The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1895, 1895-05-23
Hawaiian Discomfort
Elements of Discomfort, -Atti-
tude of the Races, = A Bri-
fish Protectorate, Treasury
Statements. e4
Honolulu, MARCH 2.

,ossip aud rumor, To listen on
he street corner, or take notes
where men do ccngreg to, were
me moved by such evidence. is
tn be convinced that the revolu-
lion is yet to come. The few ma
ives who made the recent riot
we're only so many school-boys
vho shook the tree before the
ie'r WIS ripe. The great nebulohs
mass of the Disconnected still re
wolves on it's own centre increas-
ng In volume and acquiring
1lidity as it is segregated from,
he present government Of Hawaii
The head that wore the crown
rests on its pillow far easier thar
san eyer lie, save in one construo
on OF that word, the power
which snstched away the sceptre
II royalty. More and NOR
leniency is shown to Liliuokalan'
She is now allowed t. walk through
the grounds Of that which was
once Iolani Palace. providing hel
1romensdcs are not taken befor'
tour in the afternoon and arc
united by a radius terminating
It one hundred feet from th.
pen grating Of the fence. Hel
friends believe that far NOR
iberty, nothing less than pardo'
or permission to return to hrl
private residence has been off red
to her, but she has not only re-
fused, but has dared her captor'
70 send her to share the impri
sonment or exile Of her adherents
dding that she would willing
20 into durance vile. or accepi
general amnesty, just which
night be the universal fate. /
is not the queen as a person ianc
thus sim lar to the presence q
the first Napoleon in Enrope)
which constitutes the menace y
the peace OF Hawaii. The cas-
is this, FIR seventy years royalt
has been the basis of union to o.
nations and all parties in thes
| stands Less than ten years az
Chief Justice Judd, son of til
missionary Of that name, in &
.trong words as could be use'
boosted of the consummste cut
cess of ito conservation; yet, tb
VAS during the Kalakaua dynast,
the same which is now depose
nd mal,gned. It is the loss I
a point Of union which precip
tates anarchy.
To brifley state the POSITION
each. one of the elements 6 verne
10y the nineteen men in powe
those of the native race have
feudal or tribal pride in the COZ
soiousness OF possessing a chi
of their own color Is this not tr'
with other aboriginal peoples7 I'll
Arab or sheik or Indian sache
may be a savage but could "
sopplant his authority with tn
of q philanthrepist? The Chinej
owe their Hawaiian prosperity
the monarchy; for the two yea
just passed the existing govern
,pent has been forced to curb tn
prosperity in oruer to pl'catep
arge middle class of whose su
port their oligarchy had dire nee
Ignorance exaggerates its ow
Importance, so that now lar|
Numbers Of men of this GLASS
each of whom the sugar barol
hand d a musket during the la
disturbance selsmor, for the
share of the victors' spoils. Fac
man assumes that Mr.. Dole wou
not be president today had
not been for his individual ai'
The Japanese are sensitive to tt
least offence, and care not no
soon a national quarrel 10 pre-
voked. The bettor class OF Eu
ropsans are disheartened at Ii
scarcity of money and the insecu
rlty If Investments, and whatevt
may be their politics, these max
no secret Of thor hope for th
permanent protection of some on
of the great powers.
The veKed question Of annexa
ton TO the American Unto
presents squal perplexities; whs
Their the powers that be still wis
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