The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-11

| cumsthnces, submission was n duty. and tina
her ease would be fairly considered by th'
President OF the United States the Queer
| finally yielded. and sent 10 the provisional
| Government the pnper which roads:
I. Liliuokalini. by tho grace Of God and under thu
| Constitution Of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Queen. d
hereby soctnny protest against and all acts don
against nr,snlf aud the constitutional Government
the Hawaiian Hingdom by certain persons claiming Il
| have established provisional Government OF and fo
| this Kingdom
That yield to the superior Of the United state
OF America whose Minister fen potentiary his Excel
lency John L. stevens has caused United states troop
| to be landed ut Honolulu and declared that he would
| support the provisional Governmnnt.
Now. to avoid any collision OF armed forces and per
haps the loss Of life do under this sprotest and i'm
pelled by said forces yield my authority until suci
time the Government OF tho United States shall.
upon the facts being presented to It, undo the action OF
its representative and rsinsiate me and the authority
which claim the constitutional sovereign OF the
Hawaiian 1slands
When this paper was prepared at the con-
clusion Of the conference and signed by the
Queen and her Minister'S number Of persons.
including one or more representatives OF the
provisional Government who were still pres
ent and understood its contents, by their 81
lence at least acquiesced In its statements.
and when It was carried to President Dole he
endorsed II. "Rcceivnd from the hands OF tho
late Cabinet. this 18th day OF January. 1893. "
without challenging the truth Of any OF its as
sertons. Indeed 1t was not claimed on the
18th day OF January. or for some time there
after, by any OF the designated officers OF. the
provisional Government or any Annexationist.
that the Queen surrendered otherwise than as
stated In her protest.
In his despatch to Mr.. Foster OF Jan. 10 de-
scriblng the so-called revolution Mr.. Stevens
says:
The Committee OF Public safety forthwith took pos
session OF tho Government building archives and
Treasury and installed the provisional Government At
AZ the mead OF the respective depar'ment rms neihs
an ace"mpNspou iao'' promptly .eo0kh'neu ''e pro-
W.. $1,000 ,.,"n,. - WV W '"''' VI
In secretary fostere communication OF rep
10 TO the fresident' laying petore MIN inc
treaty OF annexation. with the view TO ohtain-
ing the adVice ana consent Oh the senate
thereto' ne says:
Atthe time the provisional Government took posses
sion OF .he Government building no troops or onloer'
VI W. o"'eu s'"'es were prs'ens VI .o'A "hy par
$500 49, ~, ~, nro,i.To,,, cpr..n,.n, nr ~.
Jni,.a stat, Nin,s,sr pnt, ,,.r m, ou.en. .ha,ca
ton and when they were in effective possession of tho
Government building the archives the Treasury. tho
barracks. the police statio and ali tho potential ma
chinery of the Government
Similar language is found In an Official letter
addressed to Secretary Foster on Feb. 3 by the
special commissioners sent to washington by
the provisional Government to negotiate
treaty OF annexation.
These statements are utterly at variance
with tbe evidence documentary and oral con
tanned in Mr.. Blount's report. They are con-
dent Dole and other anneXationists. and by
Mr.. Stevens's own verbal admissions to Mr..
Blount. Tho provisional Government was
recognized when 1t had little other than a
paper existence. and when the legiti-
mate Government was in full possession
and control OF the palace. the barracks.
and the police station. Mr.. Stevens's we'll
known hostility. and tho threatening presence
OF the force landed from the Boston. were all
that could have then excited serious apnre-
hension In the minds OF the Queen. har Oh,
GERS and loyal supporters.
1t Is fair to say that Secretary Fosters state
m ents were based upon information which he
had received from Mr. Stevens and the special
Commissioners. but ! am unable to see that
they were deceived. The troops were landed.
not to protect American life and property. but
to aid in overthrowing the existing Govern
ment. Their very presence Implied coercivs
measures against It.
In statement given to Mr.. Blount by Ad-
miral Skerrett. the ranking naval officer at |
Honolulu. he says:
II the troops were landed simply to protect Amer.
lean citizens ana interes,s. they were badly sta.
TONED in Arion Hall. but If the intention was to
Aid tic provisional Government they were wisely |
''"'''hea
This hall was so situated that tho troops In |
It easily com manded the Government building. |
and the proclamation was read under the pro-
lection OF American guns At an early stage
Of the movement, IL not at the beginning Mr..
Stevens promised the annexationists that as
soon rs they obtained possession Of the
Government building. and there read
proclamation OF the character above referred
TO- he would at once recognize them as a do
acto Government, and support them by land
ne force from our war ship. then In the har-
Dor and he kept that promise. This assur-
,nce was the Inspiration OF the movement.
md without 1t the annexationlsts would not
rave exposed themselves to the consequences
u failure. Thsy relied upon no military force
u their own, Tor they had none worthy OF the
'IHR t1t.a al f~..