The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-28
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Reca':iGg Occasion OF Royalty
Visit 10 Washington,
Last Of Hawaiian Dynasty Came to
the Capital to Seek Restitution
CT Her PrerosajiVes.

cf fie? Prero5aliNeS.
. Official Washington had put on Aer
very best clothes and IaaGe ready 10
sive royal welcome to Il royal guess.
True. this visitor no longer occupied
throne, nor was she ever likely TO-
She did not even move IN the court
circle, she was the court circle. ana
although that august body had moved
around until it had reached lis last
lap, still, b. nature Of It's former
status, It was deserving Of attention.
This visitor was the last OF the lla77
waiian dynasty, Queen Li!iuoka!ani,
popularly known in this country as
queen Lii, writes tfargaret Bel N tle
Boston Globe She was an imposing
looking woman, not exactly handsome,
as we understand the term, but Of such
obvious strength Of character as to
rally respect to her standard wherever
she went. This particular visit to
Washington was for the purpose Of IL
teresting congress il her affairs. Be
ing, no longer a queen with royal
rights, she looked to this country TO
reimburse her for her sacrifices.
Queen Lis story is unique. When
an infant she was given by her par
ents to another chieftain, a custom long
fostered among Hawaiian royalty. be-
cause this exchange Of children was
supposed to promote good fellowship
among the different tribes and harmony
throughout the islands.
At the age OF four she was sent
to boarding school, where she learned
to speak English and think Christian.
She spent all Of her childhood and
some of her young womanhood Ia
school, and when she was twenty-tour
married an American, John Dominis"
the son OF a sea captain.
She had twenty-nine years compara-
tive freedom; then her real troubles
began. Her brother, the king, dying,
Lliuokalani became queen, but with
out the pomp and grandeur which usu-
ally accompany such social elevation.
Before I had time to collect my
self" she said, "a trap was sprung
on me by the wild hosts with whom
was surrounded" a document was
thrust before her by. the cabinet, great
" restricting her power. TO this she
objected, and the storm broke.
Queen Lii managed to keep her
throne for two years. During that
time her husband .died and she found
herself deprived of a very vital moral
prop. The organization of proW-
sional government in 1853, under San
ford E. Dole, brought about her ;,bdi-
cation and gave the Islands one CT
the best administrations in their whole
history.
Ambitions began to stir within Lii
uokalani, however, and urged her to
plot to regain her throne. But there
were enemies around her, and her am
bitions were learned, with the result
that Queen Eli was thrown into prison.
That settled it. In eight days she
renounced forever all claims to the
throne. The. government evidently did
not place implicit trust in her, for al
though she was released from prison
she was kept ander close surveillance
in her own palace for practically
year. Then on New Years day, 1896,
she was allowed full freedom, aften
signing paper in which she declared
her intention henceforth to live in ab-
solute privacy and to avoid even the
appearance Of being conceTned in pub
lie affairs.
The remaining years Of her life were
narred by not the slightest deviation
from this promise She allied herself
with no party and kept her political
opinions to herself. She devoted her
self to the writing of songs in her ma
tive tongue and travelling extensively
in this country.
On November II, 1917, while other
thrones were breaking, she passed
away at the age of seyentynine.