The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1898, Page 17

T R R R R or 1 at the abso- hich has attended ts. There is noth- oundings, yet ty of majesty an ordinary rone or crown 1 appurtenance, she The place is fur- even the fold- g with un- » look like a ward- e entered. Macfarlane, the Queen’s busi- n (I was almost going to say mang nake an ad- the suave, the ‘polished, easy ad- f an’ of the world, ac- customed to move in high social circles. ur Majesty ys the colonel, g low, his highly polished silk hat hand:. Though a Queen without a kingdom, Liluokalani's title is pre- rved te hom “Here is a gentleman o wishes to talk of your native land.” It was a neat way of recommending me to the Queen’s good graces. No subject could be dearer to her heart than her land and people, the beautiful of which she has been despoiled, er subjects aver whom she may no longer rule. A smile of welcome lightens up the weary face as Queen holds out her hand with state grace. Though her features are distinctly Polynesian, h she has the broad lips and the of her race, Liluokzlani is in color. Just a faint not more than many a Mexic: English is perfect, thoug! with the slightest possible foreign intonation. “Yes, my people,” s “It 1s long since I with them. The two years which I have spent in Washington seem ke an age to me. It has been such hard work, too, and the climate tried me very much, I have no complaint to make about your Washington officials. They treated me most kindly. They gave me the place of honor at the inaugura- tion ceremonies, and every one re- ceived me in a friendly spirit. But all my work has gone for nothing. “T was just on the point of success. The annexation scheme, 1'am sure, was defeated, when the war came. The whole: situation changed at once. The T ary - spirit of the people swept away. all considerations of right and justice, and 1 could' do nothing. That is-why I am going home to my people to explain hy I failed; to show them that I have done all I could for their fberty; to tell them how their inde- ce was . lost; to advise them to penc submit patiently to fate. “Then your- Majesty will not com- mand your subjects to oppose the Amert rule?” “I have no longer the right to com- mand. They are not my subjects now; they are my people. But I am con- fident their love and respect for me are as deep as éver. They will =~ what 1 tell them. I know that any active opposition to annexation would be fu- tile, and I should be sorry to lead my people into difficulties. Unless they take steps of their own accord, I shall do nothing. If they hold a great mass meeting, as is the native custom, and call upon me by an overwhelming vote to oppose annexation, I will, of course, help them all in my power.” “Where does. your Majesty propose to Bve when in Hawaii?” A1 shall, of course, travel about the {slands a good dezl and visit my people and care for their welfare. But when at home T will Hve in my own house at Washington place, where my dear hus- band and I spent many happy years. It is one of the finest houses in Hono- hilu, you know.” ' “Does your Majesty expect to re- “Ya were the most civilized race in the Pacific. We belonged to the of nations. Our representatives were to be found in every ‘We had . 1 the machinery of modern government, our peo- ple were educated and knew how to vote intelligently. It is a very different thing from annexing a colony of another nation or captur- ing & group of savage islands like the Philippines. Hawaii has a 3 m to the preservation of her State rights. If the nation is to be absorbed by the United States, then it should be admitted to the i nd the Hawaiians should be granted the same rights and leges as are accorded to any other portion of the race.” B e e o e e o R R e T o b b S TR R A O g EX-QUEEN LILIU B o S R R e S S S e S e S R R 2 ++ R R gain the crown lands which were taken from you by the republic?” Now the financial question 1s a dell- cate one to touch on with the Queen, and I felt some hesitation in putting such a query. It is well known that the royal estates, which brought in a revenue of some $100,000 annually, were ated by the republic, and not penny of compensation has ever to the Queen. “I do not know,” she replied. “I can- not tell what will be done with the proper of which I was so unjustly deprived. But I am sure that a great and honorable nation like the United States will not treat me with injus- tice.” fer Majesty,” put in Colonel Mac- farlane, as one better competent to deal with figures, “has relifed entirely on her own resources since the revolution. Many kind friends have offered help, but she has refused all financial aid. Her expenses at Washington have, of course, been very heavy, and she L] had to mortgage her private property to obtain funds. I am sure the Ameri- can nation would never allow the Queen, whom they have deprived of her country, to sink into voverty. You know when a proposal for annexation was made under the Harrison admin- istration it was Intended to offer the Queen ample compensation for the loss of her crown. Now that annexation is an actual fact some pronosal of a simi- lar nature will be made.” “Before this war broke out,” said the Queen, “T had every hope that I would come Into my own again. If annexa- tion had been defeated the movement for the restoration of the monarchy would have gained strength enough to sweep the republic away. My people never voted for the republic, but at least 75 per cent of them would have voted for my return to the throne. Everything now depends on the manner in which the Commissioners the United States is sending to Hawail settle the goverrment. 