Peshawar Lancers Redux: Kingdom of Hawaii Revised

The Royal Hawaiian Navy adopted the British G-3 Battleship design for its navy. It was estimated that it would take at least 3 years to build each ship. The Hawaiians would use the American 5"/38 guns as secondary rather than the British 5.25"
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The Hawaiian Congress cancelled the construction plans for the 4th N class battleship as the cost of the Hawaii continued to climb. After hearing in 1926 a decision was reached to build only two of the ships and instead proceed with the Proposed Battlecruiser armed with 16 inch guns and much faster speed.
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Thus the Royal Hawaiian Navy would end up with only two of the H3 Class Battleships the Hawaii and the Tahiti due to cost instead of 4. The Battle cruisers would end up being ordered in larger numbers. The First was the King Kamehameha III and the Second was the Charles Bishop, Third Walter Gibson, Fourth Duke William Kamehameha and Fifth King Edward Albert I
 
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Kamehameha approved of the reduction of the large battleships from 4 to 2. While the navy had wanted 4 the Chairman had to balance the needs of the entire armed forces. The Prime Minister saw that there were objections from the Chairman of the Armed Services committee. Rep Tommy Lee objected to buying any more of the 18 inch gun Battleships due to the fact that they were costing a lot more than the estimates originally given. The result was that there was less money to fund other ship construction. As a result the Battle cruisers were ordered allowing more of them to be ordered.
 
Hawaii had changed a great deal over the years. Honolulu was a modern city with many of the problems that cities had. Great care was taken to ensure that water and sewer lines were extended. The Royal Hawaiian Constabulary found itself having to battle criminals who would steal,smuggle or do a variety of other things. It worked with the Treasury Department and the Coast Guard to battle smugglers and counterfeiters. Some were unaware that the late William Kamehameha I had started out as a Constable and had risen through the ranks to become second in command of the Royal Hawaiian Constabulary before he had been plucked out of it by Charles Bishop and put on a path that had lead him to become Prime Minister.
 
Rep Maria De Otero was married in the Catholic Church in Honolulu to William Henry Thomas son of Admiral Thomas the Chief of Naval Operations. The Admiral's wife was the youngest daughter of the late Prime Minister William Kamehameha I and her brothers were Admiral William Kamehameha II, Prime Minister George Kamehameha and Charles B Kamehameha ( President of the Royal Bank of Hawaii).
 
1925 There appeared to be less trouble within the Kingdom. Stability had returned to the Kingdom and the King's health appeared to be good. The King went to the Walter Gibson Naval Hospital for his twice a year check up. Captain Henry M Rogers Royal Hawaiian Navy Medical Corp gave the King a good report. There were some issues that he addressed with the King but he could say that the King was in good health and had shown improvement from what his condition was 6 months earlier.
William Henry Thomas was the captain of one of the Royal Hawaiian Airways zeppelins. Unlike his brother he had stayed out of the Navy
 
1926 Hawaii's three Political Parties knew that in three years there would be another election. The Labor Party seemed to still be tilted heavily to the left. The Reform Liberal Party on the other hand had moved toward the center it was willing to work within the system and its founder the late Secretary of State supported the alliance with Britain and the Monarchy. The National Conservatives were still the party founded by Walter Gibson and Charles Bishop. The party had created the Great Kingdom of Hawaii and were determined to preserve it and the monarchy. The party had supported some changes but were utterly opposed to the Socialist position of the Labor Party.
 
1928 Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Admiral Kamehameha II Secretary received a telephone call from the Chief Of Naval Operations Aide that Admiral Thomas had been taken to the Kings Royal Naval Hospital after complaining of Chess pains.
Lt Commander Harris was calling to inform the Chairman that the doctors confirmed that the Admiral had suffered a Heart attack. He would be calling the Admiral's wife and had also reached the son that was in Hawaii. He would have a message sent to the HHMS Hawaii to inform the Admiral's son . The Secretary asked him to hold as Admiral Kamehameha wanted to speak with him. After talking to him he informed the commander that he would call his sister immediately and would arrange transport for her to the hospita
The Admiral then called the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Defense. He then made a quick call to Admiral Lee the Vice Chief of Naval Operations that he was now the acting Chief. It was followed by a call to the Prime Minister and Admiral Kamehameha's wife.
The Next day the Chairman met with the Secretary of Defense and the Navy. Both expressed a desire for the chairman to put off his retirement for at least a year and he said that he would consider it but first wanted to talk to the Prime Minister and the King .
 
The Election of 1928 saw the resurgence of the Reform Liberal Part, which had renamed itself the Polynesian Liberal Party. Pierre Mau'a from Tahiti had managed to rise to the leadership of the Party. He managed to continue the task of rebuilding the Party and on election Day the party won 168 seats in the house throughout the Kingdom. The Conservative Nationalist Party won 162 seats and the Labor Party won 40 seats. The results were that no political party won a clear majority. The Conservatives were now holding talks with Mr Mau'a about a coalition . The PLP did not want to form a partnership with the Socialist Labor Party.
A deal was reached between the two parties and Mr Mau'a would become the new Prime Minister. George Kamehameha would hold the post of deputy Prime Minister. Both Parties agreed to retaining the current Secretary of State. The PLP would appoint the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Treasury, Attorney General, Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Education. The CNP would hold the post of Secretary of Defense, Navy and Health. Both agreed that General Wilcox would remain as the head of the Royal Hawaiian Intelligence Agency. Lee Pau'a was to head the Royal Hawaiian Secret Service and Commissioner Harold Williams would be the head of the Royal Hawaiian Constabulary
 
The leader of the Conservative Nationalist Party and the leader of the Polynesian Liberal Party met with the King to discuss the new government Mr Mau'a assured the King that the new government would work for the best interest of the Kingdom. The new Prime Minister was from Tahiti but he stated that he considered himself part of the Greatest Polynesian Kingdom ever. He was distantly related to the noble family of Tahiti and had great loyalty to the monarchy. He was quite candid that he could have made a deal with the Labor Party but that he did not trust them and their loyalty to the country. He had had a talk several years ago with the late Liberal Party Prime Minister. The former Prime Minister had served as Secretary of State in a Conservative Nationalist Government and had briefly served again as a Prime Minister in a Government of National Unity resigning in favor of George Kamehameha. The King accepted the Government and signed the papers allowing it to form.
 
Hawaii's new Prime Minister had a meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Kamehameha . The Admiral had agreed to stay on for another two years after Admiral Thomas's heart attack. The Admiral along with his staff from the Army, Navy and Marines briefed the new Prime Minister on the military and the upgrading of the Navy. In a private conversation they discussed the candidates to replace him and who he felt would be wise appointments as the various chiefs of staff. He also was asked to recommend someone who might serve as the Prime Minister's National Security Advisor.
 
Prime Minister Mau'a would be arriving in the United States in 1929. He would meet with the President Elect to discuss issues of concern to both nations. The Secretary of State would be attending a conference in Australia in which the Australian, New Zealand and British Prime Ministers would be present.
 
The Hawaiian Prime Minister traveled to France to meet with the French Emperor and then would travel to Holland ,Germany and Austria to discus problems facing the nation
 
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