It was seen as ok, to break the law. The country did not have enough people trying to enforce the law. People would make alcohol, or go find it on the corner.
Many people just ignored the law and did it anyways. They did not have enough police force to stop this. Another main reason is because the government lost a lot of money due to the lack of TARIFFS
The United States then debated for five years whether to annex the former . Although a small minority, the Americans in Hawaii soon owned much of the land.
Traute Grier explained her experiences as her being scared of the Russians. She felt nothing could ever be worse than falling into the hands of her Russian enemies that had, just three years prior, taken down Berlin. She is telling this in first person point of view, reliving her own experiences.
