The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-16
THE GILBERT ISLANDERS.

the final close OF an incident which commenced in 1877 twenty-sx
years The labor problem which then deeply under
consideration and allied the question Of getting into the
islands which would settle and remain population Dr.
agent Hawaiian
and had been successful getting together the first
OF Portuguese immigrants to hitherto But other efforts
being made well The of the OF that day be
expressed better from NJ kapena to the legislature OF 1873
In further efforts solve problem OF population the Board
(of Immgraon determined August last make another
explore the islands the south and To bring Ponean
male and female OF with ourselves and locate
them here appears be experiment worthy of trial and persistent
efforts For gather information and if possible to devise
practical Poyneans could be induced
only their wives children
Mist dispatched mission with this object"
Captain Mist Fiji and thence New Zealand and New
South Wales He decided only solve the problem
send schooner load South Sea Islanders experiment
He purchased schooner THE Storm Bird in Sydney, and her
in charge OF 1t Gresy Jackson former English naval officer of
employment Later 1t Jackson gained influence with Kakau and
took charge Admiral navy-bu
story Kng says: The Bird among
islands, finally arrived s. on
board That the beginning bringing the cognate
avorite phrase at the time and the reports fairly bist with it
Desuo expeditions were carried on Tor SIX years when there was
such OF black birding probably not entirely without
that the whole affair dropped after 1000 Ponesans had
been brought OF these the major portion
contracts but few elected remain and they have remain
ed people enr from the Hawaans gathered together
little communities Such the end the cognae idea
1t amusing look back into the muty reports what
said the subject The following shows what hoped
from the Storm Bird The Board that efforts made
recruit population from the islands of this by the natives of
with liable misconception by the
cial nations attended with difficulties
without hope that the Storm Bird may the difficulty and
that such be employed packet which by frequent voyages
may inspire confidence means establishing
course between our islands and the redundant populations OF the other
islands OF the ocean,"
The misconcepion referred that the Hawaiian
might be charged with "babrdng called kidnapping
pretences period when some
BILE atrocities of this character had been committed by sailing
of Sydney What labor Of the cognate obtained by the
Hawaiian Government was free large measure from such atrocities
but doubtful all the South Sea Islanders brought
here came willingly and good thing when the traffic
end
The Minister of Finance explaining OF this
ognate business fully the danger of this mconcepton
pointed that THE Islanders OF the Pacific
toned for some years past to engage labor contracts and from
them Fiji and Queensland have supplied themselves with labor The
traffic under the and vigilance OF the British authorities grad
uay assumed civilized character and inspired confidence the
islanders and the employers Of labor up the point Of making contracts
mutually satisfactory arrangements
In view OF the facts they known nothing could fun
ne than this paragraph desires to idea OF the
mutually satisfactory arrangements and does the
let him read few OF Louis Becke South Sea stories they
ceent picture of South Pacific life in those times The
Hawaiian minister's remark will then be fully appreciated
The idea developed here for fostering
care OF Walter Murray Gibson into the imperial idea when
King kaakaua dreamed OF federation Of Ponesn islands and o
nouu as the capital OF the Ponean empire Dreams! Dreams long
since passed and the who played their parts during
episode have passed like dreams When the Bird
rived in the habor H. A. F. Carter Minister of Foreign Affairs
j. MottSmth Minister OF Interior NJ Kapena Finance
They have all passed the majority Captain Mist bought
and htted out the Storm Bird is and W. NJ Gibson Richard F.
Bkerton and G. w. Ppo who formed the legislative
examine into the matter that time have gone
destined to fill the history of Kaakaua
ton had through the police uscesp the supreme
and PPo was to- remain sturdy opPoonist to the end his days
Captain Jackson about the sole survivor OF the incident
One might morale at length upon this Island incident
1t had ramicaon excited discussion
debates in the mainland press
But has died away like questions the
and all that LETT small band dcrep Gilbert Islanders and their
few descendants who wish like paiarch
their birth Well might the old author Sic wav
OF the world and what eagerly discussing grow
stale and Improbable years hence shall either
waiting be taken home that home which gives peace to all and
promises eternal sleep.
The shooting which Tnnan
engaged was political and was not maintained 1t
likely that political murder would be of the