Evening journal., 1893-02-01
UNCLE SAM MUST WAIT
Americans Should Not Judge
Hawaii Prematurely.
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WHAT CAUSED THE REBELLION.

An Ohlcer Under Queen LiIiuokalanf
Says That Another Story of the Hawaiian
Revolution WIN Bo Forthcoming-Hs
BIames the Overthrow to the Selfish
ness OF Sugar Planters.
CHICAGO, Feb. Thomas Evans com.
missioned officer Of Queen Liliuokalano.
Of Hawaii, who is visiting here says:
The causes leading to the revolution are
to be looked for considerably below the
surface Of what has been published in
the dispatches from San Francisco.
ut should be borne In mind that the
source Of the information given to the
press is from a committee OF the revolu-
tionists now on its way to Washington
TO present their side Of the case to the
national government and TO ask its in
reference In their behalf This COM
mittee did not wait for the regular mail
steamer which Is due TO arrivs at San
Francisco February B. but chartered
special steamer so as to have It's ex parte
statements and views laid before the
American people, before the other side
had a similar opportunity.
That there is another side goes without
saying or such haste would not have been
made in putting their case. 1t would
be well therefore TO suspend Judgment
until after we are in possession of more
and fuller information as to what the
people Of Hawaii want and TO what ex-
tent this commission represents their
views.
Capitalists to Blame.
"This revolution has been brought
about by interested parties with the
/ view Of improving their financial con
nection by inducing the United States TO
restore to them the advantages they re-
ceived under the reciprocity treaty
passages on the Mckinley law Under
this treaty Hawaiian sugar was ad-
mittod into the United States free Of
duty and the planters were making from
, 20 to 100 per cent. on their plantation
investments This remission Of duty on
the part Of the United States has
amounted TO something like So, 001, 00J
year, which has gone into the pockets Of
but thirty or forty men.
selhshness In Annexation.
a 'Kow that not more than 10 per cent
can be made on sugar cultivation the
e planter Is unable 70 reconcile himself to
the existing order of things He sees
in annexation the advantage Of the two
Q cents per pound bonus and to get this he
IT is ready 10 sacrifice the Hawaiian Queen.
/ the Hawaiian people and everything and
B. everybody.
IS "'fhe cause Of the revolution is as.
N crlbed TO the so-called new constitution
a to be proclaimed by the Queen 1t would
70 be well, perhaps, to wait for further
a advices before we accept this statement.
IN The SO called new constitution was
I'd simply restoration Of the con-
it stitution under which the Hawaiian peo-
he Pile were governed by King kalakua
is until the same interests that are now
4 represented In the 'on TO Washington
Is commission and led by the same L. A.
m Thurston forced another one which has
81 been Objectionable both to the Queen and
's the majority Of her subjects.
1t was in compliance with the almost
It unanimous demand of the natives both
10 in and out of Parliament, and Of over
10 two-thirds Of the voters in the kingdom,
N that the Queen intended to return to the
~ original constitution which restored to
Is the natives the franchise taken away by
ie the last one.
u Obstacles TO BE Considered.
The obstacles In the way Of annexa-
tion are many. There is the Chinese
u question. How can the United States
admit the 10000 Chinese residents OF
To- Hawaii to citinzenshipl Most Of these
% are Coolies of the very lowest type
,e brought from China under contract to
work on the plantations at $l5 pei
month How can we extend the invita-
h tion TO these people to come into oui
1e fold while our present laws remain on
the statute books?
n. other Than American Interests.
be The debt Of Hawaii is little less thar
4 SO, 100000 mostly held in England.
oS % There are other interests in Hawaii t.
protect beside the American planters
There are the interests Of the natives
which cannot be overlooked. A littll
y, over 100 years ago these numbered 400, 00l
M Through the introduction of civilization
NJ with its clothing and whiskey there re
he main nov scarcely 30 000and instead Of thl
be magnificent physical specimens Of man
II hood Of yore, with their large tracts O.
al valuable land we have scarcely a mod
he erately wealthy native left. Their land
he have been gobbled up by the missionary
ne the adventurer and speculator. To crow
ly all, this committee comes now with tn
nd proposition to conhscate the entire king
ie- dom lands, natives and all.