Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-16

ioa, John W. Foster, Secretary Of State Of the |
United States, and the president Of the execu- |
tive and advisory councils Of the provisional
government of the Hawaiian Islands, Lorrin A. |
Thurston. William r. Castle, William c. Wilder, |
Charles L. Carter and Joseph Marsden.
And the said plenipotentiaries, after having |
communicated to each other their respective |
full powers, found in good and due form. have |
agreed upon and concluded the following |
articles:
The government of the Hawaiian Islands
hereby cedes, from the date Of the exchange
Of the notifications Of this treaty, abso-
lutey and without reserve to the United
States forever all rights Of sovereignty
Of whatsoever kind in and over the
Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies. re-
nouncing in favor OF the United States every
sovereign right Of which an independent
nation il is now possessed; and henceforth said
Hawaiian Islands and every island and key
thereunto appertaining, and each and every
portion thereof. shall become and be an integral
part Of the territory Of the United States.
ARTICLE II.
The government Of the Hawaiian Islands also
cedes and transfers to the United States the alb
solute fee and ownership of all public, govern
ment or crownlands, public buildings or edihces.
equipments and all other public property Of
| every kind and description belonging to
| the government Of the Hawaiian Islands,
together with every right and appur-
tenance thereunto appertaining. The exist
ing laws of the United States relative
| to public lands shall not apply to such lands in
the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the
United States shall enact special laws
for their management and disposition;
provided, that all revenue from or
CARDS such part thereof as may be used or &C.
| cupied for the civil, military or naval purposes
OF the United States or may be assigned to the
use Of the local government, shall be used solely
| for the benefit Of the inhabitants Of the
Hawaiian Islands for educational and otner
public purposes.
ARTICLE III.
Until Congress shall otherwise provide the
existing government and laws Of the Hawaiian
| the paramount authority OF the United
| States. The President, by and with
| the advice and consent of the Sem
| ate. shall appoint o commissioner to reside In
said islands who shall have the power to veto
any act Of said government, and an act disap-
proved by him shall thereupon be void and OF
no effect unless approved by the President
Congress shall within one year from the ex-
change Of the notifications Of this treaty enact
the necessary legislation to extend to the
Hawaiian Islands the laws of the United
States respecting the duty upon inn
L
merce and navigation; but until Congress
shall otherwise provide the existing COM
merciai relations Of the Hawaiian Islands
both with the United States and
foreign countries shall continue as re-
4 CARDS the commerce Of said islands with
| the rest of the United States and with foreign
| countries. but this shall not be construed as
giving to said islands the power to enter into any
| new stipulation or agreement whatsoever or to
have diplomatic in tercourse with any foreign gov
| T1n to$f no
| foreign powers now resident in the Hawaiian
Islands shall be permitted to continue in the
exercise of their consular functions until they
can receive their exequaturs from the govern
ment of the United States.
ARTICLE Nv.
The further immigration Of Chinese laborers
into the Hawaiian islands is hereby prohibited
until Congress shall otherwise provide.
Furthermore. Chinese persons Of the
law from entering the United States
will not be permitted to como from the Ha-
| waiian Islsnds to other parts Of the United
States. and if SO coming shall be subject to the
same penalties as if entering from a foreign
| country.
| ARTICLE v.
The public debt Of the Hawaiian Islands
lawfully existing at the date Of the exchange Of
the notifications Of this treaty, inolud-
positors in the Hawaiian postal savings
banks, is hereby assumed by the gov
eminent of the United States but the liability
Of the United States in this regard shall in nc
case exceed s3.25O.0OO. So long. however, az
the existing government and the present COM
mercial relations of the Hawaiian Islands are
continued, as hereinbefore provided, said gov
ernment shall continue to pay the interest on
said debt.
ARTICLE VI.
The government Of the United States agrees
to pay to Liliuokalani, the late queen, within
one year from the date OF the exchange of
the notifications Of this treaty the sum of
100000, and annually thereafter n like sum
of s20 900 during the term Of her natural life
provided she in good faith submits to the au-
thority Of the government Of the United States
and the local government Of the islands,
And the government Of the United States
further agrees to pay to the Princess Kaiulani
within one year from the date Of the exchange
Of the notifications Of this treaty the gross sum
OF s150 zoo. providing she in good faith submits
to the authority of the government Of the
United States and the local government Of the
Islands.
| ARTICLE VII
Tho present treaty shall be ratified BY the
President Of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, on the one part and by the
provlslonal governments VI the HAWAIIAN
Islands on the other, and the ratili-
cations thereof shall be exchanged at Honolulu
as soon as possible. Such exchange shall
be made on the part of the United States
by the commissioner hereinbefore provided
for, and 1t shall operate a complete and
final conveyance to the United States of all
the rights Of sovereignty and property herein
coded to them. Within one month after such
exchange of notifications the provisional gov
| eminent shall furnish said commissioner with
: full and complete schedule of all the public
property hsrein ceded and transferred.
In witness whereof the respective plenipo-
tentiaries have signed the above articles and
have hereunto affixed their seals.
| Done in duplicate at the city Of Washington
this l4th day Of February, 1888
| John w. Foster, Lorrin A. Th1rston. VIM. r.
Castle, VIM. c. Wilder, Chas. L. Carter, Jos.
Marsden.
NO DOUBT OF RATIFICATION.
There is practically no doubt felt by Senators
who are thoroughly informed on the subject
that the Hawaiian treaty OF annexation will be
promptly ratified by the Senate. There
does not seem to be any reason to ex-
pect trouble about the ratification BY the
provisional government of Hawaii. and the an
nexation il regarded as good as accomplished.
The acquisition Of the territory will be &C.
complished without reference of the matter to
the House for action. Only after the annexation
has been accomplished by the ratification OF
| the treaty by both governments will the matter