1f they treat ::v peopletvi;-gl and give them the full easure of erty whi ey Servi all will be right. i el “We were the most civillzed race In the Pacific went on Lilinokalani, proudly. e belonged to the family of nations. Our representatives were to 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 annexing a col- ony of another nation or capturing a group of savage islands like the Phil- ippines. Hawail has a just claim to the preservation of her State rights. If the nation is to be absorbed by the Unite? States, then it should be ad- mitted to the Union, and the Hawai- ians should be granted the same rights and privileges as are accorded to any ot'rlxer portion of the race. Then, again, some speclal provision must be made for the introduction of Asfatic labor, or else all the sugar pluntat(linns will be ruined. It will never do to stop the cooli there altogether.” e “But are not there enough men now on the islands to work the planta- tions?” “Yes, there are enough coolies now, but if more were not allowed to come you can see that the supply would soon run out, and there would be a great rise In wages. Then it would be im- possible to grow sugar profitably, and the islands would be ruined.” D R R R R R R R S S S SO ER R R SR S P PSP rthhttt et + «Before this war broke out I had every hope that I would come into my own again. If annexation had been defeated the movement for the restoration of the monarchy would have gained strength enough to sweep the republic away. My people never voted for tae republic, but at least 75 per cent of them would have voted for my return to the throne. Every- thing now depends on the manner in which the commissioners the United States is sending to Hawaii settle the government. If they treat my people well and give them the full measure of liberty which they deserve all will be right. R RS R Tk EL T + + + + + + 4 + + + + + b o 4 2 AWAIL. P R R R R R R R R e S R Rt “I have no longer the right to But I am confident their lovs and annexation would be futile, and I into difficulties. Unless they take R R TR IKE Queen Victoria, Hawall's Queen is an author as well as a monarch. She has given us, from her own pen, in clear, in- telligible .English, an account of her life, hiding none of the se- crets of royalty and telling us exactly what it feels like to be a queen. Her intense love for her beautiful ‘country and intelligent people shines forth from every page of this volume. She tells of her happy childhood, her still happier marriage, her brief but event- ful reign; and last and saddest of all, of her dethronement and separation from the people she loved so well. Of her childhood she writes: “I knew no other father or mother than my foster parents, no other sister than Bernice. I used to climb up on the knees of Paki, put my arms around his neck, kiss him and he caressed me as a father would his child; while, on the contrary, when I met my own par- ents, it was with perhaps more of inter- est, yet always with the demeanor I would have shown to any strangers who noticed me. My own father and mother had other children, ten in all, the most of them being adopted -into~ other chiefs’ families; and although I knew that these were my own brothers and sisters, yet we met throughout my younger life as though we had not known our common parentage. This was, and indeed s, in accordance with Hawalian customs. It is not easy to explain its origin to those alien to our national life, but it seems perfectly natural to us. As intelligible a rea- soh as can be given is that this alli- ance by adoption cemented the ties of friendship between the chiefs. It spread to the common people, and it has doubtless fostered a community of interest and harmony.” The school days of the Queen were chiefly remarkable for the development of her great natural gift for music. All Hawaiians are musical, but the Queen was the first of her race to master the difficulties of tech- nique, and to re- duce her native songs to written music. “I have never yet,” she writes, | “numbered my compositions, but am sure they must run well up into the hundreds. Of these not more than a quarter have been printed, but the most popu- lar have been In such demand that several editions have been exhaust- ed. Hours, of which it is. not yet in place to speak, which I might have found long and lonely, passed quickly and cheer- fully by, occupled and soothed by the expression of my thoughts in music; and even when was denied the ald of my instrument I could transcribe to paper the tones of my voice.” More than this the Queen, in her girl- hood, composed for her country a na- tional anthem, the first it ever pos- messed, which was sung for more than twenty years. In 1862 began the happiest portion of Liliuokalani’s life. She married an American citizen, Mr. Dominis, with whom she took up her residence in a fine house known as Washington Place, which had been built by her husband’s father. To-day, under vastly changed conditions, the house is still her private residence, the splendid build- ing which used to be her palace having been ap- “Some special provision must be made for the introduction of Asiatic labor into the islands, or else all the sugar