Show QUEEN LIIS ARREST The arrest of the exQueera > jf hej Hawaiian Islands was an unexpected and startling event Them was nothing in the news that reached tins country of the abortive rebellion which associated asso-ciated the exQueen with the uprising There may be circumstances which justify jus-tify the action of the government of Hawaii in this matter but they do not at present appear There are EO > > many indications of a forced outbreak precipitated by llhe > action ac-tion of men who support the present government tShot wa are suspicious Of the whole proceedings > No doubt the annex ti011ists would like olIO < ge rid of Liltoukalani altogether She ds a source aE anxiety and annoyance to tttiem She was deposeU > by trickery and the government gov-ernment whichi has succeeded hers was set up on such a false pretence of popular popu-lar assent that a reeling of Insecurity must naturally prevail while sttie lives or is on1 the Islands The fact Itttiat the exQueen is off color I either in race or in moro s or in boHi should have nothing to do with the question of her rights Yet ib Is brought Sn by some bigoted people whenever that question arises The dusky wench the dissolute Queen sand lower phrases feurte used as thwugih tlhey ought to sfcttla the matter The plain truth isnthait sire was most I shamefully treated anti tire l revolt I against her was not to any extent 1 I amlong her own people but oni the part of foreigners who had taken up their < aboda and bad fceen protected on tihoss Islands And that they were < aided by United States officials is beyond reasonable reason-able question The whole affair was disreputable and we fear that the latest movement Is no better The insurrection in Honolulu was GO insignificant and was so clearly precipi taltekl for a purpose that it lookS as though it was designed to lead up to the action taken in regard to the dethroned Queen If the great body of the natives i were in harmony with the present government there would be no fear us I to Queen Ldl Shs would be powerless for harm But the dread of an attempt for her restoration springs from toe I fafot that the pretended republic of I Hawaii is in fact an olisaidhy and that the white race have selzdd iby forc and intrigue thit which they could not i have secured by the will of the majority major-ity We will not bo surprised if some further < extreme noalsures are resorteu to in this crisis But we believe it wLl be better for the rulers of Hawaii and the preservation of their power if they treat the exQue with fair consideration considera-tion Kiain if they praacisd to such action ac-tion as will enrage the mass of the Hawaiians Ha-waiians and bring on a real revolution The socalled republic will protalKy remain re-main The recognition it has received will aid it maintain its positron The banishment of the exQueen is not unlikely un-likely to folJow and if her property is auntie forfeit and she is turned upon the world comparatively destitute it will not be surprisinig when the wihols history of her dettoron rment is faairty j considered I |