New-York tribune., 1893-11-21
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Sixth Ave-, cor. 22nd ST.

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Sixth Ave-, cor. 22nd ST.
| them was to devise some plan to have the United
| States troops landed. Mr.. Thurston who appears
to have been the leading spirit. on sunday sought
| two members of the Queens Cabinet. and urged
them to head movement aganst me ,r Queen ana
| ing them that in such event Mr.. Stevens would
| do So Failing to enlist any OF the Queens ,o zap,
met In the cause. IL necessary to devise some
other mode to accomplish this purpose a Colnnl'
tee of Safety, consisting of thirteen members, had
been formed from a little body OF men asseno. @ '
| In W. O. Smiths Office. y deputation OF these m
Gris bjn M land and the troops If they would ask it for
| the purpose Of protecting life and property. IL
was further agreed ,6 ecw hm aha the
uding and proclaim new government II, ne me wonru cn,
mittee. Mcssrs. Thurston and Smith. growing un-
easy to the safety Of their persons went TO- MN m
their arrest by the authorities, TO which he gave
mtionsts TO inform the meeting on the 10Th
| OF their purpose. which he attributes to fear OF
IS to Minister stevens for protection and says:
The response TO that call does not appeal, in
It, therefore, cannot speak for itself; The request
OF The Committee Of Safety was. however, CON
ing Of the committee was held that night the
house of Henry Waterhouse; next door to Minister
| OF the Queen. and selected officers. At this meet
ing it was assented to by all that Mr. Stevens
had agreed with the Committee Of Safety that In
the event 1t occupied the Government Building and
proclaimed provisional Government he would
recognize Ii a de facto Government. A great
an1sd January 9S stevens informed Parker and
Waterhouse that In the event the Queens forces
| assailed the insurrectionary forces ne would IN
Mr Blount says that on their way to the Govern
ment huiIdng to proclaim the proyisional Govern
fipD nd
There sign of an insurrectionary soldier
The Committee Of Safety sent to the Govern
ment Building A.. s Wilcox to see who was there
@ ernmSmt en- forces on the grounds proceeded in the
manner have related. and read their proclamation.
mcnt nfteen volunteer troops appeared. Within a
half-hour afterward some thirty or forty made
their appearance.
HOW THE TROOPS WERE USED.
Then Mr. Bount tells OF the respective locations
Of the Queens force and OF Captain Witses troops.
and says "Thcy were doubtless located to
suggest TO the Queen and her counsellors that
they were In cooperation with the insurrcctionary
movement and would. when the emergency arose,
manifest 1t by active support. II did doubtless
suggest to the men who read the proclamation that
they were having the support Of the American
Minister and naval commander and were safe from
personal harm"
The report details the circumstances attending
the ablcation OF the Queen and states that she
yielded because IL pressed upon her by the
Ministers and other persons that It useless
to contest with the United States and she could
fila her protest and be entitled to a hearing In
Washington. Says MI. Bount:
AN this accomplished without the firing OF
a gun. without demand for surrender on the
part OF the In. urrectionary forces until they had
been converted into de facto government by the
recognition Of -, American Minister with Ameri-
can troops. then ready TO interfere In the OF
a attack"
MT. Blount says that II seemed strained 10 sup
pose that there was necessity OF landing troops
And rcfcrring again 10 Minister Stevens) 10 con-
sent 10 an application for such n purpose without
any suggestion dlssuadlng the applicants from IL
on the part Of the American Minister, with Naval
forces under his command. could not otherwise be
was the first time that American troops
landed on the Islands at the instance OF Com
mittce OF Safety without notice the existing Gov
eminent"
WHEN IHE NEW GOVERNMENT WAS RECOGNIZED
The report reviews in detail the subsequent events
making much Of testimony tending TO show that Min
iscr Stevens recognized the Provisional Government
before the Queen had been called upon to act.
and quoting Minister stevens himself as saying
that he knew the barracks and stationhousc had
not been delivered up AT the time: that he did
not care for that for twenty-five men, we'll armed.
could have run the whole crowd. Minister Stevens's
dispatch 10 Secretary Foster Ia quoted where he
says that he recognized the Government after It
Mr. Bount says: The quick recognition was the
performanse Of his pledge TO the Committee Of
by the Hawaiian Commissioners to Mr.. Foster and
says:
"Did the spirit of annexation misead these gentle
men? II not. what magn influence tempted Presi-
dent Dole to contrary emen In his cited letter
revolutionary movement would not have undertaken
against any danger from the Government But for
this their mass-meeting would not have been held.
But for this no request to land the troops would
have been made Had the troops not been landed
measures for the organization of a new govern
ment would have bcen taken. The American Min.
on annexation To the United States. and had agreed
the part each to act to the very end"
THE QUEEN SHOULD DE RESTORED.
The rest OF the report is largely made up of
statistical matter and n disquiston upon the trade
Of the islands and the character of the popula-
ton. Mr. B.ount says In conclusion THAT n
deep wrong has been done the Queen and the
native race by American officials pervades the
native mind and that OF the Queen. well az
a hope for redress from the United States. there
can be doubt. In this connection 1t is i'm
portant 10 note the inability OF the Hawaiian people
Of II by never Offering resistance to their encroach
mcnts.
states troops inc reading OF the proclamation OF
the Provisional Government almost In their pres
easily prepared her for the suggestion that the
President Of the United States had knowledge
prove or disapprove OF what had occurred at a
future TIM This too, must have contributed 10
her disposition 10 accept the suggestions Of Judge
Widemann and Mr.. Damon Indeed. who could have
supposed that the circumstances surrounding her
atey by the President OF the United States? Her
uniform conduct ana The prevailing ling, sentiment
an aGs hes % that the spirit Of justice on the part
of the President would restore her crown"
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