The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-08

VINO addressed the mass meeting OaiiON
by the Committee of Safety on the day
prior to the establishment of the Provls-
ional Government, and but one Oh the
eight field and staff officers, and none OF
the eleven line officers In command OF
the forces of the Provisional Govern
rnent and none OF the five commissioners
sent to Washington. although all of such
men omitted to be examined were eye
witnesses and active participants IN the
overthrow of the monarchy and the
establishment of the Provisional Govern
ment, and all linen of character and stand
ing In the community, while number OF
those examined on the royallst side are
irresponsible characters
g. Upon the 18th day of May, 1893,
Mr. Blount, without first communicating
to this Government what ms INSTRUCTIONS
were or his intentions so to do, published
his official instructions In Honolulu
newspaper In the form of an address Ito
the People OF the Hawaiian Islands" and
concluded with the following words
while shall refrain from interference
between conflicting forces, of whatever
nationality, for supremacy, L Will pro-
tect American citizens not participating
IN such conflict.
4. Although Mr.. Blounts report Is
official I'm character, vitality 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 its 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 ther, 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-
tons of friendship and regard, and were
duly received and acknowledged. Stimuli
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
bearing upon the contemplated execu-
ton of the announced policy of the
President concerning Hawaii. The ex-
York Herald, is a sample of the inter
probation placed thereon by the press OF
your own country favorable to such
policy.
I 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
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 gestE of the case which this
Government had before it, and as one
of the many things which it was obliged
to consider In drawing it's 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 / make the following ex-
tracts:
"a diplomatic bombshell will burst
within the next few days and the re-
port will be heard throughout the entire
world.
1.-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
managed Provisional Government of
the Hawaiian Islands
'sIf Minister Willis and Rear-Admiral
Irwin arrived in Honolulu on schedule,
there would be even hvelier times In the
capital city of the Hawaiian Islands to-
day than there is in the metropolis of
the United States.
.sBriefly 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.
1.-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
..The fact that ii new Minister has
been sent to Honolulu to succeed Min
ister Stevens and that Rear Admiral
Irwin has been sent to relieve Com
modore Skerrett, has been accepted in
many instances as an inkling of the Ad-
ministration's policy towards Hawaii.
.sThis means that the Queen Will be
restored to her throne and the Provls-
ional Government, representing only q
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
utterances of the Herald, but cite the
above as one of several instances IL
which information OF intended acts on
the part of your Government vital to this
Government has been denied to TIN:
Government, and first made known 10 Il
through the public press.
10. On Nov. IL the papers of the
United States published a letter from
the Secretary of State to the President
dated Oct. Is, 1893. No previous NOTES
had been given to- this Government o
the contents of such letter or of the IN
tention to- make it public
In that letter the Secretary, referring