The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-01
THE ADVANCE ON MANILA WILHELM IS FOR PEACE SHE WANTS CROWN LANDS ANNDO
LILIUOKALANI WILL GO INTO THE
COURTS.
Claims the Crown Lands as Her Own.
and Will Engage Eminent Counsel
to Contest the Claim.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22.--Ex-
Queen Liliuokalani is in San Francis
co on her way to Hawaii to witness
the ringing down of the final curtain
on the drama of Island royalty. Stan
ding at the grave of her fondest hopes
she will protest by her presence the
act which climaXes in annexation of
her former kingdom to these United
States, and, from the tomb of the
Hawaiian monarchy, she will bend her
steps to the courts to struggle for
the funeral meats-the crown lands
of hameha-which, she claims,
are hers by right.
The eX-Queen, accompanied by her
secretary and maid in waiting, Mr..
and Mrs. Heleluhe, and her physician,
DR.. English of Washington, arrived
here from the east last night on the
Central overland.
She has lost all hope of ever again
sitting on the throne of Hawaii, but
she wants lands. She authorized Col
onel Macfarlane to say this much for
her last evening. Beyond this she
could not be induced to give any eX-
preston of her sentiments on the an
neXation question or to make known
her plans.
"The Queen fully realizes that the
annexation of the Islands is an ac-
complished fact" said Colonel Mac
farlane, but with what degree of
resignation is rather problematieal.
'lf she is resigned to annexation,
she is not to the position which is
likely to be assigned to her under the
new order of things. That is to say,
she will not see the Hawaiian govern
ment turn over the crown lands to
the United States without making
desperate struggle to retain them for
herself. The Queen proposes to make
a legal fight for the crown lands. She
considers that they are hers by law
and right, and that, while the Ha-
waiian government may have every
right and authority to convert the
government lands to such purposes as
it may seem fit, it has no warrant to
deprive her of the lands which were
the private property of the crown.
The crown lands embrace about
two thousand square miles of terri
tory and at the present time are
bringing in an annual revenue of
about 100000 1t is not to be sup
posed, therefore, that she will re-
linquish them without struggle,
and you may say thasit is her inten-
ton when the time comes to employ
the most eminent legal talent in the
country to defend her rights.
During the reign of kamehameha
III, when the people of the Hawaiian
Islands were given constitutional
form of government, the King was the
owner outright of all property in the
Islands He divided onc-third among
the natives in small holdings, giving
a homestead to each person or each
family. Another third he set aside
for the purposes of the government,
and the other third he retained him
self. This latter constitutes what is
known as the crown lands. They
were the personal property of the rel
gning sovereign, and have descended
as such to each of the successors of
Kamehameha III. They descended to
Queen Liliuokalani when she succeed
ed to the throne, and she claims the
right to the entire income of the prop
erty 1t is purely a legal question,
but a very important one, and will
of the most interesting legal fight ev-
er witnessed in this country. An in
come of 100000 is worth fighting for.
"What the result will be no one can
say. 1t was result in a compromise
! The Queen may be given an annuity
or pension, although the idea of a
pension is distasteful to her. She
has never asked for a pension thus
far. and has too much dignity and
pride to ask for it now. She simply
said to me that she proposed to stand
up for her rights in this matter.
Conditions will he more prosperous
! than ever in the Islands under the
government of the United States, and
! the value of the crown lands will in
crease from now on as greatly in
creased ratio. It will therefore, be
seen that the stake is well worth
fighting for.
The eX-Queen and her party will de
part for the Islands on the steamer
Gaelic on Tuesday next