The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02


connected two events OF which l
have spoken with another, TO which
/ will now allude, although | con
stantly assured the representatives
of The press that there was not the
least relation OF the one event to the
other, they we're slow in believing
me.
BY letters from distinct sources to
herself and to her companions, Ter
Majesty had been warned in plain
language that her life was in danger.
On Saturday, Feb. 18th, | was sum-
moned to the long distance tele
phone, aud received a message in
the Hawaiian language, the sender
declining to communicate in Eng
lish. 1t was written out and trans
lated by the Queen, with the remark
that it was simply confrmstory OF
the intelligence already received
from other sources. The parties
who spoke with me were we'll known
to her and to Mr.. Joseph Heleluhe,
but strangers to me. Her Majesty
and her Hawaiian secretary have
held two distinct conversations with
these friends over the wire, and by
my request the facts were communi-
Gated to the press. 1t is not at all
strange that the mere suggestion in
creased almost instantly the SYM
pathy felt for Her Majesty, nor was
the reasoning difficult to trace, F r,
in the first place, granting that her
friends we're needessly alarmed, it
was direct proof OF the solicitude
felt for her person, and the warm
affection with which she is regarded
by her people. And secondly, it is
plainly seen that she is a formidable
obstacle to annexation, that her re-
moval would silence, and for this
reason, the rumor rapidly received
credence. Names indeed have been
mentioned of the persons concerned
in the plot, but such will not be re-
peated, and were persistently denied
to the journalists.
The editorial in The INDEPENDENT
regarding the mission Of ex. Minister
Thurston to this country, was copied
without comment by the Post, the
leading morning paper in Washing
ton, and one which favors the cause
Of the present rule in Hawaii In it
you stated that the cause OF the an
nexationists would receive no more
favor from Mr.. McKinley's admins
tration than it has had from Mr..
Cleveland's, and such is the general
opinion here amongst men of all
parties.
r Poor Kate Fieldl she was we'll.
/ known and much liked in all circle:
, here, and it has been well said that
her untimely death from cold
, we'll prefgures the death Of the
, movement, which had terrible
/ chill even ia her own private i'm
pressions at the last. Had she liveC
+ six months more, fear she woulc
, have disappointed her entertainer
? as much as these suffered from Mr.
Y Blount's decisions or even by the
D humber conclusions OF my Tran
o script correspondence. Nor doe
/ the figure of speech end here, th
|. lively personality of that charming
4 lady could as easily be recognized il
!. the diminutive urn Of her ashes, a
( the formidable movement on tn
n United States, initiated under Har
n rison, strangled under Cleveland
v may claim to be alive now. Their
IS are none so poor as to do it reverenc
O We can say Of Kate Field, "Peace t
3 her ashes," but although the remain
n OF annexation be ground to fine
10 powder than the golden calf of tn
t, Hebrews by the prophets of to-day
Here the simile fails at the end, TO
h alas, there is no peace to Hawa
s. and there never will be until in th
r words of President Cleveland in n
"a ply to Mr.. Dole, "The Hawaia