Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

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United States had been negotiated and agreed
upon" The United States minister, pur-
suant to prior agreement, recognized this
government within an hour after the reading
Of the proclamation, and before . O'Clock, in
answe to an Inquiry in behalf of the queen
and her cabinet, announced that he had done
so. When our minister recognized the pro-
visional government the only basis upon
which it rested was the fact that the COM
mittee of public safety declared 1t to exist.
1t was neither q government dc
facto nor de jure. That II was not
in such possession of government prop
erCy and agencies as entitled IL to
recognition is conclusively proved by a note
found in the files OF the legation at Honolulu
addressed by the declared head OF the pro-
visional government to Minister Stevens
dated January IL, 1898, in which he acknowl-
edged with expressions of appreciation the
minister's recognition of the provisional
government, and states that it is not In Dos
session of the station (the place where a
large number of the queens troops were
quartered), though the same had been de-
manded of the green's officers in charge.
Lirs Embarrassing Position.
Nevertheless, this wrongful recognition by
our minister placed fine government of the
queen in IA position of most perilous perplex-
ity. On the one hand she had possession
OF the palace, of the barracks and of the
police station and at her IN at tast
500 fully armed men and several pieces OF
artillery. Indeed, the whole military force
of her kingdom. was on her side and at her
DISPOSAL, while the of safety, by
careful search, had discovered that there
were but few arms in Honolulu that were
not in the service of the government. In
this state of things, If the queen could have
dealt with the insurgents alone, her course
would have been plain and the result un-
mistakable. But the United States had
allied herself with her enemies, had recog-
n,zed them as the true government of
Hawaii, and put her in the posi-
tion of opposition against lawful au.
thority. She knew that she could
not withstand the power of the
United States, but she believed that she
might safely trust to its justice. Accord
ingly, some hours after the recognition of
the provisional government by the United
States minister, the palace barracks
and the police station, with all
the military resources of tho coun-
try, were delivered up by the queen
upon the representation made to her that
the matter would be thereafter reviewed at
Washington, and while protesting that she
surrendered to the superior force Of the
United States, whose minister ordered
United States troops to be landed at Homo
lulu aud declared that he would support the
provisional government and that she yielded
her authority to prevent n collision of armed
forces and loss of life, and only until such
time as the United States, upon the fact
being presented to it, should understand the
action of its representative and reinstate
her III the authority she claimed as the con-
islands.
Her Protests Embedded.
This protest was delivered to the chief of
tho provisional government, who endorsed
thereon his Acknowledgement of its receipt.
The terms of the protest were read without
dissent by those assuming to constitute the
provisional government, who were certainly
charged with the knowledge that the queen,
instead of finally abandoning her power,
had appealed to the justice of the United
States for reinstatement in authority; and
yet the provisional government, with this
unanswered protest IN it's hand, fastened to
negotiate with the United States for the
permanent punishment of the queen from
power and for a sale of her kingdom. Our
country was in danger Of occupying the posi-
tion of having actually set up n temporary
government on foreign soil for the purpose
of acquiring through that agency the terri
tory which we had wrongfully put in our
possession.
The control of both sides of a bargain ac-
quired IN such a Z manner is called by-a fam!l-
lar and unpleasant name when found in
private transactions. We are not with
out a precedent showing how scrupulously
we avoided such accusations in former days.
Texas as a Precedent.
After the people Of Texas had declared
their Independence of Mexico they resolved
that, on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of their In
dependence by the United States, they
would seek admission into the United States.
Several months after the battle OF
San J~acinto, when Texas independ'
!, ence was practically assured and es
I TO recognize 1T, alleging as one of his reasons
7 that III the circumstances it became us ste
} beware of a too early movement, as 1t might
subject us, however unjustlS, to the imputa
tion of seeking to establish the claim of oul
neighbors to Il territory with a view to its
, subsequent acquisition by ourselves" This
! is in marked contrast with the hasty recog
1 milton of "A government openly set up for tine
= l ~ ~ Of tnnl nrin r m nc fnt.ri fnptn I ~
L alton.
=; believe that a candid and thorough ex
i animation of the facts will force the convic
Y tion that the provisional government owes
United States. Fair-minded people, with
J: the evidence before them, will hardly claim
l that the Hawaiian government was over
thrown by the people of the islands or tina
that the provisional government has ever
existed with their consent. do not under
J, stand that any member of this government
claims that The people would uphold it b,
3 their SURFACES il they were allowed to vot,
Q upon IL.
) Our Course in South America.
While naturally sympathizing with the eff
fort to establish a republican government, it i
d the settled policy of the United States u
Il concede to people OF foreign countries tn,
r same freedom and independence in the man
have always claimed for ourselves, and /
has been our practice to recognize reyolu
tionary governments as soon as IL becam
&c apparent that they were supported by tn
v people. For illustration of this rule, l nee,
10 only refer to the revolution In Brazil in 1885
y when our minister was instructed to recog
nize the republic SO soon as a majority of tn
people of Brazil should have signifed thei
10 assent to its establishment and maintenance
z TO the revolution in Chill in 1891, when GU
h minister was disposed to recognize the.ne,
ID government il 1t was accepted by the people
y and to the revolution In Venezuela in 1899
IS when our recognition was accorded on cor
p ditiOn that the new government was full
e. established in power of the nation and az
c. cepted by the people.
- Every Move Made with Our Aid.
rs As 1 apprehend the situation, we ar
n brought face with the following conditions
/. The lawful government of Hawaii was over
d thrown without a drawing Of the sword o
W the firing of a shot, by a process every ste
10 of which IL may safely be asserted is directl
D. traceablc to and dependent for its success
~ upon the agency of the United States go,
ernment through its diplomatic and nava
or representatives.
10 But for the notorious predictions CT tn
United States minister for annexation tn
committee OF safety, which should be Gale
the committee of annexation, would neve
o. have existed.
NJ But for the landing OF the United State
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