The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1895, 1895-05-21
Honolulu March Is.

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tho evening, the liquor saloons
were closed, all persons required
to deposit any arms belonging to
themselves with the government,
the courts we're suspended save
for civil business, the nineteen
rulers gave up their assembly room
for the sitting of court martial,
and the prison was crowded with
men of all nationalities arrested
without warrant and detained
without specific charge or pros
pect of trial
On March 4th, the b rs were
opened, ON the 9Th, arms taken
from residents were returned. and
by tho 18th all cases, 100 in
number, have been tried by the
court martial, adjourned sine die
and martial law is raised
There was but one excuse for
the existence of these two months
Of absolute suspension of personal
liberty. 1t is this: whatever is
published to the world, Hawaii is
| not and never has been even the
| semblance of Republic; it is
exactly the same military
despotism which twas the week
after the queens dethronement;
only this and nothing more; the
riot ut Waikiki occasioned by the
desire of the native party to
import arms, all those formerly
owned by them having been
surrendered in January, 1898, was
most eagerly embraced by the
ruling ring as the opportunity for
which they had long waited to
give their opponents renewal of
"a precedenti known in France
as the Reign Of Terror.
On July 4tb, 1894, taking ad-
vantage of the fact that public
salutes would be given to the
dawn Of Americas Independence
Day, with that fraud which has
characterized every public act Of
this oligarchy, they announced I'd
the world the evolution OF the Ha-
waiian Republic, terrorizing the
natives by the guns of the men
of war saluting in Honolulu
harbor, appealing to the sym
pathies of the civilized world by
sending broadcast copies of I
, document called the New Consti-
tuition Of the Republic of Hawaii
They then went Though til.
farce of an election, and sem
abroad list of nominal!y chosen
legislators. Note well, this wal
nearly one year ago, when thu
queen was urging her partisans tt
abide by the decision of The
United States in whose mediator,
offices she had never for momen
lost her faith.
Having done this, thes self
chosen nineteen arranged theil
comfortable chairs around thu
deliberative halls, and sat there
drawing fat salaries, making
restrictive laws, commissioning
foreigners as consuls of thu
republic, importing munitions o
war, besides spending Leisure
moments in figuring up tn,
probable profits on sugar, or tn
effect of private letter to al
eastern friend on such topics a
would help their allies in on
National Congress. Every statut
is still designed, debated, passed
or rejected by the original pro
, visional government which whee
, died the Calling guns from tb
queen, This has never bee
otherwise.
Do they publish this to tn
world? Oh no, nor did the.
ever tell the brave story Of tn
man who held possession If tn,
royal arsenal while they wer'
quaking in committee room
who refused for the twenty-fou
hours to entertain any proposition
from her, who finally said tina
only on the autograph order o
his royal mistress would b'
surrender as much as a cut.ass
that they then commissioned on'
of their own number to Obtain
this precious bit of writing, after
wards repudiating their contrae