The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-02-25


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Ara TIE p1tisc debt Of fhs Hawaiian L.
lsnss izsfzIiy existssz at tbs date q TIE ex-
Change Of the rAfiEeafions Of this treaty. h.
eisdisg the xmrants dus to tbs dercsitors IN
the Hawaiian postal savings banks. i hsrebY
aseumsi b. the eorsrnme1s Of the United
States. bat the liatdlisy Of tbs Uaitsd States IN
this rsxard shall il 10 eass fxrse3 t7zD.oJl
So hog. hoxerer. as he existing goversmsnt
and tbs present commercial reiafto.s Of tbs
H.wsiia1 islands ara continued as herein pro-
viied. said government shall eoutinus 70 pay
The Interest," on sah dsbs
TIE PENSION roR rzE cuKEx.
AR. G Ti,e go-e-1ners Of the United States
agrees to tzy to the iste Queen Laliuokalsni.
within one rear from the date OF the exchange
81 the rstfdcztion Of this treaty. TIE sum Of
$4,000 and annually thereafter hke sam Of
t5a.0p during the term Of Der natural lie.
provided she. in good faith. submits to thu su-
shcsify 81 The government Of The Unifed States
md thu loraI government Of the islandsL And
the government Of the Unitsd States further
agTews 10 pay 10 tbs Princess Kauilzni. within
one year from tbs date Of the exchange Of the
MITIGATION OF this treaty, the gross sum Of
$50. go. providing She. in good fxssh. sabmits
to the local government Of the islands
How TO BIZ HATFIELD.
AR :. The present treaty shsl b ratihed
By the president Of tae United States- by and
with The advice and consent Of the
senate on the one parf. and By the
provisional government OF the Ha raiian
islands on the other. and the rati1estiors
thereof shall b. exchanged al Honolulu IS soon
- possible. Such exchange shall b made on
the part OF The Unifed States by the commits.
sioaer h-rezsbefDFs provided for. and II shall
b5serste a complete and final conveyance 70
the United States Of all tks rights Of SOW
or ignsy a8i property herein coded to them.
Within one noafb after such exchange Of rafi-
festion the provisional government shall fur
nish suci commissioner with a full and COM
plste schedule OF ali the public property herein
ceded and transferred
In wines. uhsreos. the respective plsnipo-
tentiaries hive signed ths aborc articles and
have hereunto zffixed their seals
Done in duplicate. af the city Of Washington,
this fourtsenth day Of February. 1s23
JcHs ". FosIxH-
LoRrS u THrRs1os.
WILLIAM B. CASTLE.
WILLIAM C. WILDER,
CHARLES l. CAkxHR.
JosEPH AARzDKx
SECRETARY PosTER's LETTER
In a letter to the president LAYING the
treaty before him. Secretary of State
Foster recapitnlates the history of re-
cent events in the islands leading up
to the revolution: the establishment OF
the provisional government; the APP
pearance of the commissioners in WASH
ington: the negotiations that have
taken place. resulting in the prepare
ton OF the treaty, and the establish
nent of the protectorate by Minister
Stevens
In regard to the protectorate. Score.
tary Foster says in his letter: An in
struction has been sent TO the minister
commencing his action. in so far as it
lay within the purview of standing
instructions to the legation and to
the naval commanders of the
United States in Hawaiian waters and
tended to cooperate with the admins
tration of affairs by the provisional
government, but disavowing any steps
in excess of such instructions whereby
the authority and power of the United
States might appear to have been as
serted to the impairment of the indie.
pendent sovereignty of the Hawaiian
government by the assumption of .
formal protectorate.
Secretary Foster says that the pro-
visions of the treaty reserve to congress
the determination Of all questions af-
fecting the form OF government of the
annexed territory, the citizenship and
elective franchise Of its Inhabitants,
and all questions relating TO the eco
nomic and political status of the is
lands.
In conclusion, he says that, pending
the negotiations. he received assurances
from representatives of tine leading
powers of the world in this city
and from our own ministers abroad
convincing him that the incorporation
Of the Hawaiian islands into the union
would be regarded by these powers
with satisfaction and ready acquies-
cence.
The Annexation Treaty Safe With the
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA careful cam
vass of the members Of the senate ap-
pears to indicate that the Hawaiian
treaty will be ratified with several
votes more than the necessary two
thirds to spare. 1t is understood that
members of the foreign affairs commit
tee have sounded the temper of the sem
ate and found that this conclusion is
without .lonbt. The limit of the oppo-
sition is rut at twenty votes. while
other senators, more sanguine, believe
that those opposed to the treaty cannot
muster even that number.
There is feeling on the part of some
senators that question of this i'm
portanec to the American people, am
plifying. as it does, the Monroe doc
trine. should not be discussed behind
closed doors and under the protection
OF secrecy of an executive session. Ac-
cordingly an effort will he made to
have the whole subject debated and
acted upon in open session.
Another reason for an open session
is found in the statement Of o senator
who says that it is possible that some
votes might be east against annexa-
tion in secret that would not be cast
that way II the proceedings were sub
jected TO the scrutiny of the people at