Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-29

cittsens and their psopsrty, set the United
States relations to Hawaii are .excepifonsi
ent and naval may yd deSvisse Siss
from established Information rules and prsce-
dents N oontnsenctss indicated In the frst
To minister Of this temper, full OF zeal
Tor annexation. there seemed to arise in Jsnu-
6s for hS
which, BY timely "deviation from bSiahsS essabiishsS
International rules md precedents," might Be
object in view. and We are quite prepared for
the exnltant enthusiasm with which, in . let
ter s to the state @ @pepaEtment dated FEB. 1893
States @ to s pPncH K s''a'n n0ar f0f the united
y may .iso bs remssked that this diplo.
ter was written. apgarently unab!e 70 longer
,ss,, rsstssiI A. hts e.. ardo1 issred proclaWation
shs Il u se
Islands. This assumption was promptly dis
svOwed ~ our government. Out the
Building ct honolulu and the forces remained
ON guard until April and after Mr.. Blounts
arriva! on the scene. when both were re-
Hawaii, in Difference to the wishes of her cab
met, teiinggished proposed proclsmatiop Of
purpose a. = basis Of action. citizens s Of Homo.
lulu numbering from so to no. mostly resident
IN pssass and
subjects. This cemmittee had In view view .nneaa a1
day the 18th and the following sMn Monday. st The
with the United States Minister. At
mitsse = salty msss.mee.ins 3 Of ini Citizens liens
was held on Monday to protest against the
Queens ALLEGED illegal and unlswfui proceed
mittee OF s fety procured the passage Of q
resolution denonnctng the Queen and empow-
ertng the committee 20 devise ways and means
to secure the permanent maintenance Of law
and y in III HAWAII OF 'fe liberty
ooi IN sSe On and n
mediately after such adjournment the COM
mittee, unwilling to take further steps with
Minister, addressed note, representing that
the public safety was menaced and that lives
and property were in danger, and concluded rs
I'VE are unable to protect ourselves without
aid, a and therefore pray for protection OF tho
United States forces.
Landing of the Marines.
When the note was written nd delivered the
man nor gun at their command and after its
delivery they became 80 pantc-stricken ut
tie snd
him not to land the United States forces till
the next morning. but he replied that the
mittee were ready or not the landing should
take TAX place. And go # happened on Jan. 10.
isss: between and 9 O'Clock IN the afternoon
steamer BOSTON, with two pieces Of artillery.
landed at Honolu!u. The men, upward of l6O
In bets sSfRied With double 1 9aTridse
SACKS ana canteene and were accompanied by
a hospital corps with stretchers and medical
suppltes.
rl.l.
leSs made with the consent Of the Hawaiian
Government or to protect American citizens
The Hawaiian Government protested against
the act and there was no need to protect
any such martial array had existed Great
would have been behind the United States in
an effort to protect their citizens. But hey
made no sisns in that direction.
Thus It appears that Hawaii was taken nos.
session OF BY the United States forces without
the consent or wish Of the government Of the
Ss sls far is
claimed was, BY the terms Of the proolams-
ton te exist until terms Of union with the
upon" The United ST ates, pursuant to prior
agreement, recognized this government with
tion, and before o'clock. in answer to an In
quiry on behalf of the Queen and her cabinet,
announced that he had done SO.
al Government the only basis upon which it
rested @ vas was the fact that the Committee Of
pn6iic SAFETY had IN the @ manner above stated
possession of the Government property aud
AGENCIES as entitled 1T to recognition is con-
clusivcly proved by a note found in the files
of the legation at Honolulu addressed by the
declared head of the provisional governme
to Minister Stevens dated Jan. II. ls.:I, in
w s tho with
provisional government and stated that 1t is
not vet in the possession of the station house
troops were quarteredj though the same had
been demanded OF the Queens officers in
charge.
On the one hand the Queen haS possession of
station. and had at her command ut least 500
fully armed men and several pieces of artillery.
II she could have dealt with the insurgents
the result nnmistakable. But the United
States had allied itself with her enemies. had
saa them hen as the true 81
shs pGsti' OF Gpp9'sftion against lawful
In y,eIdinW I howeyer the Sneen ieeSes; Srotested
Of the United states and only until such time time
f 81 Se fac
undo the action Of its representative and re.
instate her In the authority she claimed as
Islands; Yet the provisional government,
with this unanswered protest in its hand, has.
tened to negotiate with the United States for
the permanent banislllnent of the Queen from
power and for a sale of her Kingdom
Danger of Government Disgrace.
Onr country was In danger of occupying
the position of having actually set up a tenn
porary government on foreign soil for the pur-
tory. which we had wronefully put in our pos
session. This fs in marked contrast to Presi-
dent Jackson's course after the battle of San
practically assured and established. Presi-
dent Jackson refused to recognize 1t, alleging
as one OF his reasons that in the circumstance
1t became the United States "to beware of a
too early movement, as II might subject ns,