Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-14
REVIEW OF LIFE AND
EFFORTS or BELOVED
MONARCH OF HAWAII
By DANIEL LOGAN
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= dear TO hts people for HIS unself- 8
= ish patriotism, for the liberal con- !:
. stitution which he granted them, !:
= and for the gift Of the right to 8;
= hold lands in fee simple His ::
= reign will also be memorable for :,
.; the unexampled progress made by :;
- the nation and from Its wonder :,
= full preservation from the many =
. perils which beset it. He loved llis q
= country and his people. He was :;
= true and steadfast In friendship. =
- Duplicity and intrigue were for :;
- eign to his nature He always =
= chose men Of tried integrity for .,
y responsible offices, and never be- :;
= trayed secrets of state, even in :.
= his most unguarded moments" =
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ..
In reyiving the celebration Of the
natal day OF Kamehamehz the third
-Or rather making II enthusiastic and
emphatic, instead OF Ianguld .and per-
fHnctory as heretofore 1.-The patriotic
organizations taking hold CT the duty
are doing honor to themselves and
their country. The word country here
may well be expanded In meaning to
embrace the great nation Of which Ha-
wall now forms part. fer the benefi-
cent island monarch whose memory
will be FURNISHED anew on Tuesday
next was. for some time before his
death, striving to bring about what
he foresaw was to be the manifest
destiny" OF his beloved island realm
incorporation in the great American
commonwealth. His reasons for this
policy showed that neither ambition
nor treachery was its instigation.
Troubles from without had cIouded
his long reign and. although he did
not permit them to tliwart an inter
nal administration 50 enlightened and
energetic as to place the little king
dom on q plane with the great ma
tons Of the world IN civilization and
progress. he realized that conditions
beyond HIS control existed which made
the end of native sovereignty newt
able. His career may be lilIeDed to a
thunderstorm Amidst the terrifying
reverberations from the oyerhanging
clouds OF hostile foreifn diplomacy
flashed the vivid lightning Of wise do
nestle policy, making rain Of whole,
some laws and edicts to descend upon
the islands
Birth and Accession.
Kauikeaouh was born on March IL.
JSi3. 6t KeouIl00 IN The district 81 4
K0na Island OF Hawaii. His father
was the renowned king and conaueror,
Hameharneha I, and HIS mother Keopu-
olani. daughter Of Kiwaloa son Of Ka-
lsiopuu of Kau. On the day before
her death his mother, while conyersing
with the celebrated chief. Kalaiinoku,
said; / wish that my two children,
Kauikeaouli and Nahienaena (daugh-
teri should know God and serve him.
and be instructed In Christianity.
wish YOU to take care Of these my
two children, see that they walk in
the right way. counsel them, let them
not associate with bad COMPANIONS
The earliest education which the
young prince received was at Kailua
from the Rev. A. Thurston and Thorn.
as Hopu. the latter native who had
been educated In the United States
In Honolulu he studied under the Rev.
Hiram Bingham. His father died on
May 8. 1919. and his mother on Sep
TENDER rs. 1923. Toward the end OF
that year Kamehameha II lbihoIiho)
embarked for England, where he died
in 1924. His body was brought to
the islands In the British frigate
Blonde commanded by Lord Byron in
1895. About May in that year Ka.
mehameha Ill fKauikeaouli) entered
upon his reign, but under the political
guidance of supreme ruler or kuhina
nui, until March, 1893, when he de-
clared to the chiefs his wish to take
into his own hands the islands for
which HIS father had tolIed. the powers
of life and death. and the undivided
sovereignty, which he did. confirming
Kinau tKaahumanu I'D as kuhina nui,
in the 10th year Of his age.
On February 4, 1897. he welded Ka-
lama, daughter of Naihekukui, who
survived him at his death on Decem.
Der is, 1854. Being childless the king
ADOPTED as his son and heir Alexander
Liholiho. who reigned as Kamehameha
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Character and Policy
From a semi-offfcial obituary notice
in the Polynesian shortly after his
death. the following notes on the
character and career Of Kamehameha
III are distracted: His memory is.
and must ever be, dear to bis sub.
jects. for the free constitutions which
he voluntarily granted to them in
1870 and in 1852; for his support OF
religion and patronage of education:
for his comforting upon them, and
upon foreigners, the right to hold
lands in fee simple, and for his will.
ing abandonment of the arbitrary
powers and right of universal seigno.
rial landlordship There is scarcely
in history, ancient or modern, any
king to whom so many reforms and
benefits can be ascribed as the
achievements Of only 81 years of his
reign. Yet what king has had to-
contend with so many difficulties aris.i
ing from ignorance, prejudice, scanty
revenue, inexperiehce and ineptitudet
as has his late majesty King Kane.
hameha III? II was only in 1914 that
his majesty had the assistance of a