The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
HIS LETTERS AND REPORT
TELL THE STORY.
He Cannot ThinksIll Of the Islands
Dusky Queen
BUT ACCEPTS AS TRUE ALL THAT
is NOT IN HER FAVOR.

His Charges Against Minister Stevens
The Descendants of the Missionaries
He Finds Arrogant and Unscrupulous-
Statements as to the Character of the
Queen Promptly Brushed Aside-The
Whole Report Based Upon Ex Parte
Statements-Mr. Stevens Pronoupces 1t
Gross Perversion of the Facts and
Will Soon Make Reply,
Washington, November 2o.-Secretary
Gresham today made public the CORES
pondence between the Secretary of State
and James H. Blount, commissioner and
later minister to the Hawaiian Islands.
MIR. Gresham, in giving the voluminous
matter to the press, ex planned that it
included everything connected with Mr..
Blount's mission to Hawaii with the
exceptions of some statistical tables re-
lating to the islands. In, his letter of in
structions to Mr.. Blount, Mr.. Gresham
says: SIN the Judgment of the Presi-
dent, your authority, as we'll as that of
the commander of the naval forces in
Hawaiian waters, is limited in the use of
physical force to such measures as are
necessary to protect the persons and
property of our citizens. While abstain
ing any manner TO interfere with
the domestic concerns of the island, you
should indicate your Willingness to inter
vene with friendly offices in the interest
of a peaceable settlement of troubles,
within the limit of sound discretion"
Should it be necessary to land an
| armed force upon Hawaiian territory on
| occasions of popular disturbance, when
the local authority is unable to give
| adequate protection to the life and
property of the citizens of the United
States, the assent of such authority
should first be obtained if it scan be
done without prejudices to the interests
involved. Your power in this regard
should not be claimed to the exclusion
of similar measures by representatives of
other powers for the lives and property of
their citizens or subjects residing in the
islands. While the United States claim
no right to interfere in the political or
domestic affairs or in the internal con-
ficts of the Hawaiian Islands otherwise
than herein stated or for the purpose of
| maintaining the treaty or other rights
they possess, this government will ad-
here to its consistent, and established
policy in relation to them and will not
acquiesce in domestic interference by
9th er powers
In letter dated April g. Mr. BIount
| announces his arrival at Honolulu and
tells of his refusal, against the strong
| urging of Minister Stevens to accept the
house and use of the servants, carriages,
| horses, ETC., furnished by thesprovisional
! government paying whatever I wanted
| for it, from nothing up" He notes the
refusal of tenders from the ex-queen and
| others. Appended to letter of April
| s, in which Mr.. Blount deplores the per-
verted influence of Minister Stevens and
| Consul-General Severance to which he
ascrlbes the existence of the provisional
| government, is the report of an interview
between Mr.. Blount and Admiral
| Skerrett. Admiral Skerrett stated that
! he called at the navy department on the
| Both of December to see Mr.. Tracey, the
secretary of the navy, to ask him if he
| had his final instructions. The Admiral
remarked: "Mr. Tracey I want to ask
| you but these Hawaiian affairs, When
was out there twenty years ago, I had
| frequent conversations with the then
| United States minister Mr.. Pierce. on the
subject of the islands. was told then
that the United States government did
not wish to annex the island of Hawaii. u
| Mr.. Tracey replied: Commodore, the
wishes of the government have changed.
| They would be very glad to annex
| Hawaii"
He said, as a matter of course none but
| ordinary legal means could be used to
| persuade these people to come into the
| United States
On April 21, Mr.. Blount for a second
time disapproved of the request of the
provisional government that American
| forces be landed for drill. "The landing
Of troops, pending negotiations between
| the Queen and President Dole.n the com
| missioner says, might be used to i'm
| press the former with the fear that the
troops would land to lend force to the
provisional government in bringing her
| to an adjustment did not think proper
| to communicate the reason to xr
| Stevens, or any other person save Amiral
| Skerrett.n
| Mr.. Blount, in subsequent ,ettar
forestalled the visit of Paul Neumann to
Washington in stating that he is aoener-
ally regarded here as bright, plausible
suggested that If the administratio,,
should receive any proposition from Mr.
Neuman, in connection with tbe oo-,+naat
| between the Queen and the PrnvisinnoI
government in the matter of her abS;ca.
tion, it would be far better to deciina "a
ntertainsanything. Mr.. Blount s saws he ,e
called on the Queen and Informal bar mT
that NO prSsna person was na authorized by Pres
dent of nor tha himself inset to place the
attitude of desiring an abuses tn,es IA "a, an
tween herself and the proyisione11' ne
ernment. The Queen replied tha+ gov sho
did not intend to enter into anv 'haC sne
ations until the Washington Govern negetlt ,esnt
had taken action s 1, On NJ. Blouns's nmsa' report
On may shs indicatonsn r 9unt NV wrote this