The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-17

franklin Fl. Austin as Consul Gen
ersl for Liberia. IT. AANis}4gS
'ho%sver, as showing that. red
tapeism' is as mpeS spquh diuksin
the United STATES ~ i'd Great sB.i!
tain in the dsss When Charles
Dickens wrote.of the "circumlocu-
tion Office" 2; Briefly coudessipg the
facts-whie6 are Welt aSpsn2o E17.
Minister Lorrin A. Thurston add
should be known to his fdus
Achates his editor-thsy are ~these,-
Some roundslozen of years ago dur
ing the life Sf oursmergy AndTmuch
beloved moaarch sshasKip& dSsired
to bestow and exchange decorations
with several princes and potentates
not already enrolled on Hawaii's
roll OF honor. With this objb@ tE
view Mr.. Austin, through sfStiilyt
influence and possibly his own
merits, was selected .as.e, special en-
voy to negotiate these matters, and
ths wSiter, who prepared. the docu-
ments, knows that they should bs
'on file iH the Foreign DGcst ION
arriving in London s&ad smseting
the rehfesentstiEa- Of Liberia it was
aseertaiped that owing to TIE cons.
stitdtioh and laws of fsGibsris po Ep
change of decorations could be
made unless both countries. pos
sessed a Consul General at least at
each 6thers courts. Thi$ matter
was speedily arrrngertsBSstbs ssp.
poihtment of Liberis's represents.
tive. on the ,one hand and Mr.. Aus
tin and The late w 81. Parks, as
copsul,: ION the other. The decora-
tious were formally exchanged,
King Kalakaua recesting, 64s and
Mr.. Austin the other. 1t is mere
conjecture on the part Of thoSe con-
'cerned how the matter has, again
been brought to PUBLIC notice as
Hawaii'has,no interest III Liberia or
Liberia .ini;Hawaii. 1t is thought
possible that since ont phion with
the United States the State Depart,
ment at Washipggltse.p has been
weaving through olda. records to
'stfai&htenout our, foreign entapgle-
ments, and not@fldiag any notice
of;eaneellation of these appoint
ments accepted them still, exist
ing. r NJ Austips, versatile as he
may .lse, has never. earned Liberals
gratitude by word ors speech, and
|aEn, hunos which cost him many d
roast areSaolsR age 70 the fsets
: s!oyssstated' ; 2 V '' y
4,s,. c.,q- a.'l-+'4-. III. }fiyY,Y.ss
The steal ins 3 .schoSfb6oEs 'byjsa
|E.Bsst ton'sprinting firm will be;stop.
psd ,sSnd Supt. of Public 1istr6ctfon
Atkinson, Bss once more seIyed,bjs
|'eouutry in the interests Of The ta1S
payers. Fowswesask Mr., Atkinson
to explain why our youngsters who
attend the High School should be
obliged to, spend good dollars for
the Purehess Of books teashing
'them-the "funny" doings of.JupiteI
ana the hafhsss9 wsTa ;;oiq the
Hunsi We also ask why, ii d &pphbkc
,sshepl it should es 56i6pu4sorS sou
the pupils to 90 through S:courss Of
the languages of German, Fvgheh'or
LAtin'' 1It'sesms to- ls,. tina" little
parents whose children. attend the
High school, object to these "e1tras"
that the teachsr5 should not have
the power to. enforce the studying
oftioreign Languages, whichwiH aot
be- OF special vsluerinthe future life
Of the children, A smattering
knowledge OF French or German
will bsvet no Benefits to the average
pupil in the High school. We have
no objection TO any kind OF know
ledge, OF moral kind, being impress
sed into the heads OF the young
people Of the High achool, or any
other school but we fail to see why