His Majesty Edmund K. Silva, Jr.

Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaii

June 29, 2015

Admiral Scott H. Smith
United States Pacific Fleet
250 Makalapa Drive Building 81
JBPHH, HI 96860-3131
Subject: Peace Keepers
Dear Admiral Smith:
Over the years, I have kept the United States Pacific Fleet Command informed of developments in our
work to restore the Kingdom of Hawaii government. Today, we are at a particularly critical juncture in
that effort.
A private consortium is attempting to build a massive telescope on land held sacred by a traditional
Hawaiian faith and that belonged to the Kingdom before the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Government.
The consortium leased the land from the University of Hawaii, which is a State agency. The lands are
part of what was once the public lands of the Kingdom seized by the United States and transferred to the
State of Hawaii.
The initiation of telescope construction produced an outpouring of opposition. Thousands of people came
to the mountain to express their love for the Mountain. More than 40 people have been arrested so far for
peacefully resisting the construction.
On June 24, 2015 a convoy of law enforcement personnel attempted to bring a construction crew to the
telescope site. An estimated 750 people formed a moving blockade as the convoy inched its way up the
road to the summit. While the initial response to the blockade by the County of Hawaii Police was
peaceful, the energy changed when the convoy reached the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and
Natural Resources (DLNR). The policing became more aggressive, with multiple arrests.
Learning of the change, Protectors of the Mountain placed rocks in the roadway further up the road.

Ka Puuhonua O Na Wahi Pana O Hawaii Nei

kingdomofhawaii.info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bilateral_treaties_signed_by_the_Kingdom_of_Hawaii
The United Nations Charter provides the rest of the authority to do it. (An autonomous independent sovereign nation-state contemplated
under Article 1 of the 1933 Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States requiring the state as a person of international law
possessing the four qualifications of (a) a permanent population, (b) a defined territory, c) government;
and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states.)

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When the convoy reached the rocks, the DLNR personnel realized that they could not continue up the
Mountain. They turned the convoy around and ended their efforts to reach the construction site. The
TMT proponents suspended further attempts to resume construction for a week. Subsequently, Governor
David Ige issued a relatively bellicose statement about keeping the road open, indicating that he is
listening to those voices urging him to escalate the situation.
I am very concerned that the law enforcement personnel employed by the occupying power will be sent
against the Protectors of the Mountain with instructions to open the road at any cost. Such a development
may lead to people being injured and relationships within our community being ruptured. At this time,
the occupied Kingdom lacks a police force to respond to the threat posed by those within the occupying
government bent on desecrating a sacred site and trespassing onto Kingdom lands.
I am writing to request that you, as the highest on site officer in the force occupying our Kingdom, fulfill
your responsibility to protect the people of the occupied territory. I am asking you to send a peacekeeping force to create a zone of peace between the Kingdoms Protectors and the occupying powers law
enforcement personnel.
I am also writing to President Obama to request he finally initiate real conversation about restoring the
Kingdom of Hawaii Government. The conflict on the Mountain is only the latest in a long line of such
conflicts that will only continue to manifest until the question of restoring Kingdom independence is
resolved.
I look forward to working with you to ensure peace in my Kingdom and the full restoration of my
Government into the community of nations.
E waikhi ka pono I mnalo
It is well to be united in thought that all may have peace.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono,

Edmund K. Silva, Jr.

Alii Nui Mi
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Ka Puuhonua O Na Wahi Pana O Hawaii Nei

Nou Ke Akua Ke Aupuni O Hawaii
kingdomofhawaii.info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bilateral_treaties_signed_by_the_Kingdom_of_Hawaii
The United Nations Charter provides the rest of the authority to do it. An autonomous independent sovereign nation-state contemplated under
Article 1 of the 1933 Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States requiring the state as a person of international law possessing the
four qualifications of (a) a permanent population, (b) a defined territory, c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other
states.