Ke Aloha Aina, Volume IV, Number 17, 23 April 1898 — Page 4

KE ALOHA AINA

Hookumuia no ka

Pomaikai o ka Lehulehu, a he Nu

Pepa na aka Lahui Hawaii.

EDWARD L. LIKE.

Lunahooponopono.

EMMA A. NAWAHI.

Puuku o KE ALOHA AINA.

HONOLULU…. APR 22, 1898

 

KE MIHI NUI NEI

            Mamuli o na hauwawa kana mawaena o Amerika Huipuia a me Sepania, ua ulu ae nei na manao miki iloko o na poe i hoohiki pau pele, a pau mano ai, e hoohui aku ia kakou me Amerika ma kea no, he aupuni hoomaluia mai, a i ole he Panalaau maolino paha e like me Cuba no Sepania, a o Ioia hoi no Enelani.

            O na aka hoohui aina o na la i hala aku la ua like ia me na pauku hau e kauhola an malena o ka piko o na mauna, oiai, ko lakou kino paakiki e hoike mai ana i ka hua awaawa o ke anu a me ka maeele i ka va a maalo aku ai o na mea kino ola uhane ma ia mau wahi. Aka, I ka wa e poha ai o na kukuna wela o ka la maluna o@a m@u kino paakiki e waio ana, e paa analakou I ka hehee, a e lilo ana o lakou mau kino paakiki I mea palupalu.

            He mea oiaio, @a hoike mua aku no KE ALOHA AINA mamua ak@ nei, I ko kakou wa e lilo ai a hui me Amerika, oia ka wa e hoea mai ai o ko kakou hopena ma kea no lahui, ma ka wae ia ana o ko kakou poe ikaika, i poe koa no na wa e ulu mai ai ka uluaoa kaua iloko o Amerika me kekahi aupuni okoa aku, a o na lehua mua no paha e laweia ai a hooili iluna o na mokukaua oia no keia poe koa Hawaii e hoomaamaa mai nei I keia mau la, a me na Pukiki pu, a o lakou nei no mahope loa.

            Nani ko ke Akua haawi ana mai I na manao hookupaa o ke aloha aina iloko o ka lahui kanaka nawaliwali @ lawa ole me ka ikaika e pale aku ai I ko lakou mau enemi, aka, o kela mea makamae iloko o @o lakou puuwai, oia ke aloha i ka aina, ka lahui a me kea lii, ke kumu nana I hoopakele i ka poe hoohuiaina mai ka lilo ana i poe koa Amerika e @akaka ana me na poe Sepania ma na kappa kahakai o Cuba a ma na wahi e ae paha.

            Nolaila, o na poe aloha aina, o ia na poe i hoopakele i ke ola o ka poe i ake e hooliloia kakou i poe kuewa no na aina malihini, a ke ike nei lakou me ko lakou mau maka I ka pololei o @o kakou makee ana i ko kakou aina, a ke haawi nei lakou maloko o ko lakou naaui @a hoomaikai ana i ko kakou hana ana i ka mea pono a me ka pololei, a eia no hoi ka makou o hoike aku nei, ua pololei ka makou i ao aku ai mai hoi hope, a mai puni wale i na olelo pahele a ko kakou poe nan@ e kiuai make nei, e hana ia no ka pono a haule main a laui.

 

MAI PUIWAIWA I KE AHE MAKANI

            O na lono lauahea i paa e ae ma na pipa alanui, i ka auina la Poaha nei, a I hookapalulu ia mai hoi e ka nupepa Hoku oia auina la no, e huki ia an aka hae hoku o Amerika Huipuia iluna o ka pahu hae o ka Hale Aupuni o Aliiolani Hale, nook kakou lilo ana I poe ohua noho hale malalo o ke aupuni a kakou e kaukai aku nei ka manao, oia ko kakou lunakanawai nana e hooponopono i ko kakou hihia, a oia auanei ka wa a Amerika e kiko iho ai me kona nuku oi a lawe ae me ka manao limanui o ka pakaha?

            Ke hole aku nei makou, aole e hana ia ana ia mau mea iloko o keia mau la o ka onene kaua ana, a i na he keehina hana kahi oia ano e lawelawe ia aku ana e Amerika no ka hoohana ana ia mea, aole ia mea na kakou n aka poe Aloha Aina e hikilele ai, a olelo iho, ua haule pio kakou malalo o ka poe e noho mana nei i keia la, a o na luhi a me na hooikaika ana o na la i hala, e lilo loa ana ia i mea ole, mamuli o keia mau ooloku e pohapoha mai nei i keia mau la.

            Oia mau lono I @awe, hele ia ae, aole ia he mea no kakou e kuhau ai, no ka mea, aohe makou e kala kahiko I hoike aku ai, ina e huki ia oe an aka bae Amerika, alaila, ua kokoke loa aku kakou i ka puu oioina o ka lanakila, ka mea hoi a makou e olelo mau ai, e hana i aka pono a haule main a lani.

 

NO SENETOA WHITE.

