Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-22

ing in the same building used for that pur-
pose in January last
The king attempted to head of the meet
Ing by sending letter to 1t promising GER
tain reforms. The letter had no effect.
Resolutions were adopted denouncing the
king and demanding the granting OF new
constitution depriving the king OF all per-
sonal power. The resolutions were forth
with presented 10 the king by the COM
mittee, who. unarmed and alone, proceeded
direct from the meeting to the fortified
with the demands within twenty-four hours
or take the consequences.
How the King Surrendered.
The king was then in absolute control
of the regular troops, the special troops
enlisted for the occasion, four companies
OF native militia, the police, all the artill
cry and Calling guns, the government
buildings. the palace, the barracks and
the station house. with full knowledge Of
and weeks Of preparation for the action
taken by the citizens. His military strength
was greater and his control of the public
buildings more complete than was that of
the queen in January last
he old not fre shot, submitted to all
demands disbanded his troops and turned
10 the revolutionary party, who, in con-
sideration Of his abject submission, allow
ed him to continue on the throne in a fig
urehead capacity
constitute the provisional government were
In control OF the kings government con-
spiracy was organized among the royalist
supporters by the king and Liliuokalani,
Tor the overthrow of the cabinet and the
restoration of the royal power and con-
stitution.
The conspira tors took the cabinet by
surprise and. on the night of July % took
possession or the government buildings and
palace, and, securing possession of all the
artillery. fortified the latter
Victory Over Royal Power.
The regular troops by order of the king,
| refused to assist the cabinet, who called
upon the white militia and white citizens
Tor assistance. The call was promptly
| responded to. The revolutionists were pro-
| tected by an eight-foot stone wall around
the palace, and used artillery as we'll as
rifles. while the cabinet supporters were
armed with rifles alone. The fighting OPEN
ed at O'Clock in the morning with less
than thirty cabinet supporters in position
IN front or the palace, which number was
later increased to about JOO. The royalist
revolutionists opened with a furious fire OF
both artillery and small arms. Within half
an hour they were driven from their guns,
seven were killed, and twelve wounded, and
before dark all of them were dispersed or
captured. while not one of the cabinet sup
porters was injured.
Such is the undisputed record of events
upon two occasions when the royalists and
the organizers of the provisional govern
ment have come into armed conflict, when
there has been no suggestion Of support to
either side by any outside power.
Under these circumstances l submit that
the burden of proof is upon those who
claim that the leaders of the provisional
government are towards, or that they are
incompetent to organize or successfully
carry out a revolution against the royalists
in Hawaii
t.
the details of the bitter constitutional con-
fiict which had been carried on between the
queen and the legislature during the seven
months prior to January last, nor to speak
Of the intense indignation existing among
all classes of citizens by reason of the open
and successful alliance of the queen with
the opium and lottery rings. The political
liberties of the people had been trampled
upon and their moral sense shocked. II
simply needed the added provocation of the
arbitrary attempt to abrogate the constitu-
ton and disfranchise every white man in
the country to spontaneously crystalline op-
position into a force that was irresistible.
Not Aliens.
In reply to the sneer that the persons TAX
ing part in the movement were aliens"
would say that every man Of them was by
the laws of the country a legal voter, whose
right to the franchise was by the proposed
constitution to be abrogated. A large pro-
portion of them were born in the country,
and almost without exception those who
were not born there had lived there for
years, owned property there and had made
II their home They were the men who had
built up the country commercially. agricul-
turally financially and politically, and Gre
ated and made possible a civilized govern
ment therein. They were and are such men
as today are the leading citizens of the
most progressive communities of the United
States, with interests as thoroughly identi-
fed with the interests of Hawaii as are the
interests of native and foreign-born citizens
in similar communities In this country
identified with II.
EX-SECRETARY FOSTERS VIEWS.