Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-06-27
CUPID IN MONTREAL
Alleged Remarks Given 10 The
Montreal Witness,


During Prince Cupids stay in Mont.
real the Montreal Witness published
the following:
| A prince in sack coat and tan shoes,
/ is common enough, but a prince with a
copper skin. large, swimming black
| eyes, teeth like pearls, diamonds that
glow with an intolerable flame. and ac-
cents which have something of pathetic
softness is rare enough
/ The name, too, is striking-His High.
ness Prince Kalanianaoie. His High
ness is taking a trip around the world.
He has nothing to do in particular He
has plenty Of money. He is cousin to
the Queen Liliuokalani, who is now in
Washington and his brother-his elder
brOthCr-stood in direct line of the sue
cession. had something not happened in
Hawaii The Queen is doposed she Is
working at present, pitifully enough.
for her crown lands, while the Prince
is taking things easy and seeing the
world. The Princes wife belongs TO
another dynasty-she is the daughter
of great chief who once had power
and whose family Is very ancient.
The Prince says of the ex-Queen that
she was always too autocratic, and was
consequently not liked by the higher
slugg.g thn death ,F Ia. i,s
she wanted all the power in her own
hand-wanted the right to appoint the
mobiles and the like. and got up kind
Of revolution to effect her purpose. Tho
Prince did not greatly like her on that
account.
His Highness wears, however. her
miniature in his watch chain. which is
gorgeous affair."
The Prince is roconciled to the pres
ent state Of affairs. although the ma
tives are not very loyal to the new re-
gime. or course, His Highness gives a
sigh for the good old days. but he has
large private estates. which were not
interfered with. and he finds 1t toler-
ably pleasant to go lip and down the
world
But His Highness has a crow TO
pluck with the original missionari,s
who transformed the native Hawaiian.
THE right kind of missionary would
have been all right, His Highness
says, as. sitting in the reading room of
the Place Viger Hotel, he becomes
reminiscent but the kind that came
/ taught the native that the best thing
| to do was to attend church all the time
and give his substance to God. What
/ happened? Before the missionary came
thenative was Industrious. He had al
ways his little garden. He had always
a little food put past. He knew moth
| ing of money, of course. With the adj
vent of the missionary he became care
less about his garden; he became lazy.
but very pious; he gave up everything
to the Lord, being told that he would
be rewarded tenfold. What has hap
/ pened? Who has the lands and the
wealth Of the Islands today? Why. the
sons Of those very missionaries, to b.
sure"
| His Highness tells how musical tho
Hawaiians are; how generous. how
hospitable. how intelligent. They can
all read and write.
And yet they are a decaying people.
In twenty years it will be hard to find
genuine Hawaiian. They were
strangers to vice and disease when they
were let alone; under civilization
forms they have lived badly: they do
not consult doctors, and they are dy-
ing of. You will find plenty of half
castles, of course"
Taro is their native food, and Is
more to them than the potato is to us.
They are said to be too slow; but His
| Highnoss states that the common peo-
pie of Hawaii will compare favorably
with the common people of any other
country.
Curious, before the annexation, they
were Ignorant, savage people now, they
are deemed to be intelligent enough 20
exercise the franchise"
What brought about the position as
we have it today" Sugar said His
liighnoss, answering his own question.
Sugar is our great staple. Our sugar
made Spreckels. 1t has made many.
We owe the oyerturning of the old re-
gime TO sugar. The old regime Is dead.
II will never return. A few of the ma
| tiYes hope IL may; but we know better.
| The Hawaiians were small people.
but II they had been handled differently
they would have rendered a different
account Of themselves, They were in.
yaded by spectators, who played upon
their simplicity and enriched them
selves at the expense Of apeople always
generous and candid Well. that chap
| ter is closed"
His Highness smokes great gold
mounted pipe; his fingers are gllttering
with diamonds; he will make an inn
preston in Paris when he goes 10 the
exhibition, His liighness was educated
| in the Islands, but he has been 10 Eng