New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-17
j. II. Johnston & Co.
~ Union Square, N. Y.

one of the causes Of the revolution He dis
misses ii with four lines. The four lines how
ever. give room enough for picture OF the
role played by the actions OF the Queen which Is
as false four lines can make IT. MI Gresh-
am. whether in malice or in ignorance seeks
20 dsconnect entirely the revolution from the
movement which checked the coup detat OF the
| Queen, and thus TO make II appear that the
| former without Justification AS mat
ter Of fact the two and the same
1t was the revolution which stopped the coup
d'etat or. to speak more accurately, the revolu-
ton begun by the Queen in the interest or
absoutism was overthrown by a counter
revolution in the interests Of individual free
dom. The latter began two days before an
American sailor set foot on shore 1t denied
| and deied the authority Of the sell-deposed
| sovereign when II had nothing on which TO
rely except the spirit and courage Of the resi-
dents Of Hawaii. To say as Mr.. Gresham does.
that there manifestations of excite
ment and alarm in the city is 10 say what Is
not consonant with the facts. There was ieel-
Ing OF intense excitement and unrest. The coun-
try was virtually in a state of revolution The
Committee Of Public Safety held repeated meet
ings. and the Government did not dare TO ar
rest them The foreign element looked 10 them
to shape events held a tremendous mass meet
Ing in which the acts OF the committee were
confirmed and full power granted as to further
action This meeting the Queens Government
would have endeavored to disperse had II dared
to make the trial. The Queen did not issue
the proclamation abandoning her intention to
violate the Constitution until she felt IT was
the last hope of saving her monarchy. 1t was
a desperate effort to induce her subjects TO re-
turn to their allegiance by holding out false
hopes of reform. The promises OF mOnarchs are
a byword. and those Of Lil!uokalan were held
in just contempt in Honolulu Only the in
fatuation Of worshipper of monarchs could
have attached TO those promises Of nsinceritv
and fear the smallest significance. They have
boon hroif hafo hoy will no
If the continued cooperation OF Cleveland and
Gresham affords the royal perjuress the requi-
site impunity
WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
II Mr.. Gresham's four-lne statement Of the
crime Of Liliuokalan fails to apprehend It's true
significance and It's place IN the course OF events.
his sketch Of the further events leading TO the
establishment OF the Provisional Government is
equally unveracious. He would make 1t APP
pear that the Committee Of Public Safety were
practically unsupported by any force. During
the reading Of the proclamation he says that
forty or fifty men. some Of them indfferently
armed, entered the room" Misrepresentation
like these would dscredt a pettifogging lawyer
before a county magistrate 1t Is a humiliation
to Americans that the head Of the State De-
partment should be deceived into mistaking
them for fact and Incorporating them in pub
lie document. The room" referred 10 was
rooted only by the sky, and the forty men
who entered 'Indferently armed were the
Volunteers who. within few minutes marched
in detachments from the Rifles Armory. TO the
number Of hundred or more. armed with
Springfield and Winchester rifles whether
this number would have been sufficient 10 re-
pei a vigorous and determined attack Of tho
Queens forces may well DO doubted. out no
such attack was made. The defenders Of the
Queen contented themselves with keeping quiet
in the barracks and police station. leaving the
Treasury. the archives and the seat Of govern
- - CiA nal
ment While the Palace party hesitated. the
citizens focked TO the new government bring
ing their guns, their cartridges and their ser
vices. OF all this the American troops were
massive spectators II they were disposed TO
take any part in the conflict ! did not Know
It, am l aware Of any facts when go 10
prove IT, But their presence probably pre-
vented boodshed as II might still nave zone
had they remained on board ship
1t is. perhaps, unnecessary 10 pursue the
further details OF Secretary Greshams commune
cation on the Hawaiian question Inc enure
instrument bristes with misrepresenta'lons OF
varying importance. and reads more Ike one oil
Liliuokalani's paid manifestoes man the I'M
biassed inquiry of che servant OF Tree hpuDllc'
As q fair sample of all these risrepresentations
may be cited the statement that the continued
existence Of the Provisional Government is
due to the belief Of the Hawaiians that II they
made an effort to overthrow II. they would
encounter the armed forces Of the United
States This Mr. Gresham states not as an
inferenc. Of his own. but as a positive fact.
II It is true. why does he wish TO use the power
Of the United States to restore the Queen?
WHY does he not leave It TO the native
Hawaiians? AS matter Of fact Mr.. Blount
issued a manifesto 20 tho Hawaiian people.
specifically declaring that the United States
forces would abstain from all interference In
the domestic affairs Of Hawaii, and that protec-
ton would be extended only to those Americans
who took no part in the conflict. This action
was regarded by all parties In Hawaii as a
direct blow 10 the Provisional Government. and
the royalists were loud in their exultatlon. Mr..
Gresham and the President having made as
they aver, careful investigation Of ali the
facts, must be presumed TO be aware Of these.
Even II their inquiry has been neither 80 candid
nor so exhaustive as they pretend. II would be
unjust to charge them with ignorance Of the
acts Of their special representative In
Hawaii. The omission Of all matter tending 10
establish Mr. Greshams opinion on this, as. In
deed most OF the other important issues Of
fact raised in the published Communication Of
the Secretary must be earnestly deplored by
all those who are interested In maintaining the
honor and credit Of the Administration.
EIGHHANDED PROPOSITIONS.
All the matters Of fact, however. discussed
by Mr.. Gresham should be dead issues, and
were so until the incredible faulty Of the Adj
mnstration chose to make its view Of them
the basis Of an aggression upon free and indie
pendent State. The Provisional Government
of the Hawaiian Islands is fully sovereign and
its sovereignty has been recognized by ali the
leading European and Asatc Powers. az well
as by the United States. Mr.. Cleveland has
himself accredited two Ministers to this GOV
eminent besides recognizing It's own rcprcscn-
tative In Washington. He has no more right to
overthrow Il by force than he has to enter upon
the territory Of Brazil ana set up monarchy
there. The proposition to do this is in Hawaii
high in the extreme, and without color
of law or justice. II will work injury TO hun
dreds Of innocent persons who have placed i'm
plicit confidence In the good faith Of the Amcr
can Government If Mr. Cleveland does not
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