The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-19
A CHAMPION
OF THE QUEEN
Especial to the Advertiser)

! NSpeClal 10 the ADVERTISER
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1O-The News
| Letter has the following to say of the
! indignities to which Queen Liliuokalani
has lately been subjected in the East
by the pomRous hotel clerks of that sec
! ton:
! Li1iuokalani has been driven from pillar
! to post in New York in search of a hotel
willing to provide her with the accom-
modations usually provided for travellers
able and willing to pay for the same.
Being a native of the tropics, her COM
pIeXion is little off color but she is an
accomplished and distinguished lady for
all that. She is the deposed Queen of
the Hawaiian Islands, and would be the
reigning Queen today had not our gov
eminent ruthlessly despoiled her OF her
own. The descendant of a remarkable
race. and every inch a queen, she was
accustomed. until three years ago, TO
Iavshly entertain in her palace at Homo
! lulu, distinguished and even royal Wis
itors from all over the world. Yet to-
day, through no fault Of her own, she
and her modest retinue ask shelter in
several of the leading hotels of New
York, but are denied. The report OF the
matter will find its way into every home
and hearth in our newly acquired tropi-
cal possessions, and create a feeling of
the bitterest hatred against people,
their government, and their institutions.
Maso is going to be elected president of
Cuba in February by a solid dark-skin-
ned vote, and on a platform distinctly
inimical to American interests. Governor
Wood and Senior Palma are struggling to
stem the current. but what chance of
success have they IN view of the Liliu-
okalani and Booker Washington Incl
dents? AS to what the Kanakas of Ha-
wall may do 1t is not possible 20 guess.
but how they will feel is as certain as
that human nature IS what it is. If they
were a warlike people they would give
trouble, for they dearly love their Queen
and country. But it is in the Philippines
that the most deep-seated offenSe will be
taken. One of the strongest objections
to the pe-petuatiOn of our rule there is
that 1t is alleged that we hate all men
who are not white. The Filipino as we
nave learned to our cost, is a good deal
OF a man. He is clear-visioned, keen
witted. and not afraid to fight II we
must become tropical power we must |
cut loose from much of our color preju- |
dice
NOT 4 CHAMPION
While most of the papers of this State |
have expressed sympathy for LlIiuoka-
lani in her claims to the crown lands of |
Hawaii, some of them have been very
bitter against her. The Sacramento Bee,
an influential journal. thinks that tho
queens claims should not be recognized
at all
The Bee says: "Liliuokalani maintains
that the provisional government and now
the United States government in taking
possession of those lands have deprived |
her uniawfully and inequitably Of her In
dividual property. She claims that the
crown iards We're the Individual property
Or the sovereign, and relies upon a state (
mont OF the custom Of Hawaii in that re-
spect to prove her claim. In brief her
history of these lands is as follows:
Formerly all the land in the Islands
belonged to the sovereign There was .
10 individual ownership Kamchameha
III divided all the lands INTO three. class
-. One class was apportioned 10 the
;hiefs and people. one set aside for the
benefit OF the government. and the -hjr9
vas devised by viii to his successors up
N the throne. to be enjoyed ~ them in /
'uccession. This is the land LflfuokaIa7f
claims as a successor to Kamehameha
{ fs clear from her own statement that
me has no individual title to these lands !
eparate and apart from her interest N |
hem as the successor of Kamehameha |
lad she been depOsed ct any time or
Indicated and another mOCarch had TAX !
r. her pace. she would have Irst all ,
r7rre~' ard ;i-in - tho i-uSS a-.4 they