Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 52, 17 November 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The SO r contained lastnifiht an intervicw with Ministcr M illis. It is pleasin" to see that the representative of tho United States has expressed hiic>elf in emphatic lfingnnge in reganl to an}’ eventnal distorbance whieh might l»o created here. The ininister might be misinforraed by the adherentsof the provisional governraent. bnt it will not be long before he re.il izes that there lris been no <1 inger whatever <«f :inv overt acts or disturbanee being caused or created bv the Hawaiians, and the foreigners who have remained loyal to the constitutional government. ■ The governraent has constantiy , endeavored to create nneasiness j and trouble in the community by the display of arraed inen. and a general show of rnilitarisrn. That they have neither succeeded in stlrring up bad blood, nor j been able to cntangle the Hawaiiaua in any row or fracas is altogether dne to the determination on the part of all our loyal citizens to patientlv a\vait the will of the United States. Those who state that the Hawaiians are plotting or intending to comrait arson or plunder siraply tell what they know therasolves to be barefaced lios. The ouly danger to the safetv uml peaee of this eominunitv rosts in the arraing aud gathering bv the goveruraeut of u most undesirable eleraent of ! strangers recently drifted ashore on this beach in tho hope that there inightbo tish forthem in the Hawaiian troubled waters. We havo no doubt that the ininister with his great experionce and cloar judgment has realizod that fact before now. What corafort tho annexationists ean derive from the faot that the rainister has seut for further iustructions we fail to see but they are weleomo to it. The miuister according to his owu statement has certain instructions whieh he has to carry out, and he states hiraself that absolutely nothuigcan change the policy of Clevel«nd in regard to Hawaii. How the miuister is to carry onthis instructionsorwhenisnot thebusiuessof anybo<ly. The high standing and reputation for sagacity aud dis- , cretion whieh Mmister M illia eujoys iu his own oountiy should j bo a sufficient gnarautee to all parties here that whatever method heusc> or whatever delays he eonsiders necessarv in carrying ont his instructious are for the best intere«ts of Hawaii-nei and the Hawaiian people. And t!iese, who have been notod for their groat paiieuee duriug the last period of wean* waiting and sntiering will contiune to wait iu peaee and quiet till the hour comes when the United States' representative is ready to act. The Star finishes its report of the interview by the folIo» ing \

remarks whieh it claims were used by the minister: “Tes you may say that I deprecate the course of certain newspapers in stirring np fuctional troub!e here. and that I admire the recent conrse of the Star in that | regard. I think that the tone of j its articles en the ]>oliticul sitnatiou hu> been propor and consistent under the circumstances. We simplv refuse to believe tbat the minister ever nsed the l&nguage quoted by the Star. or if he did, that be has ever read that paper. 13ecause it would be impossible for any gentlenian to plaee a stam]> of apjiroval on a newspaper whieh has. since the arrival of Mr. Willis. beeu oue constant mass of vilification. and vituperation of the lady who is ; the Qneen of Hawaii. Since • the gross iusults whieh t!ie Star j oti'ered to Consul Genoral Mi!Is 1 that ])ajier has ilone liitle besides stirring up factioual trouble and bad blood through its scandal°us falsehoods against the Queeu and every roemberof the opposi- , tion to the P.G. That Minister Willis should apj)rove of the threats of violence daily contained in that sheet, we ean simply stamp as one of the Star’s eommon Iies. The issuo of last Wednesday—the day before the alleged interview —is too fresh iu the minds of our citizens to allow of anv other interpretation of the Star report. Wouldn’tthe truth-telling editor of the P. C. A. inform us what English man-of-war was in port on tho 17th of Jannary from whieh the English minister otfered to laml troops? Why not stick to facts and to truth,Mr. P. C. A. i Minister Damou ought to forbid his clerks to work after business hours. It annoys the military and the shatpshooters! Since Minister Willis has promised to keep the peaee of the countrv, it is now in order for our eeonomieal goverument to disband the array. What apologv ean there be for a continued draw on the treasury for the j>urpose of feediug this unnecessary body of meu. Or aro they to be used in the “war” betweon the P. G. and the U. 8. whieh aeeonl ng to the P. C. A. wilj be tho result of Cleveland‘s policy?