| Show AOUNST AVMVVTION I t01 o 0 0 1 i The presence in this city on Thursday Ol yy04i0 Thurs-day last of four envoys of the natlv oob5 t j 1101 A lIawalian blander Is I n malter or 0 ° ° Ig no cnerallence than the olmpl nil 00ieli e v t Ounce meat or It conveys to the overage L ° 05 2k over-age Ieoder fhe gellllemen themelve f 0 lo aro all natives well educated nnd Jo 0 i IJOil thoroushlj informed regarding the CI 0 Om I political Pltuatlcn as between their 0 k OWII nn1 this country nnd Iornlnl or the probability almost certainty of the I I 0 rI 0 United Slates bcnato tak early 0 b o school rganllng the onnexa f the t O Islands they are on their ua > bach r1 lo Inton to 10 b 00 much as Ihey may hoc ho-c 02 prevent utllrmatlve measures being taken I l I I The cae of the rommbsol ooers Is I an ItO 1 0iPlO object lesson I In tho utudy of ones reo I 1 bIbs to his country 11 ahoho ut n f I Oibl glance how narrow nod Indistinct at 1 5o ijo times Is lIon line between patriotism 0 nod treaso might Iortunlly nnd I P sagacltj not Infrequent being the I ° nrbltera roe conte idlng for the coot coo-t 1r tinued possession or the land of their I im nativity by thoso to whom apart from legal abstractions I II would seem to belong 0 t be-long these men m o nrra > ed against 0 o the government of the Inlands and m therro In a eondillon oC lIsul1ordln f atlon vvhleh may bo varlouslj defined I I J 1 VRollO and cnlargd In I accordance with lbs l t O views and the will of the ruling powcr I whIle those who look at the ginnlng 0 rC things and follow them along In a m sybil of equity are likely to hold 0 0 Stool tOo olellmnt hbaovali one ore 0 oTt lmbc with tho spirit of genuine 0 d t5 patriotism The stool can mak a L O 5 ° election to Bull himself I oj ail It should be burne In mind when l rancid ring the taso from the gruund a ° Ifl uP that these men nre Oh emcee ns o l well as the official representative II 0 2 40000 jople nearly all of whom lore L t h4 ° oppose tn o union with this cou Icy 0 ° or any other These constitute ohout t 0 0 onehalf of the entire population l ot the ojh eja Islands and art lItteen himeoosoOmem I a oo ous as tho American residents there t i ° r H U I undoubtedly true that the l 0 0 Hawaiian senate ratified a treaty of 1 I tYi oolt4a annexation but II Is I klan a fact that 3be0 0 only members of that body who were ° likely to vote that wa > vurc permitted ° ° per-mitted to have the opportunity Uut io n 0 1 Ii I I ° t before this took place a great moss 1k onJ 1 ° meeting of II < onto ou held Oil Palace to I ° 4 I ° square Honolulu to protest asilnst Y t what was declared to be the openhanded 1hii ooj5 open-handed robbery of heir country Two 0 IO 0 of the ptalen at this meeting arc memhro of thc ommlslon nOlv In Washington One of them Mr J K Kiiulla president of the Aloha Aim society said Wo have been told over sod ovei again by some people what a good thing annexation will be for these Islands tho Innd of our birth 1 tell you if wo ever get annexation to the United Mates we may consider ourselves our-selves In the position of being burled olIve 1orlgne 5 III bob In hre nn1 then my frlend to what plnr 55111 wo be scattered T Answer froil the people To the mountains 1 foeoreoosoehro I bob the moe ro oew Ill T bring 55 er 0 3s 20ot si wIlIl the rich l000b01d the nen In Iower to eYtiy They will reap tho halest Our lroOt will be when our Bain will be from what source I Let us stand apart ond nlnlnt Ihi meoure that 1550 I oloxlou to usfoMflhe people l with I the white skins eome they will take I everjthlns lou know that It Is the history nf oil times The li I nothing fanatical bigoted oruorcneOn log In that surely and this Is I what the other Mr Kainuokal nnl said 1 This Is our Ian wo are ihe people and this Is I wherowc belong Ale you In favor of giving you country to nn other to nOble y oOmsn Ices to be waIlO1 np by onother ind lose your Identity without n protesting voice In other words do you want annexation Cries of No coIl Shall we remain Independent Cries of Tee Well To tell you truly It shall profit us nothing to be annexed N e are under a re > Ihll now und we ore ettlrg no goml It we go under another republic no mas get worse Whisiers nf The Tat of tho Indians In-dians When we nre thrown In the United States then the deluge Sloth the speakers nnd doubtless a great majority nf the audience were friendly In their feelings toward the United Stales and if they had to be ollnexed to ome Corelgn Iower would probably choose this country In preference prefer-ence to nny other but tho fate of the Indians Is evidently not whit they covL There Is I a great deal or Intorma lion regarding the history of this country coun-try together with no little pathos dls cloe1 In that short senlnce snob when wo nre made to know that the Islands fully comprehend how they ore looked upon by theIr white neighbors nS nn InCerlor rac tooeeees log no rights whIch rapnm lobs nre bound to resctlhe pathellc feature oft of-t cose rounds out Into a protest against what they can only consider ns an unfair use of greater strength first to confiscate their possessions then reduce them loser fdom nnd finally to obliterate the race entirely They are not likely to bo altogether quiet or Inactive under such clreum Blnnccs |
