Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-01

Presenting the Question OF Hawaiian An.
nexstion Prom Another Point.

THE QUEENS SIDE.
Presenting the Question OF Hawaiian An.
nexation Prom Another Point.
CHICAGO, Feb. Thomas Evans. eorami.-
stoned officer Of Queen IiliuolalAni o, Hawaii.
who is visiting relatives here. saws: The
causes leading to the revolution are 20 4.
looked for considerably below the surfaoe Of
what has been published IN the dispatches
from San Francisco. IL should be- borne
IN mind that the source Of the information
given 20 the press L. from a committee q
the revolutionists now on its way o. Washing
ton 70 present their side Of the case 90 the
government and ask its interference IN their
way. They did not wait for the regular mai
steamer. which is due 20 arrive nj san Fran
cisco February 5. but chartered ~recial
steamer to have Its eN parts statements
and views laid before the American people bs.-
fore the other side had a similar opport anity.
That there Is another side goes without saw
iug, or such haste would not have be-u made
in presenting their case. IL would he well,
therefore. TO suspend judgment until after ws
are in possession of more and fuller iaforrna-
tion as to what the PEOPLE of Hawaii uASt ani
To what extent this commission represents their
views.
Cause or TuE REvoIrrtoN
This revolution has been brought abou, bv
interested parties with the view of improving
their financial condition by inducing the nited
States TO restore 20 them the advantages thev
received under the reciprocity treaty.
previous 10 the passage Of the Mckiulev
bill Under this treaty Hawaiian sugar
was admitted into the United states
free of duty and the planters were mai ,ng from
15 20 100 per cent on their plantation invest
ments. This remission Of duty ON the part of
the United States has amounted TO s,m.thir,
like S6.OO0.0O0 year. which has gone INTO the
pockets of thirty or forty men. Now that
not more than 10 per cent can le made
on sugar cultivation the planter l. uuanla 60
reconcile himself 10 the existing order If thiugs
lie sees In annexation the advantage q the 2
cents per pound bounty, and 10 get tbs he is
ready 10 sacrifice the Hawaiian Queen. the
Hawaiian people and everything and everybody
else.
THE VIEW CONSTITUTION
The cause of the revolution is A-crihei 10
the so-called new constitution 10 be nro-
claimed by the queen. Ii would be well rer-
haps 10 wait for further adyices before We ac-
cept this statement This so-called new
constitution Was simply n restoration
OF the constitution under which the naNA-
ian people were governed by King kalakaus
until the same interests that are nov repre-
sented in the 'on 10 Washington committee
and led by the same l.. A. 1hurston. forced
another on which has been OBJECTIONABLE both
to the queen and the majority OF her subjects
IL was in compliance with the almost unan-
imous demand Of the natives. both IN and out
OF parliament. and OF over two-thir,is Of the
voters in the kingdom, that the queen intenied
TO return 70 the original constJution. which
restored TO the natives the franchise taken sw.v
by the last one.
OBSTACLES IN THE WAY.
"The obstacles IN the way of annexation ara
many. There is the Chinese question. How
can the United States admit the 20 900 Chinese
residents of Hawaii to citizen.hip2 Nest OF
these are coolies OF the very lowest type brought
from China under contract 90 work on the
plantations at SIS per month How can We
extend the invitation 20 these peotle to
come into our fold while our present laws re-
main on the statute books? The debt Of
Hawaii is little less than s3 600 0O0 mostly held
in England. There other interests in
Hawaii TO protect besides the American
planters. There the interests q the
native which cannot be overlooked A little
| over 100 years ago these numbered 400 900
Through the introduction of civilization. with
Its clothing and whisky. there remain now
| scarcely 10000 and instead Of the mag
nihcent physical specimens Of man
hood OF yore, with their large tracts
of valuable land. we have scarcely a moderately
wealthy native left. Their lands have been
gobbled up by the missionary. the adventurer
and spectators. To crown all. this COMMITTEES
comes now with the proposition 10 conii-oate
the entire kingdom. lands. natives and all
SAN Francisco. Feb. In an Interview last
evening Admiral Irwin expressed the opinion
that the Monterey would not be seut to
Honolulu. She would oniy be useful there
said the Admiral in case Of war. and IN tAxt
event she would be required here.
Ex-sEcKErART B.YARDs VIEWS.
WILMINGTON, DBL. Feb. LIN response tos
request for an expression OF his views on the
Hawaiian Question. Thomas r. Bavard. eK-Sec-
retary of State. said that he neither had the
desire nor the right 60 speak for the incoming
administration az to lite probable action in the
matter lie very willingly. however. reyiesed
past action in reference to the Hawaiian Island.
and the policy of the State Department While
he was at Its head.
In the course OF several hours conversation
Mr.. Bayard went over the whole question %
the commercial and political affiliations of the
Hawaiian group with the United States aud the
practical tendency and effect Of the more com
piete acts of theCleyelsnd administration IN th.
presentation OF the policy inaugurated BY Sec
retary Fish.
Mr.. Bayard did not commit himself 20 the
advocacy of annexation as a definite program
for the immediate future. but the whole drift
Of his statement enforces the view that Annera-
ton would be the consummation of the political
arrangement entered into under the Fi.h treaty
of 1875 and followed by the Cleveland adminis-
tration.
Future developments will. however, he said,
instruct us as TO our proper line Of action.
There would seem TO be nothing IN our pAst re-
lations with Hawaii OF its conventions with
other powers to forbid anne Nation whenever
deemed desirable.