The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-05
NEW KING OF
HAWAII RE|GNS
tFrom wednesdays Advertiser)

IN t1hWdl lubJ rs CledIll 40
Emperor Norton did in California, and
has taken royal apartments at the POI
lice station pending the erection of a
new palace. The new king, who is
otherwise known as George Z. Giles,
declares he was duly elected as sover.
eign of the Hawaiian Islands last Sat
urday. Yesterday he became anxious
concerning the government and began
a canvass of eligibles to form his cabi-
net.
The king will probably make his first
proclamation this morning before Dis
| trict Magistrate Andrade and will ex-
| plain the manner of the creation of
| the new kingdom. At present His
| Majesty is anxious about the salary end
and has declared to certain of his sub
| jects whom he has taken into his con.
fidence that he will be satisfied with
5000 month. In order to prepare the
way for the new Minister of Finance
to put the treasury in shape, the king
affixed his royal signature to blank
power of attorney, the complete sigma.
ture being "King Giles of Hawaii. 4"
| At times he refers to himself as King
George / and at other times as King
Giles.
The new sovereign is a native of the
| Tonga Islands and subject of His
Majesty George Tubou II, King of Ton
ga. He is part English and part Ton
gan. is about twenty-six years of age,
good-looking and dresses fairly well.
For several weeks he has formed n
habit of visiting business houses down
town, among them the Advertiser of
fee, and always has some peculiar com.
ment to make regarding his personal
affairs.
AT first he spoke of some contract
work in Arizona for which he claimed
he had not been paid and ended with
passing in n communication on the sub.
ject. He said that he was an English
man and "this Englishman must be
paid by Uncle Sam" or there would be
trouble. Later, he come to the Adver.
tiser Office to complain that an after.
noon paper was CATER him." and
when shown n copy of the paper, he
pointed to headlines about Kepoikai
saying that he was Kepoikai and the
persecution must stop His next
visit was productive of the following
, communications:
"Tonight ] feel more bright thar
fortnight ago; l feel / will win tn,
battle, for / know that Heaven Fathe,
will help me, and will blessed the KinE
& his nation.
"(Signed) GEO. f. GILES, -
The next letter was signed "Kins
: Giles and read as follows:
81 rejoice indeed to heir the goo,
News last night went to get out an,
see the fun as I heart this morning
am till weary and blinded on tn
: matter, but in day or two l be abb
. to do business.n
> Another letter was a sort of biogra
/ ply of King George III of Tonga, bu
I; before the writer was half through tn
communication he had turned to hin
70 self, as follows: "The great Travelle
:, in the world will sail away from thi
port Some time this week to U.
i America on business matter, the
u from there on to London to attendin
u the University This is his third tri
= around this world; he will probable Sa
+ back again in ~ month times. | jus
d gone to say that | am very glad to Sc
that some one have Influenced by m
Z suggestion.
o "Uncle Sam must gone.
g "GEO. +. GILES.'
@ Yesterday Giles came to the Advel
!. tser Office to announce that he ha
:. been duly elected king of Hawaii an
, was willing to hear from people abou
. the formation of his government, II
said he had just come from the post
office and was not satisfied with tn
o stamp window and money order depart
o ment and that things must be change
). there Immediately. He said that Will
D he was king the rate of postage woul
/. have to be changed to the penny post
age system for letters, and furthermor
v that Uncle Sans head must be remoy
q ed from the stamps and his own sui
n stituted.
i. Furthermore he wanted the Englis
Z coinage substituted for Uncle Sam
Z money and his head should also appea
/, on the coins.
v He felt that he must have n palac
+ to cover his royal head and house HI
n ministers of state and that he woul
a have to move toward the selection q
"a cabinet. AS to salary he confesse
/, to was not quite sure about this matte
but he suggested $500 a month as fai
.. but later on changed to 5000.
M When told that there was already
20 Queen here, he stated that he woul
=. make things satisfactory to her, and
~ DR.. Emerson, later on said he wou
IN settle a quarter of n million dolla
No upon her. In all things he knew Il
III Heavenly Father would guide him.
- said he was willing to form a cabine
~, and at this iuncture Detective Medsir
~ was introduced to him as a possih
m Lord Chamberlain. The new king sho,
-, :, hands with the chamberlain in hear
" manner, and agreed to accompany hi
a. to one of the public buildings of {
" kingdom to discuss the government S
., uaton. He went to the police staff
cu with the detective and was usher
into the presence of Sheriff Jarre
iu The "King" plunged into the sto
III of his election at once. and spoke aga
70, of his need of palace and cabin
ne ministers to run the government.
81 came from Tonga originally, |
arrived in Honolulu FIVE or six mont
ago. said the "King." "I am
tho carpenter by trade, but on Saturd
-. last | was duly elected King, Y
III will see it in the newspapers. l do
iss know Just what to do. This is new
nh me. feel that / ought to study