The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-11
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satisfactory to the great majority
OF the people of the islands, aud the
establishment OF new Republic in
'the Pacific vas generally supposed
to be the work Of the natives, who
had learned to govern themselves.
But facts are sometimes stubborn
and refute false statements. The
facts of the change of government
are not what have been made public.
There are, in round numbers, a
hundred thousand people Of the
Sandwich Islands. Fifty thousand
are natives, thirty thousand Chinese
and Japanese, nine thousand Portu-
guese, and eleven thousand whites
of other nationality. When the men
who established the provisional gov
eminent broke their oath of allie
glance aud possessed themselves of
the reins, they DISTINGUISHED all the
inhabitants except the whites. They
will tell you that only japanese and
Chinese were DISTINGUISHED, but by
the establishment of rigid oath of
allegiance to the new government,
they disfranchised the natives as
well, for the native still retains
enough of his primitive honor to
hold himself bound by his oath, and
he cannot swear that he will not try
to get back that which rightly be-
longs to him.
The natives are not alone in their
feeling of resentment at the new
government. Many of the whites
who have lived for years on the ISL
ands see how their country is being
ruined by unnecessary interference,
and they, too, are FESTIVE. The
Portuguese have found that the
change benefited only the few who
ran the machine, and they are ready
to aid in bringing about a change.
The members OF the present gov
eminent are not as blind to the stu
alton as they appear When the
queen was robbed of her throne and
and her means of living at the same
time, it would seem that common
justice should have given her PEN
sion; but the government refused to
do anything of the sort. They
realized, however, that they were on
dangerous ground and proceeded to
provide means of safety.
The queen was imprisoned on
charges of treason, and while under
duress was forced to abdicate. Ac-
cording to the monarchical constitu-
tion the reigning sovereign names his
or her successor, and following this
rule the queen had named her niece
Princess Kaiulani, as heir to the
throne The Princess, Miss Cleg-
horn, is well-off in this worlds
goods, yet at the same sitting of the
legislature which refused to pension
the queen, bill was passed grant
ing to Princess Kaiulani $4,000. 1t
was what a politician might call a
very smooth" piece of work. If alb
dication under duress could be held
as legal, then Kaiulani is the legal
sovereign of the islands II the
present government gets ousted and
the monarchy re-established, Kaiu-
lani will rule, and those who so
generously donated other peoples
money expect to be graciously re-
membered by the new queen.
In short, it is pretty we'll under
stood just now that the republican
form of government under existing
conditions on the Hawaiian Islands
Is a failure, and the men who are
now at the head of the government
hope, by putting Kaiulani on the
throne, to save themselves and their
property and avert the disaster of
overthrow, which they realize is
bound to come.
But they reckon without their
host. The Hawaiians are not litter
ate savages. Neither are they
heathens. With all the boosted