The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-06
Theo. H. Davies Publishes Some
Facts.
HIS INTEREST IN kAIULANI
Letters In Her Behalf-Minister Mott
Smith Appealed to-LoyaI to Ha-
waii - No Interest In Factions.
Allegiance Is to the Nation.

In an interview with TheO. ii.
Davies, on the evening of his ar
rival from England, in February
last, a reporter for the Advertiser
questioned him regarding his at
| titude, as we'll as that of Kaiulani,
toward the present Government,
and his connection with the move
ment in 1898, which tended to
place Kaiulani on the throne with
a council of regency.
Mr.. Davies was free to speak of
the affair. and did so to the re-
porter with the understanding
that whatever was said should not
be published until such time as
Mr.. Davies would give his permis-
sion. The promise of secrecy Civ
en- by the reporter was kept until
now, and Mr.. Davies has kindly
furnished the public with a bit of
Hawaiian history which, until
this time, was known only to the
persons sent to Washington and
others directly interested.
There are other points woven
into the tapestry, but Mr.. Davies
considers what is here given as
the real material points with
which he, as we'll as the public,
is most concerned.
Apart from his letters to DR..
MOtt-Smith, late Hawaiian Min
lister to Washington, Mr.. Davies
states very clearly Kaiulanis at
titude toward the Republic He
thinks there should be no ques
ton as to her loyalty to the Gov
ernment of Hawaii.
|. Following is Mr.. Davies state
ment, with copies of letters to DIR.
MOtt-Smith:
Twas recently invited in very cour-
teous manner, to give an assurance with
regard to the political attitude of Prin-
cess Kaiulani. [ replied to the effect
that, so far as [ was aware, the Prln-
cess had always regarded her alleg1-
ance as due, not to any party in these
islands, but to the nation as a whole;
that she recognized the Republic as,
since its acknowledgment by foreign
powers, the only legal authority in Ha-
waii, and that there had never been
day since the 18th of January, 1898,
when the Princess would have counte-
nanced any intrigue against either the
Queen or the Republic, or would have
consented to be the candidate of any
party, however large, that did not prac-
tically embrace the entire nation.
This question has been made the sub
ject of some discussion in the Legisla-
ture, and also in the public press, and
in order that there may be no misun-
derstanding regarding it, think that
it is due to the Princess, and possibly
TO myself, that l should now make pub
lie letter which during the lifetime of
the late Dr. Mott-Smith and prior to the
abdication of the Queen, did not feel
at liberty to publish. This letter was
written by me Immediately upon re-
ton of January, 1898, addressed to the
Hawaiian Minister at Washington, and
in the following terms:
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 31st, 1898.
Dear Mr.. Smith:-The news from Ha-
waii is certainly very grave, and not
so easy of solution as our Honolulu
friends imagine. The Queen has acted
most foolishly, and has, I think, for
feited her throne forever. At the same
time, the Constitution of 1887 has prov
ed to be very difficult one to work,
and1 have had a great deal Of sympathy
for the Queen and for the G.. n. Wilcox
Cabinet. The Queen hardly knew whom
TO trust, and fell back on her own bad
judgment, and probably felt like bull
in net.
However, that is over, except as les
son, and the great thing now is for all
who have interests, either personal or
proprietary, in Hawaii, to think and act
together. Although the five men who
are on the way to Washington differ