New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES COMING
Mr.. BLOUNT,S ADVENT LOOKED FOR WITH
CURIOSITY.
SEVERAL THINGS HE WILL BE ASKED TO Ex-
PLAIN PARTICULARLY WHY He SIGNED
THE sPRECKELs TESTIMONIAL.


PLAIN. PARricrLARLY WHY He SIGNED
THE spRECKELs TESTIMONIAL
(pY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.I
Washington, Aug 1.-The return Of Paramount
Blount from Hawaii. where he has done so much
TO increase the prestige Of the American name is
expected by officials Of the State Department with
in a week or two. His report will have preceded
him and all that remains for him 10 do Is to FUR
nish the Administration with some additional rea-
sons gathered in the last days OF his stay IN
conversation with his royastic friends in Homo
lulu. for not following the patriotic, wise, states
manlike course taken by General Harrison and ms
advisers There is only opinion in Washington
outside the White House and the narrow circle II
controls in this question. to where the respon-
sibty lies should the annexatonists and royalists
who slaring at each other in the Hawaiian
Islands. come to blows. and bloodshed ensue.
Paramount" Bount's first official act was the
hauling down of the American flag, accompanied
by disavowal of American interest-practically
an invitation of the factions to fight the trouble
out among themselves. Then Mr.. Blount proceeded
to cultivate the acquaintance Of the so-caled royal
family, and to do many things which unwarrant-
ably lnterfered with the efforts OF the Provisional
Government. When Charles Nordhon crininaly
libelled those In power MY Commissioner" Blount
INSTRUCTED the process of law and saved the royal
istic correspondent from the legal punishment
which he richly deserved. In fact sucn was the
paramount" ones conduct that 1t justified the
belief that he favored utilization when wouid
cooperate with the lottery and opium-smugshhs
rings In an effort to restore the decayed monarchy
Recent information by way of San Francisco
is 10 the effect that the supporters or the eN-
Queen are about to make a sanguinary attempt 10
restore her to the throne. Rifles and ammunition
have been and being shipped to Hawaii, and
az they have been seized by the Provisional
Government, II is only fair to assume that the sup
! plje arc hein ami pled int no rOyaStS hands.
And all these preparations for bloodshed have been
encouraged by the declaration of paramount
Blount aided by Claus Spreckes and Charles
NordhoN When the latter left Honolulu he was
decorated by royasts and when Spreckels sailed
for San Francisco gold-headed cane was pre-
sented to him by the ex-Queen and number Of
her friends. Engraved on this token OF esteem was
the fantastic inscription:
Ave Claus. Tie Morituri Sautamus. In Memory
from Your Fellow Citizens. Doomed Also to Die
at the Hands of the Murder Society-the Annexation
| club" ~ ,.
royalists. the Queens being first and the next one
patches that Of United states Minister Blount
The incident has apparently escaped the attention
/ too busy elsewhere, peradventure 1t considers II
the highest manifestation Of courtesy in interna'
tional intercourse.dplomacy Oh e a. Ipitot
states to subscribe to a declaration In which th'
| Provisional Government OF Hawaii, which has beer
| officially recognized by US. Is denomlnated Ih'
/ Murder Society," But percnance Paramount
, Blount may explain his extraordinary conduct t'
| the satisfaction of President Cleveland py saytt
| that he wished give the moral support or MI
/ official position to a much-abused Queen, though
others less simple and more cynical than ne Wi
! insist upon seeing in his course nothing less tnaf
/ a union with a disreputable gang of lottery sharps
opiun-smugglers. gamblers swndlers. cheats anC
desperadoes. The advent of Mr.. Blount IN Masn
ngton is looked for with more than ordinary
curiosity.