The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-11-30
STEVENS MAKES REPLY
The EX-Ainktsf Gets Back lt Blount
in a Severe Letter.
FAVORED THE ROYALlSTS
An Accusation That BIount Did Not
Give the Provisional Govern.
mont q Fair Show-Stev-
ems Defends Himself.


AUGUSTA, Me. Nov. oe.-Fx.Nf;ristar
Stevens has made this answer 10 Com.
missioner Blount: "a deem sense Of oh.
legation to my country and the minister,s
duty to defend an insult threatened
against a struggling American 20 lonv.
planted as righte ousIy and firmly ON the
North Pacific isles ms our Pilgrim fathors
established themselves ON Plvmou,b Rock.
demand that l shall make answer 10 tho
astounding MISREPRESENTATION and nm.
truths of Commissioner Blount's re-
port on Hawaiian affairs. Not wish
ing to be severe on n neonhvtyte
In diplomacy, with little knowledgc Of the
worlds affairs outside Of his country scnt
on a very peculiar GRAND. amid currents
and quick sands entirely mn nkpoun ~ him
he has been ;,artly the victim of circum-
stances, having been caught in the mesbcs
and snares adroitlv prena red for him bv
the cunning advisers of the fallen Iiliou.
kala nj and by the sbreud sh,rn. lopg
exoerieuced British dinlon,atic ncont
whose aims and homes RIonnt ba.
served SO we'll and wi,bout tho loast
suspicion that ho wo. a;d;no
ultra British in,eres,s oyep ,,,or. than he
was helpino Hawaiian mon,rchis,s ana
the lust detbronomcnt of the one.n r,
is clear from Rloun,'s n,,r,or Sro,,, ,hs
tlay of his arrival M uonoI,,,,, a. ,,.a,, ~
NV his lo.,or 80 a.. y,a..,. = -.
written sbortIv after that ha dos;on.d a,
whatever cost to rcp,,diate the art;on ~
the recentIv tern,ina,sd .Im;n,Stra,;on
and that in order 10 do 40 be ,rus, ;,,r,non
tho action of Minister S,eveps and ~.
cam,nnnder os tha IrnI,od S,a,ss s,o,n,S
sh,o Boston. n total stranger. n wa. i'm.
.,ossible for Mr. RIount 40 Lnou, hor, nm.
lifting II Was for him ,o tall. mn, h,s r,ar-
ters where be Was cer.;n 40 ho sur.
rounded bv rovalists ami nh,ra ,he ann.
portcrs of the nrovisiop,l covor nman,
would bo reluctant N 90"
Mr.. Stevens. con,inui,o s,a,ss that
Blount refusad b-uso,,oI, ,,n-,o,,,. .r-
fer from ,hrce American con,Ienon ,h.,
he should take his rcsidence on ,,ou,r,I
ground instead of ot a rov,I;s, ho,oI Ha
denies Bloupt's insinuat;on that ho u,.s
ayerse 10 his access ,o the Ie,,,;op roc.
ords. and saws he took IN hin, ,I,o ,,r;,,,ed
dispatches of Minister MERRILL ,o Secro.
tary Bayard. printed record. s,c- Re.
ferring to Blount's assertion tba, he mt
an end to the Hawaii ANXIETY about Ian.
anese cncroachments. Stevens rccites in
detail numerous interviews with ,he Ian
anesc minister prior 10 BIoun,'s arrival
ami says BIount's claim is purc assu,nn.
lion.
In Blount's report as piven IN the nress
is the following; "Two ieadino members
Of the committee. Mcssrs. Tburs,on and
Smith. growing uneasy as to the afcty Of
their persons. went TO Minister Stevens IN
know il he would protect them in the
event of their arrest by the authorities IN
which he gave his ASSENT Mr.. Stevens
says there is not n semblnpce of truth An
this assertion OF Blount. He denies also
that he promised TO aid the COMMITTEES az
sa afety by force, He aIways insi,,ed that
no American force sbouid land unless
necessary to protect American life and
property.
Stevens devotes considerable sn,co ,o