The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-04


between Asiatics. South Sea islanders.
and other disreputables. and Kanakt
women OF low degree
The race IN regard 20 which Be- IS
proposed 10 give some facts. cal
themselves. and are called by those
who respect them. half-whItgs. IN
which term the word half ms lost
its numerical significance and might
better be rendered part. Half-breCd Is
an offensive term. half-white Is not.
Il Is probable that a large proper
ton OF the English. German and other
nations viii remain true 20 their own
countries and that they will. As in our
other cities. be simply fore gners liv-
ing with US. obedient TO our laws. but
not claiming citizenship.
With these eliminations accomplish
ed. We have but about 10000 people.
from whom pilikias may be expected.
and that is about the number OF natives
and half-breeds. II We can obtain
their consent 10 be governed by us. the
problem - solved. and the principles
announced in our Declaration OF indie
pendenCe maintained.
That We have not obtained the full
and free consent OF these people
seems TO be a fact Circumstance
which occurred on and before Annex
alton Day. the twelfth OF last August,
indicate this very strongly. y short
time before. protests against anneNa-
ton had been filed with both Govern
ments. by political societies. on the
dav when annexation was consummat-
ed. of the great number OF the best OF
Honolulu people who, through social
or official standing, We're entitled TO
places on the great platform built on
the steps of the executive building
formerly the palace of HawaiIs mon
archs-tO witness and participate in
the ceremonies, but one OF the three
principal classes into which Honolulu
people are divided was present in any
force. those, namely, who affiliated
with or supported the party OF which
the Government was formed. The 9th
er parties. the natives and half-whites
and the ROyalists, took no part. and
among them were people whose Off
cial and social standing are such that
| their absence could not have been the
| result of accident. There were at the
time in Honolulu the eX-Queen Liliuo-
kalani, the eX-Dowager Queen Kapio-
lani, the eX-PrinceSs Kaiulani, and in
the list / have before me as / write.
cannot find their names nor the name
OF any Of the prominent Royalists. nOI
of a Hawaiian not attached to the
Government.
The band Of Hawaiian damse,s who
were to have lowered for the last tins
the Hawaiian flag, as the Government
Dand played for the last time officially
the Hawaiian ponoi, would not lower
1T. The band refused TO play the ponoi
| and loud weeping was the only music
contributed by the natives. Very evil
IDENTIFY, there was discord. and, as evil
IDENTIFY, the breach which had been
made by the events OF 1893 was not VET
heaied, the opposing factions into
which the Hawaiian people had then
Deen split had not coalesced. Beyond
question, large body of those who
were TO be governed did not consent &c
the new government.
| OhdouDtedly, there were many d {.
ferent reasons for this unhappy state
of affairs. The object of this paper !.
10 point out and discuss one OF thsss
reasons; others may be touched up1r
incidentally.
| strongly. He loves his country. hi,
monarchy, the throne. and him or hel
who occupies it. Whatever may be Tn,
sovereign's character, he is loyal Il
his monarch. They loved and wers
loyal to their late queen, whom, what.
| ever may have been charged against
her as faults. or even crimes, they con
| stdered a good woman and a good
| queen. for she was intelligent. queen.
| ~, dignified and charitable. They ID
not believe that she had committed
any wrong. To them, even If admitted
! the faults charged were venial. ever
virtues. There was a universal feel.
| ing that when she was dethroned sh,
was wronged, and throughout the LAND
prayers 10 the true God, and to the
false gods, were offered for her res
| toration.
n vast majority OF the haif-white.
shared the views of their Hawaiian
relatives. Many of them were in sym
pathy with those who attempted by
revolution to restore the queen. Som,
| Joined those in revolt, and quite
number contributed funds. Clearly al
| of the natives, including the half
whites. were firmly convinced tina
their Government had been taken ava,
B., from them by violence without cause
and most of them think so - hi
! day.
| L have just received a letter from al
! educated Hawaiian lady, a teacher,
| member OF one of the few native fam
lilies who gave their allegiance to- tn,
Provisional Government. She write
under date Of August 10 from Maui
We'll, our Islands are annexed; "a
the bitter feelings of the hawaiian
are still the same, and they still hop
for the queen to be back on the throne
| feel very bad for them, but there I!
no way OF giving them PLAIN expla1a
ton"
u In addition to the reasons whicl
they share with the natives. the half
whites, especially the ladies OF the up
per class, have a reason peculiarl
their own, which actuates them strong
ly in their opposition to annexation
inb olrbnrrgh haGaI m he