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were openly yHdvocated. and the Queens Minis
against. u" Queen The Queens Attorney
Seumsm. were both present taking part in III,
meeting The Committee oi Safety was nut
iiely then and there named and proceeded
%. At0oclock on sunday morn q the 9Th
befs Of the Queens cabinet, that the com nit.
tee intended to depose the Queen and estab
oad & dssr@e Of S@ aGaS Te s
good otherwise the committee intended tC
four s hsups qwn n %S2Sn asy
matter. ! declined TO wait. stating TO them
thatthe committee intended to proceed forth
~ I. The committee met openly that m mornlng
at 10 o'clock. with the full knowledge Of the
Government OF the place Ot It's meeting. II re.
mained in session during the greater part OF
the day. while several police Kept watch Of the
s. ON Monday morning at 9 o'clock the
committee. without ATTEMPT at conceaiment.
station. Marshal Wilson's headquarters, where
the entire noIiee force was ststioned.
came to the Office and asked to speak to 'iSe me
privately and we went into an adjoining room.
Wilson said: I want this meeting stopped
referring to the mass meeting for that after
ri replied; 1T can't be stopped It is too
SiIe said. Can't this thing be Fixed up in
ii replied. NO it cannot 1t has gone too
"He said. The Queen has abandoned her
new Constitution idea
Il replied. How do we know that che will
not take II up again as she said she wouldY
He said. I will guarantee that she will not
even IL have to lock her up In a room to keep
her from doing 1t: and I'll do 1t. too. II neces-
:" 1 replied: We are not willing to accept
that guarantee as sufficient This thing has
gone on from bad to worse until we are not
going to stand it any longer. Weare going to
take no chances in the matter. but settle 1t
now, once and for all
Wilson then left the ofIloe. He has since
stated that he Immediately reported to tho
Cabinet. and advised arrestlnG the committee.
but the Cabinet were afraid. and refused to
ID. At O'Clock or the afternoon OF Monday,
the 10Th. mass meeting Of 5000 unarmed
Ss wns by Gt 'ns
speakers. al denounclng the Queen. The
meeting. with tremendous, cheering and en-
declaring the Queen to bo in revolution, and
authorizing the committee to proceed to do
present, but no attempt was made to Interfere
with the meeting or make any arrests. The
citem ent. and the citizens dispersed through.
out the town awaiting the further call OF the
progress another was being held by the royal
lists in the streets. within block OF tho
armory, which adopted resolutions in support
Never In the history OF Hawaii has there
Imminent expectation of bloodshed and CON
fct than there WAS imm ediatey after the ad-
% t9sss Ssnt 0sS sSa
SSommnnity was at peaSSe zee. and quiet Is grossly
that Capt. Wiltso aud Mr.. stevens. acting
upon their own responsibility and dis
erection and irrespective OF the request or
actions Of the committee landed the troops.
which were, distributed in three parts OF the
stated by Mr.. Blount. The reason that the
Queens Government took no action against
they were overwhelmed 10y the unan nous dis.
play OF Indignation ard determination shown
by the citizens and were cowed into .submis:
sion in the same manner that the King and
his supporters were cowed under precisely
similar circumstances By the same citizens in
TN support Of the third proposition. that
lied and devoid Of leadership. | submit the
u during the few weeks prior to the revolu-
tton Mr. ColUurn. Minister OF the Interior at |
the time Of the revoution. had been one
personally. My first intimation OF the rovou.
tionary intention Of the Queen was at 70 |
when Mr. Colnurn came TO me greatly excited. |
he told mo OF the Queens intention, to pro.
vice. said to him Why doYou not go TO the
members oIyour own party Z He replied. I have
ers are supporting tho Queen. The down
town people referring to the merchantsl have |
your party and other citizens will support US. |
we are going 70 resign right away;
- At i O'CLOCK inc same DAY met all the |
members OF the Cabinet at the Attorney Gen
erals Office; They mad Just come from an in
terview with the Queen at which, she had an
stitution and demanded their support.
They stated that sho had threatened them with
left the palace. each one going out by sepa-
rate entrance: While We were talking a mes
to Immediately return to the palace Peter
son and Coburn positively refused to do so.
would be safe there. l shortly after, lett them
and started down town After | had gone
senGcr from the Cabinet, asking King" me Ds 10 r rs.
Expect s5% eyss Tss sG%d
ized me TO state the condition OF affairs
70 leading citizens. aud in their behalf to call
REQUEST. and. with the assistance Of Others.
leading citizens had signed a written agree
ment agreeing to support the Cabinet against
the Queen by force.
3 Later the same afternoon Mr.. Colburn in
palace and held a stormy interview with the
he had no confidence in his colleague. Mr. Pet
erson. who he believed was playing double with
anything further. As reason for his distrust
ne SAID thst ne knew n4th!nG Of th. intention
they Were discussing the m mater tier viii with
The u Queen; she said in reply to an
have had this Constitution in your possession I
Tor q month and raised no, objection 10 IT. (
made by Mr., lareor. Minister Of Foreign AZ !
'airs. she said. Why did you not tell me this I
set Colburn further stated to me that at a !
,aucus Of their nalty ON the previous Friday y
kaluna by name. had said that II he coui
establish tho new Constitution he would dio i
happy II he could kill some other man before 7
-; The Queen was furous!y angry at the re- I