New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10
RECOGNIZED BY ALL THE POWERS.
THE BRITISH MINISTER'S NOTE-PRocLAMA.
TioNs AND ORDERS ISSUED BY THE
nnovrcrox,J GOVERNMENT
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
Honolulu. Feb. 1.-The following Is the text OF the
British Minister'S letter to the Provisional Government
recognizing the new regime
British Legation Honolulu. jan 10, 1893.
cantemen The receipt OF your communication OF tho
,-,b inst f. together with copy OF the
proclamation informing that for the reasons SET iorh
in the sd proclamation the Hawaiian monarchy mas oel
abrnroted and Provisional Government estaDnsheu anu
whereby YOU ask recognize the said Provisional Go''
eminent NJ behalf Of Her Britannia Maestys Government
m the existing dc faco Government and TO afford 1t the
moral support of Government In reply oes 10 say
that recognize sold Provisional Government as The
existing de facto government pending instructions from
Government. l am, gentlenen your obcdieht SERVANT
JAMES II. WOODHOUsE,
H. NJ. Minister Resident.
Portugal and Japan have also recognized the new
Covernment which completes the complement OF the
foreign powers.
,rh, Pr0yis nal Government has been busy since
It's inception. The Executive ana ADVISORY c'uhoh'
formed the Legislature and held daily sessions ID pass
uch nets os were deemed Immediately needful. one
NJ tho earliest was the repeal Of the Lottery Fai'-
ch,sc Act: another provided the following oath FOR
nj, residents desiring to affirm allegiance TO the PrC-
yisional Government:
7 do soemnly swear in the pre-ence OF Almighty God
that viii support the Provisional Government Of the
Hawaiian Islands promulgated and proclaimed on the i
d,v of January 1898 hereby rcnouncing, but en-
pr.sy rescrving all allegiance TO any foreign country
owing by me.
All the Judges and number OF other officials were
empowered to administer this cath, and II was 'ahA
bv hundreds the first day It was available. Aho'her
act prohibits the Importation OF firearms on explosives
of any character except By the Government.
President sanford b. Dole, January 20. Issued a
proclamation announcing that all powers dues' ec''
required OF the Sovereign OF the Hawaiian kugoom
hould be hereafter vested In and performed by the
President OF the Provisional Government. and that the
Executive Council would perform the duties OF the
Cabinet Another proclamation announced that any
ner,on recruits, soldiers or sailors wltMh the
HAWAIIAN Islands engage In armed hostility against the
Governncnt or act In any other rcasonaDle manner
no shall BE- punished by fine and Imprisonment not
less than SIX months more than six years. The
n,oclama,in also demanded that all persons In the
employ Of the Government take the oath OF allegiance
within twenty days
Al a mceting Of the Executive and Advisory coun-
cus on January 90 II was decided TO organize a
National Guard OF four companies. ". q. Ashley
vas ann inted marshal and J. H. Soper commander
NJ The forces with the rank CT colonel Martial law
sill continues, but the hours have been lessened.
It's proclamation resulted p the maintenance OF COM
Mot, ,rer and diused feeling Of security through
cut the con muny.
From January II TIL now. n period Of fourteen
eays the Provisional Government has enacted ane new
laws. one of the most important defines and pre-
sr,,es penalties for treason 1t is evidently leveed
against any attempt subvert the new Government
y friends and supporters OF the Old whether by native
or by foreign residents who might be- In sympathy
with the eX-Qreen
The Government on January 80 enacted a law pro-
hilitng the Importation OF frea arms ana nmmuni'op'
dynamite and all explosives by an act passed on
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