The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-02
HAWAIIIN A NEW LIGHT
AN OFFICER OF THE QUEEN SAYS
IT IS a MONETARY SCHEME.


They Want to be in a Position to
Make Larger Profits Than at Present.
Secretary Foster Waiting for the
commissioners.
CHICAGO, Feb. lin published inter
view Thomas Evans, a commissioned officer
of Queen Liliuokalaui of Hawaii, who is
visiting relatives here, is quoted as follows:
"The causes leading to the revolution are
to be looked for considerably below the
surface of what has been published in the
DISPATCHES from San Francisco. Il should
be borne in mind that the source of the in
formation given to the press is from the
committee of the revolutionists now on its
way to Washington to present their side of
the case to the government, and ask its
Interference in their way. They did not
wait for the regular mail steamer, which
is due 20 arrive at San Francisco
on Feb. 8, but chartered special steamer SO
as TO have their ex parte statements and
views laid before the American people be-
fore the other side had a similarloppor-
tunlty. That there is another side goes
without saying, or such haste would not
have been made in presenting their case. II
would be well therefore to suspend judg
ment until after we are in possession of more
anu IulltT lulOEludblOu hS W Wuhb buS
people of Hawaii want and to what extent
this commission represents their views.
MONEY AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.
''This revolution has been brought about
By interested parties with the view of i'm
proving their financial condition by
inducing the United States to restore TO
them the advantages they received under
the reciprocity treaty previous co the pas
sage of the Mckinley bill. Under this
the United States free of duty, and the
planters were making from IS to 100 per
cent on their plantation Investments. This
remission Of duty on the par5Of the United
States amounted to something like S6OOO,-
600 year, which has gone iuto the pockets
Of but thirty or forty men. Now that not
more than 10 per cent can be
made on sugar cultivation the planter
is unable to reconcile himself to the existing
order of things. He sees in annexation the
advantage of cents per pound bounty and
to get this he is ready 20 sacrifice the Haw-
allan queen, the Hawaiian people and
everything and everybody else.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
''The cause Of revolution is ascr bed to the
so-called new constitution to be proclaimed
by the queen. 1t would be well, perhaps,
to wait for further advices before we ac-
oept this statement. This so-caled new
constitution was simply restoration OF the
constitution under which the Hawaiian peo-
pie were gov erned by King kalakaUa, un-
til the same interests that are now repre-
sented in the 'ols o5 ashington commi tes'
and led by the game L. A Thurston forced
another on the islands, which has been OBJ
iectionable both to the queen
and a majority of her subjects
1t was in compliance with the almost unani-
nous demand Of the natives, both in and
out of parliament, and of over twoAthirds
of the voters in tho kingdom, that the
queen intended TO return to the original
constitution. which restored to the natives
the franchise taken away by the last one.
OBSTACLES TO ANNEXATION.
THE obstacles in the way of annexation
are many. There ls the Chinese question.
How can the United States admit 90 900
Chinese residents of the Hawaiian Islands
to citizenship? Most OF these are coolies Of
the very lowest type, brought from China
under contract to work on the plantations
at SIS per month. How can we extend the
invitation to these people to come into our
fold while our present laws remain on the
statute books? The debt Of Hawaii is a lit
tie less than $4,000 600, mostly held in Eng
land
There are other interests in Hawaii to
protect besides the American planters.
There are interests of the natives which
cannot be overlooked. A little over 100
years ago these numbered 400 900 Through
clothing and whisky, there remain now
scarcely 10000, and instead Of the magnifi-
cent physical specimens Of manhood of
h yore, with their large tracts Of valuable
land, we have scarcely a moderately
wealthy native left. Their lands have been
gobbled up by the missionary, the ad-
venturer and speculators. To crown all.
this committee comes now with q PROPOSE
tion to confscate the entire kingdom, lands,
natives and ALL"
FOSTER IN CONFERENCE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Secretary of
& State John w. Foster held a conference this
morning with Senator Morgan, the leading
democratic member of the Senate commit
tee on foreign relations, and with MIR.
Blount of Georgia, chairman of the House
committee on foreign affairs. The secre-
tary also had a talk on the Hawaiian situa-
ton with Representative Hit Of Illinois,
eX-chairman OF the House committee on
foreign affairs and the leading republican
member of that committee. These gentle
men came singly and gave their views with
reference to this question.
There are no indications of any material
increase to be made in the number OF the
United States naval vessels in Hawaiian
waters. No developments that will lead TO
bloOdshed in Honolulu or elsewhere in the
Fl Islands have come to light, and it is the
belief in naval circles that the force OF
marines and sailors on the Boston is suf-
hceut to protect American interests and
maintain order. One vessel may be sent to
support the Boston, and information OBJ
talned at the department leads to the belief
that no others will follow unless the situa-
uon becomes alarming, and this does not
seem probable in view Of the present state
n OF affairs. The government will not be
NJ caught mapping, however, and vessels will
oe prepared for sea and kept in readiness.
FOSTER NOT GOING TO PARIS.
The principal development in connection
with the Hawaiian situation to-day is an
announcement that Secretary Of State Fos-
Ter had given up his trip TO Paris next
week, whittier be was going as agent of the
United States to attend the meeting Of the
berlng sea arbitrators. In v,er of the
III necessities of the situation suddenly present
nj ,hg itself it has been deemed expedient that
ue should remain in the department until
Tue close Of his term of office. He will,
however, meet the arbitrators at the date
el l their adjourned meeting, which has been
liked for March %.
Inc war department, ct the request
Vi the state department, is
having copies made of a number of blue
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