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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the British." Later he referred to Princes David Kawananakoa
and Kuhio Kalanianaole (the latter servilng as delegate to Washington from 1902 to 1922) with considerable disrespect, in this
language: "The last namedl-the two princes-are harmless
young persons, of little account, not chiefs of blood, but they
were made princes by the late King Kalakaua without any constitutional right or power to do so."
As a matter of fact, both princes were high chiefs. Their
mother was the Princess Kinoike, and she a granddaughter of
King Kaumualii, of Kauai. Her sister, Queen Kapiolani, before
her marriage to Kalakaua and before he was elected king, was
the widow of the High Chief Namakaeha, uncle of Queen Emma,
the consort of Kamehameha IV. Prince Kalanianaole's career
in the United States Congress was one which reflected cre(lit
upon the prince as an astute diplomat, for serving in Congress
without a vote, yet he secured many advantages for Hawaii by
sheer personal popularity.
Independent of the Stevens campaign for annexation, American residents were fully of the belief that the monarchy, or
the manner in which its affairs were being administered, was
retrograding, and retarding the national status of the Islands.
They gradually came to the conclusion-and it is said witl sadness-that a national change was necessary. Theirs was a different standpoint, for their rights were menaced by the royal administration. These residents had high principles and it must have
been with a heart-wrench that they took the fatal step to dethrone
Her Majesty. But none of the residents stooped to the words of
detraction of the Hawaiians in which Minister Stevens indulged,
which may be consi(lere(l one blot on the official connection between Hawaii and America in pre-annexation (lays.
The Americans, however, had sounded the Harrison admninistration at Washington, when they sent an emissary there to confer with a majority of the cabinet officials. The minister of
Hawaii, at Washington, to whom the plan was broached, did
not understand that it was altogether a secret questionnaire, and
gave out some of the details to a Boston newspaper. The in