The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-05-18
THE HAWAIIAN SITUATION
Crisis Expected as the People Prefer
Monarchy.

A Crisis Expected as the People Prefer
Monarchy.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-Julius A.
Palmer, who went down to the Haw-
allan islands to investigate the state
| of affairs there as special correspon-
| dent of the New York Evening Post
three months ago, arrived here on the
Australia. He believes that there will
soon be crisis there and that the end
can only be the restoration of the mon
| archical form of government. He says
there never will be harmony until the
monarchy is restored and Princess
| Kaiulani placed on the throne. In
| giving his reasons for this belief he
says;
danger to the government. The first
| is that Secretary Gresham has decided
| that Bowler is not an American citizen,
| and Great Britain has decided that
Rickard and Walker are British SUBJ
| jucts.
.The greatest fear of the Hawaiian
government is Japan, and they do not
| scruple to say so. They are making
arrangements to get in 5000 Chinese
coolies and send away as many Japan
ese. The government, when the
Japanese coolies came in, gave an un-
derstanding that if Japan would supply
them with coolies they would employ
them. Now Japan will probably hold
that this understanding is being
violated.
1.-The third danger to the govern
ment party is in themselves. The
| democracy, or American League, is
taking umbrage at the new importa-
tion of Chinese.
1.-The financial condition is also one
| of the things that will bring on a
| crisis, May l the government adver-
tised publicly that no bills must be
paid except in three and six months
| credit.
"The loyalty of the natives to mon
| archy was never as strong as now. and
| it was the basis of the union of all par
ties in past years and there will never
| be harmony until that monarchy is re-
stored in Princess Kaiulani and that
| would make peace at once"
Colonel Volney v. Ashford. attOr-
ney-general of Hawaii, who arrived on
the same steamer, expresses similar
views:
"There Is a perfect reign of terror
in the islands. Informers are every
where. People do not dare to speak in
their own houses. There is every
where feeling of uncertainty, doubt
and impending danger and ruin.
"Those who favored annexation
have made up their minds that it is inn
possible. The missionaries. as we call
most of the political party in power,
have claimed to be in favor of annexa-
tion, but have never been really. The
real annexationists mistrust them
now.
.'As for the futurep Well, annexa-
tion is an impossibility, aud all are
agreed on that. Thurston has gone
back and it is publicly said that he is
going to propose the restoration of a
monarchy, with Kaiulani on the
throne.
"a republic seems an impossibility,
such large part of the population are
incapable of governing themselves.
As long as this so-called republic can
pay armed men to keep down rebel
lion, it will last, and no longer. What
they are talking of now, and want first,
is some sort of protectorate OF the
United States.
"They are afraid OF Japan, and then
they want some protection against any
other foreign interference. Then, of
course, what is next wanted is mon
archy. The natives are not all dis
couraged by the failure of the last
movement. They would gladly make
another attempt. / am not royalist
in principal, but under all the con-
ditions existing there, l think it the
only thing. A monarchy would unite
all the natives and be respected by all
foreign powers"