St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-11
Secretary Foster Again Con-
fers With the Hawaiian
Commissioners.
Today at Noon They VIII Be
Presented to the
President.
Each Side Prepares Agree
ments Which Are Prac-
tieally Uniform.
Minister Stevens Action Dis
eussed at a Cabinet
Meeting.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-ThiS after
Moons developments in the Hawaiian
matter, in contradlstinctOn to those of
yesterday. have been important. To
night the commissioners from the ISL
andS are hopeful, if not confident, that
tomorrow will see the practical, if not
formal, completion of their labors.
This afternoon after office hours Sec
rotary Foster held a conference with
the commissioners at the state depart
ment, which lasted until o'cIack. IL
the course Of the proceedings the COM
missioners were informed that arrange
mentS had been made for their recep-
ton by President Harrison tomorrow,
probably at noon. This announcement,
Of course, ssa we tIhl Ssm great pleasure as
IL marked the O. animation OF the adj
lniniStration to recognize them officially
and to enter upon formal negotiations
regarding the object of their mission.
In the previous conferences the whole
situation has been considered orally,
with only memoranda in writing of the
points to be covered. The officials of
he state department and the commits
siOners have prepared from these texts
of agreements which may be exchanged
tomorrow. That there is practical uni
formity in these documents is shown by
lie statement of one of the HaWaiians
this even ing that he
Hoped TO Get Through
with their business tomorrow. The
probabilities upon this latter point,
however, are that he is too sanguine,
Tor it Is not considered likely that any
determination will be reached by this
government until the representatives Of
the deposed queen shall have presented
their side of the case. This, of course,
cannot be done before the latter part of
.iext week. The published interview
with Paul Neuman, the queens COM
missioner to the United States, gives the
representatives of the provisional GOV
arnment much satisfaction.
st diSposes of the sentimental side of
,<le question:" said one of them this
p 'rning, of WHICH the opponents OF an
neXatlon made SO much. According to
MIR. Neuman, he bears an agreement
prepared in triplicate, in which the
queen proposes to sell the islands to the
United States. We propose to give
them to this country, but the end aimed
at is the same, aud the natives will be
in exactly the same position, whichever
proposition is accepted. The published
statement tallies precisely with what
Neuman told me, half an hour before
we sailed, the queen would do"
Mr.. Castle, one OF the commissioners,
has for client the victim OF British
aggression and outrage on the Gilbert
islands at the time of their seizure by
Capt. Davis, of the royal navy, last
summer. This man, who went to the
Gilbert Islands from Hawaii, was driven
off by Capt. Davis, who gave him no
time to close up his business. thereby
compelling him to sacrifice all that he
had.
Mr.. Castle said he had
Brought Up the Incident
in order to point a moral" if not to
"adOrn a tale" Great Britain, he said.
made no attempt to get possession of
the Gilbert ISLANDS until after publca-
ton was made that the United States
had declined to annex the territory or
establish protectOrate over it. She is
now waiting, Mr.. Castle said, for the
United States to act on the application
of the government, and ''if nothing is
uOIIC IGlC, COlllllluCu ICs LofO IO
doubt Great Britain will take some
steps to get control of the islands. And
did you ever think" he asked, "when
it was that Great Britain. Germany and
Spain entered upon their campaign of
Selling every available island i'll the
Pacific? Look back over the history of
their recent actions i'll this direction
and you will see that they began with
the building of the new navy of the
United States. Now that that navy is
approaching condition OF effectiveness
as compared with those of European
powers, our group is the only important
one left"
The commissioners this evening en-
jOyed the first recreation they have per-
mitted themselves since reaching Wash
ington. They attended Seabrooke's
comic opera, The Isle of Champagne"
at the Academy Of Music.
All the members of the cabinet were
present at the meeting today, which
lasted nearly an boar. The principal
topic discussed was the action OF Minis
ter Stevens in
Establishing a ProtectOrate
over the Hawaiian islands. In view of
the fact tina the next steamer leaving
San Francisco is scheduled for Tues
day, the 14th inst, it is not believed that
any definite action will be taken ap-
proving or di approving Minister Ste
vens' action ntil the day before the
parture of the steamer for the islands.
Secretary of State Foster was the first
to leave the White house after the cabl-
net meeting He intimated that the
government cad plenty of time to act
in deliberate manner, and while the
approval or disapproval of Mr.. Stevens
action was necessary, yet, in view of
the impossible Ny of reaching him other
than by mail Communication, immediate
action in the PREMISES was not deemed
necessary.
With regar to the story published
this morning 0 the effect that Liliuoka-
lani is willin, to abdicate and withdraw
all claims, ION the payment of indem-
nifty by She United States. it may be
said that, while this government, In the
event of its assuming charge of the
islands, will doubtless provide for her
and the young princess by annuity or
otherwise. there will be no provision
made for indemnifying her for any of
the crown property of which>sAe may be
dispoSSeSsed by annexation. The queen
has had al allowance from the Hawaii
an parliament OF $4,000 or $4,000 d
year, beside which she has derived an
income of at least as much more from
the crown. Whatever provision is made
for her as Compensation for the loss OF
her station ana revenues will doubtless
be Oh much more modest basis.