The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-13
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taken possession as at Tahiti Shortly
after the arrival Of the Embuscade, in
August, 1912, the French Consul told |
friend of mine that he had no com.
plants to make--eveDthing was har-
monous with the Government But
shortly the Embuscade arrived and the
captain presented such catalogue of
inadmissi BILE demands that 1t must have
resulted in a cession had not Mr.
Richards and HadliiiO Just sailed for
the United States, Eng and and France
to try to secure the acknowledgment OF
Hawaiian independence and adjust any
difficulties, if any were found to exist,
under these circumstances. Captain
Malet consented to await the result OF
the mission.
Upon hearing of this Admiral
Richard Thomas, in command of the
British Pacific squadron, lying at Val
paraiso or Callan, dispatched Lord
George Paulet with the frigate Carys
fort to Honolulu to secure the settle
ment of any difficulties between the
Island Government and British subjects.
The Carysfort arrived on the 10th Of
February 1S45 On the I4th Lord
Paulet presented demands to which the
King yielded under protest On the
Goth the King visited the frlgate and
was received with royal honors, but
the next day new demands were pre-
scented amounting to $rI133o 50.
TO satisfy these was beyond the Kings
power, and after some preliminary
negotiation, a temporary cession was
made on the 18th, and the admnistra
ton was committed to two commits
soners appointed by Lord Paulet and
one by the King
The French and English were each,
no doubt, determined to take and hold
possession They were playing against
each other, and the islands were the
stake.
Lieutenant Frere, the head Of the
governing commission, told me that
they saw the French were determined
to have the Islands, as they had taken
possession ofthe Society and Marquesos,
and they were determined to be before
hand with them" Britain sympathized
with the feelings of Mr., Simpson,
already quoted, and they expected the
cession would be permanent. This, |
think, was the general expectation Of
others as well, and, as | believe, 1t
would have been SO, had not Lord
Paulet sent his dispatches directly to
the home government instead of through
the admiral, as the proper channel
When the admiral heard of the Cession
he Immediately sailed for Honolulu,
where he arrived on the 10th of July,
and after some preliminary negotiation,
on the 2Ist a force of British marines
with two brass fed pieces marched to
the plain east of the town, with the
admiral and king present, where the
British flag was lowered and the Ha-
waiian hoisted and saluted by the ma
rnes. The admiral was offended with
Lord Paulet, as plainly perceived, by
remarks made to myself when spending
an evening at my house, and my belief
that the flag would not have been
restored but for this informally rests
partly on the past practice OF the British,
and the statement made to me by Mr..
Richards that the Earl of Aberdeen,
the Foreign secretary, or Mr.. Adding
ton, the under secretary, told him that
if Admiral Thomas had not restored
the flag the British Government would
not have done SO; and until they heard
of this, Mr.. Richards could not nego-
tiate.
The London Times of August Goth
of the same year, in a semi official
article says at obviously becomes the
duty of our Government, to secure, by
the most positive and formal pledges,
both from France and America, that
independence which We now propose
to restore to the native princes" On
the 18th of November, 1913, France
and Great Britain jointly engaged
"reciproCally to consider the Sandwich
Islands as an Independent State, and
never to take possession, neither directly
or under the title of proteCtorate, nor
under any other form, of any part of
the territory Of which they are com
posed.
In 1916 the French treaty was re-
vsed, and the SIS, 900 taken away in
1889, returned. In I849 the French
Consul Dillon, with Admiral de from
line presented a new list of grievances
and demands which the Government
could not concede, in consequence Of
which, the Admiral landed rec and
took possession of the Custom House,
Treasury and Fort, and held possession
three days After spiking the guns and
committing some depredations the
force was again embarked and sailed
away taking with them the Kings
yacht and the Consul and family. Ii
was said that they ordered the Cover
nor to pull down the Hawaiian flag,
which he refused to do, and that they
did not do it themselves out of respect
to the pledge to Great Britain in the
joint treaty Of Nov 28, I843. In 1851,
Mr.. Perrin, a new French Commits
sioner arrived with similar complaints
and making similar demands. After
long negotiation neither party would
Weld enough TO enable them to come