Under Hawaiian skies, a narrative of the romance, adventure and history of the Hawaiian Islands, a complete historical account, by Albert Pierce Taylor.

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answer at 10 the following miorning. His answer at that hour
llaale its impress upon the future of the Pacific.
Judge IDole antl General Soper, on the 30th anniversary of the
overthrow of the Hawaiian mionarchy, which took- place oil January 17, 1893, told how events crow(Iedl in those four clays and
culininatedl when Caltain (ood 's revolver barked. Ihat pistol
shot gave America the Hlawaiiian Islands five years later as a
territory, now the most poverfully armie(l antl (lefenledl insular
fortress under the American flag.
Only the stiffening of a lhackbone, the graspinig of initiative
leadership, seewie(I needed in 1icnolnlu thirty-three years ago to
undermine the carefully prelparedl plans of a groutp of citizens and
lperPettate the Iiavaiian monarchy-. But, as events sultsequlently
develope]d, this wotuld have heen a fatal tilt with Destiny.
Just the sudden appearance of a group of Ilawaiians. (leterminell to renwmhiber that their nationality was at stake, at an office
on Fort street, wouldl have broken ulp the cotiiicil of those who
were then prepariing to declare the monarchy, at anl endl and free
citizen governmiiienit to begin. O-.r vithin an hour' when this cotincil had occupied an office in the governmene t buildinog that afternioon0, had the solitary royalist present been reinforced], the tale of
the overthrow of monarchy and of Queen Lilitiokalani thwat fateful (lay of January 17, 1893, mig-ht never have b~een written.
Sanford B. Dole, who became president of the lprovisional government that (lay, told mie the story of the checkmate which the
Americans and residents of other nationalities played against the
ill-advised move of Queen Lilnokalani to declare the constitutionl
invalid and to proclaim one of her own, one that would have
given her the power of life and (leath over her subjects, just as
rulers in ancient periods were vested with that dread power.
Judge Dole and his associates, who had just (lecidletl to take
over Queen Lilinokalani's governm-ent and declare the monarchy
a thing of the past, found themselves trapped in an office room
down town that Jantiarv 17th, 1893. This was one of the most
momentous days in all Haxvaiian history. Across the street they
saw a quintet of stalwart H-Tawaiian policemen watching the win