The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-30

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duI NuuIs u' fnr German NUNN ia th.
contributor oft U very interesting ar.
urlD DOB tIs March number uf "Nm.a
uud Marine.
Ho seeks to show how Che different
m"uarghs uf thu Hawaiian Islands
stroNn tu DnliuhlDu their subjects. and
that boz klug kalukaua the last OF the
Hawaiian Kings they even mad am iu-
Nentur kalakuua'H novel idea has roe
cciNDd the attention of the leading ma
tions of the globe. who have sought to
profit by IT, but as yet it ls not feasible.
some day the invention may prove "a
great success In modern warfare and
. the inhabitants Of these Islands may
then claim that is originated with their
king as early as 1873.
The Count says;
That the inhabitants of the Sandwich
or Hawaiian Islands are quick and
apprchcuding people. and do not lack
application To- the modern culture
brought there 10y Americans and Euro
peans only "a century ago. is evident To-
every man vcnturing thither over the
vast cNpanse of the Pacific Ocean
Before kamehamcha ! who sought to
conquer the whole group and bring
them under one head each Island was
Independent. and as consequence con-
slant rivalry between the chiefs of the
different islands threw their subjects
into long and wearisume warfare thus
.hindering advancement ana civilization.
But when once successful i'm his desired
project, Kamehameha was not slow to
profit by what the foreigners brought
to him.
Kalakaua 1 the last King of the de-
funct monarchy bears witness to this.
From my father who was commander
of the German squadron i'm the far east
in the year 1873 and 1876, | received
many vulumnous manuscripts which
he seemed TO value very much Among
them were letters bearing the Hawai-
ian coat-of-arms. My curiosity was
excited by a peculiar looking tin box
which l opened and therein found a
seven-page letter. addressed i'm person
by King I\alakaua to my father. The
letter bore the date of April %. 1876 and
the place of sending Honolulu, Oahu,
Iolani Palace"
The letter was extremely interesting.
Here are few ideas it suggested: 1t
treated Of now 26 year old invention
of which the Hawaiian King was the
founder although the idea was not an
original one.
Kalakaua wrote: Il must declare that
the principle is an old one, but l flatter
myself of the originality of the inven-
ton, and during my visit to the United
States of America | went especially
to the Patent Office to see whether
model of such a description had been
made but finding none it has given me
more confidence to venture the novelty
of the design to those more practical
and experienced in Judgment.
Il confess my ignorance of mechan-
les and the drawings plainly show the
lack of a finished craftsman and it is
to be hoped that ii may not be too
critically examined as one coming from
and who has passed in the school of
design and arts, but simply a rough
Illustration Of the invention submit
ted
. Kalakaua's device was: \ small boat
which would travel beneath the waters
surface. Its bow SO constructed as to
answer the purpose of a ram and at
the same time being a protection for
a gun which when required could be
placed i'm readiness for action by an
aperture left in the ram plate.
All the diagrams were personally
drawn up by Kalakaua and will show
his natural ability as craftsman. Each
detail is shown by a different diagram
with explicit explanations.