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Sp~akirx % the dispatch and the de-
velepments - the day in the Hawaiian
situztioa. SECRETARY Poster said that
the aefbsn of Minister Stevens IN de-
elarinx the Hawaiian Islands under the
~Pr0sectorate Of the United States was
taken without Instructions from the
department, Of state In fact the move
r2enf for \ change of government
was unexpected. and not anticipated
by instructions from Washington Mr..
Stevens had therefore. been compelled
TO act Independently and upon his
Judgment as the emergencies had
arisen The only instructions given by
the department was the telegram of
the 18th nit, already published, ap-
proving Mr. Stevens recognition of
the provisional government, an act on
his part which had been followed by
all the other foreign representatives in
Honolulu He had been further in
structed to protect American citizens
and property.
Secretary Foster stated that Ameri-
can citizens were the owners of Al
least three-fourths of the real and per
sonal property of the islands and they
were more interested than all other
residents in the preservation of peace
and good government
There was no conference between
the secretary of state and the Hawaiian
commissioners. as Thursday Is ..diplo-
matte" day at the department. and
the secretary was fully occupied with
the ealls-of foreign ministers 1t was
understood last night that the Ha.
waiian commissioners are . see Secre-
tary Foster to-day at 10 a m
COMMISSIONER THURSToS'L STATEMENT.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Lorrin A.
Thurston. with the consent and ap-
prevail Of his associate commissioners.
made 4 statement in reply to the letter
from j. +. Colburn, ex-minister Of the
Hawaiian cabinet. published in the
papers yesterday. Mr.. Thurston avs
1T has been claimed by and on behalf
Of the queen that the late Hawaiian
government yielded to the force of the
United States when they SURRENDERED
to the Hawaiian provisional govern
ment, and the claim has been ampIifed
in some Of the papers into a eharg,
that the whole movement was a pre-
concerted conspiracy in favor of an
nexation-
This statement has already beer
denied BY the commissioners
I'm the first place. the undisputes
facts show that no action was .zker
by anybody until the Isth of January
after the queen had attempted will
force TO abrogate the existing eonsti
tuition and proclaim = new one Tn
uprising of citizens which finally re
suited in the establishment of tn,
provisional government took place a
the express request of the cabinet O
which Mr.. Colburn was a member il
response to = call from the cabinet I.
the citizens to support them with arm
against the demands of the queen
WHEN THE TROUBLE BEGAx.
when the trouble began on the l4tl
the United States minister and III
United States steamer Boston wer
both absent from Honoluln. and Ia
seea for about ten days previous. CO