The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17
1nE POLICY OF INEArr.
Fisin Democratic Talk for IN. Author ofths
Foley or Irrsmy

1neTo was no war possible with HAWAI- II IA
true. because the weakness Of the little coun-
try excluded such possibility. SO much more
reason that our Administration should not
have taken such position against such lit
tie country M might involve a cdsus Jeif. But
this position was taken by our Minister Ste
vens. when he proceeded against the Queen.
when he accepted the protectorate over the
Provisional Government actually made by
him. and made the inita,ory stems to annexa-
tion. Had the Queen he'd the power SHE
would have been compelled b. declare war
against us; but instead she resigned under
protest and we Acknowledged the Provisional
Government with whom tho new Administrn-
tion continued TO treat although It withdrew
the protectorntc and rejected the annexation.
Should we now throw out the Provisional
Government and replace Iiiiut kalani wo
would treat the Provisional Government ac-
knowledged bv us. Just as we previously
treated the Queen.
Tho President ought not to have tried that
under any circumstances without the consent
OF Congress. He ought FIRST to have submitted
the question to that body instead OF provoking
the refusal from the Provisional Government.
then stepping with this SLAP in the face before
Congress- and leaving the future to It.
President Dole has given reasons for the ro-
fusal TO abdicate in favor Of the Queen, as he
and cannot 10 contradicted. rs far as they
concern the point that tho President has no
right to decide concerning the relative claims
OF the Queen and the Provisional Government.
No matter how the latter came into existence.
IL is the Government acknowledged by us and
all the powers. and we had only to decide
whether we wanted to accept the annexation
offered 10 US or leave that country and its Gov
eminent to itself We can no longer 60 back
to the manner u creation OF its present Gov
eminent and draw its internal feuds before our
forum. The one-sided demands Of the Queen.
who has withdrawn into private life. cannot
give us a righttul title to such proceeding The
attempted Interference in the interior matters
OF the country is only new arrogance, which
will notmake good the same wrong committed
By Harrison's Administration.
A political condition, which has been created
In Hawaii. even by the unauthorized proceed
inR OF American officials aud mi Of war. can
not be m ade good in such an old fogy manner
as Cleveland's Administration has attempt-
ed. The Administration has thereby been
guilty OF another abuse committed by Amer
lean officials. It was refused and had to
withdraw. deserted By public opinion at
home. Congress will most empha.ically
refuse to walk further in this path. The
dethroned Queen does not concern us any
longer II is true. Cleveland's Administration
has done its best to prove that she has lost her
little throne through our fault and she is Mt
liberty to demand damages from us. but no.
body will care for that. She would then take
q position which belongs TO civil rights and
not to international matters. The wonderful
sympathy for her which has made the Ad-
ministration simply ridiculous will nowhere
find an echo.
Prom the Phi ddsiphin R,curd. NuG1h Dunor1.
The people OF this country DO not dote on
royalty Nor are they apt to shed bootless
tears over the distresses Of fallen dynasty In
tho south seas. Their surprise. therefore. was
extreme when they saw their Government in
Washington engaged In movement to restore
the dusky ex-Queen OF Hawaii to rule OF
which she had demonstrated her unworthi-
ness. II Liliuokalani were ten times as de-
serving OF their sympathies as she Is. her de-
serts are not such that this Govern m ent should
have exposed them to ridlcule in her behalf by
a diplomatic stroke which In it's result bears q
ludicrous resemblance to the denoueme nt OF
comic opera. The whole transaction looks as
II 1t belonged to the imaginary land Of Cocagne
and not to this real world. Hawaii. with it's
e1-Queen. Its missionary Government. and its
sugar plantations. with Claus Sprecke els thrown
in. are not worth the reproach which this dplo-
matte 6asco has brought upon the Democratic
party and its Administration.
What right in international law and comfy
had this Government to send an agent duly
accredited to the authorities OF Hawaii to de-
mand or ask them to surrender their power
into the hands Of the deposed Queen2 There
was a rumor the other day that the credentials
OF Minister Willis had been returned by the
Provisional Government and that he was on
board the Corwin In San Francisco harbor.
That this is not true shows much m ore consid-
ar a thA n tha Hawaiian Envarn.
m ent than on his own. But he should have re-
signed without awaiting the complete failure
OF his ridiculous errand. He should have re-
signed before leaving Washing rather than
have made himself the bearer OF a message
which his knowledge Of public law must have
taught him was alike unwarrantable and in
sultlng to the Government to which he was
accredited. As for his instructions. the mis-
fortune is that he did not conceive the wrong
and absurdity OF obeJing them.
From n, SIa Fraaei,o, EnImi..r. Straight D.roe,al
President Cleveland is now left In a pecu-
liarly embarrassing position. We might con-
template this fact with philosophical resigna-
ton but for the fact that the whole nation has
been plunged In the bog OF discredit along
with him. This great republic has notified a
deposed Queen that it desired her restoration.
and has named the terms on which It would
agree to intervene in her behalf She has
agreed TO the terms, thus putting herself In
the hands OF tho republic. and making It re-
sponsible for her success
The republic has requested the existing Gov
eminent OF the Queens former kingdom TO
surrender it's Offices. and has been met I'M
doubtedy with a firm refusal A nation Of
100000 600 people. which in a Just cause would
face the combined armed forces Of tho world.
has been deHed by 1000 men, and is unable to
resent the Affront because IL IL in the wrong