The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-19
THE HAWAIIAN QUEEN.
julius A Palmer Writes on Several
Interesting Topics.
ED. TIE INDEPENDENT

In no hotel OF this great city can
there be more tranquil company
than ours. There has been a con-
certed attempt of late on the part
OF those here who are sent to push
annexation to revive interest in their
long persisted cause, but it has been
miserable failure. Mr.. Fosters
long array of well.worn sentences
containing. to any expert, no idea
with the angle merit of originality,
fell as fat as board TO the ground;
not newspaper OF any note gave it
more than few lines of perfunct-
DRY notice; it was neither criticized
nor endorsed.
The Japanese argument, OF which
the assembled legal talent Of Homo
lulu had made the most, was met
with the authorized statement by
the resident counsel OF the legation
OF Japan that the Power he repre-
sented had no designs whatever on
the present peace nor the future
destiny of Hawaii; he did not use
the common expression, Eve would
would not take the islands as a
gift" yet a brief expression OF what
he did say amounts to exactly that
declaration.
Then for the information aud en-
couragement of those claiming Am.
erican citizenship who may wish to
swell tho numbers OF that petty
minority who impudently assume
the right to pass a nation over to a
foreign power there comes from the
Department Of State this decision,
which | send you just as published
by the press Of the capital:
AMERICAN CITIZENS DISCARDED.
EX SECRETARY oLNEY DISCOVERED A FLAW
IN a HAWAIIAN ACT.
1t remained for Secretary Olney
TO discover a flaw in the act passed
last June by the Hawaiian legisla
ture, the result of which, in his opin-
ion, was to prevent any citizens OF
the United States henceforth from
becoming naturalized in Hawaii A
copy Of the act was sent here by
Consul General Mills, and Secretary
Olney, in acknowledging its receipt
wrote letter, which is included in
the foreign relations Just made pub.
lie, calling attention the fact that as
the act required the applicant for
Hawaiian naturalization to set out
that a citizen of a country having
express naturalization treaty rela-
tious with Hawaii, and as the United
States has no such treaty, United
States citizens appeared to be dis
barred.
Representative Spalding of Mich
gan introduced joint resolution
favoring annexation, but it excited
not the least notice, neither support
nor opposition.
A reverend reviIer Of the Hawai-
ian people may we'll deplore in hi,
communications to the press the
presence Of Queen Liliuokalani in /;
city where she daily receives repre-
sentatives OF every state in tn Union
"Oh, il each and all OF our people
could only meet her Majesty" ex
claimed prominent lady to me las
evening. 81 am sure we sympathizt
with her countrymen for having los
such Queen, and it would then b,
determined that the United States
should undo the wrong which it ha
done to Hawaii"
That is fair sample OF remark
made to me every day by persons
have never met before, and whom
shall never see again, but each on,
of whom go forth to repeat sucl
sentiments to others
10 despair at their failure to coun
leract this quiet, dignified inhuenc,
OF Hawaii's representative, the OPP
position now circulates reports tina
Her Maiesty's stay is to be brough
to sudden close. This is utterl,
false. She has no idea Of going t.
France, She has not the least motion
OF attending the Queens Jubilee a
London. Her address will be Wash
ingtop, just here, for an indefinite
period.
She receives callers every evening
and gives usually an afternoon to
uaaklu ranaption Al that Of = l..