The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-28

| thing in the line OF WuNDENBUR RIOS state
ment and he tells his principals that he Is
keen for such testimony. In the same lot
ter occurs another passage which illustrates
BLoUNT's mental attitude, early in his in
vestigaton. toward n question which he
was supposed to be investigating Impair
TALLY, thoroughly. and without prejudice:
| ~ enclose you a copy OF a communication from the
COMMITTEES on Public safety to Minister srErrSsl To
be importnE protection from the United states Govern
ment on the 18th and ESTABLISHING thu Provisional
! Government and dttnroning tho queen the next
day. without any reference to the presence Of United
States troops, I, q"'" d,d7 an ny e,oidifs."
In this letter of April 90. also. begin Mr..
BLouNT's persistent appeals to be allowed
to close up his inquiry and come homo
! He really did not see why the faBrc should
DO protracted when lie was already pre-
pared to write exactly such report as
| Mr.. CLEVELAND and Mir GRESHAM wanted
| There is something pathetic in his repeated
requests for permission to come home:
II can see no advantage in my remaining here
longer than the month OF May. 1 trust that you viii
consent to my return at such time in the month OF
June as may choose prefer to write my sport on
my return TO Washington rather than here Interrupt
tons the Of rsops who ars constantly seeking
! my attention make this preferable
Is dcult TO get passage from here To the United
states account of the great amount OF travel and
| Arrangements must be made some weeks in advance
Please ttnd enosph tsiyroph In respor's 10 Re
| reflect Of nv return"
The subject of Mr.. BnoUNr's mission
having been disposed Of by his prompt
| scquiescence in the conclusions marked out
for him In advance at Washington. the
subject OF his return becomes the chief
concern OF his homesick soul.
ha Ia
inquiry. and two months. as q matter Of fact,
| before he ventured to terminate the farce
by sailing for San Francisco, BLoUNT again
took the trouble to assure his principals
that his report would DO all right. Forward
ing another batch OF one-sided testimony.
he remarked
These are sent simply as indicating something OF
the elements which brought about the dethronemsnt
of LiLUOgALASL will endoavor to dis pate all OF the
mists ectei it'll this before great while
Ih,nk cH b, hrer that the American Minister recog
nized the Provisional Government when the chief
points Of defence Of tho Queen. to Wit tho station
house and the bRrrackA had not surrendered, and
would not have surrendered but for that recognition
Again. IL think it will be shown" Mr..
BLoUNT knew from the beginning what
his principals required to DO shown. In
his next letter, that Of May 6. mailed
OIL u UlOulH after Jlo NOlllIulSSlputL
nouncement that he would soon begin his
inquiry. he declared that the inquiry was
completed us far as he was concerned:
lido not any occasion for my remaining longer
here purpose of making further inquiry to
the condition OF Affairs in the Islands believe. how
ever that my departure prior to YOUR sending out
successor to Mr. svESs would result in serious trouble
DO not infer from these observations that have
any desire 81 snan here longer"
The evidence he had taken up to that
time, and forwarded to Mr.. GRESHAM, con-
sisted OF Admiral SKERRETT's brief state
ment about his interview with Secretary
TRACY. proving, what nobody questions,
that the last Administration was not hostile
to the idea of Hawaiian annexation: two
letters of Mr.. THURsToS's. written two
months after the revolution. arguing for
annexation; the WUNDENBURG statement,
from the point OF view Of a disappointed
person. who had failed to get the Office he
wanted under the Provisional Government;
the CoRNwELL. CoLBURN. and CARTER state
ments. from the point OF view OF the de-
posed Queens Ministry and frends the
interviews with Mr. DAMON and Mr.. WATER
HOUSE. shaped by BLoUST precisely as IL
he, and not PAUL NEUMANN. held a re-
tainer and power OF attorney from the
Queen two or three letters and statements
OF minor Importance; and lastly. the aft
davit OF Paramour WILSON. Having accom-
plished that much in the way of one-sided
investigation. the Paramount Commissioner
does not see any occasion for remaining
longer here for the purpose OF making fur
Their inquiry as to the condition of affairs
In the islands" He is ready. and wants to
get home and write the report that Mr..
CLEVELAND and Mr.. GRESHAM expect OF him.
Yet the official superiors OF Mr.. BLoUNT
kept him at work about two months longer,
clearly to the disgust OF their facile but
deadly homesick instrument Why should
he be compelled to spend June and July In
the nonsensical business OF investigating a
matter about which he had formed his con-
illusions early in May? That Mr. BLoUST's
sense Of justice revolted at this treatment Is
shown by his insistent appeals for permission
to sail for home. Finally. on the last day OF
July. the Paramount Commissioner assumes
that his paramountcy extends to the control
OF his own movements, and he boldly In
forms Mr. GRESHAM. in a note amounting
almost to defiance. that he Is coming home
without waiting for permission
my private Affairs make il necessary for me TO
|
to wait for further eorrespondsnee Il 10 not
pleasant TO reveal ones private AFFAIRS nor do intend
to do now. assume that neither you nor the Prss
dent. under existing circumstances could urge my fur
| thsr continuance here"
And homeward the Paramount Commits
sioner came, propelled by steam and steered
by his own individual. paramount respon-
sibility. The chronology Of the mission
with which he had been intrusted by Mr..
| CLEVELAND In tho interests OF Hawaiian
royalty may be summed up as follows:
April 6, ls93-Mr BLoUsT reports his ar
rival in Hawaii, and announces that he will
soon begin his full. impartial. and thorough
| investigation.
April She announces his conclusion that
the Queens Government was overthrow
| by the perverted influence OF representa-
tives of the United States.
April 26.-He puts in his first request to
be allowed to come home
May 6.-He announces that his inquiry Is