The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-29
BOOST HAWAIIS
FLORAL PARADE
(From the oregon Journal

Carnival, was inaugurated. So well
has the festival and its famous parade
on Washington's birthday, the great
finale, been advertised that the people
of Honolulu are looking forward to the
greatest influx Of tourists in February
the islands have yet known. In addi-
ton to the Roche-Thompson aloha"
excursion, which sails from Portland
February l, 1911, special steamers
have been chartered to run from San
Francisco and Seattle. OF the three,
the S. s. Queen, that chartered for the
Portland excursion, is the largest and
best fitted up for such a lengthy
cruise.
The Portland Rose Carnival will be
officially represented, President Hoyt
of the carnival association having Sc
lected John H. Burgard, the we'll
known insurance man, as it's represen-
tative. Mr.. Burgard has reserved
space for a party of 10 in the steamer
Queen.
Though now a part of our great do
main, it is astonishing to find out how
little is known of the Hawaiian isl
ands.
Civilization was introduced to the
Hawaiian islands by Captain Cooks
discovery in 1878. The aboriginal peo-
pie were Polynesians, probably the
first coming from Tahiti as early as A.
D. 500. The language of all the Poly
nesian groups is similar. The ancient
Hawaiians were barbarians, but never
cannibals Till Kamehameha's subju-
cation of all the islands, at the dawn
of the nineteenth century, feudal gov
eminent prevailed, and wars were
almost constantly waged. The islands
were discovered by foreigners several
times. A Japanese junk drifted into
Kahului bay in the thirteenth century,
and it's crew intermarried with the
natives. Early in the sixteenth CEN
fury a Spanish vessel from Mexico
was wrecked on Hawaii; the captain
and his sister, said to be the only sur
vivors, intermarried with natives, and
their descendants were high chiefs.
Soon after Cook, the benevolent Van
couver paid three visits to the islands,
and presented the ruling chiefs with
useful plants, sheep, cattle, goats and
other animals, had a vessel built for
Kamehameha and gave him valuable
advice.
Kamehameha l very appropriately
has been called THE Great" 1.-THE
Conqueror," "The Napoleon of the Pa
cific," and was without question one
of the greatest barbarian leaders and
warriors in history. OF powerful ply
sique, he was no less great mentally
in comparison with the average of his
subjects; his successful conquest of
the group is no more remarkable than
was his wise administration afterward.
The degradation of the race for CEN
turtles was due to religious supersti-
tions. A terrible system of "tabus,"
the violation of which meant death,
was enforced by priesthood. Ka-
mehameha died in 1919, without hav-
ing abolished the "tabu" system; but
the first American missionaries arriv-
ing the following year, found the ma
tives had themselves overthrow their
religion and burned their idols. Thus
was the way for the introduction of
Christianity prepared; the success of
the evangelists in Hawaii is without
parallel in religious history. The
Kamehameha dynasty ended with the
death of Kamehameha V in 1872 The
legislature elected Prince William c.
Lunalilo king in succession. The gov
eminent was constitutional monar-
chy. Lunanilo died after a reign of
little more than year, and he also
failing to name a successor, the legis-
ture elected David Kalakaua. Kala-
kauas reign was marked with two not
able events-the making of a treaty of
reciprocity with the United States
and the coercion of the king, by an
armed demonstration of foreign resi-
dents, to promulgate new constitu-
ton materially limiting the preroga-
tives of the sovereign. Kalakaua NAM
ed his sister, Princess Liliuokalani as
ms successor. He reigned nearly II
years, and died at San Francisco on
January 20, 1891. In his absence, Ii
liuokalani was regent and at his death
she became queen. Upon attempting
to promulgate a new constitution of
her own authority on January IA, 1898,
she was confronted by a revolution
that eliminated three days later in
the abrogation of the monarchy. A
provisional government was placed in
control of affairs until annexation to
the United States could be obtained
but, as that seemed to be long in
coming, a constitutional convention