fame, have
repaired that wrong; only this, and nothing more."

These remarks are important, as they refer back to the very beginning of
the troubles in Hawaii which led to the present plan of making the
islands a part of the United States.

In saying that the annexation of the islands would be a "complete
departure from our national mission," Mr. Cleveland meant that it was
the policy of our Government not to go outside of America to acquire
territory, but to let other nations alone just as we ourselves wish to
be let alone.

This policy is very different from that of England, for example, who has
for many years been reaching out to add to her already vast possessions.
In other words, our plan is opposed to what is known as the "policy of
grab."

By speaking of "our interference" in the Hawaiian revolution as
"disgraceful," Mr. Cleveland means that the revolution was not only
largely planned by American residents on the islands, but that American
marines were called from the harbor of Honolulu to the government
building to assist the revolutionists, or, as the revolutionists
themselves declare, to protect American interests on the islands.

Now that the question of annexation is before the country, a prominent
advocate for each side has appeared.

We referred last week to the visit here of the President of the Hawaiian
republic, Mr. Sanford B. Dole. He has recently stated his side of the
matter, in an interview.

And the deposed Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani, or "ex-Queen," as she is
called, has presented her views in the form of a book, giving an account
of her whole life.

Let us first see what Liliuokalani has to say.

In the first part of the book she tells us how she was brought up. It is
astonishing to read that, though she was the daughter of one of the
chiefs of the island, she was sent, very shortly after birth, to the
house of another chief, named Paki, where there was only one daughter,
Bernice, and made a member of his family.

This chief was married to a granddaughter of one of the Hawaiian kings,
Kamehameha I., so the adopted girl was considered a member of the royal
family.

Here is the account Liliuokalani herself gives of her adoption:

"I knew no other father or mother than my foster-parents, no other
sister than Bernice. I used to climb up on the knees of Paki, put my
arms around his neck, kiss him, and he caressed me as a father would his
child; while, on the contrary, when I met my ow