The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-01

England the nobility and their castles
and. above all, the solid comfort and
minute etiquette of the court greatly
pleased him. In London he ordered
furniture for his palace, liveries for his
servants, and obtained the rules rela
tive to presentations and To the court
usages. In Austria and Germany he ad-
mired the military side of life, the
maneuvres of the troops; the brilliant
uniforms and the pointed helmets he
adopted for his guard. He visited forts
arsenals, and there satisfied his taste
as a man of war, which he pretended
to be.
Apropos of guns, when in Austria
KaIakaua greatly admired five pieces
of artillery in the Emperor's presence
DO you like them? They are yours,
said his imperial majesty, to the sur
prise and delight of the Hawaiian, who
thought himself the recipient of splen-
did gift. Fancy his revulsion Of feeling
when, on the arrival OF these guns in
Honolulu, there came a bill for S25,-
OOO A bomb thrown into the treasury
could not have created more consterna-
ton, but population was impossible,
and by hook or by crook the unex-
pected demand for money was cancel
led. The guns are now reposing quiet
ly in a shed in the Palace grounds,
and have yet to earn their cost.
In Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, in
the Latin countries, the King was most
at ease. Like all strangers, he admired
Paris, and thought nothing in the world
so beautiful In fact, he loved France,
about which he had a theory that show
ed keen observation.
Liked the Latin Races.
The Kanaka,'' said Kalakaua, ''has
certainly much more analogy with the
Latin than with the nglo-Saxon. Take
the physique. Black and brilliant eyes,
dark skin, supple and graceful move
ments, the small bones and joints of the
women. In morale the resem blance is
even greater. A very pronounced pen
chant for pleasure, finerie, jewels,
bright colors, poetry, music, dancing,
spectacle; the Kanaka, like the Latin,
contents himself with the little he has,
without desiring to bother himself in
order to have more; with that little he
is proud, belligerent, and when circum-
stances demand he evinces for the mo-
ment great Vigor and indomitable en-
ergy. -. If I were not born Kanaka
/ should wish to be born French, be-
cause Of the glory of French history.
From France, at least, take my name.
1 was born at the time when that coun-
try and mine were not in accord. For
that reason I was called Kalakaua,
which in my language means day of
war;
When "Sauvin" asked the King what
were his impressions of the United
States, he replied, after moments re-
Election: I'm afraid of wounding your
self-Iove. country that needs seven
days to cross by an express train, that
is bounded by two oceans, where every
citizen is equal, where riches are un-
limited, is giant with which big as
we'll as little must wrestle. You and ]"
continued the King, belong to the
past-that giant belongs to the future.
Those who in their ignorance think OF
as fool now have an oppor-
tunity to modify their opinion. No
philosopher could have told more truth
in more graphic language. That the
King sacrificed his desire to please
Frenchman to his convictions proves
the honesty of his criticism.
do you know Rochefort?" asked the
King.
"Ony by sight"