| Show THE HAWAIIAN revolutions A few years ago hawaii engaged in a little revolution which was a complete success as far as it went it did not greatly change the then existing order older of things but it served to bring xing king Ka kalakaua lakaus to terms me and make of him thereafter the merest figur bead in the possession slon of the verlest of sinecures sine cures he did not live very long after that probably would not have done so even evela if the overturning which consigned him to a continual dolde far niente had not taken place as he be was soi something of a voluptuary and more than any ady modern mode ru monarch known know n of addicted to burning his candle at both ends ja his successor queen seems to be made of sterner stuff stu fiand and to have Ot determined that the crown should be taken from the shelf and worn as an emblem of authority not merely as aa an ornament on en extra occasions if all accounts by the american and other foreign residents on the islands be true she has been planning in an insidious way to make life so unpleasant to them that they would one by one if not in bulk fold up their tents and take a final da departure the scheme culminated as 1 we are advised in the determination nl t ion of her dusky majesty to deprive foreigners of the franchise whereupon they arose as one man anu called upon her to abdicate which she then and there immediately did A provisional government consisting of a committee composed exclusively of foreign born citizens with one exception and he be of american parentage 8 B dole chairman and therefore provisional president was formed forme vand dand it took possession and was administering the functions of administrative authority when the steamer left this reminds us that a cable a pressing necessity for years la Is an imperative pera tive one now new perhaps in the case of the queen it was an instance of vaulting ambition overleaping over o leaping itself and perhaps there were others in the conspiracy if such euch it faiia was who laid the plans and only made use of her as a means of executing them horev r that may be she le is deposed now DOW and as aa it seems effectually personally we have hoard heard her bar spoken of as a rather amiable woman ol of considerable mental attainments who desired to rule her bar people in her own way with no interference from abroad there liere I was nothing unpatriotic in this however injudicious it may have been and however much she may have teen incapable of giving practical life to her peculiar conceptions of the gentlemen composing the new government but little ts to known over lure here as yet yel undoubtedly thy they are men of character and determination the two indispensable prerequisites in the he accomplishment of a work such as they have so signally succeeded in and in its ita accomplishment but one life was wan lost loat it to la idle to take a sentimental view of the case and look upon it as a lot of intruders and ingerl interlopers interlope pers rs gaining ground gradually but firmly and finally like the camel in the fable intruding his bis whole person iu in where orly only his nose was wae contracted for and thrusting the owner out but tor for the transfusion of foreign blood to the islands they would be a rather uninviting field today enterprises of great magnitude splendid buildings elegant residences well built towns and cities newspapers anti and a governmental system 04 modern methods are all the direct or the resultant effects of the foreign population through the taxes which they have paid and caused to be created the kings and queens have been enabled to live in palaces a and DO in luxury anti and affairs generally put on the highway to advanced civilization A foreign admixture is a benefit beneat to any country and to none has it been more pronouncedly so than to hawaii the revolution being successful a d the form of government chani changed zed the question now arises what disposition of a permanent nature shall be made of the Isi andr andt there are not over people all told in hawaii and toe the desire seems to prevail to be entirely independent la im a local and financial sense and thus that they should be attached to some strong power acting as a protectorate at least to this end a commission is ie now on the way to washington to ask officially for annexation to the united state falli faili g in this they will appeal to great britain while it would doubtless be a good thing for hawaii it might prove a white elephant to the nation availing itself of the proffered gift and it is already being discussed pro and con from a diplomatic point of view we can only wait and see what the upshot of it all will be but incline t to the opinion that a guarantee to the islands of strict intervention nonintervention non and complete autonomy will most likely be decided upon next to annexation to the united stated this seems to be the beat thing that could be done certainly our government will permit no other to establish dominion there |
