The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-14

rather mixed up in his statement of the
running account between the Lord, the
missionaries and the United States. and
he modestly fails TO state how much he
himself pulled out of the transaction.
and peremptorily declines to state that
his own fortune was carved out of the
attempt of the United States to get
closer political union with these ISL
ands. He discountenaced the business,
but promptly drew his dividends from
it. 1t is a case of heterogeneous NOR
ais and confused ideas of obligations.
/ Mr.. Davies describes King Kala-
| kauas visit to the Mikado of Japan.
| 'The Mikado asked the King why it
| was that the Western nations recog-
nized the Hawaiian courts of law and
! refused to recognize those of Japan?
! The King replied: Because Hawaii is
! a Christian nation, and accepts the
Bible as the foundations of her laws !"
1t may be stated positively that no
such conversation took place. The
| King was asked this question by Jap
| anese statesman, but he did not care
| to admit that his own race. the Poly
neSian, were not capable of administer
! ing the Anglo-SaXon laws. and he did
nit refer to the Bible as the foundation
| of law. An answer was given, by an
other person, and the King partially
approved it.
| Mr. Davies refers to the revolution
here, and states his belief that the
| Queen should have abdicated in favor
| of Kaiulani, and that a Council of Re-
gency composed of foreigners, should
have been appointed to hold control
| for a fixed term.
Mr. Davies. therefore. was as revolu-
| AT,. of
| foreigners in power would have been
an overturning of the Constitution 1t
| would have shipped the native sover-
eigns of all power. Mr.. Davies Weeps
over the sad story of the transfer of
power from the native to the foreigner,
but it would not be a sad story if the
foreigners. instead of the P. G. had
been Council of Regency with, we
may fairly presume, Mr.. Davies as
president of the Regency. "Ill squeal
on yer stealing them apples,' said one
urchin to the other, "but if yer gives
me share. I'll tell the perlice you
are contractor"
Mr. Davies says, that the retention of
Liliuokalani on the throne was ''im
possible because of her attack on the
Constitution. He fatty justifies the
revolution, but he wanted Council of
Rasency The crime. if there was one,
was in revolution. Mr.. Davies justifies
that, it seems. but the crime he mourns
over, and regrets is the crime of MAX
ing P G.. instead of council, ETC.
Had such regency been created, it
would have, like all regenciesS COM
posed of several persons. quickly gone
TO pieces. The most contemplate body
that ruled France in the opinion of
Napoleon, was that of the Commit
tee' Give men between each others
legs all of the time We were saved
from similar government.
Mr.. Davies finally complains that
''the men of the SOIL" the native Ha-
waiians, "have been largely excluded
from the electorate" When Mr. Da-
vies can show that on the plantations
under his control he has ever made any
decided movement to fit the natives for
the electorate, or has spent any time
in educating them to the use of politi-
cal power, it will be time for him to
comment on the condition of the ''men
of the soil" His conduct has been, in
a large measure that of "absent pro-
prietors." whose fatal influence, by ne
glect in the lands when they have ac- |
uuired fortune, has been justly con-
demned. again and again, in English |
literature.
Mr.. Davies finally hints that the oc-
cupatiOn of the throne which does not |
exist. by Kaiulani. is the happy solu- |
tion of the question. This is quite like |
the proposition of an American crank, |
who recently proposed that the Unit |
ed States should be made. once more, |
colonies of Great Britain, so as t'to re- |
store good times" The tiniest wheel |
of history never turns backward. No |
hum hi ion Of In
forces of all nations has yet so turned
it. Let no one be so audacious. how
ever, as to say that Mr.. Davies could !
not reverse the order of things if he
wished to.
The mistake which the poor mission
ary made. and is now making is. that
he did not. and does not now, Tecog-
nize the great spirit of wisdom. relig-
ious and political. which Mr.. Davies
cOnceals under the hum bic garb of a
sugar baron. In summing up, howev-
er. all that he has thought out for the
good of these Islands, he comes to only
one conclusion. that Kaiulani should
be on the throne. It is the old story Of
the thoughtful peddler in Turkey, who
looks wise. rises and bows towards the
East. and eXclaims: "In the name Of
the prOphet-fgs!
That attractive and worthy young
woman. Kaiulani, in the hands of Mr..
Davies. reminds one of the German
story. in which the young and beauti-
full child is kidnapped by the sordid
tramp OF a musician. and is dragged
from place to place. and paraded for
the benefit of her selfish master Fin
ally, the hero appears and rescues her,
and she is restored TO her happy home.
If Mr. Davies would consult some of
those soul farces. which put him far
above the grovelling missionary, he
would try to make the life of this
young woman an example to all Ha-
waiians, and not persistently thrust her
under the heavy wheels of AngloSaX-
Oil civilization. W. n. A