The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-21
BLouNT's REPORT.
Elk Parte Statements Designed to Bolster
Up the Cause of Queen Lii.

up the cause OF queen LII.
New York, November 20.--A special
despatch to the Herald from Washington
says:
"The report of Special Commissioner
B1ount now on file in the State Depart
ment, which is to be sent to Congress
two weeks hence will show beyond
the shadow of doubt that the revolt
tion in Hawaii in January last was ac-
complished only by most shameful in
tervention on the part of Minister
Sstevens, then our diplomatic representa-
tive at Honolulu
"This report will show that but for
Minister Stevens's abuse of his power
the revolution could not have been ac-
complished. and that this position and
the presence of the marines and machine
guns from the Boston overawed the
Queen and her supporters and that
nothing but the intervention of the
United States in this manner would have
induced the Queen to surrender which
she did with the express understanding,
accorded by President Dole of the pro-
visional government, that the case was
to be reviewed at Washington and justice
done her by the President of the United
States.
Commissioner Blount's report will
further show that Minister Stevens
landed the troops from the Boston long
before there was any valid excuse for
their presence on Hawaiian soil; thatshe
declined to remove them when requested
to do sosby the government and informed
that the authorities were willing and
fully able to preserve order and to pro-
tect American interests; that these troops
were stationed across the street from the
government building in which Minister
Stevens knew the revolutionists were
about to read their proclamation and
that the revolutionist committee relied
upon the American troops to protect
them in this act of rebellion; that Minis
ter Stevens recognized the provisional
government according to a preconcerted
programme, before that government had
obtained possession of the departments
and military power at Honolulu, and the
military power was surrendered, as the
Queen surrendered, only through awe of
the superior force of the United States.
"a greater conspiracy against friend
ly and independent power was never
carried on in the name OF the United
States. TO all intenus and purposes it
was the armed forces of the United States
led by a minister that assailed the
Hawaiian government and overthrow it.
"These facts have already been set forth
in brief in the letter which Secretary
Gresham sent to the President and which
as published on the 18th inst. The re-
port of Commissioner Blount with it's
affidavits and testimony, its original
copies of official documents and the adj
missions made by the very men who CO.
operated with Minister Stevens to over
throw the Queen will show that Secretary
Gresham, anxious, perhaps, not to convict
American citizens and officials of this
government of such enormous crimes
against a friendly power. understated
rather than magnified the nature and
extent of the offence committed by
Minister Stevens assisted by Captain
Wiltse of the Boston,
Mr.. Blount's report presents q great
number of statements in support Of his
conclusions One of these Statements
which is of the same nature as all of
them, is the following made by F..
Nundenburg, of whom in one of his re-
ports Commissioner Blount said: II send
you written statement from +. Wun-
denburg, who says that his information
is derived from person present in all