The Portland daily press., 1893-02-02
THE OTHER Side.
Queens Representative Denounees the
Revolution as a Sugar Speculation.
A CHANGE OF SENTIMENT SEEMS
TO BE GOING ON AT
WASHINGTON.

There is q Disposition to Await Further
Advices-Considerabl Doubt About
England Attitude-w Washington Gossip
About the Situation.
CHICAGO, February lin an interview
Thomas Evans, commissioned officer of
Queen Lilliuokalani of Hawaii, who is
visiting relatives here, said: The causes
leading to the revolution are to be looks d
for considerably below the surface of
what has been published in the dispatches
from San Francisco. Itshould be borne
in mind that the ource Of the informa-
tion given to the press is from commit
tee of the revolutionists now on Its way
to Washington to present their side of
the case to the national government and
to ask its interference in their behalf.
This committee did not wait for the reg
ular mail steamer which is due to arrive
at San Francisco February s. but char
tered special steamer so as to have it's
ex parte statements and views laid be-
fore the American people before the
That there is another side goes without
saving. or such haste would not have
haan m,ada i, nuttino their3case r. would
he w we'll therefore to suspend Indictment
until after we are in .nossession of more
and fnllar informatinn as To what the
neonle Of Hawaii want and to what ex-
Tent this Commission reuresents their
views.
This revolution has been brought about
hv interested narties. with tha view of
;mnrov;no their financial condition hv in
ducing the limited states. "a. restore to
Them The advantaoes thev received unoer
the recinrocitv treaty. previous to the
nassa0e of the Mckinley hill Under
fh;s Treatment Hawaiian supar was ad-
mitted into the United States free Of
dntv and the nlantsrs Are making from
X ~ 11lo Ira ,,ar cent IN fbeir nlantation in
vestments Tbis remission nf dutv on
the mart Of the United States has
Amounted ia sometime like Sf,. 600. 600 a
wear which has GONE into the rockets of
bnt 3() 81 40 men. Now that NOT more
than 10 ner cent; can sbe made on sugar
culti yation. the planter Isl unable to rec
onci1e bimseIf tn tha7 existing order of
+b;nrs He Gees in annevation the adj
vantaga of tha two cents ner nound
honIIs and to gat this ha5is ready ia sac
r;f;ca The Hawa;;an 0naan the Hawaiian
,,an,,1e ond auaruth;ngl s,,d auarvhndv
l1 elsa, - -
The cause af. f1,e rAre,l,,f;an IL ascribed
tn tha so.called r,1,axv constif,,tion to he
proclaimed hv the o,leen.s Itwould be
we'll. nerhaps, to wait for further, advices
hefore We accent th,s statement. This
so-called ssneuu cnnstit,,tion,, was simnly
> restoration Of the Constitution under
|
ed hv KING KaIaLana ntiI the same in
ta Uy hin thst e9 s n he
ion r. Wash;noton,, com m;ttee and led
NV tho samaI. Tbnrston forced an
other one which has heen objectionable
both to the oneen and the majority of
her subjects II was ii comnliance with
the almost unanimous demand of the
natives both in and ont Of narliament.
and Of over two thirds of the voters IN
+ba L;nodom that tha nneen intended To
ret,,rn f. the original constitution which
restored to the narives the franchise tax
en- away by the last one.
lhe obstacles IN Inc way Oi dnueAallou
ton How can Tho Irnjtad States admit
the % oo1 Chinese residents If Hawaii to
citizenshinp Most of these are Coolies of
tha varv 1nuesf tvne hrouUht from China,
nnder Contract to WORK on fhe nlantations
at AK month How can we extend the
invitation @ NJ to these neonle To come info
orr fold while o,,r present law remains
-, +he st.tuta booLsp The deht of Ha-
wal; w. lis is little less than So. 600 900. mostly
hold in England
There are other interests in Hawaii to
nrotect besides the American planters.
fTharo ara the interests If tbe natives
which cannot he overlooked. little
ovec one hnndred wears aoo these num-
barad 400 ono Through the introduc.
t;nn of c;yil;gation. With its clothing and
whisky there remain now scarcely "a. 900.
and ;nstaad c of the maonificent nhvsieai
specimens syr Of manhood Of yore., with