St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-16
President Harrison Recon-
mends the Adoption Of
the Hawaii Islands.
A Treaty Of Annexation and
Correspondence Sent to
the Senate.
The Senate Declines to Make
the Treaty Public Imme-
diately.
Minister Stevens Reasons for
Establishing a Tempo
rary Protectorate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The presi-
dent sent message to the senate this
afternoon, recommending the annexa-
tion of the Hawaiian islands to the
United States. 1t is accompanied by a
treaty of annexation concluded between
the secretary of state and the Hawaiian
commissioners and mass of CORE
spondence relating to the question at
issue. The treaty is brief, providing
merely for the annexation of the islands
under the present provisional govern
ment, and leaving the details of the
permanent form of government, etc, to
the action of congress. The CORE
spondence is very voluminouS, going
back many years. and gives a complete
history of the Islands, so far as negotia
tions with the United States are con-
cerned. Contrary to general eXpecta-
tions, the senate in executive session
declined to make the treaty public inn
mediately, but decided to first have the
message and documents printed for the
confidential
Information of Senators.
The papers were accordingly sent
down to the government printing Of
fice, to be put in type for confidential
use, with the probability that the seal
of secrecy will be released tomorrow.
The message of the president and the
correspondence were received in eX-
ecutive session with an attention such
as no message from the president has
received in recent years. There was no
debate beyond few questions directed
to the chairman of the foreign relations
committee, but every word was care
fully weighed, and the message and
treaty met with almost general ap-
prOval.
Among the detailed dispatches re-
| ceived at the state department from
| Honolulu is one from Minister Stevens
| giving an interesting account of the
reasons which governed him in assun-
| ing control of the islands. 1t is as fol-
| lows:
II have time before the departure of
| the mail steamer only to state briefly
| the additional reasons which caused US
to assume temporary protectorate of
these islands. The provisional govern
ment must have time to
| Organize a New Policy
and to discipline small military force,
for when the monarchy died by its own
hand there was no military force in the
islands but the royal guards of about
seventy-fve natives, not equal in effect
i've force to twenty American soldiers.
There are 10000 Chinese and Japanese
J on the. islands. and evil-disposed per
| sons might stir some OF them to disorder.
| But the chief elements of evil are in
Honolulu. where are the renegade
whites at the head of the lottery and
| opium rings and considerable number
| of hoodlum foreigners and the more
vicious of the natives.
Another important reason for our sac-
ton is the possibility of the arrival here
of a British war vessel, and that the
English minister here, thus aided, might
try to press unduly the provisional gov
ernment. With the islands under our
protection, we think the English min
| lister will not attempt to insist that his
| government has the right to interfere
while our flag is over the government
| building" In concluding his dispatch
/ Minister Stevens says: 1--WE snail coll
| tinue to maintain our present position
| with great caution and tirmDesS until
we heaL from the president through the
| secretary OF state. AS necessary pre-
| caution against all contingencies l ad-
| wise that Admiral Skerritt be promptly
| sent here with one or TWO ships in addi-
| ton to the Boston,"