Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-15

snne1nce5 Hawa5iaB p16ey y sxan1ned ~
more shaoefsI M fn1e1snsib3e b been1es.
Fer one thisg.H bsas ~ nagks a. coward
~. The sspess, vh3EA - ssee1sib3y PIE
pAssd BY Secretary 0SeshaM. y daeed 0cs-
Is. Thas IL terms weSs fmmedia1ely adep1sd
By IL Pfssidena. even II tt<y were not de-
tsked By him. i plain frem fhs fact thak he
~ minister. vko vas charged Viii theif
sxecuaion, started from Washington more
than two vesks $50, snd hes already been
some days in Houoluin. Aeanvhile. tbe ez-
trsordinary patu1e Of his Instructions vas
exxfsily keps from the kHoviedee Of fhe
csuntsy. Why all his secrecy There il only
one conceivable answer: An election VS.
impendins, and President Cleveland did oos
dare 70 submit 70 the American people his
mad scheme TO restore . corrupt bsfbsrIc
monarchy. II 10 we'll for him that be did
cot DO 70, or ~ sure - the sun rises and
sets he you'd have been overwhelmed by
she most terrific rsbuke ever visited upon .
nasional administration.
| Thsrs can be no doubt that Minister
Willis has been Instructed to use tie guns
and the men Of the American squa.fon TO
overthrow the provisional government
Nordho6. the Waskington correspondent OF
the New York Herald, vho sustains peea-
| itsfiy close relations with the President in
this affair, and whose savage dsnunciations
Of the missionary children viii be remem-
tered, telegrsphs upon reliable authority"
that 1.-The minister 10 not only to refuse
American union and thereby destroy the
only foundation upon which the provisional
government stsnds. but Is 10 haze the go
opeyasion Of the american aarat forces IL
l.y.s a. N. L. ~ nj h.
Quesn." This conadans Of the administra-
ton adds
at has been suggested by those who
insist shzt the provisional government. by
the aid Of sts little army, will be able to
msiptsin lie position, and that the Queen,
being nnsbt' Z, safely gain access TO and
intrench herself 10 the government build
ing, will hoist her hs9 from her present
palace and viii be recognize there by Min
isfer Willis. This 10 not borne out by the
Instruction have authority for the state
ment that nothing saoft of Il complete rero-
eation n ersry act VI the last admiaistra-
tioa md the complete res,orattoa Of The
queen To The fhr"as MI satisfy ne Prest-
deat."
And what 10 this government, the destruc-
ton Of Itch is 10. be accomplished by com
mand Of Grover Cleveland, President Of the
United States, at the point Of American bay
onets and the muzzle of American cannon?
II is government which by universal tessi-
mony represents the bsst Intelligence and
morality of both the hite and native pop.
ulxiion Of the islands. It is government
which was established pesceabiy by
the merchants of Honolulu. the
planters, the professional men, the Chris
tan missionaries and their followers-in
word. all the respectable and responsible
lements in Hawaii This government is
made up Of able and conscientious men,
some OF them Of New England birth or an
cestYy II has maintained itself for months
without any senss opposition. 1t has been
formally recognized A. the rightful govern
ment Of Hawaii by the United States and
by most Of the powers Of Europe. including
England, France and Germany. And now
Il 10 to be overthrow by force
by American force--to make way for the
return Of deprxved and degraded mon
srchy, whose last official act was to lsgalize
the Introduction of the Louisiana Lottery
and the free importation of opium.
II this insane act 10 accomplished, 4 will
intlict an inc n aceable blot on the fair fame
of the American republic II 10 no wonder
that an indignant Democratic leader in the
nited States Senate should predict that
the first step of the new Congress next
month would be the passage OF a joint re-
solve denouncing the administration for its
madness.