The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-18

is to enable the president to receive these |
official communications before any init
nation of their character can be tele-
graphed. will on Tuesday acknowledge
ional government, notifying it that the
president of the United States will be
Informed thereof, and that no further
steps will be taken by me unit; l shall
have heard from him. l shall deliver
a. similar communication to the queen
here and the peculiar conditions sur
rounding this people, prompt the above
course, which trust will meet the appro-
baton Of the president and Of yourself.
! think it proper to acknowledge in this
public way the eff cient services rendered
to the government of the United States
by our consul general, Mr.. Mills, since
10y " ' " albert S. Willis"
President Do1e's Reply
to the demands of the United States min
lister as follows:
exceilency's '' communication @f it of Dec. 19,:
announcing the conclusion which the
president of the United States of Amer
lea has finally arrived at respecting the
application of this country for treaty OF
political union with that country, and re.
these islands, has had the consideration
of the government. While it is with deep
disappointment that we learn that the
important proposition which we submitted
to the government of the United States,
and which was at first favorably consid-
cred by it, has at length been rejected:
we have experienced sense OF relief
that we are now favored with the first
official information upon the subject that
has been received through period OF
over nine months. While we accept the
decision of the president OF the United
States declining further to consider the
annexation proposition as the final con-
clusion of the present Administrator, we
do not feel inclined to regard 1t as the
last word of the American government
mutual relations of the two countries,
| Of American effort and influence in build
ing up the Christian civilization which
has so conspicuously aided in giving. this
country an honorable place among lnde-
! pendent nations, the geographical posi-
and to both countries profitable, reclpro-
| cal commercial interests which have long
| existed, together with our weakness as
| sovereign nation, all point with convlnc-
| ing force to practical union between the
two countries as the necessary logical re-
! suit from the circumstances mentioned.
| This conviction is emphasized by the
| favorable expression of American states
men over long period in favor OF an
nexation, conspicuous among w WmGm a1 .
| II
Seward, Hamilton Fish and James e.
Blaine, all former secretaries OF state,
| and especially so by the action of your
| last administration in negotiating n
treaty of annexation with this govern
ment and sending it to the senate with a
view of its ratification.
! Can't Ignore Misrepresentation.
I'VE shall, therefore, continue the prog,
ect of political union with the United
| States as the conspicuous feature OF our
foreign policy, confidently hoping that
sooner or later it will be crowned with
success, to the lasting benefit OF both
countries. The additional portion of your
communication, referring to our domestic
affairs with view of interfering therein
is a new departure in the relations OF the
two governments. Your information thai
the president Of the United States ex
poets this government to promptly rein n
you willing to abide by the decision o!
the presidents? might we'll be dismissed
! in single word but for the circumstance:
, that your communication contains, as i
appears to me, misstatements and CHROME
. so prejudicial to this government that
. cannot permit them to pass unchallenged
Moreover, the Importance and menacin.
character of this proposition make it ap
propriate for me to discuss somewha
!, fully the questions raised by it:
president of the United States to inter
fere in our domestic affairs. Such RICH
could be conferred upon him by the &C
of this government, and by that alone, o
it could be acquired by conquest. This
understand to be the American doctrine
l conspicuously announced from time t
), time by the authorities of your govern
ment. President jackson said in his mes
l sage to congress in 1886: The uniforr
), policy and practice of the United State
| - ~1 s,,4o l.,
: which mostly relate to the internal go,
II | eminent of other nations, and eventual
- to recognize the authority of the prevail
ing party, in reference to the merits c
Il the original controversy
: This principle of international law ha
q whole past intercourse of the two cou1
r tries, and was recently confirmed in til
L instructions given by Secretary GRESHAM
$ to Commissioner Blount on March T.
s 1893, and by the latter, published in tn
y newspapers of Honolulu, in a letter {
+ his own to the Hawaiian public. III
l. words of these instructions which reft
e to are as follows: The United State
claim no right to interfere in the polite:
a or domestic affairs or in the internal col
+ tlicts of the Hawaiian islands, other tina
d as herein stated (referring to the prote
l. ton of American citizens), or for the pu
II pose OF maintaining any treaty or 9TH
It rights which they possess The treati,
h between the two countries confer
e No Right Of Interference.
+ Upon what then, Mr.. Minister, do
y the president of the United States ba
'. his right of interference? Your commu1
l. cation is without information upon til
N point, excepting such as may be containt
Ut in the following brief and vague sentenc
'e She 0he ex-queen was advised and a
N sured by her ministers and leaders of Il
1T movement for the overthrow of her go
n. eminent that if she surrendered und
lie protest her case would afterwards
I'd fairly considered by the president of t.
lie United States. The queen finally yield
to to the armed forces Of the United State
III then quartered in Honolulu. relying
lie the good faith and honor of the preside
II, when informed of what had occurred
undo the action Of the minister and rel
e. state her and the authority which s
I'd claimed as the constitutional sovereign
2 the Hawaiian islands, Also: 1T |
i. comes my further duty to advise you, S
81 the executive of the provisional govel
in ment, and your ministers, of the pre-
III dents determination of the questi
IL which your action and that of the que
=, | deyOlved upon him, and YOU are exDect