The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-03-20

faith and for the purposes declared
upon its face, or whether it was pre-
text used for the purpose of assisting
in the overthrow of the Queens Gov
eminent and the ultimate annexation
of Hawaii to the United States
In reference TO this last suggestion,
| the committee, upon the evidence as
it appears in their report (which
they believe is a full, fair and Impair
tial statement Of the facts attending
and preceden: to the landing of the
troops, agree that the purposes of
Capt. Wiltse and of Minister Stevens
were only those which were legiti-
mate, viz. the preservation of law and
| order TO the extent of preventing dis
turbance of the public peace which
might, in the absence of the troops.
iniUrlously affect the rightS of the
| American citizens resident in Homo
lulu.
The troops from the Boston having
rightfully and lawfully entered Homo
lulu, and having carried with them
the protection of the laws of the
| United States for their citizens who
| otherwise were left without the pro-
lection of law, it was the right of the
! United States that they should remain
! there until competent chief execu-
| tive of Hawaii should have been in
| stalled in authority to take upon him
| self the civil power and to execute the
necessary authority to provide for the
protection of all the rights of citizens
| of the United States then in Honolulu,
whether such rights were secured by
| treaty or were due to them under the
laws of Hawaii. 1t was the further
right of the officers representing the
United States in Hawaii to remain
there with the troops until all the
conditions were present to give full
assurance of security to the rights
of all the citizens of the United States
then in Honolulu.
Before the landing Of the troops a
committee of safety had been organ
lied that sent a request to the COM
mander of the Boston that troops
should be landed for the purpose of
preserving the public peace. To this
request no response was made, and
later in the day the commander of the
Boston was informed that the COM
mittee of safety had withdrawn its re-
quest and then desired that no troops
should be landed. But, disregarding
all the action of the committee of
safety and acting only upon his sense
of duty to the people of the United
States who were in Honolulu, Capt
Wiltse came to the conclusion that
the troops should be landed, and he
put them in state of preparation for
that purpose by lowering the boats,
filling the cartridge belts of the men,
and supplying them with proper ac-
cOuterments for stay Onshore. After
these preparations had been completed
Minister Stevens went on board the
ship ion Monday, and had an inter
view with Capt. Wiltse. The evidence
shows that this interview related alone |
to the question of the preservation of |
law and order in Hawaii and the pro- |
lection of Americans in their treaty |
rights. 1t seems that neither Min |
lister Stevens nor Capt. Witse then |
fully comprehended the fact that the
United States had the right, of its own
to send the troops on shore
for the purpose of supplying to Ameri-
can citizens resident there the pro-
lection of law, which had been with
drawn or annulled, because of the fact
that there was then an interregnum in
the executive department of the Gov
eminent of Hawaii. The rights of the
United States at that moment were
greater than they were supposed to be
by Minister Stevens or Capt. Wiltse,
and they were not the result of treaty
rights or obligations, but of that I'M
failing right to give protection to citi-
zens of the United States in any coun-
VI hnra thnNr no | &
5he local authorities have, through
heir own mismanagement or cOntri-
vance, rendered nugatOry the power
Of the government to perform its
proper duties in the protection of their
ives, property, and peace.
A further statement of ascertained
acts may be necessary in order to
BRING out more clearly the situation in
Hawaii on Saturday, the 18th day of
January, and to render more c0nspicu- ;
Jus the justification of the United
states in entering with its troops upon
he soil of Hawaii for the protection
# all the rights of its citizens
On Saturday afternoon and Sunday d,
and decisive steps were being .
AIKEN by the people of Honolulu who
we're most prominent in social infiu- ,
nee and in commerce and the profess .,
ions to arm the people who resented
he disloyalty of the Queen to the con- :
and to install a new execu- :
i've head of the Government. This :
movement had resulted in the organi-
alton of committee of safety, that =
roposed programme for the ,
purpose of inaugurating 4 Pro- !,
isional Government. This was an
pen, public movement, which
he Queen took no steps to suppress. ,,
10 arrests were made, and even the /;
of arrests seems to have
cen almost entirely absent from the ~
Minds of the people engaged in this v
lovement. An effort was made to Y
iyert those people from their purpose,
n Monday morning, by the Queen r
nd her ministers, who caused the fol- y
)wing notice to be posted on the :,
-reets of Honolulu:
BY AUTHORITY,
" Her Majesty's ministers desire to t
xpress their appreciation for the /;
ulet and order which have PREVAILED p
this community since the events of a
aturday, and are authorized to say Il