Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-30

earnest on the subject. I was equally frank
IN informing him that ha- no authority to
speak on that subject. but I expressed to
him the opinion that the United States
would resist any encroachment on the soil
or sovereignty Of Hawaii. and that / would
MAINTAIN this position until otherwise in
structed by my government. These friendly
interviews in which the long existing
/ fnenoship and mutual interests Of our re-
speCtNe countries We're fully gone over.
gave paclfying results to the well-informed,
lhoush they did not at once nut an end to
pubnc anxiety as to the suffrage agitation
ana as TO what use the fallen queens sup
porters might make of IL. Every step OF nv
action was duly reported to the Department
OF state, prior to Blount having any knowl-
euSe on the subject His claim TO having
put an end to Hawaiian anxiety about r1i-
mored japanese encroachments is as purely
! dssunpIlNe as his expression to me at nv
house that to him the Harrison adrninis-
tratlon was indebted for the strong demo-
cratic support which was given n In ths
threatened war with Chile. and that Senator
morgan, now chairman OF the Senate COM
mttee OF foreign affairs. could not aid much
In TIE same direction. and is not a level
headed man.
Biount Directly Contradicted.
In Blounts report as given to the press.
ma the following language:
The two leading members of the commit
tee Messrs. Thurston and Smith, growing
/ DerSOn&-
went TO Minister Stevens TO know n he
would protect them in the event of their
arrest by the authorities. to which he rave
his assent"
IL Is enough to say that there Sc M, .
SeIhplance of truth i'm this assertion of
Diounl, made by him without his eyer baV
ing ing IIii. . II to me- or made anv inquiry of
my on ue subject. He thus gives the sig
nature Of his Endorsement 10 a cha..
Minch never even heard of until 1 found
IL IN Blounts printed report. -'1
oo.-' says lne response to the call of the
Eo. zee OF SAFETY TO land the men OF the
boston does not appear in the files of ths
ien. Inc meaning Of this insinuation
sS obvious Enough TO say. there never was
any such document / received the in,-,,a
tlon OF the committee of safetv Co. 49,. q.
- "oTuh. as received other inform n tor -
go a me, SUBJECT i should have requested
not th " i a 70 have landed his forces had
T rIt me committee OF safety reouestsa ~
nc ctlucai circumstances exfStine-fha &c.
/ ~ hiicehulaTlsin. tumult and robbery ona
-, od.iger OF alarming panic in the nigh
s,o,',, man Justned our carving ont tha
stahdinS Instructions of the s,stse- 80 S- INC
I| Si,-i ..ieills or July. 1885,. which held ~.
o oii,ed states minister and naval coT,n,.rS
can Ire a,1 , Tor the protection Of Amerj-
81 me ana property. land for the ,,,a
Nalon OF public order" The fscts - - -.
dutv Sea1b indicated our
IL is wei TO state here that the l.,,s,-
american forces in Honolulu baS ,anD-ls OF
] toll lad
~ PlSce IN a period running over ,o.
y eai rms happened in 1874 in iSsH ~ny
se1-o-aI W. on The eve Of being done 81,
several other occasions Se,,s,.o, S Oh
prior 10 the events of Januar,, H.. p,Iles
oSeh Houned by the represents ti,es =, -
Sueen 10 be in readiness to land o,,r ,s siI
mandars Peatedly had our naval com
Imndhuers' during my official res,daroa -.
i IN got everything in readineSs .,
- On information as TO signs on daDgs,
WI MniSn. they and their officers had rafheS.S
n a1Ha
listing state of things INC" eA-
the eIements and forces of Hawaii a.,
a.. ~. "a. 1855 1893 and in 1888 were and are
.e.aS the same. the breadth ara
ehsln OF the prevailing elements 90
forces in 1888 being more decisj,-e rs, ana 10
.ne FORMER periods. Those who assert =
tne contrary are not honest else they ao,ss
P,erf tahd what they have written abont
UsHt squareiy asserts that / promfses
70 AID the committee of safety ~, $500
inns Is empbaucally and catecoricailv nm
aoe. IN reply TO rival parties at dire-en,
o1,nes Mhether the representatives of the
Vueen or her opponents, my answer uras
always the same. that the force wonio ~,
Ialo until danger should be plainlv i'm
ninent, and then only to protect Aner,,.ar
hie. ano property, and to no one did 1 ever
mn Litt tnat could or would recognize any
out the de facto government uhefha,
nlonarchial or republican, and as I SAID ,n
my letter TO Secretary Gresham. I here r "a.
an IN that royalists and their opponents
olnclai mead The best answer 10 the hase-
less charge. that L promised 20 use force
against the queen, is the order of Cant
, Wise TO his officers and men. Ito remain
PASSIVE ana that no force was used.
lhough the queen, through her ministers
strongly requested IL hours before the mr.
Nlsiohal government was recognized by me-
in Honolulu.
Striking Evidence of Prefud,ce.
n he
Blount's prejudice, ex parte and unwarrant.
ed statements is the following:
"A meeting of the committee Of safety
was held that night, January la at ,hs
house of Henry waterhouse next door 10
Minister Stevens house. determined ON IN.
flcers'' Va
The intent of the author of this languae.
Is OBVIOUS on Its face. He wished IL 10 10
understood that this meeting was held mean
my residence for the purpose Of easy acces,
10 ana IN collusion with the United States
ulnS.N nat are the facts? Henry
Naterhouse is an English merchant a.;
wealth, OF recognized character for integ.
rlty, intelligence and of the most exemplary
NE He has resided in the islands since
early childhood, and is now a member Of
the provisional government. Though living
SO near me he rarely talked Hawaiian no.
nucal affairs with me- though he could bur
suppose my private convictions must be in
Americans as 20 what had been
going on in the islands for months OF this
meeting at the house of Henry Waterhouse.
specihed by Blount. had no hint or knoyl-
edge at the time IL was held: knew not Of
whom the meeting was composed nor what
was It's action, and my first Information as
10 the persons assembled at that meeting
obtained from Blount's report
1t is proper for me to say here that for
,hree Years prior to the queens coup d'etat
ma fan had kept myself as thoroughly in
'orIned as possible as to the views plans and
purposes OF the several factions and parties
hat contended for control in Hawaiian
POLITICAL affairs. This necessarily compelled
ne to hold conversations with the best IN
ormed persons OF the reform party che
lue4n's party and with the Wilcox and
iauve Hawaiian party. whose organized
Mort for months was TO induce or compel
he queen 20 break with her paramount
Marshal. Wilson. I was certainly as well
informed OF the views and plans OF the
oyalists as i was OF those OF her oppo-
tents, generally carefully keeping my pss-
ate opinions to myself.
0nfcfal Documents.
Regarding the expectations and hopes Of
he queen and her Representatives IN the
Nciting days from January Ia to January
Z, and the views and hopes OF her oppo-
tents. the following official Soeumeats
peak for themselves:
The assurance conveyed by a royal pro-
by myself and ministers yes