{"id":1238,"date":"2014-02-06T02:52:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T02:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2014-02-06T02:52:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T02:52:41","slug":"the-san-francisco-call-hawaiis-last-struggle-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/the-san-francisco-call-hawaiis-last-struggle-for-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"The San Francisco Call: Hawaii’s Last Struggle for Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"San_Francisco_Call_Nov_28_1897\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In yesterday\u2019s post \u201cThe San Francisco Call: Haywood Gratified, Mohailani Very Sad<\/a>,\u201d Mohailani appears to be a pseudo name, which is literally translated to \u201cgreat sacrifice.\u201d It was an emotional and comprehensive response of a bereaved person or persons. It is clear that the San Francisco Call knew whom to contact for responses and that \u201cMohailani\u201d was someone that the Call was already familiar with.<\/p>\n

The tenor of Mohailani\u2019s response was definitely from someone who was already familiar with the Hawaiian opposition to annexation that included not just the men but also the women. This appears to point to the San Francisco Call\u2019s coverage of the Hawaiian Patriotic League \u201cStrangling Hands on a Nation\u2019s Throat<\/a>,\u201d published September 30, 1897, and \u201cHawaii\u2019s Last Struggle for Freedom<\/a>,\u201d published November 28, 1897. Both stories centered on a petition of over 21,000 signatures<\/a> protesting annexation that was gathered by the Hawaiian Patriotic League.<\/p>\n

The last story centered on a Hawaiian Commission that arrived in San Francisco on their way to Washington, D.C.\u00a0James Kaulia, President of the Hawaiian Patriotic League, led a Hawaiian Commission of four men in order to present the signature petition to the United States Senate when it convened in December of 1897.<\/p>\n

Could it be that \u201cMohailani\u201d was the collective pseudo name for the Hawaiian Commission especially their stated loathe for Senator Morgan?<\/p>\n

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\"Hawaiians_Battle_for_Liberty\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hawaii has sent four of her representative men to plead wit the United States before annexation is consummated. These men, forming a committee unique in the history of modern nations, have arrived in San Francisco. On Monday they will proceed to Washington.<\/p>\n

The committee consists of two full-blooded Hawaiians and two half-Hawaiians. The leader of the delegation is Mr. James K. Kaulia, the president of the Hawaiian Patriotic League. There are, besides, Mr. David Kalauokalani, the leader of the second Hawaiian society, which differs only in its opinion on local matters from the Patriotic League; Mr. William Auld, who is a possessor of considerable property on the island of Oahu, and Mr. John Richardson, a lawyer from the island of Maui, whose command of English, as well as his ability as a lawyer, makes him the spokesman of the party.<\/p>\n

\"Hawaiian_Commission_1897\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Richardson and Mr. Kaulia were interviewed by the The Call yesterday upon their mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to Washington,\u201d said Mr. Richardson, \u201cwith the hope of inducing the President and the Committee on Foreign Relations to listen to our side of the question. From documents in our possession we think we can convince any fair-minded man that the great majority of the natives of Hawaii are opposed to annexation. If, from our showing, the United States is not assured of this fact, we shall ask that a vote be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA secret ballot?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Richardson threw open his arms. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter. Even if the ballot be open the very men who have refused to sign our memorial will vote against annexation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen some Hawaiians have refused to sign the petition against annexation?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Kaulia, who had sat listening quietly, his grave face and dark eyes turned upon his more vivacious colleague, spoke now.<\/p>\n

\u201cNearly twenty-one thousand Hawaiians have signed the memorial we are taking to Washington. The men, the natives, who have refused to sign, tell us that it would hurt their business or jeopardize their positions if their names were added to our petition. But they are with us in feeling, and as John\u2014Mr. Richardson\u2014says, if it comes to a vote, they will forget every other consideration, and remember only that their country is being taken from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYour committee has been sent to Washington by the Hawaiians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we four have been chosen to speak for Hawaii,\u201d said Mr. Richardson. \u201cThe natives have subscribed liberally to the fund which pays our expenses. Maui, the island of Maui, is the leader in this. At first the Hawaiians would not believe that there was really any danger of annexation. But on Maui\u2014Maui is a unit on anti-annexation sentiment\u2014we insisted that a delegation be sent. You know the native didn\u2019t believe it possible that the United States would annex the islands, knowing the opposition of the Hawaiians. They wouldn\u2019t believe that things could go so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what is their opinion now?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow they are thoroughly awakened to the danger. But they are hopeful\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States cannot,\u201d interrupted Mr. Kaulia, \u201cif it has any regard for justice, annex our country, after our protest. We have come to make known how the natives feel in the matter. I tried to see Senator Morgan when he was in Honolulu. Twice I wrote asking him when he could see me, when he could listen to us\u2014he had listened long to the annexationists\u2014but I received no answer. The natives are very bitter in their dislike of him, for they know how determined he is on annexation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there is considerable opposition,\u201d said Mr. Richardson. \u201cSenators Du Boise and Pittigrew, who came upon on the same steamer with us, have spent ten days on the islands. They see and admit the injustice that would be done the Hawaiians if their country were taken from them. Senator Du Boise says that he hasn\u2019t met one native Hawaiian who is in favor of annexation, and he went as far as the island of Hawaii. He didn\u2019t remain in Honolulu.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn case, though, of annexation, what will the Hawaiians do?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Richardson spoke very seriously. \u201cIf the people of the United States take Hawaii the natives will have to kept down by force\u2014as they are now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to convince your Government that the Government of the Islands was overthrown by means of American warships; that the present is not a representative Government, and that the Hawaiians will never be reconciled to the loss of nationality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe members of the administration are doing everything in their power to bring about annexation. If they learn that they are not likely to succeed in this way they will try another. They will do as they did before\u2014declare that their lives and property are in danger and ask that the American flag be raised. And we know, we Hawaiians, that if the flag goes up again it will never come down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what will you do about it?\u201d Mr. Richardson was asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will fight,\u201d he answered determinedly. \u201cWe will turn upon the administration, and we will fight before we let that flag go up again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hawaiians are very peaceable people\u2014very easy going and good natured. They do not become angry easily. It takes a great deal to rouse them. But they are roused now. They recognize that if resistance is to be made it must be now. They can fight\u2014they will fight rather than allow their land, their own country, to be taken from them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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