The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-22

u under King kalakaua, always a
picturesque adventurer, is dead of
a stroke of paralysis at Washington,
where he has led Il precarious life for
the last ten years.
Moreno will be remembered here
chiefly by reason of his brief and
meteoric career as Minister of Foreign
Affairs, in which office he endured four
days, during which period he nearly
pre,iIitatad Il ROY ulu.iou and c..t.r..5
succeeded in creating tremendous eN-
|citement.
Moreno came here in October 1879,
heraldcd as the promoter of san
rancsco-Hongkong cable and a line
of steamers to the Orient. 1t was not
long before he met and ingratiated him
self into favor with King Kalakaua, to
whom he acted as adviser" as he him
self put it. He won the entire conf
dence and admiration of the King by
endorsing as sound wisdom all the royal
views and theories of government. He
encouraged the King to believe that a
loan of $10,000000 could be raised in
China and helped him to plan how the
money should be spent He filed the
Kings mind with dreams of navies and
forts and armies and power. He also
convinced the King that Hawaii should
be governed by Hawaiians; and he OPP
posed the missionary influence. In fact,
he did everything to make King Kala-
kaua believe that the royal ex-postofiice
clerk was sufficient unto himself.
Finally. on August IA, 1880, King Kali
akaua dissolved his then Cabinet and
appointed another comprising Edward
Bush, Minister of the Interior; Caesar
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fairs; NJ. Kuaea, Minister of Finance
and w. c. Jones, Attorney General.
This action. which popular opinion look
ed upon as unprecedented, unwarrant-
ed and inimical, caused great excite
ment and Indignation. There We're
meetings and demonstrations by the
people. The American and British Min
listers declined to have anything to do
with the new Minister of Foreign At
fairs, who was considered to be dis
reputable and incapable.
After four days the King became
alarmed at the situation and dismissed
Moreno, although he still held him in
favor, and secretly sent him abroad
with commission as Minister to the
United States and every court in Eu-
rope. Moreno took with him three Ha-
schools. One OF these, Robert Wilcox,
Is the Delegate at Washington. An
other, Robert Boyd is living in Homo
lulu and active in Honolulu politics.
The third, Booth died abroad,
1t was not only in Honolulu that
Moreno experienced stirring adven-
lures. He was in the Crlmean war, in
cited the natives of Sumatra to revolt
against Dutch rule, and it has always
been persistenely rumored with no
sound denial, that he was an officer
with Mana Sahib at the time of the
Cawnpore massacre.
Moreno achieved also some things Of
Importance and good effect. He organ
lied a Chinese steamship company and
secured the passage OF the Moreno
fishery laws of California for the pro-
lection Of the coast fisheries, while lob
bying at Sacramento.
Moreno was well known by reputa-
tlon, at least, To all who We're In Homo
lulu at the time OF his ministry, and
he and his career are stlll remember
ed by them Rev, pr, S. - Bishop
was speaking of him yesterday!
81 dld not know him personally" h.
said, hut his character was uotorlu"8
about town. lie was known as an al