Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-29
c. SPREJKLES ON HAWAI-
lie Tells Of Bold Schemes Of AnHeIa.
tlOllSls.
ConHpirAcics to iIiu EN-Queen Iiiiuo.
Laiani, Minister nIount. Iim-
SELF and Others.

Claus Sprecklrs, tho sugar king, 70.
turned hsro Thursiay on the Aus,ralir
fsora tho Hawnnar ieieNdp, wrcr- W
has been since Aprillolh, says theSai
Francisco Chronicle. Ito was bflm nil
OF strange things relative 10 the pro,
vlslonal government, an attempt to
nhsasslnate the deposed queen, Lilluo.
kalani, as well as himself and dozen
others, the attitude Of eN.Minister
stephens and the anIeKationists In
forming conspiracy TO capture the
islands, Minister BlJunps lrm course,
which he comments, and many other
things upon which tho correspondents
have not enlightened the public,
Mr.. SprsCkles was looking very well
ana said he was IN excellent health.
From first 10 last he gNyo his views
aud VIVA. lac hnd learned In n straight.
out manuotaud In way that was very
Interesting lie seemed 10 have weighed
his words vel, and what he asserted, he
said, were facts that had been thorough
ly cOrrobofated.
al went to the islands" he said, "to
thoroughly inform myself Gs 10 what
has been done, ami Tor six weeks / did
not say a word. did not wish 70 eN.
press myself Till had got the very
Inside OF things. Now state une-
qulvocally that It was by conspiracy
that the island government was over
turned, that II does not meet with the
appTobatian OF tho people nnl that
LilluDkalaui ought Ia Justice 10 be
plucpu back ON thU throne.
"AnnsXatlOn under the conditions
would be- wrong, aud don't thiuk tne
United States wants 10 go into the bus.
mess OF rObbing anybody, | state
this ns AN American citizen, who Is
paying more than one.fourth the entire
taxes Oi Hawaii. Let ms tell you how
| came 10 these conclusions.
"When 1 arrived there Minister
Stevens sent for me, anu when | called
TO fee him lie snid that ia all probability
he would ouly be- ON the islands forty
days longer, and that he had thus far
done ali lac could In the Interest OF
annexation, anu now wanted 10 secure
10 completely teioTe he lett. lie said
that Sam Parker anu Paul NeumAnn
were the ones who had the most iutlu.
cnce with the queen. Parker was 30.
tent, he sail, but Paul Neumann was
even more influential. Neumaun had,
he recOunled, been the queens attOr-
ney general, and what he said would
have weight. paul Neumlnu,' he
said 'can handle the queen, anu you
can handle Paul NUumanu, Now
he continued, you 10 and see Neu'
mann and get lin TO Iersuade the
queen to abdlcato tho thron" entirely,
Then that will settle II anu We Will
have annexation az once aud there Will
be no hghtover IT,
"Steveus added that he had done oil
he could fora yenr for annexation, and
that now hs wanted mo 10 help hun.
refused 10 do this, ami that evening
1 called on Commissioner BlOuut aud
told him what Stevens had said.
Glount az once forwarded these iacts ~
Washingtlu-he must have done It.
and the result WAS that of went Ste
vens' head.
Trhls statement OF Stevens, and
other things which / learned, showed
that there was conspiracy on the
part OF the minister anu a few men 10
annex the islauds. learned
that at the inception Of
tho positive move to over
throw the queen that L)riu A. phuts-
ton, now Hawaiian minister to Wash
irgtOn, went on SUNDAY morning AT
between and . O'Clock to J. II, Col
burn, the minister OF finance, anu told
him that now was the time 10 act
He said: Lepd see Peterson lex'attor'
ney generally You needn't fear.
Stevens will have the marines Of tho