New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-30

r1oNs r1ATIY DENIED-FACTS lis
ToHTED TO HELP HIS CASE
CHARACTER OF BIoUST'S
McsT IMPORTANT W.T.
NEssEs MINISTER
srEyENs's COURSE.
.... Ne Nov 2e.-John L. Stevens. ex-
,,',.eS s,.tes Minister to Hawaii, to-day mace
,suhuc his rApy to the structures and criticsi''
-, ,,s conduct and motives contained IN rara-
mount Blounts report on the Havana" 'e''
ution of January last. He says:
g. deen sense of obligation to my country
.,d an Americans duty to defend an insui'e"'
threatened and struggling American 'o.o".
n,anted as righteously and firmly on '"e W.
pac,ac Isles as our Pilgrim fathers es'ao
tbemselyes on Plymouth Rock, demaho '''
| shall make an answer 10 the as'ou""'.s -
| renresentations and untruths OF Co'
| plount's report on Hawaiian aIairs' 'op'
which first obtained. with difficulty SATURDAY
| evening. November 20. o h,,
eft Ia proper for me to preface MY ""."
briefly aludng to the fact that 'hos. ia .a
with international rules ana proc'eue =.
ohio have had diplomatic experience must oe
,.had that secretary Gresham and ms
,..,.s,orer should make before the worio'
. y nersstent effort to discredit the rece"'
.,,s ~ the department they now represent
80, rh,ob was once represented oy iho"'ao
,,,rson william L. Marcy. Wiiiam i"
cavard and James G. Blaine. Ihe se"e'"
adontion of such policy by our Department
rors,on Affairs could not fail to weaken s'ea''
orr influence with foreign coun'res !" on.
c,,,rh effort and serve to make the Amer'can
un,oma,ic service contemplate IN the eyes VI
the world
An UN.AMERICAN COURSE.
4, On. course OF Gresham and Biount
.oro,v un-Amercan in its form ana sPiii'
h,, q is also In direct opposition "a '"e ''',"
,,o and Chrstianizing influence on 'ne a
,,ouan Islands while 1t Is playing l"'o D,''.s
bands in direct opposition to the eHor's u 'N'
american Board Of Missions and 70 the A'"e'
oan Government. for more than Sixty years ~
all ~ which period there has been un,ioi" -, ,
continuous and patriotic American po"'''
NAV also make a preliminary remark resa,u-
ing the repeatedly asserted opinion VI '"o
,ho have assaiIed my official action tna'
. .... nr.rared for and stimulated to It oy the
sooomn,isbed and thoroughly American states-
r,a, Who occupied the Department OF sta.e
, .,os, ~ tho period Of President Harrsons Ad-
!, or, "a sufpcient to. say that this expressed
!, .,,rn,,,e I. utterly Without foundations What
vrow and state on this point accords with
, what ex-Secretarv Tracy has recently asser'eo
!. ~ ,h,, regard. still more. I may properly add
! thai the lines OF o!iicial duty as followed oy
n myself and Captain Wiltse, and the course o.
: ,,o Adm,n,stration and Of the Senate Commit
z foo on Foreign Relations. In the critical ma
e wa,,an days of January and February last
,or. .xactlv on the lines marked out BY Sec
e rotary Marcy In 1854 and by Secretary bayaro
$ IN bis dispatch to Minister Merrill. July l.
! 1877 Marcy's instructions and draft OF treaty
provided for annexation. Bayards ihs'r"o''o'''
Of 1887 held the United States Minister "n'
J., Naval Commander at Honolulu responsible io
tho protection of American life and property
y and the preservation Of public crder' %
much as a necessary introduction to my con
sideration of Blounts report
!, 4 NEopHYTE IN DIPLOMACY.
8 "Not wishing to be severe on a neophyte II
dr,omacv with little knowledge OF the world
. oma,rs outside his own country, sent on yer.
>. ocr,iar errand amid currents and Quicksand
~ entirely unknown to him, he has been parti
l. the victim of circumstances having oeeh caus"
r In the meshes and snares adroitiy prepa'eu ~
& him by the cunning advisers OF the laieh LII
uokalani and by the shrewd. sharp, iohs-e~
e nerienced British diplomatic agent whose ann
=. and homes Blount has served so weii' anu VIII"
y, ont the least suspicion that he was aiohs u''ra
~ British interests even more than ne was hel
ID ing the Hawaiian Monarchsts and the Jusu
a. dethroned Queen. 1t Is clear ehousn i.o'
ID Rount's manner on the day OF MS arrival
m uono,ulu. as we'll as by his letter to the De
n nartment OF State written shortly after. that u
1t assigned. at whatever cost. to repudiate IN
III ,o,s and action OF the recently terminate
III ,dr,,r,stration and that In order to do 80 h
. &c, ,mnupn the action Of Minister Steven
ID aud ~ the commander OF the United States shi
h. Boston. ~.
TO "a total stranger 1t was impossible for MI
~ ~ Blount to know how uniting IL was ior MI
I'd TO take up his quarters where ne was cer'a'
to te 70 be surrounded by Royalists, ana where IN
N supporters of the Provisional Government wo"i
- be reluctant to go. The hotel was kept py o'
m who had served as Kaakaua's champerlaih' VII
u was one OF the principal persons In syhuica'
" that had cheated the Hawaiian Government ou
- ~ near,v slOo 900. a transaction which Ministe
d. Merrill had officially reported to Secretary Ba!
o. ard: and this man was the leading menibe
Or Of a firm that sought to do its chief pusihes
&c with England. a thoroughly unprincped oppt
* nent Of the Provisional Government and {
"a American predominance in the islands. He en-
nj nloved as his active assistant In managing IN
I'll hotel a highly educated Englishman OF di'
m reputable character. who had written IN IN
ne ne Hawaiian British newspaper under anonymo'
in signature, articles abusive OF the United State
nc and grossly falsifyng our Governments trea
ment of the Indians This man had a mo'
unsavory record while residing In the Unite
States, and has been bitter assailant
y, -, American officials In American newspapers
~ the paid service Of the fallen Queen ne hs
.r. written whatever she and her immoral favorit
er Wilson, have asked him to write
i; UNDER RoYALIsT INFLUENCES.
.d ,ed Residing at that hotel. Mr. Blount was und
lr- the constant espionage OF the palace adventu
rS es ers As precautionary safeguard against thu
by shutting out the Americans from ready acce
NY to Commissioner Blount. q wealthy and high