The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-16
Death Of'0nee1l BA'
By
Commerce Chamber
Resolutions Adopted Expressing
Sincere Regret At Passing Of
/. Former Ruler, Whose Life and
Character Are EuIoqIzed

IndTdCleT He EuIOglLeu
Sincere expressions Of regret at the
loss suffered by the Territory Of Hawaii
in the death Of the one time ruler,
Queen Liliuokalani, were recorded yes.
terday afternoon in resolution adopt
ed by the Honolulu Chamber of Com.
merce. The resolution which was in
troduced and read BY President J. F.
c. Hagens, is as follows:
''Liliuokalani, the last ruler of the
Hawaiian Islands, has been called TO
share the eternal rest of her forefath.
ers, mourned Of her race and all those
who dwell within the Island group she
lowed so well;
."Be Il resolved, by the Chamber Of
Commerce Of Honolulu, assembled this
fourteenth day of November. 1917, that
we express our sense Of loss at the de.
parture from this life Of one who has
governed these Islands and aided in
their development toward the goal Of
greatness which is theirs today; and
because Of the esteem in which she was
held by a community which was pleas
ed to hold her in highest regard.
1--WE desire to express our sorrow
that the Almighty in His Divine and
Just wisdom called her from the King.
dom Of Earth before the Throne of the
Universe, realizing that destiny which
had deprived her of a material crown
has called her TO the great beyond to
wear a crown that shall be eternal.
Passed Life In Islands as
"Iiliuokalani, Queen, and Iiliuoka.
lani, woman, passed her long life IN
these Islands, a component element in
their history, their progress in the ma.
terial and the spiritual development,
and the place the Islands assumed in
the sphere of political importance,
through the stages Of enlightenment
Of a people just emerging from the
solitariness Of an ancient and aborigin.
al civilization into the well-ordered adj,
vaneement of traditional constitution
al government with its parallel advan.
cement in education, religion, society,
commerce and in the diplomatic inter
course with foreign nations, until they
reached the state where Destiny inter,
vened, and the Island nation became
merged with the most progressive and
enlightened Republic on earth. ~. ..F D..
tfBiliuokalani, born amid the coudi.
tions of ancient feudalism, Just becom-
ing tempered by the influences Of mod
era government; reared among those
of rank. descendant of the highest
rulers of the ancient regime. and her.
self brought to the foot of the throne
through the elevation Of the ruling
dynasty established by King Kalnkaua,
lived through the period when Hawaii
began to assume its greatest CONNER
cial development which was reflected in
the glory of the reigns Of her royal
brother and her own;
Administrator Of Happiness
"Liliuokalani was ruler of all within
the island group; was administrator Of
the happiness and progress Of her peo-
pie and the foreigners who dwelt within
her realm; was borne upon heights of
power; was the historic figure upon
the throne of ancient Hawaii whose
compelling personality was imprinted
upon the pages of history, and whose
ideals in the final analysis of the i'm:
partial reader Of those pages, gave
to America, the greater of its Island
stars, for destiny, above all else, was
the guiding hand which led Liliuoka.
lani, Queen, and Liliuokalani, woman,
through the decades Of her Iife. through
| the glory of material Kingdoms sur.
rounded by the symbols of royal power,
through those later years when her
kindly heart made her beloved of Ha.
waiian and foreigner, and brought her
people into the citizenry of the Great
Republic, loyal to the ensign which
floats not alone above America, but
above the world of humanity.
Beloved BY People .. q
HLiliuokalani has passed away Her
life amid the development of the Isl
ands as a Territory of the Great Re
public founded and preserved bv Wash
ington and Lincoln has been lived agaip
amid people who have shown theiI
appreciation of her as woman who
followed the course chaTted for her by
destiny, beloved and endeared to them
by her gracious manner, her interest
in community affairs, and of the af
fairs of world stricken by the blasts
of war, and her last moments were
for those who have been stricken dowr
by the God of war and needed help
and for these stricken once her kindly
heart grieved and she passed away moi
alone within the shadow of the flal
Of the old monarchy, Of the Great Re
public, but also of that flag which sym
bOlizes no land, no ruler no people
but all humanity--the Red Cross.
fTherefore be 1t resolved, that W,
record through these resolutions oul
expression of the loss to this Territory
| in the taking away of L1iuokalani anC
that copy Of these resolutions b.
spread upon the minutes of the boart
Of directors and copy be sent TO Prince
Jonah Kalaniauaole, to Secretary Col
onel Curtis P. Iaukea, and to the Gov
ernor Of the Territory" .r., 81.