The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-06-02
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
By Authority.

IT Has PLEASED THE KING, by and with the adviA
Of His Privy Council of State, to adhere to the Treaty
with France of the Doth of October, 1857, and to de-
clare his ratification thereof as unconditional and
final from the 9Th day of September, A. ID. 1888, the
proposed additional article not having been accepted
by the Government of His Imperial Majesty.
r. C. WILLIE.
Foreign Office, 2Sth May, 1859.
The above notice appears in the last issue of
the official organ. The sad referendum article
has fallen through, just aswe predicted it would.
The treaty will therefore go into effect on the Sth
of September, 1859 after which date no duties
on French liquors can be collected, except such
as the treaty allows, which is SO per gallon. 1t
will be remembered that a full and fair review of
it appeared in our issues of September 10 and %,
1858, and that in regard to this same rejected
article we held that it will make in truth very
little difference whether it is finally rejected or
approved by the French Emperor. We have
good reason TO believe it will be rejected by him.
If such be the case, the treaty must go into force,
without it, as it is signed. The French Emperor
signed it without qualification, our King signed
it with Objections and there the matter must
rest during the ten years the treaty is limited to
exist"
The treaty is now a :. fixed fact" Whatever
NAV De u uclcclc, uOWtNcF StiiuS may tlc pTtfc-
teal working of its provisions-on our weak ma
ton, we have no alternative but to abide its ope-
ration. If at the end of ten years from the time
it goes into force, or even sooner, the Kingdom of
Hayaii becomes virtually a nullity and provincial
adjunct of France, to the Kings Ministry will be-
long all the lasting disgrace. 1t is they who
have tied the hands of our youthful Sovereign,
and placed us in the 8 peculiar relation claimed
by the representative of France, who, if we are
rightly informed, holds that the treaty grants to
France peculiar rights not claimed by or granted
20 any other nation.
In the fun ana impartial review which we gave
of this document in the numbers referred to, we
plainly showed what would be its probable work
ing. AND the objections to it were summed up
as follows:
1st-Its great ambiguity must give rise to more or
less trouble in all cases of dispute between this and
any foreign government.
2d-An its provisions do not apply Except by in
ference) to the colonies of France in the Pacific, and
therefore the of the treaty must be ~adjudged
partial.
3d-Liberty to carry on an inter-island traffic in
foreign goods, as well as to engage in the inter-island
passenger trade in the Hawaiian Kingdom, can be
claimed by French vessels. without any corresponding
benefit to Hawaiian vessels in French territories
4th.-In case Of q rejection Of the Additional
Article urrestrained liberty to sell liquors to ma
tives, within and without the limits Of Honolulu, can
be claimed by French subjects.
5th.-The Hawaiian Government is compelled to
the official use Of the French language with French
subjects. and by parity other foreign languages must
be introduced in like manner.
6th--The right of q foreign government to inter.
fere in our internal fiscal regulations Is fully yielded
ss . precedent.
7th.-The stipulations of the treaty must cause a
heavy loss to the Hawaiian
to exceed $4,000 per annum.
6th--Heavy expenses must be incurred by this
government, in supporting revenue guards stationed
on foreign vessels
9th-zFrsnch whale ships are placed on the same
footing = Hauaiian in respect 70 the importation Of
Their c~atchings, 20 the serious lon Of the revenue, II