Show EX or OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS there Is a look of at settled melancholy on the queens face she has the air of one wearied of her task ened at the absolute failure which has attended her heroic efforts there Is nothing royal about her surroundings yet something of the dignity of majesty remains to her seated in an ordinary hotel parlor without throne or crown or any other royal appurtenance she still looks a queen the place is furnished in the usual W way ay even the folding bed in the corner striving with un unblushing blushing mendacity to look like a wardrobe has not been spared Lilu okalani is attended by no suite she was alone when I 1 en entered t ered colonel macfarlane the queens business man 1 I was wag almost going to say business manager would make an admirable courtier he has the suave polite manner the polished easy address of your man of the world accustomed cus tomed to move in high social circles your majesty says the colonel nel bowing low his highly polished silk auk hat bat in his bis hand though a queen without a kingdom title Is preserved to her here Is a gentleman who wishes to talk of your native land it was a neat way of recommending me to the queens good graces no subject could be dearer to her heart than her land and people the beautiful isles of which she has been despoiled her subjects over whom she may no longer rule A smile of welcome lightens up the weary face as the queen holds out her hand with stately graze grace though her features are distinctly polynesian though she has the broad lips and the snub nose of her race Lilu okalani is not at all dark in color just a faint tinge of brown not more than many a mexican has her english is perfect though she speaks slowly with the slightest possible foreign intonation yes my people she sighs it Is long since I 1 have been with them the two years which I 1 have spent in washington seem like an age to me it has been such hard work too and the oll mate has tried me very much I 1 have no complaint tomake about your washington officials the treated me moto kindly they gave me the place of honor at the inauguration ceremonies and every one received me in a friendly spirit but all my work has gone for nothing TO 1 I w was a s elat just t on the point of success the a annexation n n I 1 on scheme I 1 am su rewa defeated when the war came the whole situation changed at once the military spirit of the people swept away all considerations of right and justice and I 1 could do nothing that is why I 1 am going home to my people to explain why I 1 failed to show them that I 1 have done all I 1 could for their liberty to tell them how bow their independence pen dence was lost to advise them to submit patiently to fate then your majesty will not command your subjects to oppose the american rule 1 I have no longer the right to command they are not my subjects no now they are my people but I 1 am coull dent their love and respect for me are an as deep as ever they will do what 1 I tell them I 1 know that any active oo 00 opposition to annexation would be futile and I 1 should be sorry to lead my people into unless they take steps ste q of ther own accord I 1 shall do nothing if they hold a great mass mee tingas Is the native cust omand call upon me by an overwhelming vote to oppose annexation I 1 willot course course help them th era all ail ta my power where does your majesty propose to live when in hawaii 1 I shall of course travel about mhd islands a good deal and visit my people and care for their welfare but cheto heh at home I 1 will live in my own house at washington place where my dear husband and I 1 spent so many happy years it is one of the finest houses in honolulu you know does doea your majesty expect to regain the crown lands wech were taken from you by the republic now the financial question to Is a delicate one to touch on with the queen and I 1 felt some hesitation in putting such a query it Is well known that the royal estates which brought in a revenue of some annually were confiscated by the republic and not on otie penny of compensation has ever been paid to the queen 1 I do not know she replied 1 7 cannot tell what will be done with the prep property of which I 1 was so unjustly deprived but I 1 RM am sure that a gmt gribat and honorable nation like IMP tbt states will not treat me with injustice her majesty put in colonel macfarlane as an one better competent to deal with figures has as relied entirely on her own resources since the revolution many kind friends have offered help but she ehe has refused all financial aid her expenses at washington have of course been very heavy end and she ehe has had to mortgage her priva ite property to obtain funds I 1 am sure the american Amer loan nation would never allow the queen whom they have deprived of her country to sink into poverty you know when ai proposal for annexation was made under the harrison administration it was intended to offer the queen ample compensation for the lose loas of her crown now that annexation la Is on an actual fact some proposal of a similar nature will be made before this war broke out sa sald said ld the queen 1 I had bad every hope that I 1 wo would uld come into my own again if annexation had been defeated the movement for the restoration of the monarchy would have gained strength enough to the republic away my devole never voted for the republic but at least 75 per cent cenit of them would have voted for my return to the throne everything now depends on the manner in which the commissioners the united states 1 is 9 sending to hawaii setup settle the government if they treat my people well and give them the f ull full measure of liberty which they deserve all will be right we were the most civilized race in the pacific went on proudly we belonged to the family of nations our representatives were ito be found in every court we had all the machinery of modern government our people were educated and knew how to vote intelligently it Is a very different thing from annert annexing ng a colony of another nation or capturing a group of savage islands like the PhIlIp philippines pinea hawaii has a just claim to the preservation of her state rights it if the nation Is to absorbed by the united states then lit it should be admitted to the union and the hawaiians Hawa Hawaii lians ans hould be granted the same rights and privileges aa a are accorded to any other portion of the race then again some special provision must be made for the introduction of asiatic labor or else i ill all the sugar plantations will be ruined it will never do to stop the coolies coming there altogether but 1 are not nat there enough men now cm an the islands to work the plantations yes there axe are enough coolies now but if more were e not allowed to come you yott can see that chait the supply would soon ruri out and there would be a great alne lae to in wages then it would be impossible IOS SIble to grow sugar profitably and the islands island would be ruined san francisco call |