The sun., 1893-06-30
WELCOMED STEVENS HOME.
,yr Ey-MiNIsTER TO HAWAII TALKS
10 ms OLD NEIGHBORs

lt,at Me-, June AHe nukus'o obVio
r,sso was crowded this evening. The occn-
.an VAS the public reception rendered to tho
~. Jobn 7. stevens. late United States Min
t.ter nt the Hawaiian Islands.
iTnon tho stage were several prominent
.,,,..n. of Augusta Lenall Titcomb pre-
aided over the meeting.
IL .n.n,ne he paid tribute to tho career OF
n, steyene as an editor. q legislator. n diplo-
rat. and a sitizen. In behalf OF the large
audience he cordially welcomed Mr.. Stevens
home again.
A Mr.. Stevens came to the front Of the Stage
hs reoeiyod an ovation. Mr.. Stevens thanked
bis fellow citizens for their cordial welcome,
and then passed to the discussion OF Hawaiian
Affairs
At tho close OF the address the audience
torned in line and came forward to take Mr..
steyens by the hand and personally express
their welcome home. Mr.. Stevens said In his
sddross:
Touching Hawaiian affairs at this time
d.en II especially hitting to stand in the att!-
tude OF an American only. l fully recognize.
and am glad to recognize. that in the seventy
y.ars OF American relations to the Hawaiian
Islands tho great parties Of this country have
occupied common ground and shown firm
saual determination to protect the American
fhis broad American claim to priority and
Rs boon wsSs.sr
William L, Marcy and BY President Cleveland
a. AZ Observation-Disclosures Ty Mam h aS. Il
Exard. Hamilton Fish. and James g. Blaine.
bter Of the United States at Honolulu. In the
light Of these facts my duty was plain; The
eeSsury Z indicated what M my i country had the
right to expect OF me. and that II permitted
S sSad to slsr Ss S sSff
dsd Il by It's sw1 revE
the Hawaiian monarchy came to its end. the
sIrepmstanees which caused the landing OF
Bsn Fi;aneIsso: will not ,s occupy your
Ssr q 'nS and the other hegA individuals Of TIE
saS eEfss
entos Minister md the commander OF tho
a hs D
may interest you somewhat. will read q copy
eithe communication addressed to me by the
tsTs Who @ had Been Closely wi dentied with her
In her revolutionary proceedings:
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e! the foreign population and interest.
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,or. P,f,,,Sn GSssSns an:sSf Of nit0
"fo,1m PA1aes. HosolUIS jan Il. 1893"
This earnestly pleading document from the
H~fl- A.lka n kHnk kArr rtn Late
ESs M nsh 81 the Boston had landed An hour
ssd urged on me the inquiry i could not use
to snd
lsn me1n5ch ri nor With th9se h who were then
now aovernment. But these fsets have been
already given you by the public press and
Ae ass.rnmeh. % 81 b'uildinss took p!sse two vow xesis
Yss nss
American Minister Wero In com piete accord in
raising the flag on Feb. & ]. He knew the stu
ss nsds Tns s
created only two ,ms Sesas = clsats there s
, sient police nor a small military forge.
ar o9 GspS sssd to ss d in hs
Should ths American .representatiye run the
certain That no would be held rigidly responsi:
bic II catastrophe and calamity should conner
1sSa ask our lsd
But there were other potential reasons
y had r esmsd hs sbs
and interests in the Hawaiian Islands SUPERIOR
te any other foreign nations Repeatediy
erpment to agree to dual or tripartite respon-
s6ilIties at Honolulu. It was we'll known to
assn up but WA was st hin inss;ed upon By one Il
hSstwo ioreIgn ropresentatises roy at n1n0iIiu; ~
snes4P
than the Goston,had Leen telcgrnphed for. l
the aa shn tho
% !Ssse ~ io'sisn 1spTsssSss.lyss @ ssSld IN: r.
s:.s y6oS ets niles s% from WsshInston: NS VIII 10
long space between mail steamers would not
reIlnit communicating with our Goyernment
xssEs %e knew =. chat the EnFlish Miaistes
Wished to have Joint responsi6iity t !, with the
.R yRh:thsr wouij Isk the danger q a practical
can, can policy OF non-joint responsibility in Ha-
Here ~ We're difficulties which could DO efrec-
lively and conclusively overcome only In ono
way; that was by raising the fing. over the
government building as a symbol Of our supc-
rior right to protect the Hawaiian Government.
fePt "iltss ST " this ns soon and as @ clearly II M as
core; % %eomntfentous. On ilrm: SELF possessed fully
vas prompt to do his duty. The officers under
nle command were as intelligent and as loyal
as their own veteran commander. The salu-
aIy ts effect Of thus raising tho flag was immedl;
perfect order at once took tho place Of panic.
lear md distrust
has been said that President Harrison
SSha mo secretary Foster disapproyed Of our ac-
Eon have never so understood II. Secretary
roster. after our action was taken did care
tpliy define lust how far the effect Of our quail
ned protectorate and flag raising should go.
fnd Ills definition and instruction on the sub
lect were lust what the provisional Govern
ment and the American representative in
tended when the flag was raised. and ,ust what
y the provisional Government and American
representative thought and intended that our
published document and official action ex-
pressed. Tho one essential and effective step
We took was to raise the flag: We ,only did that;
end nrecisely that. President Harrison and
SECRETARY Foster never disapproyed.
remained up sevcnty-hye days. During
n ~ upcn milf SlaI .,hi i,k Inl