Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-21


a. coansction sEth q eootfact between
the queen and the provisional gossFn-
nsrnt - ths matter of her sbdieatlon.
u veald - far better 10 decline - en-
tsEtsin snsthlng
ar. bioaas szys he called on the an
quesa snd lnfofmsd her that no pcrsoa
was authorized. By PsssidsRf cisseland
q himsslf. 10 place the govefnnsnt ~
the Cnitcd States In the attitude of De.
ssrinz an adjustment between herself
snd the provisional government and the
queea replied that she did not intend 10
entsr snto any uegotistlons unul the
w 1shinxton gosernment had taken
sesios on Mr.. Bioant's report
People Oppos- Annexation
Ga May Mr. Blount wrote: -At this
tinsr The Indications are uamistakabiy
TIA, a large malority of the people u
the ISLANDS are utterly opposed 10 annex
alton don't look for any change from
thls situation through future lnforma-
uon- There 10 a stroax disposition on
the part of the annsxation element "a
suppress expressions against annexation
BY social and business hostility"
In the third part of the ecorrespondence
10 printed a statement of volney v.
Ashford dated March !. 1896. Ia which
be says be has put Ia writing certain in
formation Ia regard 10 Hawaiian afairs
At AIr. Bleants request 7 his statement
refers % Queen Lsiouakalani AZ ''rei n
ieg soveEeign who had at least twice
stfiteu "a suppbant her brother even al
the expoase. 4 necessary. u walking
oser his sfFsngled corpse 10 the throne;
=. IL 80
grossest social vices, such as bad con
tribated 30 largely To the late king =
downfall 10 lsS5. but still strongly up
held BY the majority of the native peo-
pie. Who believe her professions and
PROMISES 10 restore them Do an equal
franchise"
Wilson Had Pull
In another part OF his extraordinary
communication Mr.. Ashford SAYS; "Wil.
son pull on the queen consisted IN the
fact that for many years be has heen her
fsvorite paramour. The queen had a
private gateway cut through the palace
wall Immediately contiguous 10 her
apartments ia the palace that he might
alone enter by near and more couven-
lent way. scandal az which even the
nest Ottuse Of the native people drew
the line The pair openly lived together
IN the queens cottage az Waikiki. a
suburb ~ Honolulu. during and sue
ceeding the 'sandbag' episode at the
palace. Just preceding tks descent upon
the league. This place was formerly an
assiguatiou house built by the queen.
aud openly used for that purpose. under
the personal charge of her business
All these. aud many other equally scan
dalous acts. are matter Of public motor
iety at the capitol and have been com
mented upon by the native press of
Honolulu. but the English press were
either gagged by the palace party or kept
silent % avoid ths effects of the scandal
abroad
These statements against the deposed
queen are discredited 10y Mr.. Blount
Biount's Conclusions
Mr. Blount's conclusions Of fact are
embodied IN his rapport 10 Secretary
Gresham. dated July IL. Ii is very
long siocnment. filing thirty seven large
printed pages. and indicates very clearly
that I've Understood that he was 10 con-
rne himself % a plain statement of facts.
for nowhere does he make the slightest
suggestion or recommendation. Refus.
ing all the vroffers ~ hospitality on his
arrival on the islands. he SAYS be took
rp his quarters al the Haw allan hotel,
where he passed several days in receiv-
INK calls and soon became aware that
all minds were quietly aud anxiously
looking TO the action of the United
States government The troops IL
~
duty Toe the provisional government.
With the American flag floating over the
government building and, says the min.
istsr. within IL the provisional govern.
msnt conducted its business under an
American protsctoFate. 10 be continued
according 10 the avowed purpose Of the
American minister during negotiations
with the United States. This brings
the story down % the incident which
created such a stir of hauling down the
American fsg. which Nr. Blount de
scribes as follows:
Hauled Down the flag.
My Instructions directed me 10 make
inquiries which. in the interest 0f can
dor and truth. could not To done when
the minds OF thousands u Hawaiian
citizens were full of uncertainty az IN
What the presence Of American troops.
the American flag and the American
protectorats Implied. IL seemed neces-
sary that all these infiue0ces must be
e.ihdrawn. before those inquiries could
hc prosecuted IN a manner betitting tho
dignity and power of the United States.
lnspired with such feelings and cona-
deat no disorder would ensue directed
the removal Of the flag ~ the United
States from the government building
and the return of the American troops
o. their vessels This was accepted
without any Demonstration of Joy or
grief on the part of the populace. The
aifsrnoon before. ia an interview with
President Dule IN res3onse to my IN.
curry. be sand that the provisional gov
eminent VAS nov atle 90 preserve order.
although IL could not have done 30 Tor
several weeks after the proclamation
establishing Il"
Japanese Had n scheme.
A japanese incident. which "a both
new and Interesting. is then related
Mr. Bloun' says oa the eve - the day
when the hag sss hauled down. "the
Americsn MINISTER called on me with a
Mr. Walter g. smith. who he SAID. de
ssre,i o. make an important ccmmunica.
tion 70 ne and snom be knew 20 be very
intelligent and reliable fhereopon Mr.
Smlth. with infensn gravity. informed
me that ne knew beyond doubt that IL
h4i bsea arranged between the queen
sad The japanese commissioner. that n
The American tag AMI troops we're r.
n,ovesi. the troops from the Japanese
nan - var Nanixs would and and r.
i1stats ths queen. NJ Smith
ras the e,iitor - The TIA
ssnas Stsr established by the
Anrexstien club Tor The puspo-e - al
vc-atina annexation. The Amrricsn
niaisiss expressed his belief "a the
a -.a...,...r.l - Nr smith arI a-r..l ~.