The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-21
BLOUNI vs.. STEVENS.
The Georgian's Charges Against
His Predecessor,
IT Is NOW ACQUISITION OF vBRAoITY

Mr.. stevens Asserts That Mr.. Blounts
Report Is a Direct Perversion of Facts,
and Promises to Make a Counter state
ment ia the Near Future.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. - Secretary Of
State Gresham decided last evening 10
make public all the correspondence and
the report oe James II Blount, the special
commissioner sent to Hawaii by President
Cleveland to investigate the revolution
which dethroucd Queen LUiuokalani and
the establishment of the provisional gov
ernmeut.. Ia his report Mr. Blount calls
attention to his reception by Minister
Stevens who accompanied by a com
mitlee from the Annexation club, came
on board the vessel which had brought
me He informed me that this club had
rented an elegant house well furnished,
and provided with servants, and n carriage
and horses for my use; that I could pay
for this accommodation just what ! chose,
from nothing up He urged me very earn
estly 60 accept the offer / declined it, and
informed him that should go to a hotel.
The committee renewed the offer, which
was declined He also refused to accept
preferred favOrs from the ex-queen.
Mr.. Blount then gives at great length
tbe reeiIt of his i,yaetiostions Tho la1d-
inp Of tba Trnitad States t,oone he de-
clorps was tbe resuIt of n conepirocv he
tween Minister Sfevens and the ravoln-
tiopo,.,, eodars Iefcro, ,,,,, ofro,t boI l,oo,,
made fo deroeo tba opean He COOS into
fine details Of tba ,nattnr ond noints out
the haste with which Mr. Stevens acted
and Inv o,,otir,, from, c,to,,o,,s, ro,,o,.t ,,,d
tbe napers ot tile mt tbe 1agotion daclorae
that tbe minister nis,enresented the
reyolutiop In the Trnited states Govern.
mont
m. reDort nrocoads.
"NTr Stevens consulted froalv with the
lenders of the revoIutiopary movement
fror, tba .,,orip,, Of tbe 1ttI Tbo,, ,1is.
closed IN hin, Iii tI,ai, rIons rbe,, fs,rod
orr,st and nupisb,nant Tainror,ieed tbe,,,
rrota,tior Tb.y reeJed t,o troo,,s on,
shore to overayye the rouaan,e srnnn,ters
and ,,o,.arr,,e,,+ Tbis bo,,,,ra,d f., gr,,7
did furnish They had few arms and no
trained soldiers rbav AID nat NEON to
fgbt H. was arrano,cd bat,,aa, them and
tbe American rninieter tbat fba ,,roclor,o
tion detbronipr, tba o,,asn and or,,,riyin,,
a nrorision,l lgo,.err,,,art sLo,,Id ha -
from, tl,a ,,o,ernr,,ant L,,i1diro ond ba
would follow H. with , enoad,, reco,rnitio,,
Tba Leaders of tba rayoIutionarv move
mont yvouId not bova nndertol-op II I,+
for Mr. stevens, nroroiae to ,rotoct tben,
AGAINST onv dancer from, tho r,oyorp,,,a,t
Tbn American n,irieter and tIo ro,,oI,,
tionary y Ieadcrs had dotar,,,i,ad ~, ,,,r,ay
,tinn to tb. T-nitod St,+es ,ndbod ar,.ool
ON the p9rt each was to net to the verv
end -
This renort was NOT pIount,s final rerI,-
in tbe Hawaiian question but from, tho
dispatcbes he sent tothe government from
time to time during his stay at Honolulu.
Among these are the following NOT vet
printed:
Under date of April s he reports: "As a
class American citizens have been most
active in dethroninp the oueen. and are
active in maiptaininp the eyistinq govern
ment When force is used TO suppress
such movements the forces of the United
States are to be called in TO protect their
persons and propertv NV present inn
nressson is that the existing oovernment
owes it's beipg and it's maintenance to tbis
perverted influence
In a dispatch dated April 2g he reports a
conversation he had with President Dole
relative to reports that the United states
was seeking to secure an agreement he
tween the uupeU and the prOVigiOual rrOV-
erpment The disDatcb saws tbat presi-
dent Dole said that there hod been soma
approacbes from the ouepn,s side With
propo-itions of settlement and tbat he
had responded. i will consider arv ,,ao-
souabIe proposftion., 81 told him fbat 7
would not hermit the government of the
limited States to he renresepted nc ba,inC,
any wish in the matter ms TO anv negotig5
tions between the oueep and provisional
government "
stats,1ant is ancIosad from, tho To.
waii.,, poIiticsI aesociatio,, I,a+it,o, I'D
dressed to Mr. Rlonnt 10 shoy ,yby tbey
uro,od tbe ,,rea,, IN ot,ort,,,,, tl,s coHstit,i.
tion of tss7 apd odont nay,. ono M
| RIo,,nt savsin continns+io ion of t5a snbisct,
,.,Tba White race or what n,ov be ta,.,,ad
tho raror,, ,,art,, constit,,ta tbo i,tal1i.
r,enca and own most Of the nr,,,a,.t,, IN
tbase islande and ore des,or,tel,, i, -. 70
he a mart Of The Tinted Stafes I'm anv
terms rother tb,n taka the cbg,rss 81
beinr, snbiactad I'm tba cortrnI ~ tbe no,
tivss ma foaIi,g of tho n,ii,es is tbot
while tbev do NOT ,yont oppa,ation If tbs
Irnited states does IL viii II,eacconnIisbed
| and tbag win ,coI,iasco ;,
-, -. .SoS'N' s Ne, -NoN' ID reporter