Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-11

ioroes may be insufficient q maintain
order, We fequest tue immcdiste tuI-
port Of the United States forces aud
would request That the commander OF
tho United HlAtte fotcts take command
" our military fufU,s,eo tbnt they n.y
act tvfether TOR the protection VI tho
city. Respectfully y aue,
SANFORD IS. DOLT,
Chairman Executive Council.
The station houte was occupied by q
well.arned force, undUr command vi u
fesolute, capable tilicer. fhe same
Afternoon the queen, her ministers,
representntlvts Oi the Jr0visiOual gov
eminent aud Othorr held . conference
at the palace. Refusing 10 recognize
the now authority or surrender 10 u, she
wasiuiofmed that the provisional gov.
eminent had tnu support Of the AmerI-
can minister, and u NECESSARY would be
maintained by the military iorcs Of the
United States, then present; that any
dVniunstratiUu ON her Part would PIC.
cipitate a Coz set with That force; mat
she could moi, with hope OF success, tu-
cage Ia n VII With the United BlatCs,
ana tnst resistance would result In usc-
lees anoiifico OF nir. Mr.. Damon, one
OF the chef leaders IA the mOvcmunt,
anu afterwards vicR PRECEDENT Of the
provincial government, iufurmed the
queen that ene c0uli surrender uuurr
protest, anu her cato would be cghuid.
efud l,tur at Warrington,
Believing that uuuur the cirCum.
stances submission was duty, aud
that her case would be fairly oOnsil-
cred by the President OF the United
States, tne queen finally yielded, and
bvnt this pTOvisiouAl government u
pap, 9, which readt:
Lillu0halani, by tho grace Of God,
anu under the constitution Of the
Hawaiian kingdom, queen, do hereby
sOiumply protect rgainst any and hll
acts dot against myself anu the con.
sututi0ual government Ui tile Hawaii
an kingdom by coftnin persons claim
ing to have gatgblibhUd provisional
government Of aud Tor this Kingdom.
fnat | yield to tue superior force VI
tho United States Of America, whore
minister plonipoieniisty, his excel
leucy John j.. Sluvgur, has caused
United StgiUi troops 10 he landed a.
Honolulu, Rud declared that he would
support thu provisional government.
Now, no avoid any collision u arnled
forces, nud perhaps loss OF HE, do,
under lhia protect ana impelied by said
iUfoe, yield my authority until such
time 90 the government " the United
states sbail, upon the iactS being pre-.
-4nutuu 10 10, undo the action OF IVA rep
rcscntauvo anu roiustate mo AMI the
authority which Claluis tho cOnstitu.
liouhl sovereign Of tne Hawaiian L.
lands.
Whom this paper was prcpatod,a at tho
CuEclu6iUn OF the COZ ference, uuu
tisuud by thnquUon and her minis or,
q numbvt 90 persons, Including ono Or
more representatives OF the provisional
government who wofu SSH pfusent and
understood ~ contents, by tutlr silence
at lrGst Ecquiutcsd la lls statements,
aud WHOM IL was carfiui g. President
Dole ho oniOiauu upon u, "isceivud
rom tnc handB pi the late cabinet this
l1th Of January, 1898" without chal.
longing the lfuth ut auy OF 10 hsssr-
tiOns. Indoed, It was NOT claimed On
tue lT,h day VI January, or for some
time thereafter, by any o, the de,is-
mated officers OF the provisional x ".
eminent OF any OF tho AnneXAtiOnists,
that tho queen surrendered otherwise
thgn asked IN her protest.
In his dispatch TO MIR. Foster, JEnu.
AIRY 18Th, describing the successful
revolution, Mt. stevens says: "rhu
committee OF public taioty forthwith
took possession OF the government
buildings Aul tho treasury, amt In.
stalled the provisional government
without the aid Of United States troops.
This being an accomplished fact,
promptly recognized the provisional
government ~ the du iarto government
Of the Hawaiian isIAuds.'
Secretary Foslor's communication
| February 10Th, 10 the Precedent, laying
Dbiuro him the treaty OF annexation,
with view 10 Obtaining the advice
and consent Of tho Senate thereto, ssyt;
cat the time The Provisional Eoyrra.
ment took possession VI the govern.
mUnt buildings, no tfoOpB Of officers Of
the United stale. were present Ur took
aEy part Whatever In the proceedings.
When they were Ia fun possession OF
the government, the hatfao ., the
pjlio5 station ami the whole potential
machinery Of tho government, United
Siatea tt01pa were landed 10 project
American property"
Special commlssiOnefs were cent 10
Washington ~ the provisional govern
mont 10 negotiate treaty OF gnaeNa.
ton. Their statements are utterly Al
variance with thu evidence, document
AIRY or oral, contained iu Mr. Bloupps
repOrIs. They ara c1nlfaIiGtod by thp
declarations aud letters uf President
Dole aud other nnuoxatiouibts, ami by
Mr.. 5tcvant's verbal admissions 10 MT.
Biount.
rnu provisional government wah
recognized when II had lilile othpf
than ~ paper existence, and when tue
legitimate government was ia iull
p0tataslOn aud c0ntf.l o! tue paltcs,
the barracks aud p9.ico stations. Mr..
Steyous'H wull.Kn0wn hostility Rul the
fogce landed from the Boston wss all
then that excited apprehension ia the
minds Of tho queen, her officers anu
l'yni supporters. IL "a fair to say that
Secretary kOater'a statement was bHsed
upon Information which he received
from Mr.. Stevens anu the special com.
missioner, but am unable 10 see that
they wero deceived. Tue troops were
lanJed, not 10 protect American lite
aud property, but 10 AID In overthrow
ing tue exciting government. Their
very presence implied c urcive meas
ures against It.
In the abatement givOu 10 Mr.. BlOunt
by Admiral Skorreit, tho ranking naval
officer at Honolulu, hn sayE "lt the
troops we're landed simply To protect
the American citlzans' inlurests, they
were badly stationed In tho hall, but Il
Il was 10 aid the provisional govern.
ment, they were Wisely stationed"
This hall was no nituated that the
troops IN II could ossily command the
government building, aud the proulu.
nation was read uuuer tho threat OF