Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-11
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR HAWAII
Japanese Element Becoming Aggressive in
Its Demands.
PRISONERS ONLY GIVEN TIcKtr.oF-LtAvE
Little Island Republic of Hawaii Up
In Arms because Minister Wills
Refused to Assist In
Celebration.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.--Advices from
Honolulu to local paper say that unless
| Secretary Olney apologies for the actions
of Minister Willis that official may be given
his passports soon.
The trouble all grew out OF an invitation
issued by the Hawaiian foreign Office to the
diplomatic corps to participate in the ma
tional holiday of January II. the anniversary
OF the overthrow Of the monarchy. Willis
refused to take part In the celebration on
the ground that President Cleveland did not
approve OF the manner in which the mon
archy was overthrown.
Julien Haynes, editor OF the Hawaiian. a
monthly magazine published In Honolulu.
arrived here on the steamship Australia. He
takes very pessmistic view of the present
government Of Hawaii, and says the Japanese
are becoming numerous there and 30
nrnly rooted that the islands are in danger
Oh becoming mere outposts OF Japan.
The thirty gentlemen who, In 1893 stood
as godfathers to the infant republic and who
nnd themselves at the beginning of 1896 tho
only support OF Hawairs provisional gov
ernment are most uneasy. l say provisional
government because that is all It is as yet.
The utter failure Of the effort to reconcile
the native Hawailans to dsfranchisement,
the sudden aggressive action OF the Japanese
residents. and the Independent stand taken
ny Snlnese aErlcultur1StS, the situation Is
anything but comfortable
The government is like a business house
threatened by bankruptcy. The crisis may
be delayed, but not for long. There Is
monthly deficit of 100000 and the people
are rapidly losing faith in the power of tho
men at the helm
Mr.. Haynes has not been much impressed
by the mercy Of President Dole and his as
sociates.
THE newspaper comments in Europe and
,iCop
henson of the facts and the magnanimity
of the ruler of Hawaii" he observed "The
so-called release and pardon of political
prisoners, for instance. The truth is that
no pardons at all have been granted. Some
thing similar to the British ticket -of-leaye
system has been brought into play All the
political prisoners are at large, having been
discharged In four squads, the first getting
out of Jail July 4, 1895. and the last January
l, 1896. But the oligarchy attorney general
informed prisoner at the time of his release
that he might without notice or without
warrant, be arrested at the pleasure of the
executive. 1 quote the words as nearly as
can remember them.
81 consider the case of the queen like
wise. She, too, was pardoned. but she is
nevertheless as much prisoner at her
home as she was before, so much mercy was
shown to her. And to Indicate the spirit that
animates the thirty tyrants' 1t should be
added that they have made Wilson her
custodian-the man who they slanderously
claim was her paramour in the days of
her power. and have spared no pains to have
circulated throughout the world that, having
obtained her full liberty of action, she i'm
and voluntarily relapsed into her
old-time shameful practices"
Turning to the Chinese-Japanese question
the editor declared the problem confronting
Hawaii to be Of the gravest character. "If
things keep on as they are going" he said
"there can be but one absorption of
the islands by Japan" -.i