Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-12-21
BUSINESS KILLED AT noNoLULu.
MIR. olovoland's Hawaiian Message.

AfOW lOlh ilcEdius
Mr.. Cleveland has never sent to Con-
gress stronger message than that in
which he depicts the Hawaiian revolution
as an annexation conspiracy which for
fragrant abuse of the authority of the
United States has no parallel in our
diplomatic annals.
lie declares that Minister Stevens had
"a notorious prediction for annexation
and that the revolution was simply the
result of 1.-THE military invasion and occu-
patton of Honolulu by the United States''
at the nnwarranted instigation Of its min
lister. But for the support given by him
the revolutionists would never have dared
to overthrow the Queen; but for this they
never would have proclaimed provisional
government; but for this the Queen never
would have yielded. It was by the naval
force of the United States, lawlessly used,
that the monarchy was overthrown and
the provisional government set up. 1t was
to this force that the Queen surrendered
under protest.
All this was done. the President points
out, with precipitancy paralleled only by
the eager haste shown at Washington to
rush the annexation treaty into the Sem
ate. It was only five days after the first
move in the revolution was made when
annexation commissioners sailed for San
Francisco in specially chartered steamer.
Washington that the annexation treaty
was drawn up and sent TO the Senate. Mr..
Cleveland does not hesitate to animadyert
upon his predecessor for his part in the
transaction.
when the President was lee" he says.
ito submit the treaty to the Senate with
the declaration that the overthrow of the
monarchy was not in any way promoted
by this government ana when the Senate
was induced to receive and discuss it on
that basis both President and Senate were
misled." That both were easily, not to
say willingly, misled, in the opinion of
Mr.. Cleveland, is more than intimated by
his statement that the protest submitted
by the queen was surely of the first i'm
portance," and yet no attempt was made
to determine its truth or falSity.
1t was to determine this all important
Observation-Disclosures or not the revolution
was a conspiracy involving the United
States-that MIR. Cleveland promptly re-
called the treaty from the Senate, dis
patched Mr.. Blount to Honolulu TO learn
the truth and directed that the flag be low
cred from the government house and the
naval forces return to their ship.
Having since learned the truth the Presi-
dent now announces that he will not re-
turn the treaty to the Senate, that he will
not countenance annexation, that he re-
CARDS the provisional government as IAN
oligarchy set up without the assent of the
people" and that he believes it to be the
duty of the United States to right the
wrong done through abuse of its authority
by restoring the status existing before the
lawless landing OF the United States forces
at Honolulu on the 18th of January last"
In the hope of accomplishing this within
the constitutional limit of executive
power and hence by amicable mediation,
Mr.. Cleveland instructed Minister Willis
to propose to the Queen and if approved
by her then to the provisional govern
ment, restoration on condition OF granting
a general amnesty to the provisional
leaders and recognizing all The bona tide
acts and obligations of their government.
AT last adyices the Queen was unwilling to
assent to this and the proposition had not
been submitted by Minister Willis to the
provisional government. What the out
come will be remains to be seen,
In instructing Minister Willis to try to
bring about restoration by consent of the
parties Mr.. Cleveland recognized the fact
that restoration by force could be con-
stitutionally undertaken only by action of
Congress. He now leaves the matter to
Congress with the assurance that he will
be much gratiiied to co operate in any
legislative plan which may be devised for
the solution of the problem before us
which is consistent with American honor,
integrity and morality"