The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-12-01
STETENS' RETALIATION
He Bitterly As8ails Commissioner
Blount's Report.
DIRECT CHARGES OF FALsBHOOD.

DIRECT CHARGES OF FALsEHOOD.
The Ex-Minister Charges the Georgia
Statesman with Consortmg with Royal
lists, to the Utter Exclusion Of American
citizens and American Interests
AUGUSTA, Me, Dec. John J.. Stevens,
eX-miuisler to Hawaii, i'm replying to the
recently published report of eN-Commis-
siouer Blouut, says he deems titan Amer
. leans duty TO defend au nsulted, threat
ened and struggling colony, planted as
rightcou4iy and firmly ON the North
Pacific isles as our Pilgrim fathers estab
lished themselves on Plymouth rock" He
then dWells ab length on the "eNtrpmely
nu-AmeriCau course ofSecretary Gresham
and Minister Blouut' as playing into
British hands, goes ON TO explain that
Mr.. Blount was untitled for diplomatic
duties and unfortunate i'm having sur
rounded himself by rovalists and palace
adventures ON his arrival in Hawaii Mr.
Stevens proceeds:
CAS- a precautionary safeguard against
| shutting out the Americans from ready
| access to Commissioner Blount a wealthy
and highly respectable widow lady of
the American colony was ready to grant
the use of her house to Mr. and Mrs.
Blount the commissioner to pay the same
amount it would cost him TO live at the
| royalists' hotel. A committee of three
American citizens, the superiors of Mr.
Blount in education and manner men
| who had not taken part in the revolution
ary proceedings of the previous weeks,
want p,l hrapI tho p1eb ,,.bav tl,,t y,,a
sci came into the harbor, while ! was
| courteously meeting Mr. and Mrs. Blouut
on their arrival
"At the request of these three American
| gentlemen, l introduced them to Mr..
| BlOunt His manner of receiving their
visit repelled them. As delicately as I
could do so / stated the offer of the com
| mittee of his countrymen, pointing out to
! him that, by accepting their proposition,
he would be near the archives of the lega-
| tton which he could conveniently use, and
which ] would be pleased at once to place
at his disposal. Brusquely, not to say in
sultingly. he refused the courteous and
honestly intended offer of his countrymeu,
and at once placed himself amid royaIists
and ultra-British surroundings
Mr.. BIount's Discourteous Manner.
commissioner Blount's mannertoward
/ me in the following weeks | would not al
lude to here were it not absolutely neces-
sary to do So He coldly repealed my
kindly intended offers did not allow me
to show him the customary forms Of in
Producing him to the foreign diplomatic
officials and to the chief public men of
Honolulu. How much of his singular
course in these regards was due to the
want of knowledge and how much to his
already matured purpose to make out
case against the United States minister
the naval commander and the provisional
government the American public must
judge.
"All insinuations and implications i'm
Blount's report that | was averse to his
access to the legation records are a shame
less perversion of facts The charges, i'm
plications and insnuations of Commits.
sioner Blount against President Dole,
Minister Thurston and the other chief
men of the provisional government are as
baseless and unjust as those against my
self and Captain Wiltse, now sleeping in
his honOred grave.
"Under the date of April 81 he says he
disapproved of a request of the provisional
government, that the American forces be
landed for drill | here affirm that the
provisional government never made such
aI request. The United States minister
made the request of the Hawaiian gov
ernment through the minister of for.
eign affairs. To my knowledge, at the
period of which Blount speaks, the provi-
sional government preferred that the
American soldiers and marines shOuldnot
land for drill because of the possibilities
of i'll feeling and broil between men Of
other naval vessels then in the harbor, but
they granted these requests only as
friendly and customary courtesy
at was feared by the supporters of tn e
provisional government that the fallen
queen, the lottery ring and palace gang
would not hesitate 20 promise to grant to|
the japanese the right of suffrage in tn e
islands, provided they would aid in re-
storing Liliuokalani to the throne.
Japan's Sudden Activity.
"The sudden appearance of the japanese
ironclad in the harbor of Honolulu could
not fail to create anxiety and misun-
derstauding. 1t was in these peculiar
circumstances that l felt it my impera
tive duty to have repeated interview
with my japanese colleague. He did not
attempt to conceal from me his wish that
the suffrage right should be granted to the
japanese residents He was frank and
earnest ON the subject. was equally frank
in informing him that / had no authority
to speak ON that subject, but l expressed
to him the opinion that the United States
would resist any eucrOachment on the soil
or sOvereigntyo of Hawaii, and that would
maintain this position until otherwise in
structed by my government.
"In Blouut's report as given to the press
find the following language: The two
leading members of the committee