Keeping in touch and updated on activities regarding the restoration of Ke Aupuni o Hawai`i, the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono.
Words Bind and Words Set Free
Yield or Surrender?
I would like to clear up a misunderstanding about what the Queen did on January 17, 1893. Almost every account you read, hear or view, uses the word “surrender” in describing the Queenʻs action that day, when in fact, she did not surrender.
Liliʻu specifically used the word “yield” not “surrender.” A surrender would indicate a permanent “I give up, you win.” A yield means: Iʻm not going to fight with you, letʻs put this on hold — time-out — so we can straightened this out. This is what she meant — and this is what she wrote:
I, Liliuokalani, by the grace of God and under the constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the constitutional Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a Provisional Government of and for this Kingdom. That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America, whose minister plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared that he would support the said Provisional Government.
Now, to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do, under this protest and impelled by said forces, yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon the facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representative and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.
So all of you out there filing lawsuits, lecturing and making documentaries, please donʻt insult the Queen by saying she surrendered. And donʻt insult the patriots who are fighting to restore our nation precisely because our Queen did not surrender, but instead, through her protest and conditional yield, protected our sovereignty and preserved our right to reactivate it.
Apology Resolution or Apology Law?
Likewise, people keep referring USPL 103-150 as “the Apology Resolution” or worse, “the Apology Bill”. It is neither. Itʻs the “Apology Law”. When both houses of Congress pass a Joint Resolution and it is signed by the President, it becomes a law. That’s why it is named USPL (United States Public Law) 103-150. To the U.S., that Apology is the law of the land and, like any other law, is binding.
One More…”Mainland”
While we are at it, let’s stop calling the U.S./America the “Mainland.” “We are not American!” Hawaii is not part of the United States! So let’s not, out of habit, continue to repeat and reinforce the statehood lie by using the “M”-word that indicates subserviency to the U.S. Every time you check yourself from saying “Mainland,” you will be resetting your mind toward a Free Hawaii.
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The U.S. presence in the Hawaiian Islands is neither legitimate nor immutable.
The more we stand as a nation; the more we assert the Hawaiian Kingdom is alive and kicking; the more others will begin to see a Free Hawaii emerge.
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Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! They told us we were adopted but then we found out we had been kidnapped! To honor the abductor as if he’s a hero is creepy and bizarre. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! - TinyURL.com/AlohaOeMckinley
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Malama Pono,
Leon Siu
Hawaiian National
