The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-05-15
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pendent, and republished, here, this
morning, as genuine, by the II. c.
advertiser, and pronounced by His
Excellency the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, to be bogus document -
Washington, May 4.--There is
measure before each branch of Con-
gress in relation to the Hawaiian
Reciprocity Treaty The one be-
fore the House is resolution that
has been reported favorably from
the Committee on Ways and Means
to abrogate the existing treaty of
commercial reciprocity between this
country and the Hawaiian Islands.
The measure before the Senate is the
treaty negotiated in 1888 by Secre-
tary of State Freylinghuysen and
Minister Carter. That treaty was
sent to the Senate December 9,
1884, for approval by that body, but
it remained in the hands of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs without
any action being taken upon it until
the present session. At this session
of Congress, as soon as Morrison
introduced his resolution in the
House TO abrogate the treaty, the
Senate Committee took up the treaty
that had been referred TO it, and
after considering it, referred it to
the Senate with the unanimous re-
port that it be approved. The fol-
lowing is the text of the new treaty,
which, for the first time, is now laid
before the public:
WHEREAS, A convention was con-
cluded between the United States of
America and His Majesty the King
of the Hawaiian Islands on the Both
day of January, 1875, concerning
commercial reciprocity, which, by
the fifth Article thereof, was to con-
tinue in force for seven years from
the date after it was to come into
operation, and further until the ex-
piration OF twelve months after
either of the high contracting par
ties should give notice to the other
of its wish to terminate the same /;
and whereas, the high contracting
parties consider that the increase
and consolidation of their mutual
commercial interests would be better
promoted by the definite limitation,
therefore the President of the United
States of America and His Majesty
the King of the Hawaiian Islands
have appointed-the President OF
the United States of America Fred
erick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary
of State, and His Majesty the King
of the Hawaiian Islands Henry A.
p. Carter, accredited to the Govern.
ment of the United States as his
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary, who, hav'
ing exchanged their respective
powers, which were found sufficient
and in due form, have agreed upor
the following articles:
ARTICLE l. The high contracting
parties agree that the time fixed fol-
the duration of said convention shall
be definitely extended for a term Of
seven years from the date of the
exchange of the ratification hereof
and further until the expiration o.
twelve months after either of the
high contracting parties shall give
notice to the other of its wish t
terminate the same, each of the higl
contracting parties being at libert,
to give such notice to the other n
the end of the said term of sever
years or at any time thereafter.
ART. III. His Majesty the Kins
of the Hawaiian Islands grants t.
the Government of the United State
the exclusive right to enter the har
Dor of Pearl river, III the Island o
Oahu, and to establish and maintain
there coaliug and repair station TO
the use of vessels of the Unite'
States, and to that end the Unite,
States may improve the entrance o
said harbor and do all other thing
needful to the purpose aforesaid.
ART. III. The present conven
ton shall he ratified and the ratiiica
tons exchanged at Washington a
soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respectiv
plenipotentiaries have signed tn
present convention in duplicate an
have hereunto affixed their respec
tive seals.
Done in the city of Washingto
the 9th day of December, in til
year of our Lord 1884.
LIS. FRED. Il. FRELINGHuYsEN,
LIS. HENRY A. u. CARTER.
In the printed copy of the treat
Article III is in italics.
} Two things may be said Of tn
proposed treaty. First, while
j seems to give to this country certai
privileges in compensation for tn
. great benefit it bestows on the ii;
t waiian Islands, it in reality secure
e to this country nothing that the frs
> class Powers of Europe do NJ
q equally possess, except the remi'
sion of the duties on certain article
imported from the United States
!. the islands.
:, Second, it is doubtful whether til
\ Senateh as the right to extend til
q existing commercial rcciprOcit