Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-11

.n,ted States took aay par whatever in the
pro eedings. No pubic recognition was so
por ed 10 the provisional government by the
United states mini ter until after the que MS
abdication, aud when they were I'm effective
possession of the government building, the
archives, the treasury, the barracks, the po-
lice station and all the potential machinery
of the goNernme l."
similar Ia guage is found in an Official let
ter addressed Secretary Foster on Feb. 3 10y
the spe nRl commissioner sent To Washington
by The provisional government 10 negotiate
treaty OF anneAati n.
Peculiar Proceedings.
These statoments are utt rly at variance
with the eylde ce. documentary and oral,
containc ia Ar. IlOuut's reports They are
contradictei by declarations and letters Of
President Dole and other annexationists, and
bV Mr. Stew Ms own verbal admissions To Mr..
B.Ount. The provisional government was
recognized when it had little other than a
pa. er existence and when the legitimate gov
ernInent Wa- ia full po 'ssion and control Of
the palace, the barracks and the police sta
ton.
Mr.. Stevens well-known hostility and the
threatening presence of the force landed from
the bo-ton were AL that could have excited
serious apprehension in the minds of the
queen, her Oi.lc, r. and loyal supporters. Ii is
fair 10 say tha Secretary Fosters statements
were based upon information which he had
rece we'd from Mr.. stevens aud the special
c, mmssiOners. but / am unable To see that
they were deceived. The troops were landed
not TO protect American life and property, but
to aid in OVerthrOwin. the existing govern
mcnI The very presence implied coercive
measure against it.
Mr. Stcyen- promi ed the annexationists
that a, soon "A, .. 0btainc pos SO ssion of the
COVE mn" bGiiulug and the readopion of
I - proclamation Ie would AT once rec gnize
the a the de facto government an support
the by the ltndiag of the force from our
w.Ts. IL tira in the harbOr. and he kept that
promise. Ihi- ,suranCe was the inspirat on
of the mO, emrnt and without il the anneXa-
tipniste would not have exposed themselves
to the consequences of failure. They relied
uI'un uo military force of their own, for they
had none NOR hy OF the name. The provi-
sioual government was established by the
action OF tie . mt riCan mini r and the
presence of tr ups landed from the Boston,
and iis continued existence is due to the be-
lie ',at the lawa ians thought If they made
an CiiOrt To ovei hruw IL they would en-
coun,cr the armed forces OF the United
States.
IVES Forced to Surrender.
Mr.. Blount states that while at Honolulu he
did not fHrei O. -Iusle aBnrAationlst who eX-
PIE ed w,ilingue : 10 submit the question to
a vote of the peop e. nor did he talk with one
on that subject who dad not ms ST that II the
isla id, were annexed suffrage shuuld he so
restricted as t. give complete control TO for
eigners or whites, and representative annexa-
uunists have repeatedly made similar state
ments.
The government of Hawaii surrendered its
authority under "A threat of war, until such
time only a the government of the United
states, upon the fact being presented To IL,
should reinstatc the constitutional sovereign,
and the provisional gJvernment was created
ITO exist until terms OF un on with the United
States of America had been negotiated and
agreed upon"
A careful consideration of the facts will,
think, convince you that the treaty, which
was withdrawn from the senate for furt her
consideration, should not be resubmitted for
Its action the.ron.
should not the great wrong done 10 n feeble,
but INDEPENDENT, state by an abuse of the
author,ty'of the United States be undOne by
restoring the Legitimate government? Any
thing short oi tnat will not, | pectfully
submit, satisfy the demands of justice. an
the United States consistently insist that
Jtuer nations shall respect the independence
OF hawaii while not respecting it themselves
oar government was the first TO recognize tho
independence Of the islands and should be the
last To acquire sovereignty over them 10y force
and fraud. Respectfully submitted,
WALTER q. GRESHAM.