The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-02

HIIANS ARE WIN -
Echoes From the storm ct Popular In
dignatiou.
II Is the most important document
that has come from the Secretary IS Of
lice since the war The Sccretar,
charges against cN Minister stevens are
such as were never hitherto made 10y q
Secretary of State against one Of our
Ministers. and his comment upon eX-
Secretary Foster II a diplomatic way OF
saying that Mr.. Foster told an untruth.
because he relied upon ialsehoods told
him 10y Stevens. Secretary tireshsms
reference to the restoration Of Queen
lilmOEalani mtant possible wal The.
Provisional Government can MAINTAIN
itself if we do not interfere What
right have we to say that the revolution
would not have been successful il our
troops had not been landed. We cannot
re-establish the conditions as they were.
Our troops might restore the 9ueen, but
our troops could not restore the revolu-
tiOnary feeling, the business conditions.
the Cabinet crisis and all other elements
winch led 20 the esta tablishiug of the new
Government. Moreover. by interfering
to restore the monarchy, we will be re
tarding civilization. and we might be
forced to shed Amtran blood Ia
coma NetrS.
Mr.. Gresham throws the whole con
lroversy into greater confusion than
ever by virtually taking the stand that
it is the duty Of our Government To- re
store Liliuokalani to the throne This
is most extraordinary proposition.
and one that cannot for moment b.
entertained, even if our authority was
abused 10y Minister Stevens To do so
we would have to resort to force to set
up an actually depOsed Queen, who by
her perverse and despotlc course had
given rise to the revolution from which
the Provisional Government sprung.
But how are we to undo this act of our
own Government We have recog-
nized it as the actual Government of
Hawai-, and we have received and rec
ognized its ENJOYS to Washington az
the legitimate representatives of that
Government to our own. These are
acts which we cannot ignore, and
which cannot be taken back. We
would rather leave the Islands to work
out their own salvation in their own
way than see our Government commit
an act of such egregious qualification.
and we should protest with all our
might against the United States under
the QuiXotic task of setting up deposed
and repudiated Queens upon their for
feited thrones.--LOS -iHgetes Herald
| United States Minister Stevens did
what any patriotic and resolute repre-
sentative of the United States ought to
do, landed American marines "for the
( protection of the United States legation
and the United States consulate. and to
secure the safety of American life ana
property" Whatever might have been
his sympathies, he could have gone ne
further, and should have done no less
American forces could not have takeT
sides in the insurrcction, and would no
have gone further than the CARRYING on
of their orders as previously given
This is record, as taken from the repor
of MIR. Blount aRd Secretary Gresham
letler to the President. Upon this show
ing of fact Mr. Cleveland is going To d
, an act unprecedented in diplomacy. ii
> is going to destroy provisional govern
ment which has maintained itself fo
more than "A year. and To- which he ha
sent regularly accredited Minister q
: the United States Government. .-.Spo
kane Rerie,c.
1t Is the de fdctO and de .jure Govern
ment of the islands. 1t is recognize,
all the world. No native force viii
ever overturn it. No foreign force can
unless by the wanton usurpation al
President Cleveland The able and
courageous men making up this Govern
ment have only to refuse to yield To the
reckless readiness of President Clevr.
land to make war in defiance of both
law and right on a peaceful and indie
pendent country to bring to naught this
attempt to deprive the Americans livin,,
IN Honolulu of the privilege of self
government, self-proteclion. and self
control They have only to stand their
ground at all hazards until the universal
voice of the American people requires a
reversal of the infamous policy which
proposes to restore a queen by American
bayonets. -Phiiddelphid Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. l2.-Party lines
are almost obliterated in the general
chorus of Indignation that has greeted
the publication of Secretary Greshams
letter. With few conspicuous ex-
ceptions, Democrats as we'll as Repub.
licans denounce the policy of the Ad.
ministration. as outlined in the letter of
the Secretary of State. AT first the an
nouncement was received with gasp OF
aStonlShment ana expressions OF mere
dulity Boston Daily AdrertiSer.
We do not get rid of an American pro.
tectorate in establishing the old order oI
things in Hawaii. Having interveneC
to put Liliuokalaui back on her throne
and to maintain the sugar monopoly
and the system of coolie labor by which
it is made profitable, we continue oul
responsibility without the satisfaction
of knowing that we have contributed
To the moral or material advantage of
the Hawaiian people. - Philadelphia
Record.
President Cleveland did his best I,
help his party in the late election con
tests. He kept the people from getting
peep at that Hawaiian report of Mr.
Gresham's Intil the ballots were all in
This prevented il from being "A unanim
Gus thing in Ohio.-N. " Republic.
, This report is a humiliation TO tn,
American people, and rebuke TO those
aspiring residents of Hawaii who have
done more for the advancement of tn,
l l. than alI tho l. q, m.