Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-13
MIR. STEVENS REPLIES.
Ex-Hawaiian Minister Scores
 Secretary Gresham.
WHEN AND WHY MARINES LANDED.
He Says It Was Fifty Hours After the Ha- waiian Monarchy Had Collapsed When the Marines From the Steamship Boston Landed.

He Says It Was Fifty Hours After the Ha-
 waIian Monarchy Had Collapsed When
 the Marines From the Steamship Boston
 Landed.
 AUGUSTA, Me, Nov. lS.-m a signed leader in the kenuebec Journal today the Hon. John l.. Stevens, late United States minister at Hawaii, makes the following reply to Secretary Greshan's letter:
 According to authentic reports from Washington, a public crime of startling import is about to be committed in the name and under the authority of the American goverument-a public crime of less proportions, but in its moral type sim liar to the stifing of national life and the reform aspirations of Poland and Hungary a few years ago by the imperial dcspots, and to the crushing out of the newly formed republic of Rome by he,usurped powers of Louis Napoleon.
 AM that American piely, American be- nevolence, American schools and American patriotism have accomplished in Hawaii in the past 70 years is now centralized in the provisional government and stands in its support. It is government honestly and ably administered and the best gov ernment that Hawaii ever had.
 II know not the influences which in. duced Secretary Gresham to become an aC- tive agent in attempting such n grave of fense against American civilization, justice and law. His intense hostility to eXpresi- dent Harrison and to the iilustrious eX-ScC- retary of state, who passed 10 his grave in January last, k we'll known.
 Tt was that which caused him to betraN and desert the great political party whust honOrs he had shared and brought him tC his present attitude toward his former as sociates and their work.
 The Landing of the Marines.
 So far as his recent manifesto on Ha waiian affairs casts reflection upon my of Ecial action l care little except to the de gree that his cruel and untruthful word strike at the noble band of men and wom en who have for 10 months stood so reso lutely and unitedly in defense of American civilization.
 Perhaps nothing better shows the char acter of the secretary's assault than what he says about the hall which the men O the Boston occupied few days and unti better quarters could be procured.
 After l had made my request to Cap tain Wiltse to land his men as precau tiOnary safeguard to American life all, property, he and his officers informed m, that their men must have shelter for tn, night.
 Without special information in that Tt gard had supposed that the ships mariucr had tents of their own for their customary use in case of emergency on shore. l a once wrote a note and sent it by a messen ger to secure a large hall that was suppose to be available, but the man in charge O the hall was several miles away. Il had not known of the existence of th Arion hall until that evening. when mes senger with my note was sent to the sup posed agent of the Arion hali, who was . royalist.
 "Quee'r Liliuokalani inaugurated th , revolution by attempting to destroy th, constitution by revolutionary means From Saturday afternoon, Jan. II, to Jan l6 there was no government in Honolulu except in the united and self possessed at titude of citizens, who assembled in Srea mass meeting on Jan. l6 and cousummatet their efforts for law and order by the estab ! lishment of the provisional government ol the 11th, which was promptly acknowl edged by all the foreign representative , who were familiar with the circumstance ! of its creation
 ! The Time of Recognition. 1t was JO hours after l.iliuokalani an, 1 her favorites had destroyed her throne b. ! d revolutionary outbreak when the men 0 1 the Boston landed. In the exciting hour preceding and following her fall her reprt sentatives, as well as those who formed tn provisional government, had equal acces l to the legation.
 1 ''ro all proper inquiries my answer wa that the Cnited States marines could no take sides but whatever de facto govern 1 ment might exist would have to be rccog | niZed. When l did recognize il, late in tn ! afternoon of the lGth, the provisional gov ! crumcnt was complete master of the situa tion, had full control of the city and tn 1 government archives, the police station b, 1 ing surrounded and at the mercy of tn | provisional government
 It was a small building. in which th disorganiZed and powerless followers of th i fallen queens paramour, Marshall too | refuge, and they must have surrendered i
 q few hours by the mere force of hunger
 The provisional government knew its pow CT to possess the station at once, but wishe
 not to take single life of its occupant.
 Ii deemed it wiser to admit their SurrcI
 der.
 An effort has been made to damage m
 recognition of the provisional governmou
 by dispute as to the hour by the clock q
 which gave recognition.
 That is of no essential importance, fc
 in fact all resistance to the formation of
 new government practically ceased moI
 than two days before.
 ''The committee of the house and pr,
 visional government constituted the onl
 Hawaiian government de facto existing fl
 24 years prior to my recognition, the mol
 archical government having Completel
 collapsed several days before. So all III just imputations on Captain WiltSc all
 myself will vanish into thin air, and tE crime of the Hawaiian provisional goverl ment will stand out in bold relief [ America's shame
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