Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, Appendix II, Affairs in Hawaii

Judge Widemann, June 15, 1893.

[June 15, 1893.]

Chief Justice Judd, who understands the native language, says “he heard the Queen’s speech on the 14th of January. She said to the crowd she would proclaim a new constitution hereafter.” She used the words “ma keia man la.” These words may signify a few days, a few months, or a few years. The term is indefinite. It may be one hundred years. It is equivalent to the expression, “one of these days.”

This conversation was at noon on Monday, January 16, 1893.

H. W. Widemann.