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to the shore In the royal barge rowed
by forty men, and were lodged in pal
ace.
After three days. occupied in visiting
temples. and In one instance inspecting
temple into which no common" was
ever permitted to enter; after dinners
and lunches with the King and his min
listers, and the noblemen, the party left
Tor Singapore, where Ii was received
with royal honors. by Sir Henry Wells,
the British governor of the colony.
While there. the party, on the invi-
tation OF the Sultan of Johore, visited
that charming little kingdom for one
day and a night, and were entertained
at royal feast by that Malay sover-
eign.
After leaving Singapore. the party
stopped at Penang for a few hours. on
the way to Burmah. There il remained
only long enough to drive about Ran
COON and visit the sagacious elephants.
A., who handle the lumber of the sawmills.
The voyage ended at Calcutta, where
the representatives Of the Viceroy of
India, In his absence, received and en-
tertained the King and his suit.
From Calcutta the party Travelled in
the viceregal car to Benares and Bonn
bay. In the latter place IL was richly
entertained by the Parsee merchants,
and among other places, Ii visited fhe
Tower OF Silence" where the bodies of
the dead are exposed to the vultures.
While en- route to Egypt Ii was as
sumed that the Khedive of that country
had never heard of Hawaii, and that
the party would. therefore, modestly
visit the Pyramids and quietly proceed
to Italy. On arriving, however, at Suez.
the party was received by deputation
of high officials of the Khedive's gov
eminent. who conveyed II in the state
railway carriage TO cairo, as the guests
OF the ruler.
\ 1 will here make an exception TO my
resolve not 10 enter into any details, by
giving a curious incident of this trip
to Cairo. On leaving Suez, the chief
official of the Egyptian party asked IL ii
was his ma1esty's pleasure to lunch on
the way. The King cordially replied
that II was. Thereupon telegram was
sent TO the proper station, Prepare
lunch for the King of the Sandwich Is
lands" On arriving at the station. the
King and his suit and the officials, were
formally taken into a room, the doors
of which were guarded by soldiers, and
several large piles of sandwiches were
presented to the King. The chief official
at once stormed about II. and inquired
what was meant by offering such a
lunch. The keeper of the station was
brought in, and meekly explained that
the telegram given to him verbally was,
Prepare lunch of sandwiches for the
King"
At Cairo the party visited the Pyra-
mids and other noted spots, and in two
days left for Alexandria, where 1t was
received by the Khedive in person
and escorted to a palace attended by a
squadron of cavalry. Within a few
feet of the palace was the Khedive' S
harem. The Khedive entertained us at
a dinner party and ball in the palace of
- w ri vx-aa w do
stroyed by the English warships in the
attack on the city.
From Alexandria the party went to
Naples, at which place King Humberto
and Queen Margharita were temporar-
lily staying. The King and Queen at
: once and cordially received the King
and suit.
Here Moreno, mentioned in the begin
ming of this article, appeared. but did
not succeed in involving the King i'm
any diplomatic troubles. He had with
him the student Wilcox, who subse-
quently returned TO Hawaii. proved in
capable of filling any office. headed an
unsuccessful revolution in 1889. and was
sentenced TO death for fomenting a rev.
olution i'm January, 1895.
Remaining In Naples only two days
the party proceeded to Rome, where
. after n conference with Cardinal Jaco.
J bini. n private audience between tbs
: Holy Father and the King and suit wa:
! arranged. IL took place in one of the
inner reception rooms OF the Vatican.
From Rome the party went directly I,
England, in order to be in London be
fore the close of the season. The Kin.
r was warmly received by the British
. government. and he and his suit be
4 came the guests of the Queen at Clar
: idge's Hotel for eighteen days, during
: which time they met the members o
: the royal family frequently, lunched a
E Windsor Castle, and were ertertaine'
: by many of the nobility.
e After leaving England, the part
e went TO Brussels, where visits were ex
c changed with King Leopold. Fror
: Brussels IL went to Berlin, and met tn
a members of the royal family at Pots
: dam, and dined with Prince William
4 now the Emperor. In Austria the Kin
o was received by the representatives {
! the Emperor. who was absent. i
8 France, President Grevy being ava.
n the officials of the Foreign Office er
h tertained the King. AS 1t was the sun
J. mer season the King of Spain was nc
IS in Madrid, but officials of the SPANS
20 throne took the Hawaiian King to til
n Escurial and drove him about Madri'
At the Portuguese frontier he was m,
Ie by the high officials of Portugal, an
m became the guest of the King of POI
b. tugal for three days. He was honore
~ with Stdlc uinncrs, JUL Hsnts anu ~
II ceptions.
IN From Portugal the King returned
e France and England. and from EN-
he land he took passage to the Unite
is States. He was received by Presidel
g Arthur. who had become President
Df the United States but few weeks pr
ii vious.
TO From Washington, the King went
W the Hampton Normal and Agricultur
c. School, and met his old friend. Gener
vi 8. G. Armstrong, the brother of his mi
III lister. After visiting the horse breediI
Id farms of Kentucky, he proceeded
he San Francisco, and returned 70 his ov
a kingdom. where he was received wi
T. triumphal arches and much 'cordialii
What then? What good, IL any, car
ms OF this sweeping trip around the worl
ch In which the monarch of the smallest
re the Kingdoms met his royal brethre
~, the rulers of vast empires. How mu
n did he profit by IL? He had secured
en- himself, his suit. and his friends. ma
RS decorations" and he had seen al
1T been saluted by great navies, but h
a he brought back with him any clear
lot notions about good government?
r. Soon after his return he proposed
he expensive coronation. He had been
a the throne seven years, but believ