The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-03-22
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
SAN FRANcIsoo, March l5.
Per 5. s. Australia.
THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.

President Cleveland's administra-
tion is sending a commission to the |
Hawaiian Islands, to investigate the |
whole question of annexation. Ex- |
Congressman Blount of Georgia,
who was chairman of the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs in
last Congress, is to be the head of
the commission. 1t is believed that
Admiral Brown and either General
Schofeld or Captain Howison of the
navy will be Blount's colleagues.
Mrs. Blount will accompany her
husband.
The Chronicle of yesterday says
there is little doubt that the revenue
cutter Richard Rush, then being
hurriedly prepared for sea, is to
take the commission to Honolulu.
To-day's Daily Report has a re-
port, however, that arrangements
have been made to have the Pacific
Mail S. S. Rio de Janero, leaving
for China on the 23d, call at Homo
lulu. In this way the commission
could reach the islands week
earlier than by the next steamer for
Australia.
The proposition to send United
States commission to the islands
and take vote of the people is
looked upon with favor by Mr., Da-
vies. He is reported as saying: "Of
14,OOO votes on the islands, 10000
are averse to annexation, and / don't
see, under the circumstances, how
the United States can take such a
STEP"
DR.. Smith, Hawaiian Minister,
does not favor the commission. He
thinks the information furnished by
Minister Stevens should be as valua-
+ BILE to this administration as to the
last. A native government, he said,
was simply impossible henceforth in
=, the face of all that had occurred.
He could not see what Kaiulani,
"the poor child" wanted. She could
not assume the throne, for her aunt
had not yet abdicated.
MINISTER STEVENS DENOUNCED.
Under the heading, "a Case for
Recall" the New York World has
the following article:
minister Stevens is running the
:. affairs of Hawaii with high hand
: An editor has been arrested under
, his protectorate for criticising the
'' provisional Government, which is
: sustained by an armed force OF
American marines.
"It would be we'll for our State
Department to put bit in the
% mouth of this champing and foam
ing charger as soon as possible. The
a latest dispatches report him as as
4 serting that the sentiment in thi:
! country is ''practically unanimous il
= favor of annexation," and that tn.
= change in Administration will moi
e check the movement.
, "Meanwhile it will'be we'll for the
=, Administration to consider upol
what principle of international Law
7 Mr.. Stevens acted when he declared
y, "a protectorate' over the islands
+ and had the United States flag hoist
y ed over the public buildings of thei
70 capital city. There is not sen
tence in any writer on internationa
- law, from Grotius to the presen
Il day, that justifes such conduct; anc
A. whatever may have been the am
bition of Mr.. Harrison and Ministe
Stevens to establish new code, it i
2 not likely that Mr.. Cleveland vii
z undertake to compleae their self-ap
,s pointed task.
~ "The principle of justice is uni
7 versal, and the humblest nation i
2 entitled to the protection it shoul,
h afford, as well as the greatest. Thi
i, business of bullying small and weal
na powers should find no federation
q. among brave and powerful people
To sustain Mr. Stevens and ratif
~ the present treaty would be to sane
a tion filibustering and conspiracy b
h. American Ministers"
VS., THE TREATY WITHDRAWN.
es President Cleveland on the ct
drawing the Hawaiian treaty whic
Of. has been pending before the Senat
III, The message was short, simply r.
er, questing the Senate to transmit
S. the Executive the proposed treat
ey, with Hawaii. The message was r
gh ceived without comment on the hot
he of the Senate.
,at 1t had been expected that Clev
)m land would take some steps in I'll
ct matter before long, but it was NJ
ese expected that he would so quick
undo the work of his predecessor.
Sa The Republican Senators regal
)l9 this action as in line with the cour
pursued by Cleveland in withdra'
ing the Nicaraguan treaty sent
the Senate by Arthur in the closil
days of his Administration. III
Democratic Senators look upon Il
ne Act from twofold point of vie
el- some taking the ground that
los shows Cleveland is against annex
an tion or American domination of al
ale sort in the Hawaiian Islands, VIII
hS Others held that he will send
ne- another treaty more to his liking.
na- 1t was given out several days a
ers that the new Administration wou
nc not act in the Hawaiian matter un
9nC more was known as to the situate
an but it was supposed that matte
aS would be left as they were until til
Aa- Aa knowledge had been gained, a
ne ne that the Senate would, in the mea
NJ time, postpone action on the trea
Ihe The withdrawal of the trea
III takes the matter out OF the hands
yer, tha Sanata