The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-02-09

overthrow OF the monarchy and the
establishment of the Provisional Govern
ment, and all men OF character and stand
ing In the community, while number of
those examined on the royalist side are
irresponsible characters.
6. Upon the 18th day of May, 1893,
Mr. Blount. without first communicating
to this Government what his instructions
were or his intentions so to do, published
his official instructions in Honolulu
newspaper in the form of an address Z" to
the People of the Hawaiian Islands" and
concluded with the following words !:
while 1 shall refrain from interference
between conflicting forces, of whatever
nationality, for supremacy, L Will pro-
tect American citizens not participating
III such conflict"
z. Although Mr.. Blount's report IS
official in character, vitally affects this
Government, is distinctly hostile to it in
tone and conclusions, no request to this
Government for explanation OF the
charges therein made was received, nor
opportunity to reply thereto, or notice
of It's contents given prior to its pubhca-
ton. The first information concerning
the contents of such report was obtained
by this Government through published
extracts in the American papers, dated
Nov. Doth last, no official copy thereof
being furnished the Hawaiian Minister
at Washington until Nov. 25th, and none
received by this Government at Honolulu
until December 22nd last, such copies
having been furnished only after several
applications there for to the State depart
ment.
8. On November Z, you having ar
rived in Honolulu, presented your Gre
dentials to this Government as Ameri-
can Minister, with the usual declara-
tions of friendship and regard, and were
duly received and acknowledged. Simul-
taneously Herewith, Admiral Skerrett
was suddenly and unexpectedly removed,
and Rear-Admiral Irwin appointed to
the command of the American naval
forces in Honolulu. Such change was
almost universally interpreted by the
press of the United States as having a
bearing upon the contemplated execu
ton of the announced policy of the
President concerning Hawaii. The eX
tract hereafter contained, from the NeW
York Herald, is a sample of the inter
probation placed thereon by the press of
your own country favorable to such
policy.
| do not claim or intimate that the
personnel of the commanding officer
of the United States forces is of any
concern to this Government, nor sug-
gest that the Interpretation placed
theron by the American press is cor
rect, nor that your Government is re-
sponsible for such Interpretation. This
incident is mentioned simply as part of
the res geSts of the case which this
Government had before it, and as one
of the many things which it was obliged
to consider in drawing its differences as
to what the intentions of your Govern
ment were.
9. Upon the Sth of November last the
New York Herald published statement
from its Washington correspondent,
from which I make the following ex-
tracts:
"a diplomatic bombshen will burst
within the next few days and the re-
port viii be heard throughout the entire
world
'The bomb will be thrown by an ac-
credited representative of the United
States Government. and he will hurl it
against the badly conceived and worse
Provisional Government of
the Hawaiian Islands.
"If Minister Willis and Rear-Admiral |
Irwin arrived in Honolulu on schedule, |
there would be even ivelier times in the |
capital city of the Hawaiian Islands to- |
day than there is in the metropolis of |
The United States. 8 +
Briefly stated, the present admins |
tration will do all in its power to restore |
the condition of affairs which existed in |
Hawaii at the time Minister Stevens |
* \ brought about the overthrow |
Of Queen Liliuokalani. X
The same force, that of the United |
States Government, which made the |
Provisional Government possible has |
sustained them to this day. They could |
not have made the revolution of which |
they were the head center, success
except for the support given them by |
the administration In Washington, and |
there is every reason to believe that the |
Provisional Government would have |
gone down long ago but for this same |
support s
"The fact that new Minister has |
been sent to Honolulu to succeed Min
ister Stevens and that Rear Admiral |
lIhlI udS DceH btul W TellcNe SOm-
modore Skerrett, has been accepted in
many instances as an inkling OF the Ad-
policy towards Hawaii.
"This means that the Queen will be |
restored to her throne and the Provis-
onal Government, representing only
small part of the people of Hawaii, will
soon be thing of the past"
/ do not intimate that the United
States Government is responsible for the
Itterances of the Herald, but cite the
lbove rs one of several instances in
which information of intended acts or
he part of your Government vital to this
Government has been denied to this
government. and first made known to it
through the public press.
10. On Nov. IL the papers OF the
United States published a letter from
he Secretary of State to the President,
lated Oct Is, 1898. No previous notice
lad been given TO this Government of
he contents of such letter or of the in
ention to make it public.
In that letter the Secretary, referring
o the intention of this Government,
ays:
"They relied ON no military force of
heir own, for they had Lone worthy of
he name. The Provisional Government