Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-19


s2sSr'aer nsy desizte freEa established inter
sssrses iutieSGe-l ia the srss part Of this
alsPaieh
Te minister az this tarsper. taH Of zeal
f5r aaas z4tSaR. there seenled 10 arse IN
January 1858. the precise opportunity fS-
" Aieh as VAS wxtehfai.y waiting, an 0ppes-
tnnisv xAieh By tiEaels deviation from
fssgshIishsi International ryles sod psece-
dents might te .aapreFti 10 successfully
accomplish ;he g-ess objses in yiew; and
We sre cutie prepared fer tie sxeltaut en-
skaEiasm with which ia lstser to tbs state
department. isied Feb. lss5, hs DECLARES
The Has allan pear j. BON telly rspe sal
this Il ias golden eppofsansty for the nitei
States Ia pluck il
asa further Illustration 81 tie aetiyi5y OF
tils dipiaststae representative. attention Is
called to the fast ,Aat en- the Jay the above
letter was written, appRsen,ly unable longer
to resrsain his sri9r. BE issued proclamS-
tim whereby in the nsne OF the Uaitel
States be Assamed the proteotioa Of the
/ IIzw Allan island, and declared tbs, said &c
leu vas ''tskea Pending, ami subject TO,
uesssiatians ST Washington" of course
tAis assumption Of pFoteet0rste was
/ promptly disSvoNed BY eur government,
/ tut the American A4e remained over the
government building st Hoaolutu asd the
forces remsine1 on guard until April, and
after Ar. RiouH;'s arrival GA the scene,
( when Both we've removed
! / brief statement CT the occurrences that
/ led 70 the sGbYersl8a OF the constitutional
/ gDrerlmsnt OF HasAii in the interest of
annexation to the nited States. viii e1-
u5itihe ;Eae complexion Of that transac-
ton.
Jan. II. lsaS. tAe slaeen OF Hs~aii, Sho
had hssn contemplating the promuisation
Of nea constitution, had, in Difference To
| Tue wishes and remonssrances of her csbi.
net, renonncesi t4e protest for the present
! at least. Taking this reiinqaishe'i purpose
as basis Of action. citizens OF Hon iiula,
numbering from 40 10 100, mostly reside nj
aliens met IN a priyste office and selected
so-callei committee uf safety, composed ot
! 3 persons, segea Of whom were foreign
subjects and consisted of i've Americans
one EngiIsbman and one German
This committee, though It's designs were
not teveael, had in view nothing less thsn
annexation 10 the niied States and between
Saturday, the ith. and the following Mon
day, the 10Th ot January, though sZaCils
shat sciion was taken may not be eiearl5
disclosed. they were certainly IN eomianni-
cation with the United Stslcs nHulster.
GA Mon5ag morliHg the QBeeu AMI her
cab net msde public proclamation with a
a tue hich MSS sp cjally ssrtcd upon the
r prtseEtailves Of all for IN governments
that any changes m tie constitution would
be soagLt chl in tie me,hois provided by
hat instrument.
SsYtrthslgS- At the cali and unler the
spjce, Of tbe committee OF safety a mass
lLertiag OF oitiz ms vas htlt on that day %
protest agaiast The t4lecn's allie gtl
illegal and unAwful proceedings ana
Purposes. Even at this meeting the com
miuee continued 10 disggise their real pur
pose AMI con;c0,ri themselves with prJcur
lqg tte passage oi = rekuluti1n derounCins
The Queen auA smpos eIing The committee
u deyise ways and mesrs "to seGnFe the
pctIn nest mailtsiuance of law and ord
and the protection Of htr, iI1.riy ami prop
erty Ia Hawaii
Tti- iae,jing aljourEgd bttNe,n 5 and
o'eL3,k in the afternoon. On ilsa sa1ie dag
aud immsditely after slah adjournment,
tie pemmittec, unwilling 10 take further
steps without the co operation of the
United States minister. ADDRESSED Lin y
note Il presenting that the public safety was
meuaced, and tba, ives aui property were
IN danger md concluded a. follows I'VE
are upable to protect oarselyes without aid,
and therefore pray for the protection Of tile
| nited Stst-s forces.
