The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-12-30
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a protectorate by the United States
is possible. Under any contingency
in which the United States may take
any part in Hawaiian affairs
ex Queen Liliuokalani has interests
which advisers think must be con.
sidered 1t may be remembered
that though she formally abdicated
aud promised on her oath as a Chris
tian woman not TO do anything to
bring about restoration Of royalty
or a disturbance of the Dole Govern.
meut, she has studiously refrained
up to the present time from accept
ing any annuity or financial assist
ance whatever from the republic.
Ia this she is unlike her niece Kaiu.
lani, who has been given an annuity
by the Dole Government.
Now it is claimed by the advisers
OF Liliuoksni that the crowp lands
OF Hawaii were her personal estate.
When Kamehameha conquered the
country it was conceded to DO his
private possession, and he made
such use of it as he saw fit. He gave
onethird to the people, to be di-
vided among them in small hold
ings; one-third he set aside for the
revenues aud maintenance OF the
Government; one third he kept to
himself, and that third, known as
the crown lands, has descended
through four direct descendants Of
the first king and three others not
so direct. Elk Queen Liliuokalani's
interest in the crown lands amounts
TO at least $4,000 year. She is
not in receipt of any revenue from
them at the present time, and it is
moro than likely that she has come
to the United States to present to
this Government request that in
case OF annexation the property re-
stored to her, or that in case Of
protectorate suitable and just
settlement be made.
The advisers of ex-Queen Liliuo-
kalani seem to be OF the opinion that
the present condition of things in
Hawaii cannot last. The Dole Gov
eminent is strong in wealth and
strong in the adhesion of the promi-
nent property owners OF the islands,
but it is weak in that 50 percent of
the natives are DISTINGUISHED. 1t is
even possible that President Dole,
who is an honest, right-thinking man,
has come to the conclusion that the
wrong method was taken to reorgan-
ize the Government; that mistake
was made in not providing for the
exercise OF wider franchise when
the Government was formed This
has arrayed the DISTINGUISHED ones
against the republic in its present
form to such an extent that though
entirely quiescent, Dole has wisdom
enough to see they would overturn
the Government by peaceable
means as soon as the Government
was placed in their hands. Also the
Japanese, who form the main body
OF the laboring population of the
islands, are clamoring for the fran
chise. Serious complications might
possibly arise from the determine
ton OF this people to have a strong
or hand in the islands affairs, and
it is not impossible that President
Dole breads the possibility OF such
an uprising. This may account for
the great eagerness with which an
nexation is sought.
1t is believed by the friends OF ex-
Queen Liliuokalani that the visit to
the islands of ex-Secretary OF State
Foster, though ostensibly for the
purpose OF securing an extension OF
the cable franchise, was really for
the purpose of negotiating on the
part Of the Dole Government with
the Government of the United
States. 1t has always been Fos-
ter's ambition to be known as the
man who added the Hawaiian Isl.
ands to the United States of Am
erica, and he is not the man, having
such an object in view, to waste his