The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-12-19

by the authorities. TO which he gave
his assem- Il Is enough to say that
there Is not s SemhlSnce Of truth in
this assertion Of BlOunt, inside BY him
without his ever having limited il tC
me, or msde any inquiry Of me on the
subject he thus gives the signature
Of his Endorsement 70 S charge l never
even heard OF until / found il in
Blount'S printed report
De says that the response TO the
call OF the Committee Of Safety tC
land men from the Boston does not
appear in the files OF the Legation.
/ The meaning Of this inSinuStion is
obvious enough 10 SSy that there
never was any such document re
ceived the invitSiOn OF the Commit
tee Of Safety for what il was worth, as
received other Information on the
same subject. I should have requested
1 Captain WiltSs 10 have landed his
force even had not the committee re-
I QueSted it.
"BlounI Sluarely asserts that l pro
I missed 10 aid the Committee Of Safety
I by force. This i smphaiicSlly and
I categOricAlly untrue. In reply to rival
Z parties 81 different times, whether
Z representative Of the Queen or her
I opponents, my answer was always
/ the same-ih2t the fOrce should not
I land until danger should be plainly
I imminent. ana then only 10 protect
| American life and property; and TO
I no one did I ever hint that / could, or
Z would. recognize Sny but the de fScto
/ Government, whether mOnarchical or
republican, IS l said in my letter 10
Secretary GbsSham. / here rsaffirm
1 that the HOyalistS SRd their opponents
hsd equal sccsSs TO the Legation snd
TO its official head.
THE best answer 10 the baseleSs
charge that l promised 10 use force
against the Queen, Is the orier of Cap
tain WIltse to his officers and men 10
remain passive snd that no force
vss used. though the Queen through
her Ministers strongly requested il
hours before the Provisional Govern
ment was recognized by me and Sll
the other diplomatic representatives
in Honolulu
Stevens states that he had no knowl-
edge OF the meeting OF the Committee
OF Safety st the residence Of Henry
WaterhoUSe on January 18th, and his
first Information Is 10 the persons al
that meeting was obtained from
BloUut's report. Regarding the eS-
pectztionS and hopes OF the Queen and
her Representatives on the exciting
DAYS OF January 18th and 18th. and
the views and hopes Of her opponents,
Stevens quotes the Queens letter TO
him. the report OF Captain Wiltse 10
the Navy Department, and the order
OF CaptSin Wiilse to Commander
Swiublrne. 10 show that the landing
OF the troops was 70 protect the Leg3-
ton and the lives and property OF
American citizens Sud 70 preserve
Orier.
The copy OF the call Of the Com
uittee Of Safety, which Blount insin-
yates I wished 10 conceal from him,
had been promptly forwarded to
Washington In January, and was in
the printed pamphlet Of the State De
partmsut documents ordered pub
lished bv the Senate, 3 copy Of which
l supposed BIOunt must have brought
with him when he came 10 the Isl
ands.
As soon Is this astute Commits
sioner ascertained that Neumann was
4LAA. LLLlLA y III AAA LII
uokalani's restoration TO the throne,
at once Blount learned that Neumann
Is s right down good fellow. So
much for the conclusive evidence
that Spreckels, Neumsnn and Blount
were then, as now, rowing in the
same boat, and closely linked in q
conspiracy 10 damage the action Of
Harrison's Administration and the
Senate Committee of Foreign Affairs
on the question Of annexation"
Stevens devoted considerable space
to showing the disreputsble char
seter Of the persons furnishing the
afidavits to Blount, being especially
severe on John F. ColburD, A P
Peterson, Charles L. Hopkins and DR..
TrOuSSesu. He says:
sThe testimony Of hundreds of such
would not counterbalsnce the words
of Minister Thurston, President Dole
and Henry " aterhOuse among honest
men who know the respective parties. |
AS TO Wilson, the queens fayorite for
many years, whom Blount attempts
10 whitewash, l will not soil these
pages by giving even the notorious
facts in his regard.
Gas 10 my recognition OF the Provis- |
ional Government, l reaffirm what / !
said in my recent letter TO Secretary |
Gresham. Queen Liliuokslani inaug
urated q revolution, attempting to |
destroy the constitution by revolu- |
tiOnaTy means. From Saturday after |
noon, January 18th, to January 18th, |
there was no Government in Homo
lulu except in the united and self /
attitude of the citizens, who /
assembled in the great mass meeting /
Of January 18th and consummated |
their efforts for law and order by the
OF the Provisional Gov /
eminent on the 18th which was
acknowledged by all for
eign representative who were fami- /
liar with the circumstances of its crea-
ton. II was nearly fifty hours after
and her favorites
had destroyed her throne by g Teyolu- !
tionary outbreak when the men Of the |
Boston landed
John L. STEVENS.
AUGUSTA, Ne, Nov. %, 1897 .
The New Australia.