Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-18

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The United Stafes Of America and Il e
provisional government Of the Hawaiian
Islands. 10 view Of the natural dependence
Of those Islands upon the United States. OF
their geographical proximity thereto. of II e
intimate par. taken BY citizens Of the Units d
States 10 there implanting the seeds OF
Christian civilization, of the long eontin-
uanee of their exclusive reciprocal CONNER
cial relations whereby Their mutual inter
ests have been developed, and Of the pre-
ponderant and paramount share thus IA =
quired by the United States and their eit-
zens in the productions. industries and trade
of the sail Islands, and especially in sIe~
of the desire expressed By the said govern
ment of the ilassilsn ISLANDS thar tho e
islands shall De incorporated Into the Unit d
States as an integral part thereof and ue-
der their sovereignty. in order to provide
for anu assure the security ami prospect y
of the said islands, the high contracting
parties have determined TO accomplish BY
treaty an object so important TO their mu-
tusl and permanent welfare.
To this end the high contracting parties
nave CtulStIch iQai poNtI dHI dutnDlatN
upon their respectively appointed plenipo-
tentizries, to wit: The President of the
United States of America John W. Foster,
secretary of state of the United States; and
the president of the executive and advisory
councils OF the provisional government of
the Haw aiian Islands, Larren A. Thurston
William Il. Casri., William c. Wilder,
Charles T.. Carter and Joseph Marslen.
And the sail plcnilotentiaries. after having
communicated 10 each other their resp Give
full powers, found in good and due form,
have agreed upon and concluded the follow
ing articles:
Article |. The government of the Hs-
wailan Islands hereby eedes. from the date
of the exchange of the ratiica,ions of this
treaty, absolutely and without reserve, 10
the United States forever. all rights of SOW
ereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the
Hawaiian islands and their dependencies
renouncing in favor of the United States
every sovereign right of which rs an indie
pendent nation Ii is now possessed; and
hencefOrth said Hawaiian islands and every
island and key thereunto appertaining, and
each and every portion thereof, shall be-
come and be an Gtegral part of the terri
tory of the United States.
Article 2. The government of the lIa-
waiian islands also cedes and transfers to
the United States the absolute fee and own
ership of all public government or crown
lands, public buildings or edifces, ports,
harbors, Notifications. military or naval
equipments, and all other public property
OF every kind and description belonging to
the government of the Hawaiian islands
together with every right and appurtenance
thereunto appertaining.
The existing laws Of the United States
relative 10 public lands shall not apply to
such lands in the Hawaiian islands, but the
Congress of the United States shall enact
special laws for their management and dis
position provided, that all revenue from or
proceeds of the same, except as regards
such part thereof as may be used or occu-
pied for the civil, military or naval purposes
of the United States or may be assigned to
the use of the local government, shall be
| used solely for the benefit of the inhabi-
tants of the Hawaiian islands for educa-
,iOnal and other public purposes.
Article 3. Until Congress shall other
wise provide, the existing government and
laws of the Hawaiian islands are hereby
contir ued, subject to the paramount author
liy of the United States. The President,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint commissioner to re.
side in said islands, who shall have the
power to veto any act of said government,
and an act disapproved by him shall there
upon be void and of no effect unless ap-
proved by the President.
Congress shall within one year from the
exchange of the notifications of this treaty
enact the necessary legislation TO extend to
the Hawaiian islands the laws of the
United States respecting duties upon i'm
ports, the internal revenue, commerce
and navigation; but until Congress
shall otherwise provide, the existing
commercial relations of the Hawaiian
islands, both with the United States and
with foreign countries, shall continue as re-
CARDS the commerce Of said islands with the
rest of the United States and foreign coun-
tries; but this shall not be construed as Civ
ing to said islands the power to enter into
any new stipulation or agreement whatso-
ever, or to have diplomatic intercourse with
any foreign government. The consular
representatives of foreign powers now resi-
dent in the Hawaiian islands shall be per-
mitted TO continue in the exercise of their
consular functions until they can receive
their exequaturs from the government of the
United States.
Article 4. The further immigration of
Chinese laborers into the Hawaiian islands
is hereby prohibited until Congress shall
otherwise provide. Furthermore, Chinese
persons of the classes now or hereafter
excluded bv law from entering the United
States will not be permitted to come from
the Hawaiian islands to other parts of the
United States. and if so coming shall be
subject to the same penalties as if entering
from foreign country
Article ). The public debt of the Hawai-.
ian islands, lawfully existing at the date of
the exchange of notifications of this treaty
including the amounts due to dcpositors in
the Hawaiian postal savings bank, is here
by assumed by the government of the United
States but the liability of the nited States
IN this regard shall in no case exceed
three and one quarter millions of dollars.
so long, however, as the existing govern
ment and the present commercial relations
Of the Hawaiian islands are continued. as
hercinbefore provided, said government
shall continue to pay the interest on said
debt.
Article &. The government of the United
States agrees to pay to Liliuokalani, the
late queen, within one year from the date
Of the queen, within one year from the date
of the exchange of the ratification of this
treaty, the sum of twenty thousand dollars,
and annually thereafter like sum of TWEEN
ty thousand dollars during the term of her
natural life, provided she in good faith sub
mits to the authority of the government of
the United States and the local government
of the islands. And the government of the
United States further agrees TO pay to the
Princess kaiulani within one year of the
date of the exchange of the Publications of
this treaty the gross sum of one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. provided she in
good faith submits to the authority. of the
government Of the United States and the
local government of the islands,
Article (. The present treaty shall be
ratified by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate on the one part, and by the
provisional government of the Hawaiian
islands on the other, and the notifications
thereof shall be exchanged at Honolulu as
soon as possible. Such exchange shall be
made on the part of the United States by
the commissioner herein before provided
for, and it shall operate as COM
plete and final conveyance to the
United States Of all the rights of sovereign
ty and property herein ceded to them.
Within one month after such exchange of
notifications the provisional government
shall furnish commissioner with full and
complete schedule Of all the public proper
ty herein coded and Transferred.
In witness whereof the respective pleni-
potentiaries have signed the above articles
and have bora.rufo afi rad thnir aawia