Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23

was a wise choice, as they could enfilade
any troop attacking them"
STEVENS IN SYMPATHY WITH REyoLU-
TIoN.
Mr.. Blount's report and the testimony
which accompanies il establishes that
Minister Stevens was in active'sympa-
thy with the revolution; that he gave
the leaders assurance of aid and sup
port; that he caused troops to be landed
from the Boston ana placed in position
calculated to sustain the movement for
the overthrow Of the existing govern
ment. and that the Queen was coerced
to abdicate by the presentation that the
United States forces would be used
against her If she made resistance to the
movement for her overthrow. The re-
port seems to justify the statement of
the case made to the President by Sec
rotary Gresham and the conclusions
reached therein.
Upon full and complete review of
the case and upon the testimony of the
revolutionists themselves the President
concluded that there was only one
course open to him that marked out in
the letter of the Secretary of State one
OF the most amazing parts of the per-
Torrance of Minister Stevens in his in
temperate zeal to destroy the existing
government was the location in which
he put the United States forces. They
were, as it appears from the testimony
of the United States officers, placed in a
position remote from American property
and where it would have been impos-
sible for the Queens troops to assume
even defensive attitude without COM
ing in direct conflict with them.
FRIENDS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERN
MENT.
II is urged by persons who desire the
maintenance of the provisional govern
inent regardless of what may have been
the action Of Minister Stevens, that the
BlounC report is based on ex-parte testi-
mony, and, therefore, should not be ac-
cepted as conclusive. While this is true
in general sense, the character and
standing of the men who give the testi-
mony should not be overlooked. The
statements made to Mr.. 8lount by those
who participated in the overthrow of
the Queen, some of whom are officially
connected with the new government,
seem sufficiently direct and strong to
warrant the conclusion reached by Mr..
Blount Assuming that the United
States minister unlawfully assisted in
the overthrow Of friendly government
and the establishment of another, 1t is
incumbent upon the President Of the
United States to take cognizance Of the
facts presented to him. What the action
Of this government shall be, and how
far it should go in making reparation, Is
question that has been considered and
decided, and time will reveal what that
decision is.
STEVENS SAYS THAT BLoUNT LIES.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Nov. 20.--A reporter
of the Rennebec journal called on ex-
Minister John l.. Stevens, this evening,
at his house, and asked If he had any
thing to say regarding Commissioner
Blounts statement.
Mr.. Stevens said he firmly adhered to
all of his statements in his San Fran
cisco and Augusta addresses already
published to the country and his open
letter of last week to Secretary Gresham.
He expressed great surprise at the Ian
guage of Mr.. Blount. He now feels
himself at liberty to expose Mr.. Blount's
remarkable conduct toward himself
commencing Immediately after Blount's
arrival at Honolulu. 1t is record, the
publication of which, it is believed, will
astonish all honorable minds, bringing
to MIR. Stevens no censure, unless that
he tolerated such treatment without at
once resenting it by refusing all inter-
course with the offending person.
Mr.. Stevens two weeks since made an
imperative engagement out of the State,
which will occupy the next two or three
days. With reasonable promptness he
will be heard. lie deems it sufficient to
say now that Mr.. Blount's report, so far
as given to the public, is an ex.parte
and shameless perversion of facts.