Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22

influence his acts i'll case of revolution
Moreover the president quotes from Il
letter written by Stevens To the sccrc-
tary Of state in March. 1892, nearly
year before the revolution. in which he
speaks Of Il probable political oyerturn.
points ont that in view Of the cXceD-
ionaI relations between the United
states and Hawaii, United States Of
icialS heretofore took somewhat eNcpp-
tional action in case of disorder, and he
desired 10 know how far the present
minister and naval commander NAV
irviatc from established international
precedent indicated in the first part
# this Dispatch. The message points
nj the contingencies pr"cipitatcd in
Hawaii when Stevens eXultinSly tcle-
.raphcd the state department: The
Hawaiian pear is now ripe and this
states to pluck it. and in furtherance
| If this desire he. February last. as
| ,umrd 4 prOtectOrate over the islands
| II Ill" zane Of the United States and
| ';n up the American flag over the
| government house where it remained
| With government forces on guard till
| BIount arrived and removed them.
! The president then reviews the history
| Of the movement for the queens over
| throw; says the committee of safety
! WAS composed OF thirteen PERSONS
seven Of whom were foreign subjects,
&! five of whom are Americans. one Eng
J liShman. one German; that they acted
secretly, and as late rs the afternoon
| III Monday, the day before the pro
vis;onal government was declared, the
committee appealed to Stevens saying:
we are unable to protect ourselves
! without aid and therefore pray for
! the protection of the United States
! forces" Then they became 50 panic
stricken that they asked him not to
make Il landing till the next day. But
| no replied that he would land them,
! :sId did. against the protest Of the
i queens government, then the existing
| government. This, SAYS the president,
/ WAS an act of war, unless done solely
| to protect the lives and property Of
! American citizcelS That this was
not the object is shown by the DISPOSE
! ton of the troops far from property
| to be protected. but 50 as 10 command
/ the Hawaiian government house and
palace. Admiral Skerl1t frankly ac-
! knoWlcdgcd that such WAS the fact
! in the disposition Of the troops. There
WAS not the least evidence Of excite
mcnt or danger to life or property
when the marines landed and
no soldiers from the vessels Of
~.
! landed rs would have been the case
had danger threatened. The fact
therefore seemed to be that the troops
! landed without the consent or the
! wish of anyOn" except the United
!, States minister The occupation there
fore WAS wholly unjustitiablc, bat tie
troops landed and Il com
mittec of safety, with a
small following proceeded the
next day to proclaim. the provisional
government ito exist till terms with
The United States are negotiated and
agreed upon" They did this with the
! United States troops drawn up only
S"venty-SiX yards away, commanding
the situation. The persons taking
part in the proclamation went to the
government house in small squads to
avoid observation, having first made
sure that none of the queen : support
rrS were there Meantime the queen
had 300 troops and several cannon
md cor'd, but for the presence of the
United States troops have dealt sum
marily with the insurgents, for the
fact WAS there were very few arms
in the islands except those in the
hands Of the queens supporters. The
United States minister recognized this
proclamation, and while the queens
forces were still in possession of the
palace. barracks and police stations,
with all the government arms. But
the recognition by the United States
and the presence of United States
troops dominated the situation, and the
queen. re oogniZing that she could not
contald against the United States. alb
Dictated under protest in writing, i'll
which she submitted her ease to the
sense of justice of the United
! States. This protest was delivered to
! the chief of the provisional govern
ncnt and endorsed by him. Yet this
i provisional government at once began
action for annexation, the Punishment
of the queen and the sale of her king
dom. The United States was there
J fore. in danger of the accusation Of
having set up the government for the
purpose of acquiring territory through
! it wrongfully. The president points
out as Il precedent the Case of Texas
which applied for recognition to the
i t nitcd States several monthS after its
Independence had been practically as
SIRED. hu: President Jackson declined
! to recognize it on the ground that too
the criticism of seeking to establish the
| claim CT our neighbors to territory
with 4 view to subsequent acquisition
! by ourselves. This is in marked con-
| traSt With the hasty recognition of the
| government concededly set up for the
/ purpose of rendering us territorial an
neNation. The provisional government
| owes its existence To armed invasion
by the United States and never existed
10y consent of the people on the island,
or that they would uphold it if allowed
/ to vote on the question. The president
: thea quotes the recognition of the re-
public Of Brazil and of revolutions in
Chilli and Venezuela, showing that they
were d. , andent upon the support by
the people OF those countries. The