Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-21

was true. saying: while I was In the
station house a man named Bowler said to
me-, we are all prepared TO resist, but | will
never fight against the American flag"
Again being pressed for information as TO
whether the sympathy Of the United States
minister was talked about, Mr.. Damon re-
piled: " cannot remember any definite
thing, but from MIR, Bowlcr's remark they
must have thought the United States troops
were here for some purpose. While we were
in the government building and during the
reading of the proclamation and while we
were all extremely nervous as to our personal
safety, / asked one ofthe men with mo there,
Will not the American troops support usP
Troops We're Not There.
"Finally / asked one Of the men to go over
and ask Lieutenant SwinburDe IL he was not
going to send some one over to protect us.
The man returned and said: Captain
Wiltze's orders are to remain passive |
was perfectly nonplussed at not receiving
their support. | could not imagine why we
were there without being supported by the
American troops. We were there fifteen or
twenty minutes without their supporting us
in any way"
Being asked what was accomplished by
the first visit to the station house, MIR.
Damon at length replied: 1.-THE queens
ministers virtually gave it up. They said If
they had only the provisional government to
contend with and the forces OF the pro-
NlSlOndl government lney WOulu not SurTen-
der. They felt they could meet the emer-
gency so far as the provisional government
was concerned, but as IL was they were will
ing to yield, and the queen and | went along
with them to the palace. We all met in the
blue room. There were present the queen,
two young princes, four ministers, Judge
Widdeman, Paul Neumann, j. o. Carter, f..
Z. Mcfarland and myself. We went over
between 4 and 5, and remained till q. We
asked for n surrender, and the ministers ad-
uicn1 II A. Hrot y,,Ann NNi1l,p,a 49, N,t,AgnI
the idea, but yielded when Mr.. Neumann did.
1t was the queens idea that she could SUR
render pending a settlement at Washington.
1t was on that condition that she gave up.
| told her she could surrender or abdicate
under protest"
Pertinent Questions Answered..
WAS the queen advised by her ministers
to surrender because the sympathy of the
United States was with the revolutionistsp
Il know it was the queens idea that MIR.
Stevens was in sympathy with this move
ment. The queen was reluctant to sign the
abdication, but did so on the ground that it
would all come up for review at Washington.
l told her so myself. 1t was the best terms
of settlement we could get. / took it to
President Dole and he received and endorsed
it,"
'How long after that was it before the
provisional government was recognizedi"
MIR. Stevens sent Cadet Pringle, his
aide, and Captain Wiltzessent one of his
officers to examine personally the building
and report If the provisional government
was in actual possession. That was done be-
tween 4 and 8 in the afternoon. The inter
view with the queen took place between 4
and g." ="
Now when this interview was going on
between you, the cabinet officers and the
queen, it was known then that tho govern
ment had been recognized!e r ...e
Il do not think that the queen was told. ]
do not remember it having been spoken of. "
did you know it,"
az think / knew it"
"What | mean is this: Before you took
the message of the queen back. his protest,
the provisional government had been recog.
nizedP' .
YES"
HAD that been at the time you left the
government house to go with the cabinet
minister to talk with the queen2'
IF my memory serves me Alright it had
COMMISSIONS Blount had a long interview
with Mr.. Watcrhouse, who was also Il men,
Der of the committee of safety, and who
corroborated Mr.. Wundenburg and Mr.. Da-
mon in most of their statements
did you understand that MIR. stevens
sympathies were with you." was asked.
Yes" r., .,j
Story of the Eventtul Day. ul !.,.
r q Carter anotber of the nromiro,+
men engaged in the rnvolntionar afTort ID
dressed fo Mr. RIonnt nnder data ~ Ma
n letter giving his version of the eventsnf
.Jaunnry IL "a fnl1oxyS. 10 iNsJ- ...G ...,at .Nt
wAtS.3O oi.locy on tbe eva,i,o of b,,j
day was. called tn tha govs,.n man, 1,t,;ii
ing met there ,Tndge nnla Cba,.les
Carter & M Damon and t,yentv on thirtv
other LEADING man There vac a ora,t daoyI
of excitement T'hev told mo ,not Ni;r 80
Stevens Ind recogn;yed the na,y go
ment was asked IN CO with :, comm;ttaa
tn tho n,l,ce to in o,.m ho, mnios,v ~. 49,
vy.s Senosad 7 ioinad tha nar . anao, l,
Mr. Donon and n,noeadad ~ ~ mI - W
M Tom mon ;pformad - ~ tpst" u - 49,
esta hi;sb mnnt az - nrou;sioraI aJoS.S VI u
and of her being deposed, and that she might
prepare a protest II she wished to. An
awkwaru pause followed winch broke by
audressins her ma1es5y, expressing
sympathy ana advising her That any demon
stratlon on inc part OF her forces would
preclpltate u conflict with the forces of the
united States, That 1t was desirable that
sucn CONNECT pc avoided, that her case
would be considered at washington and q
peaceIul submission TO force on her part
greatly help her cause, b..
II "A. Wladenlann addressed her majesty,
saying that ne peiievea thatthe result would
De a repetitlon or tie scenes OF 1913, when
the sovereign ana the nag were restored to
hawaii by Great Britain: | was moved to
ADVISE hef majesty as did because it was
Reported on the streets that Minister Stevens