The San Francisco call., 1898-11-27
N0KA ANTS AST STR||GG|F. To Get Possession Of the Grown Lands 7aa WORTH
THEY'RE WORTH S7,OOO, ,OOO

need to leave; it is pitiful to see them dying every day"
 And was it not possible to find g. healthier camp?
 mThe camp seemed healthy. There was supposed to be nothing wrong with it. and it was the only spot large enough But when you dlg down, two feet YOU find water: that is no suitable camping ground Tor so many men; there were 300o>of them
 And not one needed" cries an indig- nant voice; mo soldiers were necessary in Hawaii"
 "Pardon me-" Once more there Is a touch of sarcasm in the Queens tone. ''They were needed to protect the white people against the natives.
 The natives, The wronged, robbed, impoverished natives, who only asked to be left in the enjoyment or their own happy patriarchal life; the debonair, unambitious, easy-going natives too gentle and unrevengeful to dream or rising against the oppressor. It was on these that a foreign Soldiery must be thrust to pillage their small posses sions and view their poverty.
 For the Hawaiian of to-day IS poor very poor, sometimes hard-pressed for food. But you know what my people are,' said their ex-Queen; they may lack everything, they still smile ana sing and look happy"
 But what has caused this increase of poverty? Bad sedsons?
 Not at all; it is the result of imnlt- grafton which has taken so many re- sources out of the Hawaiians hands. He used to depend mainly on fish; now the Japanese comes along with nets and almost destroys our fish supply The same holds good of our taro and many other things. Then again in the labor market the Chinaman is every where; he is dressmaker, washerman- indeed, there is little left for the Ha- waiian to hold or to earn.'
 There Is a puzZling reserve in Liliuo- kalanfs speech, but further explana- tion is speedily vouchsafed by one present, whose heart rises to his lips, a speaker with the authority of experi- ence and the freedom of fidelity, for he has suffered imprisonment, sentence of death and banishment in the Queens cause.
 There Is another reason that your Majesty perhaps purposely omtts, he comments-'the political. A native who is known to have national or monarch ical Sympathies, one who has not taken the oath of allegiance, is denied work on every pretext; he Is practically sub jected to petty persecution; everything is done to deprive him of a means of livelihood and to harm him and those belonging to him. Your Majesty can corroborate what l aSsert?
 A hot flush rises to the dark cheek 'I can say more," comes the swift an- swer 'If I, taking the oath of allegi- ance, strive to help some friend who has not taken it, I shall be made to suffer for his omission. We may not even choose our affections.
 And in spite of this how many na- tives have taken it?''
 "Very few" the words ring proudly and sadly through the room; from two to three thousand at the outside.
 And for the rest, there are no longer rich chiefs to depend upon; the pa triarchal life is done away with?
 There are few chiefs left and no pa- triarchal life"
 The small brown hand closes sud- denly as with nervous tension. Iiliuo- kalani is thinking of her people, whom she can no longer help; of the broad lands inherited from long-ined an cestry and held in lief for the good or the people, On those lands the sugar cane waves, the fragrant white coffee flower blossoms and the produce there of weights the pockets of white rulers who knew not Joseph.
 And with the lands has gone the flag.
 "Our flag" says Liliuokahgnl; ''our hag-that was pulled down. The Ha- waiian Ladies' Patriotic Society wrote to Admiral Miller asking to be allowed it's possession. He never answered.
 Yet another flag has fallen into un- loving hands In Washington draw ing-room the. unfortunate Queen had the royal standard triumphantly point ed out to her by it's girl owner.
 How on earth did 1t get thereF' protests the indignant adherent who has already spoken. By what right does Miss Berry hold 1t?
 1T cannot say You are aware that [ received orders to collect and send the flags They were to be burned. This one was not burned, and apparently Miss Berry was deemed worthy to pos sess it"
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 The Queen interrupts with quiet dignity, but her voice trembles:
 T do not know I was shown the flag I did not look at it.
 There are women-and they may be Queens-who glorify their sex. There are others-and they may be citizen esses-who forswear their crown of womanhood. But there be men of kindlier nature, and Lilioukalani still cherishes the memory of Robert Louis Stevenson's tender sympathy. ''We- sat without speaking" she tells in all fusion to their last interview. At last I said, We have been making his tory, you and l.. He pressed my hand $ and our eyes met
 Would that those eyes could meet again! Would that Steyensons fervid pen could be enlisted on behalf of the woman who is now on her way to Washington seeking redress and justice for herself. and, through her, for those she pines to help For LiliuokalanPs object in going to Washington Is an open secret of which she alone denies knowledge.
 'The papers know all about it. she says carelessly; "the papers know all ahout my business have nothing to say.'
 ''But you can trust to the generosity of the American natfon?
 The mobile mouth witches slightly, then a quiet laugh comes: all to offer"
 AS I leave her in her calm gracious ness. with her soft voice, sweet, dark face and ripping gray hair, pray that this land may at last tender Justice and reverence to one whom it has used so harshly. A. R. HOSE-SOLE1. ooo 6 0 Q 6 Q Q 6 6 Q Q 6 Q Q 6 6