The record-union., 1893-11-21
RrnARnrn As A MILD YARN.
BLoUNT,s MISSION 10 HAWAII.
Gresham Makes Public the Corre'
spondence and Report.

Gresham Makes Public the Corre-
spondence and Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Secretary
Gresham decided this afternoon to make
public all the correspondence and the re-
port of James II. Blount, the special
Commissioner sent to Hawaii by Presi-
dent Cleveland to investigate the revolu-
ton which dethroned Queen Liliuokalani
and established the Provisional Govern
ment. In his report Blount calls atten-
ton to his reception by Minister Stevens,
who, accompanied by committee from
the Annexation Club, came on board the
vessel which brought him. ''Stevens in
formed me-" says Blount, "that this club
rented an elegant house, well furnished
and provided with servants, carriage
and horses for my use; that | could pay
for this accommodation just what chose,
from nothing up. He urged me very
earnestly to accept the ofer, declined
il. and informed him that should go to
the hotel" He was also requested TO ac
cept proffered favors from the ex-Queen.
Concerning the position OF the United
States troops in the islands, he says: ::
1.-The troops from the Boston were doing
military duty for the Provisional Gov
ernment. The American flag was float
ing over the Government building.
Within 1t the Provisional Government
conducted business under an American
protectorate, to be continued, according
To the avowed purposes of the American
Minister, during the negotiations with
the United States for annexation. My
instructions directed me to make in
uuiries which, in the interest of candor
and truth, could not be done when the
minds of thousands OF Hawaiian citizens
Of
presence of American troops, the Ameri-
can flag and an American protectorate
implied.n says BIount. ''It seemed neces-
sarv that all their influences must be
Withdrawn before inquiries could be
prosecuted in manner betting the dig
nity and power of the United States. In
spired with such feelings, and confident
that no disorder would ensue. l directed
the removal of the flag OF the United States
from the Government building and the
return of the American troops to the yes
sells. This was accomplished without
any demonstration Of JOY or grief on the
part of the populace. The afternoon be-
fore, in an interview with President
Dole, in response to my inquiry he said
the Provisional Government was now
able to preserve order, although IL could
not have done so for several weeks after
the proclamation establishing It.
Blount then tells how Minister Stevens
called upon him with w. +. Smith, who
represented that the withdrawal of the
United States marines meant that the
Japanese would land troops from a man
of-war IN the harbor. The American
Minister expressed belief in the state
ment that the Japanese Commissioner
would put stop to these rumors by hay-
ing the vessel ordered away. The Pro-
visional Government left to its own pres
ervation left him free TO pursue negotia-
tons.
Commissioner Bleunt says: ''The
causes of the dethronement of the Queen
and the establishment of the Provisional
Government were both remote and proxi-
mate"
He then reviews the history of the
islands. beginning with the Constitution
of 1852. and the changes made in the sys-
tenn of the Government down to the revo-
lntion in 1887, which resulted in the Con-
stitution OF that year, andlwhich to a great
extent was given by Blount as the cause
OF the revolution OF 1898. Among those
mentioned in forcing King kalakaua is
Thurston. noNY Minister from Hawaii.
BIonnt describes at some length re-
strictions placed upon the King by the
1ssT Constitution. After the revolution
was accomplished, the history OF Hawa-
iisn politics was followed by the Com
missioner. OF the Queens acts just pre-
vious 10 the last Legislature, Blount says
Get il he borne in mind that the time
v-as now near at hand when the Legis-
lature would probably be prorogued
whatever Cabinet ID power at the TIME o.