Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-21

10th 10 Minister stesens Coz protection
and says. The resPsase 10 the esii
doss Iot appear ia TIE files aud the
recor,hs II the Amsrtcan isxstion. IL
therefore eaDnes rpeak tor stseif. The
request ~ the cs'aamitiee of safety xss.
hosevsF. consented % and. the troops
wese landed A meeting u ths cospnit
Tee held that night at the house Of
Henry Wsterhonse. neat cosH % Minis
ter Stevens house. determined
co the dsthronsment of the
queen and selected officers. Al
ths meeting IL was sseented 90
b. all that Mr. Stevens had agreed with
the eommitiee IL safety that In the
event IL occupied the government build
ing and proclaimed provisional govern.
ment be would rscognizs IL ~ de faefo
goserament A great surprise burst
upon the town whea the troops Ian led
January III Stevens informed P1rker
and Naterhouse. thaf IA the event the
queens forces assailed the insuFrection.
AIRY forecs. he would Intervene Mr..
Biount says that On their way 10 the
government bailding 10 proclaim the
provisional goyernment. the members
separated Tor fear of observation aud
arrest There was no sign Of IN insur.
rectiooary soldier on the sireet.
Provisional Gosernment Prociaiacsf
Tho committee u safety sent 10 tho
government building Ar. A 3 Wilcox
10 see Who was there, aud on being in
formsd that there were NO government
forces on the grounds proceeded la the
manner have related, and read their
proclamation. just before concluding
the reading Of this instrument u,teeu
volunteer troops appeared Within a
half hour afterwatd some thirty or forty
made their appearance. Then Mr..
Blount tells of the respective locations
OF the queens force aud OF Captain
Willis troops. and says; They were
doubtless 40 located 10 suggest TO the
queen and her couusellors that they
we're in cooperation with the insurtsa-
Aionary movement. aud would. when the
emergency arose. manifest II 10y active
support Ii did. doubtless. suggest 10
the men who read the proclamation
that they were having the support ot the
American minister aud naval com
naauder and were safe from personal
HARM
Ab,iication or the Queen.
The report details the circumstances
attending the abdication OF the queen
and states. she yielded because IL was
pressed upon her by the ministers aud
OTHER persons that 1t was useless 10 con.
test With the United States and she
could Tile her protest and be entitled To
hearing in Washington. Says Mr..
Blount. AL this was accepted without
the firing ~ gun. without ademand for
surrender on the part Of the insurrec-
tionRry forces. until they had been con-
veried into de facto government by the
recognition OF the American minister
with American troops. then ready
10 Interfere In the event OF
an attack Mr. Blonnt says that
il seemed strange To suppose that
there was any necessity FOR landing
troops. and referring again to Minister
Stevens position. sent IN reply To an ap-
plication for such a purpose. without
any suggestions dissuading the appli-
cants from IL ON the part OF the Ameri-
can minister. with naval forces under
his command could not otherwise be
construed than as completely with
their plans. This was the first time
that American troops were ever landed
on the islands. at the instsnce of = com
mittee OF safety. without notice 10 the
existing government
stevens Hasty Ac Ion.
The report reviews in detail the sub
seQuent events. making much OF the
testimony tending TO show that Minister
Stevens recognized the provisional gov
ernmont before the queen had been
called upon To yield. and quoting Ar.
Stevens himself as saying that he
knew that the barracks and station
house had not been delivered up at the
time; that he did not care for that. FOR
twenty tive men well armed could have
run the whole crowd. Stevens despatch
To Secretary Foster is quoted. where he
says that he recognized the government
after il was in possession of all govern
ment buildings. and then Mr. Bionnt
SAYS: Tho quick recognition was the
performance 81 his pledge IN the com
mittee of safety" He crilciscs similar
statement made by the Hawaiian com
missioners 10 Mr.. Foster and says: did
the spirit OF annexation mislead these
gentlemen! IL not. what mallgn intiu-
ence tempted President Dole to a con
trary statement in his cited letter 10 the
American minister!
BIoupt's Charge Against Stevens.
Says Mr. Blount: The leaders of the
revolutionary movement would not have
undertaken il. but for Mr.. Stevens
promise to protect them sgainst any
danger from the government. and but
for this. their mass meeting would not
have been held. But for this, no request
10 land the troops would have been
made. Had the troops not been landed.
no measures for the organization Of a
new government would have been taken.
rhe American minister and the
revolutionary leaders had determined on
annexation To the Unitod States and
bad agreed on the part each was 10 act
10 the very end In concluding this re-
port. for the remainder IL made up en-
tirely of statistical matter and a dis
QUESTION upon the trade OF the islands
and the character OF the population.
Rciied ON Justtc-.
Mr.. Blount says. That deep wrong
has been done the queen aud the native
race by American officials. pervadss the
native mind and that of the queen. az
we'll az a hope for redress from the
United States, there can he no doubt
In this connection u ~ important 90
note the inability % the Hawaiian pco.
pie 20 cope With any great powers and
their recognition ~ q by never Offering
resistance 10 their encroachments The
sa6denness ~ the landing % the United
States troor@. the reading of tho procls
nation % the provisional government
almost In their presence. and tie quick
recognition ~ Minister Stevens. easily
prepared her Tor the suggestion that
the president of the United States
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