The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-18
THE HAWAIIAN AFFAIR.
SECRETARY FOSTER DIyAVOWy MN
IsTER STEVENS PRoTECToRATE,
And Says That the Ministers Proclamation
Goes Beyond the Necessities Oft the
Situation and His Instructions.

L
| pondence sent in 20 the Senate by the
[ President to accompany the Hawaiian
| treaty contains the text of Secretary
| Fosters dispatch of February 1ltn. an
abstract OF which went by the last mails
| to Honolulu, disavowing Minister Stevens
! pr electorate.
| Secretary Foster says: Your cipher tel
| egram. dated the LIST instant. and trans
| mitted through the Navy Department
| good offices. was received here at $50 4.
| NJ on the 9Th instant. You therein make
| the following important statement:
| To-day at A. NJ, In accordance with
| the request Of the provisional government
| OF Hawaii. | have placed the Government
| of Hawaii under the United States pro-
| lection during negotiations, not interfering
| with the execution Of public analr5'
| The precise character and scope OF the
| act thus announced By you do not appear
| from this brief recital. The press. how
| ever, priut full details of the occurrences
! OF the tst instant. as telegraphed from
| San Francisco on the arrival Of the mail
| steamer Australia at that port. on the
morning of the 9th, and therein ma
what purports. with appearance OF generai
| correctness. TO be the text OF Proclama-
| tion issued By you on the lst instant. The
| manner and degree of the execution or
| your proclamation by the naval force are
| not related with particularly in brief
| telegraphic report just received from Cap
| tain Wntse..
The phrassolOgy Of your proc'a nation
| in announcing your action In assumption
! of protection Of the Hawaiian Islands IN
| the name OF the United States would APP
pear to be tatamount to the assn nptton
! Of a protectcrate over those isiants In be-
half of the United States, with all the
rights and obligations which the term i'm
! plies To this extent il goes beyond the
| necessities Of the situation and the IN
struct.ons heretofore given you. Your ex-
! listing Instructions and those under which
! the commanders Of laval vessels OF the
! United States acted were and are ample
| to provide all legitimate material protec-
| tion i'm case Of need. either in your discre-
ton or at the request of the duly coasti-
tuted authorities of the Hawaiian Islands
for the Hives and property of Am ri AN
| citizens endangered or menaced. or for the
| prevention of iawiess and tumultuois
acts Of disturbance OF the public peace
and safety.
SO far. therefore, as your action amounts
| to according at the request of the de
| facto sovereign Government of the Ha-
waiian Islands, the cooperation OF t1e
| moral and material forces OF the United
States for the protection of life and prop
erty from apprehended disorders. your
action is commerded. but so far as 1t
may appear to overstsp that limit by set
ting the authority and power of the United
States above that Of the Government OF
the Hawaiian Islands, in the capacity OF
protector. or 10 impair in any way the
Independent sovereignty of the Hawaiian
| Government, by substituting the nag and
power of the United States as the symbol
and manifestation of the paramount au-
thority, It is disavowed.
Instructions will be sent to the COM
mandng officers of the United States naval
forces In the Hawaiian Islands confirm
ing and renewing the instructions hereto
fore given them, under which they are
! authorized and directed To cooperate
with you for the preservation of Am er.-
can life and property and the maintenance
! Of good order in case of need. Your own
Instructions in the same sense are con-
tinued.
! You are accordingly authorized upon the
receipt Of these instructions 10 arrange
with the commanding naval officer for
the continued presence on shore OF such
| marine force as n ay be practicable and
requisite for the security Of the lives and
| property interests of citizens Of the Uni
ted States, and the repression Of lawless-
ness and public disturbance threatening
them. whenever in your judgment II shall
be necessary 10 do, or when such CO.
operative measures may be sought for
good cause by the Government Of the
! Hawaiian Islands being however. al
ways careful 10 make due discrimination
! between those functions Of voluntary or
accorded protection and the assumption
OF a protectorate over the Hawaiian
Islands by the United States.
No step should be taken by you. or will
be sanctioned by this Government. which
might tend to derogate in any way from
the independence OF the Government Of
the Hawaiian Islands. which the United
| States have recognized as sovereign and
with which they treat on terms of SOW
ereign equality.
| Arrival of the Queens Envoy.
Paul Neumann. the envoy Of Queen
| L.iliuokalani TO the United States, accom-
panied by Prince David. OF the Royal
family, and two servants, reached the
city late tonight. Though worn and
tired out after his tedious journey, Mr..
Neumann. N a brief conve. e.sation, in
dicated partially what his course of &C.
ton will be in his effort TO induce the
Senate to refuse to rati,y the treaty for
the annexation of Hawaii. which IL now
has under consideration
Mr.. Neumann regretted very much that
the matter had progressed 80 far as 1t
has, and regarded IL as unfortunate that
he would not be able 10 see the President
| or Secretary Foster till next week. Mr..
Neumann realizes. therefore. that ne must
| submit the Queens case TO the senators
| themselves, and tomorrow he will begin
the work. He will ask the senator's TO
consider the papers which ne has in his
| possession, and then If after reading
them and hearing all he has TO say they
should decide to ratify the treaty he will
not have word of complaint to make.
He regretted exceedingly that such undue
haste as he characterized IT,. should
| have been used in sending the treaty to
the Senate when but one side OF the case
had been heard, and no opportunity had
been given the people OF Hawaii. which
he represented, to submit their views in
the matter.