Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-21

purposes and Ia have Guarantees OF pubio
safety. The commi tie on public safety
kept their purro-e from the public
view at this mass tneeNng and at their
shall gatherings for lea oi proceedings
az inst hem by the soye ment Of the
queen. After the mass meeting had
closed, A call on tn American minister for
troop was made AID signel indiscrimi-
nately by Germans. by Americans and by
Hawaiian SUI jec OF iorei4n extr 'ction."
The commissioner says tue response 10
that call does not appe on the I'll les OF the
legation. That very night the commit
tee OF public safety ssembled ia house
next to Mini ter Stevens re- ience. j. ii.
SOper. an American, was ell cted 10 CON-
mand the mill AIRY forces. IL WIS on NJ n
day ev, ming, Jan. 10, at O'Clock. that
United STATES tro DDS were laudrd.
mot much time elapsed before IL was
given cut by members OF the commi tiee
Of safety that they were designed to sup
port them. At the palac-, with the
cabinet, amongst the leaders Of h. queens
military forces and the great body of the
people who were | yal TO the queen, the
spI rehension came that IL was move
ment hostile TO the exiting COVER nment
Protests Were Unhseded.
"Protests were filed by the minister OF
foreign aft ,irs and by the governor Of the
island against the landing Of troops.
Me srs. Parker and Peterson testified that
on Tuesd,y, at l O'clock, they callrd on
Mr. Stevens and by him were informed
that In the event the queens forces as
sailei the insurrecti IN ,ry force he would
intervene. At 2:3D o'clock Of the same
lay the members of the provisional gov
ernment proceeded To the government
building in squads and real their proc,a-
nation. They had separated In their
march to the government building for
fear II ohserva' ion and arrest"
Mr. Blount describe the / cation OF the
troops, showing that the American troops
controlled the position of tue queens
force-, aud continues; They were doubt
less so Local ed To suggest t. the queen and
her counseliors that they were In co-opera-
tion with the insurrection movement, and
would, when the emergency arose, mani
fest IL by active support. IL did doubtl's 81
suggest to the men who real the p ocla
nation that they were having the sup
port of the American minister and naval
commander aud were safe from personal
harm.
"Why had the American minister 10
Gated the troops in such situation, and
then assured the members OF the commit-
tee on safety that on their occupation Of
the government building he would recog-
nixe it as q government de facto, and rs
such give it support Why was the
government building designated to them
as the place which, when their proclama-
tion was announced there, would be fol-
lowed by his recoynitioni
"It was not a point OF any strategic oon.
t. inu ha
ment of singh soldier. A building was
chosen where there were no troops sta
toned; where there was no struggle TO b.
made to obtain nccess, with An Ameri can
force Immediately contiguous, with the
mass of the population impressed with its
unfriendly titude.
"Aye, more than this, before any de-
mand for surren er had ever been made on
the queen or on the commander of any
offer Of any II her military forces at any
OF the points whore her troops were To-
Gated, the American minister had rec
ognized the provisional government: and
was ready to give it the support of the
United States troops"
ColIusion Alleged.
Mr.. Blount shows the position which the
queer occupied; he protests aud der CT ibes
revolution. The various mmissioners OF
tue provisional goyernmel t and Munster
Stevens Hrr quo I'd and commented up n.
Mr.. Blount shows that IL was "A colluson
on the part Of the munster and the revo-
lutionists.
He goes into the detiils Of the matter
and points out by time and place the haste
with which Mr.. Stevens acted, and hy
quoting from Stevens r. port and the
papers on file at the legation declares that
the min str mi-rt preseDted the revolu-
tion to the Unit d states Cove rnmrnt He
points 10 the lack Of harmony in the state
ments AID criticises Stevens, saying:
"Mr. Stevens consulted freely with the
leade If the revolutionary moveme It
from the evening Of the l4th. Thes, di-.
closed to him all their plans They feared
arrest ard punishment. He promised
them protection. III y needed the troops
on shore TO overawe h. queens support RS
a d government This he agreed To ami
did furnish.
''1hry had few arms and no trained sol
diers They did not mean to fight. Il was
arranged between them aud the American
miuisl er that the proclamation dethroD-
ing the gu ell aud org nizing a provi-
sional government should he read from the
government build ng and he would follow
Il with speedy recognition. All this was
to be done with American troops provided
with small arms aud artillery across u
narrow street WITHIN a stones throw. This
was done.
stevens at tho Bottom OF IL.
"The leaders Of the revolutionary move
ment would not have undertaken it but
for Mr.. Steve $ promise To protect them
against any danger f., m the government.
But for this the mass mee ing would not
have been held. But for this no request
to land troops would have b,eu made.
Had the troops not been landed no meas
ures for the organic ,Jion OF the new gov
ernmeut would have BEEN taken. The
American minister and the revolutionary
lta,iers had determined on new nd lition
to the United States and had agreed on
the part If each To act to the very eud."
Mr.. Biount says that the native race
feel that a great wrong has been done
tn, M and their queen. When the queen
resigned under pI OF st she did not believe
that the action Of Stevens would be en-
Sorsed, ana he adds:
"Indeed, who could have supposed that
The circumstances surrounding her could
have been foreseen aud sanction de-
lib ely by tie President OF the United
States Her uuiform con luct aud the
prevailing sentiment amongst the natives
point to her belief, as we'll as their own.
that tue spirit Of justice on the part OF the
president v, uld restore b r crown"
That is h. only thing in the nature Of a
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