Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-17
IILUOKALANI
For Sovereign Of Hawaii Most Beau
tifuI Kingdom


limited States flag was flung to the
hreeze on the island, hauled down
again. and run up to stay so long as
the American Republic should endure;
but the Hawaiian Islands have not
been altogether without eourst since
1894. When the matter of her abdica-
tion and the annexation of her realm
TO the United States had been dlspos-
ed of. and the whole transaction babe
fair to be settled outside the domain
of politics, Queen Liliuokalani, or
Queen Lii" as she had come, not
disrespectfuly, but, rather, democrat
ically. to be called, was amply pro-
yided for as 20 annuity, and given the
use of her palace in Honolulu, where
since then, she has frequently receiy-
ed. gracefully, graciously, and IN state
Queen Liz would have held on to
her regency much longer, perhaps
down to these days, if she had not got
he autocratic idea into her con-
seriousness, or, if she had only driven
It out when it first got in. she had
succeeded her brother, King Kalakaua,
rather fine-looking specimen OF his
race. who visited the United states
in the late seventies, and became
known TO the public of that country
/ bv the convenient title of King
Calico" He was a wise king, in that
he allowed the Hawaiians, the Eng
lishmen, and the Americans on the is
lands TO come pretty near managing
their own affairs. One of the results
of this course, however, was that the
British and Americans, with little
help from some other Caucasians, soon
had nearly everything in their own
hands. Queen "Lil," on ascending the
throne, indeed, remarked rather point
edly that so far as she could see.
/ there was little for her to do, in ex-
listing circumstances, but TO take adj
vice and instruction from the bold in
terlopers who had come into control
of Hawaiian trade and commerce, or
else declare her right TO reign abso-
lutely. Among the most aggressive
Of the interlopers, in her opinion, and
she was not very far wrong, were
those who spoke the English lam
guage, and were otter heard to talk
| loudly, and to sing even more loudly,
in that tongue.
| At all events, Queen Lip did not
fancy the way things were going, but
rather the contrary, and, as soon as
she felt herself settled in her throne,
sch drew up a constitution to take
The place of that handed down through
long time of monarchs from Kane
| hamhe / to Kalakaua. This docu-
ment was well written, and was ad-
mired for the breadth of its scope and
the completeness of is provisions. If
Queen Lip degree of authority
which the most powerful among the
absolutists of the earth might well
have envied First and foremost, it
would have enabled her to expel all
whites; second, it granted her power
to import opium without limitation
Under the revised organic law the
Queen would have been answerable
to nobody for anything. Her autoc-
racy would have been Hohenzollern in
the extreme. All she needed to put
her constitution through, and after
ward to enforce it, was a great army
and a great navy. She had neither.
Hence she was speedily deposed, and
a Republic, with Sanford b. Dole as
President, was set up temporarily.
Immediately following her deposit
ton, Queen Lip visited Washington
and had several interviews with
President Cleveland, at each pleading
her claim to restoration Mr. Cleve-
land would not go so far as this, even
to oblige lady; on the other hand,
the cry of imperialism having been
raised, he would not go so far as the
extremists and annex the territory Of
which the Queen had been deprived
While the negotiations for the final
settlement of the problem were in pro-
gress, the United States flag was
raised in Hawaii, and President
Cleveland ordered it lowered. Then
he was criticized more sharply than
he would have been had he gone
counter to the anti-imperialists.
Meantime it was becoming clear that
Queen "Lil' could never be restored,
that a monarchical government was
impossible, and that, if the United
States did not step in and take pos
session of Hawaii, Japan would GER
tainly do so.
When this latter point was taken
into consideration, the settlement was
not long delayed. Queen "Lil" did not
like it. Later, when a pension of $40.-
900 year was allowed her, she re-
fused to be reconciled. She resided in
Washington a part of every year for
long time, and she always had
hopes. Gradually however, she fell
into the way of interesting herself in
the work of women's clubs, and in the
suffrage question, and in this way she
became weaned from thoughts Of the
past, with all the unpleasant associa-
tons appertaining thereto.
Finally, when the United States. de-
clared war against Germany, she had
the Stars and Stripes raised in front
of her palace in Honolulu, and from
that time on she could be counted on
as a genuine friend of the Republic.
and stanch adherent of the allied
cause. Queen lii" had many excel
lent traits. She was greatly loved By
her own people always, even if the
great majority of them thought her
best fitted for private life.
Will Speak at Md. Ave. Church
Tomorrow Night