New-York tribune., 1893-12-01

the contempt Of other nations. How much
| worse then Is the conduct of Cleveland ana
Gresham and their paramount person, Biouht,
when the facts are arraycd aud it is seen 'hat
Mr.. Stcvenss only offence Is that he did his
country true lcll and efficient service The
charge against him. which is simply that OF too
great zeal for his countrys advantage. anyhow,
is supported only by the idle gossip and ma
lciOrs falSchOods of 4 parcel OF khaViSh au-
venturcrs every scamp of whom was III the pay
of the corrupt rings that were broken by The
fall of the Queen, This paramount 'oihmls-
sioner. packed with his partisan venom, his
| egOtism and his resolution 10 II undo Il great
wrong" went ont there put himself in the
hands OF people whose hatred of the nited
States was notorious, British intrguers. opium
ring agents. lottery agents and sugar spec
uators loaded himself down with their SHY
| iwadde and lies. avoided the company OF
his own coun,rymen and Of all the decent peo-
| pie Of Honolulu refused 10 take their tcSti-
mony. and actually suppressed il when ii was
thrust upon him, and it is on his report thus
procured that the Administration has the au-
dacity to accuse IN American Minister. expert
cnccd i'm the diplomatic service. and IN Ameri-
can naval officer of high rank of falschood ana
unworthy political intrigue. There is bastard
quality about this business that ought to stir
every honest mans wrath. In motive and in
effect il is alike shameful.
| And what has come out OF il? Has il shown
us the way to meet the situation which lia-
waits social and political problems ana It's po-
| sitOn off our western coast impose upon us!
, In one Of three ways that situation must be
| met-by annexation, by the establishment of
| protectorate or by absolute non-incrfcrcncc.
| II we choose the last course. we give Hawaii
| 10 whichever Of the great Powers she chooses
TO ally herself with. For how can we refuse
TO aid and protect her and ut the same time
refuse TO let any other Power do so? And what
is the difference in expense and responsibility
between standing over her with shield ana
standing over her with Il club? We must ac-
cept the obligation and discharge II, or we must
abandon our treaty rights and move ont and let
who will move in. This is the problem, and
now what light is thrown on it by all this
report Of Blounts and this malcvoent par
tsanshp Of Gresham and the President. this
abilse of an honorable Minister. this insult to
the memory of Il distinguished naval officer:
The only issue OF a that is Il proposition to
do something which We haven't the smallest
right 10 do which would he both i'liotic ana
immoral If we had the right. and which would
not advance us one inch toward the solution
Of the real Hawaiian problem when II was
done. The incapacity of Mr.. Cleveland ana
Secretary Gresham stands ont in appalling pro-
portions In this scheme Ia restore the la
waiian Queen. 1t is Il scheme 10 restore the
lottery. the opium ring and the grip Of Sprcck-
els. 10 force all that is decent civilized and
progressive into submission 10 political corrrp-
tion and personal immortality Of the rankcst
description 10 suppress a lawful and excellent
Government on the lines Of our own and 10
resnrrect Il vicious and incompetent monarchy:
and in doing it 10 assume all the authority
which Cleveland and Gresham say We haven't
got and all III" responsibility tllcy say ought
TO avoid And this is all that has come from
the humiliation To which their population of
an historic policy. their SnbverSion of n settled
question and their false and partisan abuse Of
preceding Government aud its officers have
subjected us.