardening"
Asked if he saw the deposed ebony
queen who lately directed the destinies
Of the islands, Mr.. Lothian replied III
the affirmative. ''She is confined. I"
said he, sin apa,tments OF the govern
ment bnilding, being attended by servants
and officials BETTING an inca:cerated
monarch. Her face may frequently be
where she delights to tarry to be looked
at by her passing admirers.
The great cause of unrest in the poit-
ical status OF the islands" said Mr.. Lo-
THAN, is the studied intriguing of the
Japanese. These little fellows are the day
laborers, skilled aborers ana ward poll
ticians of the islands. They are every
where present and make themselves an
imperative necessity to the preservation
of the local status quo. They, of course,
desire Japanese control of the islands,
and are doing all IN their power to bring
about this result. They arc far superior
to the natives Of the islands and by rea-
sons of their own great bers can and
do exert powerful influence in its af-
fairs"
There is one thing that | want to i'm
press upon you" the speaker remarked, i,
land that is the fact that America MS
arc practically dominant upon the ISL
ands. notwithstanding the tact that there
are only about five thousand Americanss
in Honolulu, as against $4,000 people of
other races and nationaliries. nevertheless
that small minority controls the army.
the police, the fire ana educational de-
partments of the city and is the source
OF its mercantile life.
Speaking of Spreckels Mr.. Lothian OBJ
served that since the queen had been di-
vested of her regal obarcaer. the head of
his possessions in Hawaii and betaken
himself to Europe. At the present time
none of the sugary family are upon the
islands except the belligerent and way
ward son. The elder Spreckels' family
stood very close to the administrative
head of affairs during LilPs regime, and
her downfall has led to the withdra wal
of the sugar magnate ana the settleme ent
of his interests upon his heirs. At pres
ent the chief interest of the industrial life
of these luxuriant islands is centered in
coffee production. Experiments thus far
made justify the. expectation that in the
near future they will become as famous
IN this industry as they have been in su
gar production.
The Topeka pension agency during the
year which ended July lst, paid out $14,-
800 0S3. The agency sends checks to
every state and territory in the union ex-
Alaala MlsanIIri drama