plantations will be ruined. It will never do te stop + + + + + 4+ gether. There are enough coolies on the islands now to work the 4+ plantations, but if more were not allowed to come you can see that 4 the supply would soon run out, and there would be a great rise in + wages. Then it would be impossible to grow sugar profitably, and M : + Ed the islands would be ruined.” f#*t_t#*,‘l‘t+§t+#+§fi++**++#t#f#i#_ttt.. commané my people to opposa American rule. They are not my subjects now; they are my people. respect for me are as deep as ever. should be sorry to lead my people steps of their own accord, I shall do nothing. If they hold a great mass meeting, as is the native cus- tom, and call upon me by an overwhelming vote to oppose annexa- tion, I would, of course, help them all in my power.” O e R R R e EY + + + + They will do what I tell them. I know that any active opposition to <+ + + + + + % propriated for Government offices by the republic. Washington Place is, she tells us, “a large square white" house, with pillars and porticos on all sides, really a palatial dwelling, as comfortable in its appointments as it is inviting in its aspect. Its front is distant from the street far enough to avoid the dust and neise. ‘Trees shade its walls from the heat of noon- day; it is, in fact, just what it appears —a choice tropical retreat in the midst of the chief city of the Hawaiian Is- lands.” The only drawback to this ideal retreat was the fact that it con- tained a mother-in-law, whose conduct severely tried the young' bride. . Lili- uokalani was looked upon as an in- truder by the white mother, and Domi- nis does not seem to have done much to smooth over the difficulty. How- ever, later on matters seem to have ar- rangad themselves better, and -the Queen never speaks of her late hus- band otherwise than with the deepest affection and respect. He lived long enough to assume the title of :Prince Consort, dying only seven months af- ter the Queen’s accession to the throne in 1891. Liliuokalani became heir apparent o the throne in 1877, and recelved the official title she now bears. Ever since that date she took a prom- inent part in Hawaiian affairs, acting during one year as Regent, ‘while her brother, the King, made a tour round the world. She traveled also herself, visiting the United States and Eng- land, and assisting at the jubilee cele- bration of Victoria’s reign. Her jour- neys broadened her mind and bright- ened her natural intelligence, enabling her to take a liberal view of her du- ties as future Queen, and to do much to promote the welfare of her people., But it availed not; her affection for her subjects could not save her throne in the day of trial, and it is a signi- ficant fact that for the doings of that day Lilluokalani blames, not her own race, but the American nation as em- bodied in the self-seeking, rapacious, American missionary. On page after page she alludes to the pernicious po~ litical influence of men who, having come to spread the gospel of Jesus, had stayed to enroll in the ranks. of Mam- mon. More especially she denounces the notorious adversary of Father Da- mien, Dr. Hyde, to whose prejudiced fnfluence over Mr. Albert Willis, the United States emissary, she directly at- tributes her own downfall. But not the missionaries alone came under Lili-- uokalani's sorrowful censure, ‘and, in- deed, seeing the treatment she received at the hands of some representative Americans, it is marvelous that she should have preserved a warm senti~ ment for the American nation. Yet, withal, uncounseled and un- crowned, she never lost her dignified self-possession, never put her own in- terests before those of her peo- ple. And, when at last, after her ab- dication. she was brought to trial by her captors, charged with a series of imaginary offenses, her defense has a queenly ring about it. “I acted of my own free will, ‘and wish the world to kijow that I have asked no Immunity or favor myself, nor plead my abdication as a petition for mercy. My actions were dictated by the sole aim of doing good to my beloved country, and of alleviating the positions and pains of those who un- happily and unwisely resorted to arms to regain an independence which they thought had been unjustly wrenched from them. “As you deal with them, so I pray that the Almighty God may deal with you in your hours of trial. . “To my regret much has been said about the danger which threatened for- elgn women and children and about the bloodthirstiness of the Hawailans, and the outrages which would be per- petrated:by them if they had succeed- ed in their attempt to overthrow the republic government. . “They who know the Hawaiian tem- per and disposition understand that there was no foundation for any such fears. The behavior of the rebels to those foreigners whom. they captured and held shows that there was no ma- lignancy in the hearts of the Hawal- ijans at ail. It would have been sad, indeed, if the doctrine of the Christian missionary fathers taught to my peo- ple by them and those who'succeeded them, should have fallen .ike the seed in the parable, upon barren ground. “I must deny your right to try me in the manner and by the court which you have called together for this pur- pose. In your actions you violate your own constitution and laws, which are now the constitution and laws of the land.” J. F. ROSE-SOLEX. D T R R R S e R d the coolies coming there alto- T+t ++t44 44