The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-18
DOLE'S MANIFESTO.
The Provisional President of Hawaii Ke piles to the Demand of Minister Willis

lencN $ communication or December l5 an- nouncing the conclusion which the president of the United States Of America has finally ar rived at respecting the application of this gov ernment for a treaty of political union with that country and referring also to the domes- tic affairs of these islands, has had the consid. eration of the government
 While we accept the decision of the president Of the United States, declining further to con- slider the annexation proposition us the final conclusion Of the present administration, we do not feel inclined 10 regard 1t as the last word Of the American government upon this subject, for the history of the mutual relations of the two countries, of American effort and influence in building up the Christian civilization which has So cons picuously aided in giving this coun try an honorable place among independent na. tons the geographical position of these islanls and the importan and, to both countries, prof table reciprocal commercial interests which have long existed, together with our weakness as sovereign nation, all point with con vincing force to practical union between the two countries as necessary 10 gain the result from the circumstances mentioned This con yiction is emphasized by the favorable express sion of American statesmen over u long period in favor of annexation, conspicuous among whom are the names of w, l. Marcy, William H. Seward Hamilton Fish and James G. Blaine, all former secretaries of stale, and especially so by the action Of your last administrator in negotiating treaty Of annexa ion with this government and sending it to the senate with view Of it's ratification. We shall therefore, continue the project of political union with the United States a5 u conspicuous feature of our foreign policy, confidently hoping that sooner or later it will be crowned with success to the lasting beneht of both countries.
 The add tioual portion of your communica
 uon referred 10 our domestic affairs with Q view of interfering therein is . new departure in the relations of the two governments, Your information that the president Of the Ualted Stat expects this government to prom, ly relinquish authority" with the question: Are you willing to abide b. the decision of the pres identy" might well be dismissed in a single word but for the circums tances that your com muIication ,ntaius, Gs it appears to me, mis- statements and erroneous conclusion based thereon that arc so preiudicial to this govern ment that l cannot permit them to pass un- | challenged. Moreover, the importance and
 menaciag character of this proposition make it | appropriate for me to discuss somewhat fully | the question raised by it.
 | We do not recognize the right of the preSi- | dent of the United States to interfere in our
 domestic affairs. Such right could be conferred | upon h.m by the act of this government and by | that alone, or 1t could be acquired by conquest | This, understand to be the Amer can doctrine | conspcuously announced from time 10 time by 1 the authorities f your government Presi | dent Jackson said in his n ssage to congress in | lSj6: The uniform policy and practice of the | United States is to avoid all interference in | disputes which mostly relate 10 the internal l government of other nations and eventually to | recognize the authority of lhs prevailing party l without reference to the merits of the original
 This principle of international law has been
 consis tently recognized during the whole past | intercourse of the two countries and was re | gently recondrmed in the instructions given by | Secretary Gresham to Commissioners Bloun
 on March II, ls9I and by the latter published | in the newspapers in Honolulu in letter of his
 own 10 the Hawaiian public The words O | these instructions, which refer to, are as fol
 lows "The United States claim no right to in
 teriere in the political or domestic affairs or Il
 the internal conflicts of the Hawaiian islLnd
 other than as herein stated (rcferring to tn
 protection of American cit zens) or for 'h
 purpose Of maintaining any treaty or othe
 rights which they possess"
 | The treaties between the two countries con
 fer no right of interference. Upon what, then
 Mir. Minister, does the president of the Unitet
 States base his right of interference: You
 communication iS without information upo
 this point excepting such us may be con!aine
 in the following brief and vague sentences "She Che ex-Queen) was advised and assure by her ministers and leaders Of the mOvemen for the overthrow of her government tha , | if she surrendered under protest he case would afterwards be fairly COT sidered by the president of the Unite
 States. The queen finally yielded | the armed forces of the United States qua l tered in Honolulu relying on the good fait
 and honor of the president when informed ( what had occurred, to undo the action of th minister and reinstate her in the authorit which she claimed as tho constitutional sove eigu of Hawaiian islands" Also. it become , my further duty to advise you, sir, the exec ! tive of the provisional government, and yor $ ministers ot the presidents determination | the question why our action and that or IT p queen devolved upon him, and that you are e' | pected 10 promptly relnQuish 10 her her col
 stitutional authority"
 understand that the first quotation Is r . | ferred 10 in the following words Of the secont v "Why our action and thaJ Of the queen d , volved upon him" (the president of the Unite
 States), and that the president has arrive
 at his conclusions from Commission
 Blounrs report We have had as yet no O 1 | portunity of examining this document, b
 from extracts published in the papers and f
 | reasons set forth hereafter, we are not dl
 posed to submit the fate Of Hawaii to l
 statements and conclusions As matter .. l fact no member of the executive or the pr s vIsional government has conferred with Il
 | eX-Queen eltucT NOTDdllS UT ONhNi "ioS A'NAN N time the new government was proclaimed | t now, with the exception Of one or two notc t which were sent to her by myself in regard Il her removal from the palace, and relating
 the guards which the government trst -llow'
 her and perhaps others of a like nature.
 infer that conversation which Mr. Damo
 a member of the advisory council, is reporo n by Mir. T3lount to have had with the ex.que ., on January l7 and which has beed quoted
 the newspapers, is the basis of this astoundi d cl jim of the president Of the United States h his authority to adj Idicate upon our right as a government to exist Mir, Damon on the , casion mentioned wSs k lowed to accompa " the cabinet of the former government whl :, had been in conference with us what N $ Damon said to the ex'Queen he said on hls . diyidual authority and did not report It to us V. After quoting correspondence alreat 'o published President Dole says
 'S lam instructed to inform you, MT. Minist y that the provisional government ot the | p waiian islands respectfully and unhesltalne 70 declines to entertain the proposition or 'e president of the United States that 1t shou ,e surrender it's authority 10 the eX-queen
 This answer Is made. not only upon
 grounds hereinbefore set forth but uoon "
 sense of duty and loyalty to the brave m
 whose commissions we kold, "ho have Tai n fuIly stood by us In the hour of trial and wht ,o will is the ouly arthly authority we recogn We canr ot betEay the sacred trust IheY ha