Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-16
on A MISSION FOR HONOLULU.
n, Situation 10 30 Investigated Be-
d. fore Action Is Taken.
,rpArcnEs FOR srEvESs.
a.. statnu Of the Provisional Gov
eminent of the Islands to
lie Aaeertained.

wAsnIEGTos, March l5.-Ex-Rep.
,e,enlative Blount OF Georgia lief,
Washington lest night for San Frau
cisco accompanied by Mfr. Ellis Mile,
confidential stenographer OF the state
department. Heis, 1t Is confden1iaily
asserted, bound for Honolulu on a
secret mission, an appointment which
required no confirmation by the Sen'
ate. The selection OF Mr.. Blount for
the mission Indicates that Mr.. Cleve.
land IL not yet satisfied that Hawaii
should be annexed TO the United
States, but has made up his mind TO
opposo II. Mr.. Blount will make q
very thorough investigation OF the
situation and the Presidcnps future
action on the subject will probably be
governed by his report ~ chairman or
the foroiyn Affairs committee.
When the matter first came before
the public Mr. Blount took q very con.
sentative position, refusing to commit
himself without further Information.
More than year before tho overthrow
o. tho queen delegation from the
Hawaiian legislature came TO this
country without public announce.
ment seeking some Indication from
this county OF what support the rev.
dictionary party might rely on II they
should overthrow the old government
snd establish ~ provisional govern.
ment as has been done. The ultimate
object M they then declared II, was 10
secure annexation TO this country, rs
they did not hope for success In the
permanent establishment OF new
government. Mr.. Blount was among
the few persons with whom they
talked, and he then refused TO commit
himself 20 any such plan. There Is no
doubt that since the overthrow OF the
queen hQjhaa had some suspicion that
thif yoyetnment may have encouraged
tho revolution aud might possibly lie
seeu-sl ~ having taken part ~ the
estabilahfnent oI the new government
ON tho Islands with which we ure
asked to Aren't. The question OF how
the overthrow OF the government was
brought about and whether the pro.
visionnl government actually repre-.
eents popular sentiment will, II IL un-
derstOod, DO thoroughly Investigated.
First Of all the fact will be- established
that this government pending the
ratification Of the treaty giving tho
right TO do 10, will not interfere In any
way with the affairs Of tho islands ex.
cept, II need be, TO defend them from
foreign entertainments, the idea being
that the government claiming 10 repre-.
sent the people Of the Islands must be-
strong On ugh 10 maintain Itself II we
are ito treat with 1t. Probably we
will do nothing but maintain the pro-
yiiional government against any other
government. III II be- found that the
Provisional government IL really the
chosen government OF the Islands and
Il not dependent on the support Of the
United 5tates for Its exlstence, the
proposition for annexation may DO
sent TO the Senate at the next session.
However, apart from the other con-
sderationr, the desirability OF annex
Ing the islands will DO Investigated as
a business proposition. 1t IL said the
admin stration early received intorma.
ton which 1t deemed reliable that tho
overthrow OF Queen Liliuokalani and
tue establishment Of n provisional gov.
eminent was the result OF plan
formulated by the sugar-producing
elements Of the island. Cipher dis.
patches went out last night from both
The state and navy departments for
Honolulu, which viii 70 forward on
the steamer Australia from San Fran.
olsco today. What those dispatches
contain none OF the officials in either
department. will say.