The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-31
TINE BAWIr,AS INVESTIGATION
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what re saw, Heard. aud Inferred.
wAsrrNaroN. Jan. 3O.-Tho Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations this morning prompt
~ renewed the Hawaiian investigation. one OF
the witnesses. Mr. +. W. Reader. who failed TO
reach here yesterday, being put upon the
stand. Mr.. Reader lives in Cedar Rapids Ia. d.
and was a tourist in the islands at tho time Of
the revolution, having gone there about four
months prior TO the outbreak.
In less than two hours after the proroguing
Of the Legislature. Jan. IL. 1893. Mr. Reader
said. the Queen tried 10 proclaim the new Con-
stitution, but three out Of four Of her Cabinet
refused to be party TO such revolutionary
proceedings" The Queen advised her follow
ers to go home quietly and maintain the peace
until a more opportune time. which they did.
and this. said the witness. ended the native
movement Of that day.
Mr. Reader then explained tho formation Of
the Committee Of Safety for the purpose OF
overturnnR what remained Of the native Gov
eminent In testifyinR concerning certain
facts given him by Mr. Peterson. the Attorney
General. Mr.. Reader said that Mr.. Thurston
told Mr.. Peterson. as early as Sunday morn
ing. that the Queen was TO be deposed. and
that Minister Stevens had said he would suv-
FORT the movement II properly announced.
Mr.. Reader said that Peterson had told him
about tho meeting OF stevens with the COM
mittee. when Stevens said he could do noth-
ing so long as Wilson was Marshal, and said
that the Minister appeared to have grievance
against Wilson.
MIR. IThufston had stated in the PUBLIC prints
mass meeting. Mr. Reader declared that there
were not more than l.2UO present of which
was the meeting that declared the Hawaiian
moparchJ at an end. The meeting OF the
natives. witness said. was fully as largely at
tended. 1t was freely talked on the streets
that members OF the Advisory Committee
said Mr.. stevens had promised to help the
people would declare a provisional Govern
ment be, would TTecognize Il as the Govern
ment de facto. The pivotal point upon which
the Judgment hinges commended Mr.. Reader.
IL whether on Jan. IA. 10. and lB American
lives and property were SO mperil!ed that tho
such condition, he said. existed. There was
no body OF armed men on the arrests for three
Queens force was ample to protect Am orleans,
to maintain order. and secure the peace OF tho
city. lie challenged any man to point out any
American citizen whose lie or property was
Mr.. Header is said to have declared that he
did not approve OF the course OF the Queen. it
was revolutionary, aud demanded investiEa-
tion. The remedy was TO he found. however,
should have been arrested and tried, and
meanwhile her successor kaiulani, who had
tSfop The native would Yn thS
haye been continued and the natives satisfied.
Mr.. Reader then recited the acts OF tho Pro-
visional Government. Among other things. "A
law was passed making IL n crime to talk
against or publish anything against the new
Government or concerning the character Of
any OF it's mem bers; the writ OF haLeas corpus
was suspended and the liberty OF the citizens
restricted. The, native side of the story
pressed. and tho first authorized statement
from that side came from Paul Neumann
month after tho revolution. The efforts to
suppress the truth, MIR. Reader said, reminded
ono Of the star chamber sessions of tho If
teenth century. The local military force was
recruited Mr.. Reader said. 10y PAYING, exorh-
tsnt wages. and the army put under the com
Government overthrow, he said. was Ameri-
can In all hut name, and in concluding this
part Of his statement Mr.. Reader said:
Tho American Is there the same as he was
before he went thers-a grRspinG. unscrupu-
lous money getter and he has plundered the
islands"