Evening journal., 1893-11-13
Mr.. STEVENS REPLIES.
Ex-Hawaiian Z Minister Scores
Secretary Gresham.
WHEN AND WHY MARINES LANDED.


lie Says It Was Fifty Hours After the Ha-
waian Monarchy Had Collapsed When
the Marines From the Steamship Boston
Landed.
AUGUSTA, Ne, Nov. 1g.-In a signed
leader in the kennebee journal today the
Hon. John l.. Stevens, late United States
minister at Hawaii, makes the following
reply to Secretary Gresham's letter:
According 70 authentic reports from
Washington. public crime Of startling
import Is about to be committed in the
name and under the authority OF the
American governmental public crime OF
less proportions, but in its moral type sim.
liar To the sitting Of national life and the
reform aspirations of Poland and Hungary
a few years ago by the imperial despots,
aud to the crushing out Of the newly formed
republic of Rome by the usurped powers
of Louis Napoleon.
"All that American piety, American be
nevolence, American schools and American
patriotism have accomplished in Hawaii
in the past 20 years is now centralized in
the provisional government and stands in
It's support. IL is a government honestly
ernment that Hawaii ever had
81 know not the influences which in.
duced Secretary Gresham to become an ac.
tive agent in attempting such a grave OF
fense against American civilization, justice
and law. His intense hostility to ex-Presi.
dent Harrison and TO the illustrious ex-sec.
retary of state, who passed TO his grave in
January last, is well known.
1T was that which caused him TO betray
and desert the great political party whose
honors he had shared and brought him "a
his present attitude toward his former as
sociates and their work.
The Landing of the Marines.
$50 far as his recent manifesto on Hn-
waiian affairs casts reflection upon my OF.
fetal action / care little except TO the de
| gree that his cruel and untruthful words
strike at the noble band Of men and WON.
en- who have for 10 months stood so reso
| lutely and unitedly in defense of American
civilization.
Perhaps nothing better shows the char
acter of the secretary's assault than what
he says about the hail which the men Of
the Boston occupied few days and until
better quarters could be procured.
After l had made my request TO Cap
tain Wiltse to land his men as precau
tionary safeguard to American life and
property, he and his officers informed me
that their men must have shelter for ths
night
without special information in that re
gard had supposed that the ships marines
had tcnts of their own for their customary
use in case OF emergency on shore. / at
once wrote a note and sent it by messen.
ger to secure large hall that was supposed
/ In nu lint ha ma Ina Ql "a
the hall was several miles away.
~ had not known Of the existence OF tn,
Arion ball until that evening, when mes.
senger with my note was sent to the sup
posed agent of the Arion hall, who was a
royalist
Queen Liliuokalani inaugurated ths
revolution by attempting TO destroy the
constitution by revolutionary means
From Saturday afternoon, Jan. IA, to Jan
l6 there was no government in Honolulu
except in the united and self possessed at
titude Of citizens, who assembled in great
mass meeting on Jan. 10 and consummated
their efforts for law and order by the estab
lishment of the provisional government on
the 18th, which was promptly acknowl
edged by all the foreign Representatives
who were familiar with the circumstances
Of its creation.
The Time Of Recognition.
"It was 30 hours after Liliuokalani ant
her favorites had destroyed her throne by
a revolutionary outbreak when the men o.
the Boston landed. In the exciting hour
preceding and following her fall her repre-
sentatives, as well as those who formed thi
provisional government, had equal access
to the legation
ITO all proper inquiries my answer WA
that the United States marines could mo-
take sides, but whatever de facto govern
, ment might exist would have to be recog
nized When did recognize il, late in thi
afternoon OF the nth, the provisional gov
ernment was complete master OF the situa
ton, had full control OF the city and thl
government archives, the police station be
ing surrounded aud at the mercy of tn
3 provisional government.
D at was a small building, in which tn
, disorganized and powerless followers of tn
fallen queens paramount Marshall, tool
refuge and they must have surrendered il
a few hours by the mere force Of hunger
| The provisional government knew its pow
| er topossess the station at once, but wishel
D | not TO take a single life Of its occupants
s | IL deemed it wiser to admit their surren
s der.
e "An effort has been made TO damage m
[ | recognition Of the provisional governmen
5 by dispute as TO the hour by the clock a
e which gave recognition.
q THAT is of no essential Importance, 70
in fact all resistance to the formation Of
c new government practically ceased NOR
8 than two days before.
! 1.-The committee Of the house and pre-
| visional government constituted the onl
4 | Hawaiian government de facto existing 70
"a years prior to my recognition, the NOR
archical government having completed
collapsed several days before. So all III
n Just imputations on Captain Wiltse an
, myself will vanish into thin air, and th
! crime Of the Hawaiian provisional govern
q ment will stand out in bold relief {
q Americas shame"
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