The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-30


reasons why II would be pleasant 4
him and better for all concerned not 4
90 to the royalst hotel. but to take residence
on neutral ground. where he would be maste
OF his own surroundings. As Gelicately rs
could do so stated the offer OF the committee
Of his countrymen. pointing out t. MIN that b,
accepting their proposition he would be nea
the archives Of the Legation. which he coult
conveniently uso. which ] would be pleased a
once to place at his disposal. lrus1uely. no
TO say insultingly. he refused the courteoui
and honestly intended offer OF his c0untrymer
and at once placed himself amid foyalists anl
ultra British surroundings tho British IcRh'
ton being near this roynlist hotel, at which
the British Mnister soon took residences and
The effort in his reports to cast lmrutation
on the Provisional Government and myself as
to the offer of the American house to nm Amer.
lean Commissioner will be estimated ut its
true value by the American public.
in the following weeks | would not allude o
here. were 1t not absolutely necessary to do so.
II is well known to all who hive knowledge OF
diplomatic rules and customs that when a
new diplomatic agent arrives at tho capital to
. dscessor and the occupant OF the legation
should receive him courteously. proner his
Existing st STAT Of s and s soon as ~ @
conyeniont give hin, access to tho legation
syasS rsi Of 9 ba EoGTGy y Sp4 had he
trymen a. to Residence he could have
occupied the room nt the Legation containing
the official records, which was ready to offer
him. lie colby repealed my Kindly Intended
offers.did notallow mo TO show to him the Gus
tomary iormso introducing him to the for
siRn diplomatic officials and to the chief pub
lic men OF Honolulu. How much Of hts 4ngu.
knowledge. and how much TO his already ma
tured purpose TO m AXE out n case against the
nd 10 snp tGo arfce
public must Judge.
All lnsinuations and implications In Blounts
Eon Mt Tvs n lie n hR
Legation records is a shameless Ucrvcrsion OF
facts. TO show the character Of tho men into
self took TO him the printed desp";ches OF
Minister Merrill TO Secretary hazard. the
islature containing the recorded votes for aud
against the lottery gang. IL. recorded votes
as TO tho recent changes OF Ministers. the OH.
cial COPY OF the lottery charter. evidence OF
decisive value IL he had really come to Homo
HaqrSon and the e "nSts For orr
eign Affairs Committee Of hasty and -adyisrd
action in January and February last. His
he cared not to receive them. and the general
even read them, ignoring his infcriority Of
oillcial rank which, according to established
and Charge d'Afrares with the utmost
sibiiities. Willis suffering a .terres aiiiiction
st the recent sad drowning OF n gifted and be-
loved dsnghtser endured this insolent treat;
States Minister. without stain ever before
attempted to be made on my Official honor
American interests. never during MY seventy
three years OF life having iiitel iuy voice. my
american republic. The charges. implica.
tons. and insinpSstl91s OF Commissi2ner
Thurston, and the other chief men OF tho
Provisional Government are AS baseless and
%sss as t1Sss sqn Il. and
But 1t is well for me to be more specific In |
meeting our opponents reckiessly partisan
proved Of a request Of the ProvisionNl Govern
drill l here affirm that the Provisional |
government never made such a re1uest The |
course followed under the monarchy. When |
ever the naval commander desired to drill his |
on he go sSSoa pS , S'h ~s staIe
Minister who made the request q the liz.
yaiisn doyernment through the Minister OF
period Of which Blount speaks. tho Provisional
Government preferred that the American
Because Of possibiitiss Of i'll feeling line" and broi
between men OF other naval vessels then in
only a. iTienSy anS i ssg ssu''''
What Blount says about the japanese man
tistie. For weeks after his arrival in Homo.
lulu he had not even met or spoken with the
Japanese Minister. He had neglected to call
to take him to tho Japanese legation aud in
Produce him TO the japanese representative. |
alarm In Honolulu regarding some OF the Jap
anese in the islands. and the sudden appear
IL addition to small er vessel there. iE in FsS
rHary and March: prior to Mr. Bount's ar
tionSry stsps and fully fniSrsd Both p socre
taries Foster and Gresham. who were at the
head Of The q state in those
really was for the excitement and anxiety in
Hawaii at that time in regard to the Japanese
been deIelict, as a Minister OF the United
ierests and commsrcsf rights in the Islands.
aot 70 have been yigilant In the discharge of
monarchy had been authoritatiyely informed
hat the newly arrived japanese Commissioner
you'd press on the Hawaiian Goyernmept the
'6ouid have the right Of suffrage precisely as
ne American. European. and native born Ha-
,allans enjoyed 1t under the Constitution of
Not long after, the Provisional Government
ival. / teceived positive information. both
rom the Japanese Minister and from the Ha-
N list q PTrGsiG1 ASsr g the
rage of the japanese residents. and there
,as Enown 70 be much ferment. II not
sd posiiVss learned that the Japa rsss0 COM
Ihich left Honolulu with the Hawaiian Wash.
ngtoh ConmissiOners on Jan: ~, a cable de-
pbIfn 10 nlSuONoTnneuI AT OHIO. requesting
hat q powerful Ironclad be Immediately sent
0 Honolulu. though II was known that a
mailer JAPANESE war ship was about to ar I
I've there from San francisco. | do not {
attend to criticise the japanese Commits
Ionsr for thinking he needed another Japa- I
esq war ship az Honolulu at that time d
10 was entitled to his own opinions and was I
ound only by the instructions Of HIS own | !
oyernment. IL certainly was not strange a
lat in the peculiar ciTc sum stances Of the Ha- I
allan situation there should be anxiety
mong the Americans and the members OF the s
Government as to what might | Y
row out OF this agitation about Japanese sui
age and certain Japanese ambitions as 10 the v
lture control OF the islands. Sir Edwin Ar 4
bids elaborate letter in the London IpiPyrGpt | S
Jan. - had arrived thore. ArnOld's Jap I
lese residence and sympathizsrs were be- a
syed to have some relation to much that had
sGn antagonists OF American interests a
ID aims. and 1t was well known that h
diVidnals. both In Japan and Hawaii. had 4
lriehed themselves in the supply OF Japanese n
'ntraet labor. These persons were known 10 h
bitterly aNsrse 10 the passage OF tho stands II
lder the American nag in the Just fear that p
such event their contract labor profits | II
ould 10 more swell their bank account 3. The | n
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- known to bs one who had shared IN this | a.
nd OF gain, and was s;ill tho agent Of this ! Il
~ Of speeulatQTs, Ii WAS feared by the sup | O.
TteTs OF the Provisional Government that | |
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