The sun., 1893-06-01
Of instructions under which he was acting as

| Like tnunuertOlt from q clear SKY IL came.
| The letter itself was not different from what
GaTdlng the landing OF troops o. other powers.
Grceedents ssta6i she'd aud in view oi the fact
that II this had been mndo, public few
scene OF direst confusion and the ADVANTAGE
| which belongs to Amerieans here as the most
na tSS Would Ss an
| lost
The really. remarkable features OF the ad-
ginning aud the end. the title and his oow,n lit
tie .pronnneiamento we're his whit did he he
address at all? These were the queries which
Ia not known TO haye played the great Ameri-
can famS While hfrs Tut he m Ssis SSSt sSS
from 6S "a rst as " he dees S now to appear T calm
anu indifferent through oil the. to this
community. momontous scenes In Which
reality he is excited aud sensitive over the
smallest trihos, and this explsnation nids IN
Address" The time had come, when Blonnt
wished toIsNy something. when he thought he
| wished at once to attract attention and t. lie
| safc against attacks which might bother hltn.
s ON he whc the e the
letter OF instructions itself was certain to prove
satis,fHetoEy to The ,or they
| l., The Commissioner brought with him no
|
! terfere. In any way, with the domestic policy
Of the provisiona! Government: ,,,
| = Tie power OF the United states VIII bs eN-
ercised against foreign agsrandizement upon
| those islands. =,
within the score Of the rommis. .i"ner's duty:
but is especially reserved to the President and
II both sides were to he made uncomfortable.
and II he was TO have his revenge, Oh the ,tnL
and its followers. he must add something
while shall refrain from interference be-
tween coni!isting FORCES q whatever nn,inn,
y no M' IN snSh
! What was this but n direct invitation to let
loose loo ,h tn dogs Of Mar What s9nid I 1t mean sS
| that 1t was to DO precpitated IT necessary by
Blount himself. in. whom, alone was vested
the relations OF the Government to the exist
ing Government Of the islnnds and to use; IN
| discretion aud power to determine when such
| forces should he landed or Withdrawn? The
slip thcm. and in such q conflict every Apcri-
| can in the provisional Government, and there
fore every American M eXcerting Bount - him, IN
! hec York Mrcd, received full warning that
the protection OF their nag would be denied
| them.
But in all this Blount was playing his high
est bluii. Il there is one accom- plishment more
In his work thus far it is in tho maintenance
OF peace BY the m1st peaceful 81 methods G,i and
onr ensuIns dsnste Hs would ;" have heen the
last nun in the world to have published his
orders. particularly that portion Of them rela-
| his own aidenda he would mover have dreamed
ful assurances from the royalist leaders that
action. at least " ie he remains here,
He believes and has freely expressed the be.
troubie m and fi thus he ieIt in is issuins what
| on its face and under existing conditions
must he REGARDED v as one 9f the most ineen'
A few days later Blopnt for the second time
| broke silence 10y publishing fresh instruc.
| as Minister surprised nobody. The feature Of
interest was what is reEar. ,,. here as covert
with Blount. sewall came out on the
and. tho hotel being crowded the two
3tS the same soass
successively named as confidential agent OF
the President successor to stevens. successor
| to Severance. and nnally y put down as a scribe
in the pay OF Paul Ncunann to urge the cause
ofthe restoration in the American press. These
BIount $ jealousy. But sewali was here plainly
more for pleasure than for anything else. while
long before he aroused Blounts direst wrath.
Bowen sought to bring about negotiations
ing to tho withdrawal Of her claims for a
money consideration. Blounts wrath Mt what
lie termed the interference or Bowen knew no
bounds. He protested to the, Queen and to
President Dole against any such negotiations.
1t is supposed he renorted Bowen then ms as
suming to act tauthoritatvely. and seeing with
tiations. he included the latter in the charge
without investigation. Bowen left month
Upon the publication OF Blounts instruc-
making representations of authority. sewall
to Hsqn IN ts
'Tha ranOrts which hayh hapn cIrpn lnfe1
regarding my visit here are as various in
number % they Rssn Mde of the truth
"ern' Seen thought @ t Of saiileisns %porsnce s to
to have received there its proper denial.
I desire to make the following state.
interview claimed in any way to represens
President Cleyeland or the Administration in
reported interview in San Francisco. which
gave rise 10 the charge in question. never
reporter there nor on the steamer. and did
not. therefore. authorize It, either by direct
statement or Implication OF worcs or manner
RssardlnG ny relations s sng Titn tn Dr. ,.I Bowen wen
ecrDed rD d. oniT myself Since. however. they
have made he fpEset OF fa,9 %DisS
landed. Wo found it convenient to take u cot
tags together; ! know nothing 81 what he
fcials here. as l did not accompany him on
these. nor did he give me his confidence re:
garding tho subject matter discussed All
that he appeared to be. all that he claimed to
be to me. was q journalist OF influence in
directing the policy on the question OF annex
alton Of the New York n.riG and 4 man on
land. II he misrepreseno cd hims olf to others
Or to me was his groatest victim. | always
found him pleasant Acquaintance and gen.
tleman. and prefer even to suffer unjustly my
self than to consent Gilently to attacks upon
him. made when he Is deienceless and thou
sandssof miles away"
Sewall has written Blount communication
to forward to the department intimating that
the latter has made a charge against him
without investigating its truth and denying
The following letters from the only members
OF tho Government, with whom Sewall has
spoken while hero have been made public. |
They show certainly that ,Sewall has at
tempted tenn, si no nSgotiations such as bioTnf sus
TINT even SewaIps frank and full explanation
will satisfy Blount. whose suspicion and |
je alousy seem uLbounded.
DEpAETMEET OF FOREIGN ArFAIIs.