The Daily bulletin., 1890-06-06
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TreatyMatter
Report Of The Committee On
Foreign Affairs TO The
Legislature.
10 Me Honorable President and
Members ofMe Houojiaa LeJis!a-

10 Mg HoHOrdttc |rs"tdeM ana
Members Of he Huuojiaa LeJis!I.
ture:--
Pursuant TO two motion. made by
Hon. Rep. Brown and Hon. Noble
Macfarlanc. Your Honorable Body,
ia the Session Of 1880 instant: Re-
solved, lst that the reply made by His
Excellcncy the Minister of Foreign
Affairs on the matter of the negOti-
atoms for the renewal Of orr present
Treaty with the United States Of
Ameri II, should he referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations /:
and 2d--''that the Committee be in
s.ructcd to enquire immediately and
report to the House whether the
Treaty proposed by the Cabinet, or
any officer of the Hawaiian Govern
ment was, or is. intended or calculat-
ed to. in any wise, prejudice or
ieopardize the political or CONNER
cinl independence Of Hawaii" your
committee now beg to report that, in
view on answering the above query,
W. have made on exhaustive study
u, all the facts connected with the
sid negotiations of the proposed
Treaty with the United States, and,
il view Of ascertaining the nature
and intent OF those negotiations and
their bearing on the political eitua-
Ton Of our country, we have endeav-
ed to elucida,c the whole history
of those proceedings.
TO that effect. having found that
the documents submitted by His
Excellency the Minister Of Foreign
Affairs 10 the House were absolutely
insufficient, we deemed it advisable
to call on each member Of the
Cabinet, and take their full explana-
tons on the matter.
We found them very courteously
d sposcd to give us all the possible
i formation, and ready 10 answer
oar questions with the exception oi
His Exccllency the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, who was willing tc
Offer every help and explanation as
ing rs we did not ask him anything
{ lat he did not want the committe,
u know, or that lie did not care tc
explain. In plain words, your com.
m,ttec regret to he obliged to max,
the following charges against Minis
ter Austin:
l.--Of not ubcying the ins,ruc'
tons of the House, given in that
part of Rep. kalaa's resolution
adopted in Session Of May - last
wherein he was asked 10 communicate
all of the correspondence OH Treaty
matters for the whole period start
ing Jan'y !, 1889. Tie document
presented by him begin only on the
9th of September, 1889, and, fol
motives which will he apparen, here
after, he ignored al! previous CORES
plndencc and documents.
2.--Of having ah,,racted or caus
el 10 be abstractcd one Of the mos
nportnnl official documents, viz.
II letter entered rs No. 3S, trou
Minister Carter. dated March 10,
1889, which contains, rs shown hl
the notes in the Foreign Office, il,
formation and valuable suggestion
from Mr.. Carter about the Treaty
and also of not having submitted Il
y)ur committee. his answer of Apri
j IA to that same letter No. 80 Of Mr.
Garter, il he could lind it, but t,
the present time he has failed TO pro
duce it, though it appeared cviden
TO your committee that The official
OF the Foreign Office knew where i
e)nld be found. Ths.lctter wou!C
probably have enabled the commi'tc
to fix the true responsibilities Of th'
Treaty and it's real purposes. AM
that is why it has been made to iii.
appear. In like manner, the an
sSer of Minister Austin 10 the afore
s,id letter would have helped us il
tho discharge of our duty, as tn
documents Of the oilice show tina
this answer contains the opinion o
the Cabinet ON the propositions mad
by Mr.. Carter, and their ideas as t.
the most promising methods OF for
warding the policy there outline
(sic.) The House will now br abl
to Judge why these two document
have been hidden from rs.
!. or refusing to commun!cat
to your Committee the minute, &
all the numerous Cabinet meeting
bearing on the preliminary discus
sions of the Treaty held bctwee
April and the end of September
1859. These minutes were general
written out in good shape by til
-AttorRry-GenerAl, and copied into
hook by the Minister Of Forcig
Affairs himself and kept in his ow
custody. This withholding of mif
utes which could throw tho ciearc:
light on the intent and real motive
Of ths proposed Treaty aud on th
Mariner In which Il was viewed ar