The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-19
RECOGNIZED BY STEVENS.

The Provision al Government proclaimed
was, by the terms of the proclamation,
ito exist until the terms of union with the
United States had been negotiated and
agreed upon." The United States Minis
ter, pursuant to prior agreement. recog-
niZed this Government within an hour
after the reading of the proclamation, and
before O'Clock, in answer to an inquiry
on behalf of the Queen and her Ca binet
announced that he had done so. When
our Minister recognized the Provisional
Government the only basis upon which it
rested was the fact that the Committee of
Public Safety had in the manner above
stated declared 1t to exist. 1t was neither
a Government de facto nor de jure. That
1t was not in such possession of the Gov
ernment property and agencies as entitled
it to recognition is conclusively proved by
a note found in the files of the legation at
Honolulu, addressed by the declared head
of the Provisional Government to Stevens,
dated January II, 1898. iB which he ac-
knowledges with expressions Of apprecia-
tion the Minister'S recognition of the Pro-
visional Government, and states it is not
yet in possession Of tile station-house. the
place where large numbe of the Queens
same had been demanded Of the Queens
officers in charge.
Nevertheless, this wrongful recognition
by our Minister placed the Government of
the Queen in position of the most peril
Gus perplexity On the one hand she had
possession of the palace, of the barracks
and of the police station. and at her COM
mand al least 500 fully armed men and
Id
whole military force of her kingdom was
on her side and at her disposal. while the
committee of safety. by actual search. had
discovered that there were but very few
arms in Honolulu not in the service of the
Government. In this state of things, if
the Queen could have dealt with the in
suraents alone her course would have
been plain and the result unmistak BILE.
But the United States had allied itself
with her enemies, had recognized them as
the true Government of Hawaii and had
put her in position of opposition against
the lawful authority. She knew she could
not withstand the power of the United
| States. but she believed she might safely
trust to its justice.
Accordingly, some hours after the rscog-
milton of the Provisional Government by
the United States Minister the palace.
barracks and police station, with all the
military resources of the country, were de-
| livered up by the Queen upon the repre-
sentaJion made to her that her cause
would thereafter be reviewed at " ashing-
ton. and while protesting that she surrep-
dered to the superior force of the United
States, whose Minister had ordered United
States troops TO be landed at Honolulu,
and had declared that he would support
the Provisional Government, and that she
yielded her authority to prevent the col
lision of armed forces and the loss of life,
and only until such time as the United
States Government. upon the facts being
presented to it, should undo the action OF
| it's Representative anu reinstate her in the
authority she claimed as the constitu-
tional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.
This protest was delivered to the chief
OF the Provisional Government. who in
dorsed thereon his Acknowledgment Of It's
receipt. The terms of protest were read
without dissent by those assuming to con-
stitute the Provisional Government, who
were certainly charged with the knowl
edge that the Queen, instead of finally
abandoning her power, had appealed to
the justice of the United States for rein.
fstatement In authority. and yet the Pro