The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WILL LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO
MAY 10.
Colonel Macfarlane to Go to Washing
ton in Her Interests-May Make Lee
gal Fight for Crown Lands.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.--Liliuo-
kalani, once Queen of Hawaii, aged
and with health impaired and fortune
lost, will arrive here from Washington
week after next. Arrangements have
been made for her to sail for Honolulu
on May 18th She cannot conceal her
anxiety and Impotence over the delay
of Congress in making her some none
tary recompense for what she considers
a wrongful confscation of her property
and other rights in her erstwhile South
Sea kingdom And so, sick in body and
mind, she intends to take a long rest
on her native soil, and leave in friendly
hands her Washington interests.
physician will accompany her from
Washington. Shortly after she arrives
here, Colonel George w. Macfarlane,
Hawaiian royalty's friend and stanch
supporter, will go east to look after her
affairs.
When Liliuokalani was dethroned she
had an available fortune of about $780,
900. The greater portion of it has been
spent The pension idea from this gov
eminent is repugnant to her, but she
has never stated what financial con-
sideration she desired. 1t has been her
policy all along to wait and see what
Congress will do. Her friends have
sanctioned such a policy. They say she
wants a big lump sum. once Congress
acts, she will be ready to quicklyl de-
eide whether to accept its offer or not
Her friends as well as herself cling te-
naciously to the idea that she has a
! legal interest in the 100000 acres of
crown lands in the Islands
For some time past a syndicate has
been in readiness to back her in fight
| for her rights in the crown lands. The
| idea of the syndicate is to employ some
! of the ablest lawyers in the country TO
represent her, and preliminary steps in
| the matter have already been taken.
| But the former Queen has been delay
ing. She is confident that Senators
| Foraker, Hoar and others are doing all
they can do in her behalf. She believes
that public sentiment and America s
idea of fair play will eventually lead the
| government to do justice to her claims.
If disappointed in the final action of
Congress, her friends say her only re-
course will be to accept the support of
the crown land syndicate and fight FOR
the fortune involved.
George Macfarlane said yesterday
that he saw in one newspaper recently
an article about the wealth of Queen
Liliukolani THE article in question,
he said, docs the queen a great injus-
tice. She is by no means in good
financial condition. She believes Con-
gress will be liberal in it's treatment
of her claim. She does not want a
pension. Such a thing is distasteful
1t is her reasonable wish to have a
monetary compensation for the loss OF
her property rights, as undoubtedly
she has a legal claim to the crown
lands. She appreciates the kind inter
est many of the Senators are taking in
her case Very properly she is waiting
to see what Uncle Sam is going to DO
If the government is not liberal in the
treatment of her claim, she will be
forced to accept the offer of the syndi-
cate to back her in a fight for the
crown lands. The syndicate stands
ready to act whenever she gives the
word"