Hawaii — page 112: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

a oP IPTOOKALANI AND THE REVOLUTION. _— 103 The new Government was composed chiefly of whites, who were willing to carry out behests that had become infamous. In 1887, having matured their arrangements by means of a secret political society, and raised and trained a large body of volunteers, the Americans, joined by the better class of natives and foreigners of every nationality, marched upon the palace. The King and his prime ministers had begun too late their measures for defense. Not trusting the loyalty of the regular troops, nor the eficiency of the raw native militia, Kalakaua discreetly submitted to the demands of the revolutionists, that he should appoint a Prime Minister of their choice, and pro- claim a new constitution that they had draughted. Conspiracies and intrigues for the restoration of ab- solutism were constant, and were aided by the King’s sister, Liliuokalani. When the reciprocity convention with the United States was renewed in 1887, a supplementary section con- veyed to the United States the right to use Pearl Harbor, in the island of Oahu, as a coaling and repair station for vessels. To make this harbor, which is capacious, avail- able for the purpose, it was necessary to cut a channel through the coral reef at its entrance—an operation which has cost the United States $40,000. The United States then had the exclusive use of Pearl Harbor. ; In 1887, when the American party was again firmly established in authority, members of the native party, secretly encouraged by the King and his sister, Liliuo- > bar (E(0) m eae | ecomicbooks