Political News Gleanings
Hawaii County, Hawaii
Political News Gleanings
Hawaii County, Hawaii
June 3, 1893
The Davenport Tribune, Davenport Iowa
She Cannot Rule Herself
Hawaiian Postmaster Urges Annexation-England Will If Uncle Sam Fails
Buffalo, N.Y., June 2-Luther Severance, postmaster at Hilo, Hawaii, and for fifty years a resident of the islands, is visiting friends in this city. Speaking of the situation in Hawaii, he said:
"The better class of the foreign element want annexation. Any government formed of the people of the islands could not last long. There would be so many conflicting elements that anarchy would be the outcome. The present provisional government, which is practically a military government, could not have lasted as long as it has had it not been for the prospect of annexation.
"If the United States refuse to take us England will surely step in and establish a British protectorate by placing Princess Kaulani on the throne. [Submitted by S. Williams]