Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-14
Is All Prepared and Ready to Send to Con-
Eress, but 1t VIII Probably He Held Back
Until Thunday for Two Very Good Rea-
sons.

That a treaty of annexation has been con-
cluded between the United States and Hawaii
no longer admits of question or dispute.
Secretary Foster Of the Treasury Department
announced that fact without qualification at
the Lincoln banquet in New York Saturday
night.
The only question now appears TO be as 10
when the convention shall be submitted TO
Congress. The papers are represented to be
drawn up in proper shape and the President
has concluded the preparation of his message
of trsnsmittal.
AWAITING DISPATCHES FROM MINISTER STEVENS.
Further action is deferred until after the ar
rival of important dispatches from Minister
Stevens due here In this evenings mail In his
telegram to the Secretary of State announcing
the establishment of a protectorate over the
Hawaiian Islands Minister Stevens said he had
forwarded important papers by mail
DESIRE OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
Another reason why the submission Of the
message may be delayed until the end OF the
week is said TO be cue to a desire
on the part of the annexation COM
missioners to prevent the terms Of
the treaty from being carried TO Hawaii in
garbled shape by the steamer which sails from
san Francisco tomorrow. They desire,
so it is said. to take the treaty
back with them and to be the first to make il
public to the people of Hawaii. and at the
same time to be in a position to explain its
provisions.
Il is said that the President has acknowledged
the force of these conscientious and that he
will hold back his message transmitting the
treaty until Thursday at least.
MINISTER STEVENS ACTION.
The principal feature of the Hawaiian aues-
tion considered at the meeting of the cabinet
today was in regard to Minister Stevens action
in establishing protectorate over the island.
1t has been determined to send him instruc-
tions in the matter bv the Hawaiian steamer
which sails from San Francisco tomorrow This
explains the necessity for prompt action on
this point.
While it cannot be stated officially that the
ministers course has been approved. there is
every reason to believe that such
is the case, inasmuch as the informa-
ticn now at hand indicates that
failure on his part to comply with the re-
quest of the provisional government would
have been disastrous to American interests on
the islands.
A CoSFERENcE WITH SECRETARY FOSTER.
The Hawaiian commissioners had bret con-
ference with Secretary ]. ". Foster at the
State Department this morning. 1t lasted only
fifteen minutes ard was devoted entirely to
minor questions affected by the proposed
treaty.
THE BOUNTY on SUGAR.
Many matters of detail are constantly COM
ing up for discussion, some of which will find
no place in the treaty but be left for settlement
under the questions of administration and gov
ernment The principal financial item is that
of the bounty on sugar.
The Hawaiianf naturally want the present
law TO apply to taeir crops but are not insist
ing upon this point very strenuously, being
convinced that the bounty provision Of tle
tariff law will not be retained long enough to
cover the next sugar crop of the islands. which
does not begin to come in until December. Aside
from the sugar bounty Mr.. Thurston Of the
Hawaiian commission estimates that the loss of
revenue to the islands by annexation will Just
about equal the amount Of expenditures OF
which they will be relieved.
An invitation received by the Hawaiians
yesterday TO visit Tacoma. Wash. on their
return 10 the islands, and go home by a new
line of steamers which will ply between Tacoma
and Honolulu. The Hawaiian legislature at it's
recent session voted a subsidy Of $500 trip to
secure the establishment of this line.