The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-23

bury. T. Y. Crowen & Co., New York
and Boston.
Hawaii and Revolution" The per-
sonal experiences of a correspondent in
the Sandwich Islands during the crisis
of 1898 and subsequently; by Mary H.
Krout. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York
Miss Kneut has gathered into this
interesting volume large amount of
useful information as to the ancient
customs of the Hawaiians, the fora of
the Islands, the Chinese and Japanese
immigrants, social customs, ETC., be-
side giving clear, STRAIGHTFORWARD ac-
count of affairs in Hawaii beginning
with the arrival of the American mis-
sionaries and concluding with the pro-
clamation of the republic and the adop-
ton Of the new constitution under
President Dole July 4, 1894. The book
is written in a vivacious manner with
frequent personal illusions and humor-
Gus flashes, such as one might expect
from a Chicago newspaper woman, and
is evidently the fruit of keen obserVa-
ton and an extended experience.
Going to Hawaii with prepossession
in favor of the monarchy and against
American interference, Miss Krout ex-
perienced a change of heart. A careful
and conscientious study of the situation
on the spot led her to change her views
absolutely. She criticises with severity
the laundering policy of President CleV-
Gland and his personal representative
Mr., Blount. In conclusion she says:
There has been a great deal of senti-
mentality in the cry of theorists
Hawaii for Hawaiians." The only con-
ditions which exist are largely of their
own creating. and the only alternatives
that remain, as have said many times,
are to have the islands in that state of
nature when the most cruel rites of
paganism prevailed, or to accept the
civilization ordained and perpetuated
by the so-called missionary elements. >
What has been done for Hawaii
by Hawaiians is traceable always to
foreign influence in the government.
There are now throughout the islands
millions of dollars worth of highly i'm
proved property, a perfected system of
public instruction, and a civilization
almost ideal in character. 1t has been
charged that it is puritanical, hard
and narrow-an easy accusation, al
ways upon the tongue of the dema-
gogue, and of those who confound lib
erty with license. The only real ques-
ton involved, when all the charges Of
clamoring factions are sifted and their
demands are analyzed is: Shall what
l.,
which even the poorest shares-be dis
sipated by hands incapable of admin
istering law and order: or shall it be
transferred to those who created it, and
who, in saving their own, must save
with it that. which yet remains to the
natives2
This is the sum and the substance
Of the whole situation and if America
is not ready and willing to assume ffhe
responsibility, England may bezin6lnced
to accept it., and, before hera,Ja pa n
who has already upon Hawaiian soil
representation of over $4,000 souls.
No matter what the outcome may Be,
the Hawaiian is a. fading race, with
remnants of heather customs still
hampering it, confronted bysthe.skroaer
er and the newer, trained in govern
ment and refined. or at any rate
strengthened, by government. 1t is
one of those crises which come to in
dividuals and nations alike. when des-
tiny leaves little choice to the actor in
the drama, and events move on ire
sistibly through that transition which
involves, at last, higher and better con-
ditions. 1t is the apparent triumph OF
the strong over the weak it is, in
reality, the natural dissolution Of that
which has served its time. 1t seems a
hard and pitiless doctrine, but it is the
unyarying law of nature and of his
tory.
WORLDLY WAYS AND BY-WAYs. .
worldly ways and Byways," by
Eliot Gregory can Idler"). Charles
Seribner's Sons, New York.
If only Ward MeAllister were alive
how he would enjoy Worldly Ways
and Byways"! Mr.. Gregory must have
had him in mind when he wrote it,
Notwithstanding the fact that he has
dedicated it to f. l.. Godkin, 'Esqre. =
Worldly the volume undoubtedly is
in its superficiality its alteration OF
money and position, its snObbish ecsta-
cies over good form and those that fol-
low it, but it is brightly written, is en-
pertaining enough and win doubtless
prove edifying TO men and women Of
social aspirations. When Mr.. Gregory
asserts that the real reason why the
English can impose their customs upon
a foreign country without assimilating
any of its customs Is that they (tle
Engiish) are a dun race, and like dull
people, despise all that they do not un-
derstand it is difficult to accept him
seriously, any more than it is when
he states: THE very name of an Amer
lean became a byword and an aboni-
nation in every continental city This
prejudice against us abroad is hardly
to be wondered at on rejecting what
we have done to acquire it. The
agents chosen by our government TO
treat automatically with the con-
auered nations. owe their selection to
political motives rather than to their
tact or fitness. In the large majority
Of cases men are sent oves who know
little either Of the habits or languages
prevailing in Europe
Mr.. Gregory takes no pains to con
ceal the fact that he has been mucf
abroad Nay he glories IN the fact
and refers You on nearly every page {