            E huli hoi aku ana o Senetoa White o Kaleponi I Wasinetona, I keia mau la aku la, kekahi mea kue loa i ka hoohuiaina, a i kona wa e hiki ai ilaila, e hoala hou ana oia i ka Ninau Hoohui Aina I hoomoe pu wale ia mai la, uo ka pepehi oiaio maoli ana a make loa.  Pela ka manao oia kanaka, a ma ua lono i loaa mai nei, ma ia kumu no i k@ulua iki hou aku ia ko kakou hoaloha “Keo.”  Ke mau la no ka man@lana ikaika iloko o na hoaaloha o ka poe Aloha Aina o Hawaii @ei Dubois a me Pettigrew.  Aole no e lanakila ia kupuino ke lawe maoli ka hale a koho, o ka oi maoli no ia o ka pono, I ole ai lakou nei e kaukolo hou ia MEA INO @o kahi wa hou aku.

 

UA MAALAHI MAU IO NO KAKOU.

            Naui ke kilakila o ua manao hauoli i komo mai iloko o ko makou mau puuwai, mamuli o ka hooko ole ia ana o na manao o ka poe i kaihi ae I ka ma@a o ka aina iloko o ko lakou mau lima, me ka manao, e hoolilo ia kakouna kauaka Hawaii, i poe Amerika Panaiauu, ma o ka hoohui a hoopau loa ana i ko kakou noho ana kuokoa ma kea no lahui.

            Ka mea Loi I manaoia ai e ka poe e noiho mana nei, oia k aka wa e pala ai na pomaikai he nui maluna o kakou a pau, a e ohi lehulehu ai ka poe ilihune i ka hua o na pomoaikai mai Amerika mai a hookawowo io ai hoi na hana holomua ma na auo a pau iloko nei o ko kakou nei aina aloha.

            Nani ko kakou maalahi ana, mamuli o ko kakou hui ole ana me Amerika Huipuia, ma i hui kakou, a lilo kakou i Panalaau nona, ina la o kakou kekahi o na poe koa e komo pu iloko o ka  oihana kaua mawaena o Amerika me Sepania, elike me ka Enelani hana ia Inia, kekahi o kona mau aina Panalaau, ma ka hoouna ana ia lakou iloko o kea hi weliweli o ke kaua, me ka poe hihiu o Aferika.  Aka, na hoole loa mai ke Akua ia mea. A ua ku uwao ae oia no ko kakou pono, a pela iho la i ko ai ka pule a na haipule o ka poai o ka poe Aloha Aina, a makou e hooia nei, he mana kona e hoopakele ai ia kakou.

 

MA KA HUA E IKE IA AI KA LAAU.

            O kekahi keia o na mea ano nui a ke Akua i hana mai ai maluna o ka ili o ka honua, ua haawi mai oia i na laau i ana no ko ke kanaka ano ma keia noho kino ana, a oia hoi ka ka Baibala e olelo mai nei; “Ma ka hua e ike ia ai ka laau,” oia hoi, ina ulu mai ia laau, lipolipo kona mau la@, hoopuniia kona mau lala e ka hua, a ina he hua maikai e loaa ana he waiwai iloko ona, a e pomaikai ai hoi ka Ona nona ia laau.

            Pela no hoi ka laau hua ole, ulu ae oia he nani no kona nanaina, aka, aohe nae ona hua e hoopomaikai mai ana i ka mea nana oia i kauu, e hoihoi ana anei oia i kona ku olohelehe mai pela?  Aol@.  E komo koke mai ana iloko on aka hoowahawaha, a o kona hope, e pokepoke ia oia a hoolei aku iloko o kea hi.

            He wahi olelo @ o naauaomaikai keia na kakou e kaana ai, oia hoi, ulu ohaoha mai ke kulana o kekahi kanaka me ka mahiehie, ma na kulana like ole iloko o ke aupuni a me kekahi mau hana e ae paha, a i ole, lilo i kanaka ona milio@a, u@@ ka hauohano a me ka hookieike u, komo main a manao lapuwale iloko ona, a o lakou paha, e hoolilo ia aua ia hanohano i mea ole, a aia pu hoi ka poai o na poe hana ino mahope o lakou, e alualu ana i ka waiwai pau wale ole o keia ao, o ka hopena e loaa ana ia kanaka hanohano, aohe ka hilinai ia, e lilo ana ia he mea ole.

            Ua like ia me ka laau u ulu ae a hua mai i ka hua awaawa, a o ka poe a pau i lawe ae i kona Lua  a ai iho; he hopena poino ko lakou.  Aka, o ka laau i hua mai i na hua ono, a he mau mea hoi e hoopomaikai ai i ko ka honua, halawai no me lakou ka pomaikai oia hoi, ina he ilihune haalele a haahaa loa oe, aia nae na Lua maemae o ka hoopono iloko o kou lunaikehala kahi I paa ai, ua oi aku kona kiekie o ka hilinaiia mamua o na poe hanohano a ona miliona hoi, a he oi aku hoi ka ono o kana mau huaolelo, a o kana mau hana paha e lawelawe ai, mamua ae la o kela poe.

