St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-18
ASKED FOR JUSTICE.
Protest of the EX-QQeen
Against the Annexation
Of Hawaii.
DisavoWaI Of Stevens Action
in Establishing a Pro-
tectorate.
Foreign Relations Committee
Recomm end the Treaty'S
Ratification.
Latest AdviceS From Homo
lulu Report Everything
as Quiet.


published protest addressed by the eX
queen to the president, which reals a
follows.
His Excellency, Benjamin Harrison
President of the United States My
Great and GOOD Friend: 1t is with deel
regret that | address you on this occa-
sion. Som1 Of my subjects, aided by
aliens. have renounced their loyalty
and rev0lted against the constitutions
government of my kingdom. They have
attempted to depoSe me and to establish
a provisional government, in direct con
tiict with the organic law of this king
dom. Upon receiving incontestable
proof that his exceilency the
minister plenipotentiary of the Unite
States aided and abetted their unlawfu
movements and caused United States
troops to be landed for that purpose,
submitted, to force. believing that he
would not have acted in that manner
unless by the authority of the govern
ment which he represents. This action
on my part WAS prompted by three rea-
s0ES: The
EutiIIty Of a Conflict
with the United States; the desire to
avoid violence, bloOdshed and the de-
struction of life and property, and the
certainty which | feel that you and youl
| government will right whatever wrongs
may have been inflicted upon us in the
| premises. This appeal is not made fol-
myself personally, but for my people,
who have hitherto always enjoyed the
| friendship and protection of the United
| States.
My opponents have taken the only
| vessel which could be obtained here for
| tentiOn to send delegation of their
number to present their side of this
| conflict before you, [ requested the
favor of sending by the same vessel a II
envoy to lay before you my statement
as the facts appear to myself and my
| loyal subjects This request has been
refused, and lnow ask lhat. in justice
| to myself and to my people, that no
| steps be taken by the government of the
| United States until my cause can be
heard by you. | shall be able to dis
| patch an envoy about the second day of
| February. and that will be the first
| available opportunity hence, and he will
reach you with every possible haste, that
| there may be no delay in the settlement
of this matter. [ pray, therefore, my
| good friend. that you will not allow any
| conclusions to be reached by you until
my envoy arrives. | beg to assure you
of the continuance OF my highest con-
| SideratiOn. LdLIOUKALANI, X.
Honolulu, Jan. 13 1898.
Pleases the Commissioners
The information conveyed in the San
| Francisco dispatch relating to the salts
| factory progress Of affairs in Hawaii
| was received with much pleasure by the
commissioners of the provisional gov
ernment. The commissioners were
shown dispatch from San Francisco
stating that f. S. Pratt, Hawaiian con-
sui general, had sent to Vice President
Morton protest against ratifylng that
part of the annexation treaty that ap-
piled to crown lands i'll Hawaii. They
said the assertion that Mr.. Pratt's wife
had any claim to the lands was without
good foundation. Since 1865 the lands
have been under the control OF the
Hawaiian government, and their pro-
ceedS have been disburSed for govern
ment purposes. The expenses of the
reigning family, however. were
paid from this specific reve-
nue.. Mrs. Pratt is not a mem
Der OF the reigning family, though
she is descended from the chiefs. The
status of the lands ESTIMATED by the
commissioners to be worth more than
$2,500,000), they say, has been settled
beyond any question of doubt since 1865,
when the government acquired per-
feet title to them.
,,,IO @~
ate by the president to accompany the
Hawaiian treaty contains the text of
Secretary Fosters dispatch OF Feb. II,
an abstract of which went out by the
last mails to Honolulu, disavowing Mr..
Stevens protectorate. This important
dispatch reviewed Stevens acts, and
then concludes:
$50 far, therefore, as your action
amounts to according, at the request of
the de facto sovereign government of
the Hawaiian islands, the operation of
the moral and material forces of the
United States for the protection of life
and property from apprshended diSor-
derS, your
Action Is Commended.
"But so far as it may appear to over
step that limit by setting the authority
and power of the United States above of
that the government OF the Hawaiian
islands, in the capacity of protector. ar
to impair in any way the independent
sovereignty of the Hawaii government
bp substituting the flag and power of the
United States as the symbol aud mani
festatiOn OF paramount authority, it is
diSavowed.
You are authorized, upon the receipt
Of these instructions, to arrange with
the com manding naval officer for the
continued presence on shore of such
marine force as may be practicable and
requisite for the security of the lives
and property interests of citizens of the
United States, and the repression Of
lawlessnesS and public disturbance
threatening them, whenever in
your Judgment it shall be nee
| essity to do so, OF when such
cooperative measures may be sought
| for good cause by the government of the
Hawaiian islands; being. however, al
ways careful to make due discrimination
between those functions of voluntary or
accorded protection and the assumption
| of protectorate over the Hawaiian
islands by the United States. No step
should be taken by you, or will be sane
toned by this government. which might
tend to derogate in any way from the
| independence of the government of the
Hawaiian islands, which the United
States have recognized as sovereign and
with which they treat on terms of SOW
ereign equality
The committee on foreign relations
reported to the senate in executive ses-
sion today the Hawaiian annexation
treaty, with the recommendation that it
be ratified. 1t was placed OH the eXecu-
tive calendar, where it can be reached
by majority vote at any time.