Peshawar Lancers Redux: Kingdom of Hawaii Revised
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Prime Minister Bishop filed a motion to expel Mr Dole from the house. The House voted to support the Motion and it past wit 90 % of the members supporting the motion. Mr Dole was expel and his seat was declared Vacant. The former Prime Minister sent through a demand that no Liberal Party committee endorse Mr Dole for any position. There was also a proposal that Mr Dole's citzenship be revoked and he be deported as an undesirable from Hawaii
May 1890 Tahiti had applied to join the Kingdom of Hawaii and the House Approved it 280 to 20 The Islands marked the last member of the Polynesian Federation to join the Kingdom. The Caroline Islands were annex by Hawaii in July of 1890.
William Kamehameha , who had been serving as head of the Royal Hawaiian Intelligence Agency returned to the legislative body in August of 1890 to become the Deputy Prime Minister.
William Kamehameha , who had been serving as head of the Royal Hawaiian Intelligence Agency returned to the legislative body in August of 1890 to become the Deputy Prime Minister.
The arrival of the Blimp and the larger Zeppelin was going to mark the first major advancement in transportation since the Fall. The Construction of a Zeppelin was not something that could be rushed. While some thought was made to a mass production of parts it still took a lot of time and effort to build. The Company that was manufacturing them estimated at least 4 to 8 months per ship. Thus it would take 20-40 months to produce just the ships for Pan Hawaiian Airways. A seperate facility was working on the ships for the Royal Hawaiian Navy's Air Service.
July 1890 The Canal had now been completed to the point of reaching the lake. Engineering work had been going on on the Atlantic/Caribbean side). Still it was estimated that at least another 6-9 years of hard work would be needed to complete the American Canal. Estimates were that Hawaii had invested at least 100 million dollars in building the Canal but others believed that it was closer to 180 million. The final cost with all the improvements would be nearly300 million
August 1890 the Royal Hawaiian Navy got approval to build the first of 6 steel Light Cruisers. It also received approval for funding to develop a new design for a battleship. It would be larger than the current battleships used by the Royal Navy and the Royal Hawaiian Navy. It was expected that the design would take at least 3-4 years and construction at least another 4 years for the first ship.
Prime Minister Charles Bishop was looking at scheduling an election soon. He planned to remain as Prime Minister for just one more term and then he would turn things over to the man of his choice William Kamehameha. William would have to spend more time as the Deputy Prime Minister and thus would have to prepare to turn the running of the Royal Hawaiian Intelligence Agency to someone else. fortunately he had a number of well talented people to do it. Sean O'Malley was William's former Sergeant from the Police. Together they had seen action in the Central American Republic. Sean had become the Agency's head of Covert Affairs. He had proved quite capable. But it was Lee Chan who was most likely to become the next head. Lee was a graduate of the Royal College. His parents had come to Hawaii from China and Lee had been born in Hawaii in 1866. Thus he was quite young. He had graduated from High School at age 14 and College at 18. He spoke Chinese, Japanese < English, German, Spanish, Polynesian and French. He could solve puzzles and had a brain that was incredible.
The Royal Hawaiian Navy's ship design Bureau was looking toward designs for a ship to eventually replace the Hawaiian Challenge. It was believed that the new ship would not be built until the start of the next century. The new vesel would be larger and powered by a new oil burning power plants. It would have a reinforced bow and would be capable of speeds up to 27 knots.
September 1890 The Prime Minister was pressing the Royal Hawaiian Military to be prepared to deal with any threat in the upcoming new century. He had been briefed on several new projects that the navy was working on. One of them was the submarine the idea had been kicked around ever since an ex-Confederate Naval officer had been hired before the Fall to work as an instructor at the Naval Academy. He had been involved in the CSS Huntley project. It had taken time but technology was finally developing to the point of making a submarine a real possibility.. The Navy was asking the Prime Minister for money to develop a real submarine. Design and testing of ideas would take a lot of this decade.
December 1890 The Prime Minister guided through the Hawaiian Currency reform Act. It would be the first major overhaul of the Hawaiian Currency in 40 years. Plans were for a major redesign of the paper money as well as coins. It would see the retirement of old currency and deal with the threat of counterfeiting. The Deputy Prime Minister had also left for a two month tour of Central America and Nueva Granada. The Deputy Prime Minister would hold talks regarding drilling in that country and discuss Hawaiian assistance for the Panama Canal.
While the Deputy Prime Minister attempted to secure trade deals and a new fuel source for Hawaii the Prime Minister was strengthen the Monetary system. He was also preparing to simplify the tax system with a dual purpose of stimulating the economy and easing the tax burden. He expected next year to tackle the Education problems. The core of the Kingdom had a well educated population but there were problems with some of the lands that had joined the kingdom. With the support of the head of the Liberal party the Prime Minister intended to deal with the problem and improve things for all.
February 1891 Honolulu Hawaii: Office of the Prime Minister: The Head of the Royal Hawaiian Army Corp of Engineers had just returned from a visit to the Canal project. There had been some lucky breaks and it was believed that the Canal could be operational by the summer of 1892. Shipping would begin to flow threw it but it would then be another 3 years before the final work was done. The General then believed that work could continue on improvements while traffic flowed through it.
March 1891 work on the Greatest Engineering project ever attempted by Hawaii continued in the Central American Republic. More than 11 years had past since the project had started and finally it appeared that the Hawaiians were drawing close to the end of it. There had been some lucky breaks but also some set backs. Concrete was always in demand and it always seemed to be running out. To keep things moving shipments were arriving by sea twice a month and then shipped inland by train. The Chief Engineer would be glad to return home to Hawaii and not come back. Still Hawaii had really changed the Central American Republic. There now were several new Hospitals, telegraph and telephone lines, a well built rail line from the country's west to east coast and a lot of paved roads. Sewer lines and water plants had been put in. The Royal Bank of Hawaii had at least 2 branches in the country.
April 1891 Construction was taking place all over Honolulu as improvements were made to the City. The Government of Hawaii and the Empire of the Rising Sun had each open a consulate in one another s country The Hawaiian Foreign Minister visited Japan to hold talks about a possible upgrade in relations between the two nations.