And 20 it hrppene'l that on the lGsh ds
Of January, ls9S. between I aud 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, detachment Of marines
iron, Ne tAlted States steamer Boston.
petth i've pieces Of artillery, we're landed a
Honolulu,
Tlis military demonstration upon th'
soil Of Honclau vas in itself an ACT of war,
uuless made either jth tac consent Of tie
government of Hawaii or for the bona Ode
purpose of protecting the imperiied hves
nj properly Of citizens Of the tnited
States.
Whatever may be thought Of the other
contents OF the note. the sb'olute truth Of
this latter statement is incontestabie. When
the note was written and delivered, tbt
committee, SO far ss il appears. had neither
y man nor a gun at their command AMI af-
ter its delivery they became so panic
stricken at their position that they sent
s1nle of their number 10 Interview the min
lister and request him not 10 land tho nitcd
States forces I'LL the xt morning, but he
replied that the troops had been ordered,
and neither the committee were ready OF
net the landing should take place.
But there j. no pretense of any such con
sent on the part of the government of ths
Queen. which at that time was un1isputct
and was both the de facto and the de jnre
government. In point Of fact tile existing
goYernme mt instead Of r, r,questiag the pres
ence of an armed force, protested against
il There is littl. basis for 'he pret,uee
that such forces were landed for the secur
i.y Of American life and property. If so,
they would have been stationed in the vicin
it's of such property and go as 70 protect H.
I Fin.teai Of st a distance 20 a. - com
mand the Hawaiian government buildiag
and palace. Ia1cel, the fact that after
having called for the isniing Of EniteG
States troops ON the plea Of danger to
American l5fe sai property, the commiitef
Of safety then selves requested the minister
| TO postpone actio1. exposed the uairuihtul-
EesS of their representatives, Of present
| pe,il tn life and property. The peril they
saw was anticipation growing out of Rdiltt
I in rntions on thf r psrs and something
| wti h, though not then existing, they knee
| roaIA certainly follow their attempt 10
overthrow the government of the ttueeu
| aitaout the sid of aitsd States forces.
| Thus 1t appears that Hawaii was taken
nossession of by United States forces with
t ont consent or wish Of the government OF
| the j.ianAs. or of anvil hedy sise, sor far az
! .bovn. errgp, tho [ aited States minister.
| Therefore tine military occupation Of Hon
oluIu b. the niie.i States On the Jay men
ioucd was wholly without justification.
| There is no evidence to show that an occu-
patton BY consent or as an occupation gss
ne cessitated by dangers threatening Amfri-
can life and properly. I. must be accounted
fer in some other way aul on s0ne other
ero1iad ard it, real motive AMI purpose are
neither obscure nor far 10 seek.
When oar minister recognized the pro
vi,i3n,l gov rnment the only basis On ~hicN
4 Ye.ted sas the fast that the committee Of
safety hal, in the manner above stated, d.
4 <-ssI Il 10 exist X wss neither A govern
merit ,le facio nor de iurs. Jht il wa
not IL .uch posse ssian Of the gavernmesi
nraoertv an agencies as entitled L 10 rcc
or itisn. is conelusiveiy proved by note
fennJ in tns flss ~ the legation At Donn
.,.ln addressed by the declared bead Of IL
urovlsl,nsl government To Minister Stevens
ta.sa Ian. II. 1898. in hitb be aeknoTl-
edges With expressions Of appreciation In
rn;nf.terfs recognition Of the provisional
csyv=ratneHt and states that il ia n1s yet IN
fls passessioa of the sutton hoa+e- the
nl.ea where a large nan1bsr 9s the Queen .
Etraens were chartered. though the same had
psea aegn audsd cf the tlaeeas ofhe - N
charge. Nevertheless this wroHgfHi rseos
ni,tor BY our minister placed the govern
fuent of The Queen in position Of the most
ysgiious perplexIty.
Ia gAss .lste Of thiass IL the sklesn could
h,-s. asalt xtfh sfts iRsurge6ts Alone, her