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should be the last to acquire sovereignty over
them by force and fraud RESPECTFULLY SUBJ
mitted. W.Q. GRESHAM.

them by force and fraud. RESPECTFULLY SUBJ
mitted. w. O. GRESHAM
QUESTION OF NERACITY.
The sharp issue Of veracity raised in secre.
tary Gresham's official report rs affecting OK.
Minister Stevens and the five Commissioner
sent TO the United States by the provisional
Government cannot DO accompanied by apy
counter statement from any one now present
in Washington. The Commissioners on the
part OF the provisional Government were Ior-
rim A. Thurston w. II. Castle. W. G. Widen. C.
j. Carter. and Joseph DIarsden. They reached
Washington on Feb last. having chartered
a special steamer for that purpose. and
refused passage to an envoy OF the Queen.
though consentlng to carry her protest.
which Is quoted above by Secretary Gresham
1t was on Feb. 10 following that President
Harrison submitted to the Senate a protocol OF
tho treaty OF annexation. which the Senate
failed to ratify. and which Mr.. Cleveland SUBJ
seduently withdrew.
Mr.. Thurston 10 the only memb Der OF the orig
inal Commiss now remaining in this coun-
try. He is at present the recognized Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Tlenipotentiary 20
the United States OF the Government now dis
credited. He was in Chicago until yesterday
attending to his duties ms Worlds Fair Com
missioner in reshipping the Hawaiian ex.
hibits. Some intimatlon OF the ann ouncement
about to be made has evidently been conveyed
| to him. for he is now reported to be on hia
way. post haste to Washington.
Ex-Minister John L. Stevens, who. since his
recall to the United States on the appointment
| OF Commissioner Bount. has maintained tho
| silence which diplomatic etiquette imposes
| upon retired Ministers in regard to thor
official actions while at their posts OF duty is
believed to be at his home in Maine. The
| removal OF the seal OF secrecy by tho Depart-
mont will in all probability lead to his opennc
| his lips VI On the matters brought in question.
Capt. Gilbert C. Wiltse OF the Boston. who put
the Napoeonic endorsement on Minister
stevenss request for the landing OF marines,
| approved and executed" is dead His friends
| say his fatal illness was In part due to morti-
| fcation over his removal, and the qualified
| disapproval OF his action by the former Admin.
| istration.
Mr. F. p Hastings. who holds the post OF
| Secretary OF Legation to Mr.. Thurston, was of
| the opinion some days ago that the provisional
Government would not allow itself to he dis
| possessed withouta fight. This. however was
before an intmation had been given that
two United States men-ot-war and a force OF
United States blue Jackets might superintend
the process OF restoring the legitimate Gov |
eminent and thus repairing the wrona done TO |
feeble but independent State by an abuse OF
tho authority Of the United States"
SENATOR MORGAN on THE LOGIC OF THE s1ruA- |
TIoN
Senator Morgan. Chairman OF the Com mittee |
on Foreign Relations. received tho first nows |
OF the action OF the Government from n
United Press reporter. He was avcrse to dis
cussing the subject owing to the position he
hold. but he finally spoke as lie said conser-
vatively-on what seemed to be the logic OF
the situation based upon iniisputable facts:
Before exDreSsinp INV opinion a. =, what /
Is the attitude OF the United States on this
question. and how far it is to be justified"
said Mr.. Morgan. Il would like to know to
whom Minister Willis was accredited when he
was sent BY this Government to the Hawaiian
1slands. After the provisional Government
HRa- established there the President OF the
United States recognized It as the Govern
ment de jure BY sending Mr.. Blount to confer
with President Dole. While Mr.. Blount was
there the troops were ordered back and the
flag OF the United States flying over the barracks
whore the troops were stationed was hauled
down. This merely indicated to my mind at
least, that the bivouac OF the troops had been
broken up and that they had returned to their
quarters on shpboard That act was not thu
withdrawal OF an Intervention on tho part o:
the United States. except for tho preservation
OF the peace and the protection OF American
citizens on the islands never understood 1t
was tho assertion OF sovereignty by the United
States over the islands. and I cannot under
ata nd xvbv tbo withdrawal NJ tho troons unda
sucb c,rcumstnnces conld he cons,rr,d 80
rithdr.val ~ tho moral sunno., ~ .ns
Irritod stotos N Tho Goyarnmont t.t
IN, tboro un,.ss ths initial stntaa ba,, ~
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tio. ,,hioh u,aa rnt tha .osa M I,,,.a,
stntas did not intorreno n os.ohiis,
yision.I Govsrnment in Hawaii r. n,I, 'i ~
tary I'D IN aot !
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tsr. NV, 70 roInst.ts rho I,na.n would 80
: ha to- n,stsno.s ho simnIv tho r.nst. Liia,
,'on. ~ monarobv nitho,t on a,h.
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