            Nolaila, he olelo ao maikai keia na kakou e kaana ai, oia hoi, e alualu kakou I ka hilinai ia o ka kakou mau hana maikai, mamua o na waiwai makolukolu o ka poe kuonoono o keia ao, ua oi loa aku ko kakou hilinai ia ke hoopono kakou me ka kakou hana ponoi, a mai hoolilo hoi ia kakou I poe laau hua, he awaawa kona hua, a he mulea hoi ma ai ana, e loaa aku no kona hopena he hoowahawaha mau loa ia.

 

KA IKAIKA KAUA MOANA O BERITANIA NUI.

            O ka mea nui iloko o na olelo a ka Haku Mua no ke kapili hou ana I mau mokukaua.  Ua noonoo i aka hoomaka ana e kapili @ ek@lu mau mokukaua hakaka, eha mau mokukaua holomama a me e@a mokukaua liili@, o na mokukaua ha@aka ekolu a me elua mokukaua liili@ e kapiliia lakou mal@ko o na pa hoolako kaua moana.  A ua hoohui pu ia aku iloko o keia kauoha na molukaua hou malalo iho no ke hapiliia ana penei: I12 mau mokukaua @akaka, 6 mokukaua holomama o ka papa ekahi, 6 o ka papa elua, 10 o ka papa ekolu, 6 mokukaua liilii iki mai, 4 mokukaua liilii, 41 moku topi@o wawahi a me hookah moku holoholo no na alii, a ke hoohu@a lakou a pau e hiki aku no ko lakou h@ina i ke 96, a ua a@eane e like ka nui me na mokukaua o Amerika Huipuia.  Mamuli o ka pilikia i ulu ae mawaena o na limahana mai ka @ahina mai o Iulai, 1897 a hiki mai nei i keia Feberuari, oia ka mea nana i hoemi i ka ikaika hoonee ana aku i na hana imua o kela makahiki aku ne.  Aka, i keia makahiki nae e paa ai na mokukaua @o@i@o a pau. i keia wa e hookomo ia ana he ekolu mokukaua @akaka a me ewalu mokukaua holo mama o ka papa ekahi iloko o ke komisina.

 

NUI KA UA A ME KA WAI O NA KAHAWAI O HILO.

            O ka mea maa mau mai ka wa kahiko mai, o ka malama o Novemaha, De@emaba, Ianuari, Feberuari, oia na mahina nui o ka ua, a loli ae i kahi mau makahiki, he malie ia mau mahina, aka, i keia n@@ ana mai nei, he ua no o Januari a me Feberuar, aole nae i ike i aka nui o ka wai o na kahawai, aka, ua koho ko Hilo mau keiki kamaaina e hoomaka mai an aka malie i Maraki, a o ka mea I ike ia, ua hana mau no ka ua, a ma ka Poalima, @a 11, ua koikoi ka ua ana, a nui ka wai o na kahawai.

            A mahope mai o ka la 11, ua oi ae ka wai o na kahawai mamua o ka wai mu@ ma kahi a ka wai i hele ai e hoomaop@po ia a@, a ma ka po saba@i la 27, ua koikoi l a ka haole ana a na pakaua aole i kanamai, a ma ia po no, he heki@@ I hoopuiwa ae i kekahi poe a he nakolokolo me ka ikaika o @l@a manawa a kualilii mai ana me ka nunulu liilii ana a pau koke no, a ua l@he i aka halulu ana a ka wai o na kahawai e na hale e kok@@@ aku ana, a i kea o ana ae ua hi@i ke koho ia, ua pakolu ka wai o ka la 11 alaila like ae, oia no ka nui o keia wai hookalakupua.

            Ua nui na lono o ka poino I ike ia m@ kela a me keia wahi o ke alanui aupuni mawaena o Unomea a me H@kala@, ua hoohiolo ia kekahi mau ala@aka liilii, a ua koho mua kekahi poe peia e lilo ana, a ua hooko ia o keia waikahe, me he ala e i mai ana e hana a paa e hamo me ka puna, a pela io no i keia wa, mamua i hoonoho@oho wale ia no, me ka manao ilalo no o Nawai e kolo malie ai, a oe pii ae i ka lapa manu ole eia ka auanei i ke kahiohio ana iho lalama na lima I ka pali hopu hewa i ke @io pohaku eeleku a alaa ka hiolo la, a he like ma kekahi wahi a he like ole ma kokahi wahi o na mokupuni o Hawaii ka Manawa i kahe nui mai ai o ka wai hookalakupea o Maraki, 1898.

            Me ka Lunahooponopono a me na keiki oni@ hua me@ala ko’u welina pumehana.

                        Me ka haahaa,

                                    S.K. WAIHOIOAHU.

 

            Ua haiolelo ae o Rev. Kaaia maloko o ka luakini o Kawaiaha@, kekahi o n aka@unapule i hoi mai nei maluna o ka H@ku Ac, mahope o kona kaawale ana aku nei no na paemoku o ka Hema no 12 maka@iki, no ka huli ana i @a lahui e noho h@po ana malaila I ka pono, @e moakaka kana kamailio ana, me he mea la aole oia i noho loihi iloko o @@kahi l@hui i @ ke ole ka ol@@@ me @a kakou olelo makuahine.