The Holly chieftain., 1923-11-08

the body was removed to the old throne room of
the palace where 1t lay in state on the very spot
where he had knelt as boy when he was created
royal prince Of the realm. AT high noon on the
following day he was removed to the mausoleum
Of the Kalakauas.
No death In all the annals Of Hawnii's touching
andspathetic history caused more profound sorrow
or called forth more expressions of deep ande
genuine regret than did that Of Prince Kalania
naole. The entire population without regard to
creed. color. or nationality united in doing honor
to the memory of brave and mnn'y man who
unselfshly consecrated his life to the upbullding
OF his beloved and devoted people
The army furnished military escort appropr
ate to a general and the navy furnished an escort
similar TO that ut the buripl Of an admiral Guns
were fred from Punchbowl at intervals of one
minute during the time that the body was being
transferred from the palace to the cemetery
Every member Of the government, territorial
county and municipal, executive. legislative and
judicial, voiced his grief by taking an active per
spnal part In the ceremonies
1t is the lust funeral OF the kim; that Hawaii
will see.
1t was estimated that at the time Captain Cook
discovered the Hawaiian islands, then known as
the Sandwich islands, there were 100000 pure.
blooded Hawaiians on the eight islands. The most
vicious habits of civilization were then introduced
to the goodnatnred, friendly. tropical natives In
toxicating liquors and diseases were introduced
with deadly effect upon healthy rac,. who had
little power of resistance. Civilization made them
wear conventional clothing 1t made them live In
board houses. Civilization is a disease to the far.
flung Islands of the Pacific.
This vanishing race of Hawaians is an attrac
tive race. and they were once great people
When Napoleon was laundering across the cOnti-
nent Of Europe Kamehun,eha l, the first king u
the Hawaians, soldier and statesman was or
gambling the kingdom Of Hawaii. He united all
the islands of that splendid group and created a
and rpc mi zad chr
out the world and had Representatives In and
diplomatic representatives from the governments
Of the world. The HawaIians were great peo-
pie, great In statesmanship. great in war, and
great In their social life. They love music and
beauty. They live in land of unusual beauty
and Of incompatible climate.
But the native Hawaiian has Une fault that
units him for an age Of greed-he gives while he
has anything 10 give. The desire to possess any.
thing that belongs to Hawaiian Is a command
to the Hawaiian that he give 1t. and he does 80.
1t Is In this way that they have given up their
lands that they have given up their territory that
they have given up that which was theirs,
The Hawaiian, tall athletic handsome gentle
esthetic, can toll hard OCCASION but nature and
his environment have untitled him for sustained
labor and drudgery.
Because of this when American planters. abou,
fifty years age, began growing sugar on large es
tates In the island, they had to send abroad for
laborers Spaniards and Portuguese. then Swedes
N0rweglans, Dutchmen and Germans were Import
ed. Then Mexico and the Orient were turned to
MS recruiting grounds. Today. as a result of the
labor policies of the sugar planters there is a
most extraordinarily mixed population on the
Islands.
The Asatc population do n large part Of the
agricultural work. They supply the labor gangs
to the great sugar plantations, which occupy the
best lands in the Islands. The native Hawaiians
forced to live in poverty In the large towns or
gain n poor living on the arid Or wnsto lands left
available TO them.