Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-18
MISSIONARIES IND
III Y RoaH Herr
KeOIa Takes Issue On
Land Grabbing
Charge

E1'o. Evening Rlllcru. AIR. WIN.
T. Ellis. writing m be New York Tri.
nmn and copied by the Pacific Adj.
,oui..r. after brief soiuurn among
u.s. hl. rnl. l-us"u Justified to write
" iew gIimpa"a ur Hawaiian history
as Iol him by the people with whom
j" ruu" ia contact whilr here. Among
other things he said: Il has
been charged by many persons and
publications that while The mission.
aries to Hawaii pointed the brnightod
native to mansions in the skies. they
at the same time quietly took posses.
sion OF IN" natives earthly real Is.
tate. That the whole island. even
since II has become Territory. is the
priyat" graft Of the missionaries and
their sons is familiar accusation. A
man who spoke as from absolute
knowledge declared to me aboard ship
that the missionaries are the curse
Of Honolulu"
The foregoing quotations are gpnur.
ally accepted as truth not only hy for.
cigncrs but by Hawaiians as well
!. for one. do not accept 1t. for /
have u deep admiration for the mis-.
siOnary fathers who first came here
to educate this people. to elevate
them from a life of sayagcry To civil.
lizatiOn. and for doing SO they have
been yillincd and termed the "cursr''
Of the country 10y people who had ncv.
or done anything for Hawaii and It's
people.
II Is not true that because the TIA.
waiians were taught to look for high.
or things and to store mp In Heaven
whore neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt" that the Hawalians have,
with few exceptions. most inglOriOus.
~ sold their lands TO foreigners for "a
mere song almost and thus have been
reduced as wanderers In the land ul
their birth. Tho missionaries did not
grab up all the lands. although they.
up To the time of King Kamchameha
~ even, had the utmost confidence Ut
the royalty as well rs the common
people. and could have secured the
entire group II the American fathers
were such mcfconarics AZ some Of the
late non missionary arrivals.
Weigh them with their accuscrs.
and they will all far outshinc the lat.
ter
The missionaries first came here to
teach and uplirt the Hawaiian people
and the history Of their noble deeds
already filled volumes. But almost
with the advent OF
the missionaries came the whaling
airy fathers and mothers by almost Il
thousand fold. It does not require a
great mathematician or n deep thco.
logian to fathOm the depth of ruin AMI
OF the scafaring men. and how It must
have griCycd those sanity fathers AMI
mothers to think that the labOrs Of
their best years were being under.
AllAAa'' ny hNllh'll 'nN wv 'l'o VI SUI
less people.
But even today In this most al.
vancod age in IIawaii's history, whom
the missionaries no longer teach them
Hawaiians are neither storing up in
heaven nor on earth below They are
stlll selling out their lands In most
cases for almost u fourth of their real
market value, AMI they have never
been actuated by u feeling to store up
In heaven, but rather to satisfy. In the
majority of cases, u mOmcntary craze
TO enjoy II jolly good time, never with
4 hop" Of the morrow, for To most lla-
waiIuus their stomach8 receive first
consideration and their heads after.
wards.
This Is the reason why the Hawaii.
ans have always been considered land
thereby hattered) Il very generous,
hospitable and goOd.hearted people,
noble qualities indeed II exercised
with care and diligence; but am
SUIT W nay lUt5t very sumo VUdllll'S
have been the means Of despoiling
them of house and home, for advcn-
turcrs and schcming spectators. oh.
serving these weak spost in II Hawaii.
ans heart, have taken advantage of
the same to gain their visions of
wealth and happiness in this Paradise
OF the Pacific. And the majority Of
the latter are not missionaries by any
means.
The same qualities were possessed
Ly the rulers and more especially by
the late King Kalakaua, who sought
more to entertain and be entertained,
aud which, in my mind, We're the chief
factors in fastening the annexation Of
these Islands to the United States,
which, however, was the best barSuin
Hawaii ever made. Kalakaua was
klnd.hearted to Il degree, easily acccs
slble 10 the humblest, and was there.
fore an easy prey for schemers.