New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-12-20
lions OF present peril to life and property.
The peril they saw was an anticipation
Growing Out of entity Tnfantion.


Growing Out of Guilty Intention.
on their part, and something which,
though not then existing, they knew
would certainly follow their attompt to
overthrow the government of the queen
without the aid of the United States
forces. Thus it appears that Hawaii was
taken possession of by the United States
1orc=s without the consent or wish of the
government OF the islands, or of ANYBODY
use, SO tar as shown, except the United
States minister.
therefore, the military occupation of
Honolulu by the United States on the day
mentioned was wholly without justifca-
zion either as an occupation by consent or
Us an occupation necessitated BY dangers
threatening American life and property.
1t must be accounted for in some other
way and on some other ground, and it's
real motive and purport are neither OBJ
scure nor TAR to seek. The United States
forces oelng now on the scene and favor
aoly stationed the committee proceeded to
carry out their original scheme. They
met the next morning. Tuesday,
the 18th, perfected the plan of
temporary government and fixed
up Its principal officers, ten of whom were
uraWn from thirty members of the COM
mlttee of safety. Between and 9 O'Clock,
by squads and by different routes to avoid
notlce, and having first taken the precau-
ZION OF ascertaining whether there was one
10 oppose them, they proceeded to the
government building to proclaim the new
government No sign of opposition was
manifested, and thereupon an American
citizen began to read the proclamation
from the steps of the government building
almost entirely without auditors It is
SAID also that before Che reading
was finished quite a concourse of persons
varlously estimated at from SO to 100, some
armed and some unarmed, gathered about
the committee to give them aid and con-
hdence. This statement is not important.
SINCE the one controlling faction in the
whole affair was unquestionably the
United States marines. who, drawn m
under ar rs and
With Artillery in Readiness
only Is yards distant, dominated the stu
alton. The provisional government thus
proclaimed was IN the terms of the procla-
nation, Ito exist until terms of union
with the United States had been nego-
tlated and agreed upon" The United
States minister, pursuant to prior agree
ment, recognized this government within
an hour after the reading of the proclama-
ton and before O'Clock, in answer to an
inquiry on behalf of the queen and her
cabinet, announced that lie had done so,
j." men our minister recognized the provis-
lonal government the only basis upon
which 1t rested was the fact that the com
mlttee of public safety had in the manner
above stated declared it to exist. 1t was
a government
Neither DeFacto Nor De Jure,
That it was not in such possession of the
government property and agencies as to
entltle it to recognition is conclusively
proved by note found in the files of the
legation at Honolulu addressed by the
declared head of the provisional govern
ment to Minister Stevens, dated Jannary
II, $685. in which he acknowledged with
expressions of appreciation the minister's
recognition OF the provisional government
and states that it is not yet in the posses
sion OF the station house (the place where
large number Of the queens troops were
quartered, though the same had been de-
manded of the queens officers in charge.
Nevertheless this wrongful recognition 5y
our minister placed the government of the
queen in position of
Most PerilOus Perplexity.
On the one hand she had possession of the
palace, of the barracks and of the police
station, and at her command at least 500
fully armed men and several pieces of ar
tlllery. Indeed, the whole military force
OF her kingdom was on her side and at her
disposal, while the committee of safety, by
actual search, had discovered that there
were very few arms in Honolulu that were
not in the service of the government. In
this state of things could the queen have
dealt with the insurgents Acne her course
would have been plain and lne result un-
mistakable, but the United States had
allied itself with her enemies had recopn-
lied them as the true government of Ha-
wall and had put her in the position of 3D.
position against lawful authority. She
knew that Sic could not withstand
the power of the United States.
but she believed that she might
Safely Trust to Its Justice.
Accordingly, some hours after the rec
ognltlon of the provisional government by
the United States minister the palace, the
barracks and all the police stations. with
all the military resources of the country
were delivered up by the queen upon the
representation made to her that her cause
would thereafter be reviewed at Washing
ton. While protesting that she surrend-
cred to the superior force of the United
States, whose minister ordered United
States troops to be landed at Honolulu
and declared that he would support the
provisional government and that she
yielded Der authority to prevent collision
Of armed forces and loss Of life and only
until such time as the United States upon
the facts being presented to it, should,
under the direction of it's representative.
reinstate her in the authority she claimed
as the constitutional
Sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.
This protest was delivered to the chief of
the provisional government, who endorsed
thereon his acknowledgment of it's re-
ceipt. The terms of the protest were read
without dissent by those assuming to con-
stltute the provisional government, who
were certainly charged with the knowl-
edge that the queen, instead of finally
abandoning her power, had appealed to
the justice Of the United States for rein
statement in authority. And yet the pro-
visional government, With this unanswered
protest in its hands, FASTENED to negotiate
with the United States for the nermanpnt