The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-17

continuance exclusive. of reciprocal COM
mercial relations whereby her interests
have been developed: of the preponder-
ant and paramount share thus acquired by
the United States in the productions, in
dustries and trade of said islands and es-
pecially in view of the desire expressed by
said government of Hawaii that the
islands shall be incorporated into the
United States as an integral part thereof
and under their sovereignty. In order to
provide for and assure security and pros
perity of said islands the high contract
Ing parties have determined to accomplish
by treaty the object so important to their
permanent welfare and to this end confer
full power upon their respective plenipo-
tentiaries, who have agreed upon this
treaty.
In article one the government of Ha-
wall cedes, from the date of exchan ge
and notifications to the United States, abb
solutely all rights of sovereignty of what
soever kind in and over the Hawaiian
islands and their dependencies, such
ISLANDS henceforth to be an integral part
of the territory of the United States.
In the second article the Hawaiian gov
eminent is also to transfer to the United
States absolute fee and ownership of all
public, government or crown lands, pub
lie buildings, port harbors, Notifications,
military or naval equipments and all
public property of every description. The
existing laws of the United States relative
to public lands shall not apply 30 such
lands of the Hawaiian islands, but Con-
gress shall enact special laws for their
management and disposition; provided,
that all revenue from the same, except
such part as may be used or occupied for
civil, military or naval purposes of the
United States, or may be assigned to the
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solely for the benefit of the Hawaiian
Islands for educational and other public
purposes.
Article three continues that until Con-
gress shall otherwise provide the existing
government and Hawaiian laws are con-
tinued, subject to the paramount au-
thority of the United States. The presi-
dent shall appoint commissioner to re-
side in the islands, who shall have power
to veto any act of said government,
and such act shall be void I'M
less approved by the president.
Congress shall. within one year
from the ratification of the treaty enact
necessary legislation to extend to the
Hawaiian islands the laws of the United
States respecting the duty upon imports.
internal revenue, commerce and naviga-
ton, but until Congress shall otherwise
provide, the existing commercial rela-
lions of the Hawaiian islands both with
the United States and foreign countries
shall continue. As regards commerce
with the rest of the United States and
foreign countries this is not to be con-
strued as giving the islands power to
enter into any new stipulation, or agree
ment, or have diplomatic intercourse
with any foreign government. The con-
sular representatives will be permitted to
continue in the exercise of their functions
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government of the United States.
Article four prohibits further immigra-
ton of Chinese laborers into the Hawaiian
islands until Congress shall otherwise
provide Furthermore, Chinese persons
Of the classes now or hereafter excluded
by law from entering the United States
viii not be permitted to come from the
Hawaiian islands to any other part of the
United States.
In article five the United States assumes
the existing public debt of the Hawaiian
islands, with a proviso that the liability
shall in no case exceed 50, 250, 600.
Article six agrees to pay to the late
Queen Liliuokalini an annual pension of
$50, 900 during lie, and to Princess Kaiu-
lani the lump sum of $3.50 600, provided
they in good faith submit TO the author
ity of the United States government and
the local government OF the islands, The
remainder OF the treaty deals with the de-
tails of ratification, etc.
The Hawaiian commissioners were
joined last night by Charles H. Cooke,
who came from Hawaii as a special mes
senger, bearing important dispatches
from the provisional government to the
commissioners. Members Of the commits
sion desire to leave San Francisco for
Honolulu on the steamer due to sail
March 8, and hope to have copies OF the
treaty ratified by the Senate to carry back