The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-10
MAN WHO made
THE PRINCE
DELEGATE
KaIanianaoIe'S South African
Host Travels 5000 Miles to
Visit Him-AdviSed The
Young Ali to Take up Politics,

The man who is probably more res
ponsible than any other individual for
Prince Kuhio entering politics, arrived
this morning on the S. s. Korea to pay
a visit to the Delagte His name is
Sir ]. Somers Vine. He is an English
man and he looks as if he had the
capacity of enjoying the royal time
that his Hawaiian host has been eager
ly waiting to give him.
Sir SOmers has resided in Pretoria
for the past three years. but his home
is in London. Sir Somers is the man
who was the Pretoria host of Prince
Cupid when the later and the Princess
Kalanianaole made their tour of the
world.
Sir Somers is quite a distinguished
looking man. He is tall very robust
with florid face and iron gray mustache
He expressed himself as delighted to
be in Honolulu and renew his acquain-
tance with Prince and Princess Kala-
nianaole. Sir Somers takes quite a
lively interest in events, much more
so than the average Britisher is gen.
orally supposed to take, and was among
the first of the passengers on the
big boat to scan the wharf for friends.
He soon located Prince Kuhio who in
company with John f. Colburn and
Palmer Woods was standing on the
wharf below signalling to Sir Somers.
Prince Cupid and his wife were my
guests when they came to South
Africa he soid. "They had letters
to me in Pretoria. Prince Cupid was
shown some fine excitement during his
visit. We were held up in ambush for
over twenty -four hours one night by
the Beers.
Il heard on my arrival in London, OF
his election to Congress. l was very
pleased to learn of it. When he was in
Africa, ne seemed to be reaching that
state of mind, where he was Indifferent
10 political matters. / told him that
he was making a mistake on this score,
that he should take an active part in
the politics of his section. | am de-
lighted to know that he has done so. l
would certainly have liked to have been
with him when he was making his
campaign.
How long am l going to remain
here? Well, now you will have to ask
me that in couple of days, don |
know now
Affairs are rapidly settling down in
South Africa. The Orange Free state
people have cause for grievance against
the people of the Transvaal. The lat
ter got them into the war and now the
Orange Free state has to suffer
equally with the Transvaal. There
will be some feeling between those
people for some time, but it will not l
think, have any evil effect on the
British interests"
Sir Somers has come a long way to
visit the Prince. In fact the trip of Sir
Somers is a record breaker on this
score. From Pretoria to Honolulu is
about $1,000 miles, but the British lord
has travelled all of that distance to re-
new again his friendship with the Ha-
waiian alii. While Prince Kuhio viii
probably not be able to give his guest
quite as exciting experience as fell to
Kuhio under the guidance of Sir Somers
nevertheless, there will be plenty doing
at Waikiki and elsewhere before many
moons have passed these latitudes. BY
the time that Sir Somers, bedecked
Win leis, is ready to take his depar-
ture from these islands, he will prob