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Show BAWAIIANSAK15 DIVIDE". tlon of tho Monarchy. San Francisco, Sept. advLs from Honolulu state that be congressional commissioners W probably start for Washington tomor-row. tomor-row. The commissioners are bein deluged de-luged with petitions and memorials from the native Hawaiians. The sentiment sen-timent of the natives appears to be divided. One faction desires the restoration of the queen, while the other accepts the new order of affairs and asks for certain rights under the new form of government. The natives who favor the restoration held a mass meeting on Sept 12 and adopted a memorial me-morial which was presented to the commissioners. The memorial alleges that the annexation treaty has failed and the joint resolution is ineffective because it was passed by the people of the Hawaiian islands or the representatives repre-sentatives of the legislature. The memoria 1 concludes bv asking that the constitutional government of January Pi, 1393, be restored, under the protection of the United States of America. |