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


existing and t. further assure you thai
this and al other communications zIoSa1
this Government are written IA tie saEae
spirit, and ] trust that no statement
presenting the claims aud views " the
Government concerning any matter of
law OF fact. may, By reason " its direct
ness and dlstlnctness be construed as
otherwise than Of similar character.
In compliance with your request Tor
certain specifications concerning rny
letter " Dec. 9th, I reply thereto as
follows.
First You inquire s.s TO the meaning
OF tae word attitude az used IN IDy
letter.
4 reply that the word was used by me
IN its ordinarily accepted sense. Iaeasllng
the bearing. tue posture as indicating
purpose Of those referred 70.
You further say;
eWill you point out where aud when
and how the representative Of the LnIted
States assumed any attitude toward the
supporters Of the Provisional Govern
Laent or that Government itself. other
than one essentially and deslgnedlg ex
pIessiye Of peaeeS"
La reply I would say that the attitude
Of q person Is 10 be aSeertaIned only hg
inferences drawn from the known words
and acts Of such person, and the eondl-
they take place.
Some Of the words and actions Of the
United States aud Jts representatives 1n
this connection. and the conditions aud
circumstances attendant thereupon, srom
which lts intentions and attitude toward
the Provisional Government must bc SD-
ferred, are as follow.
i. a treaty Of annexation bad been
negotiated between the Provisional Gov
a.s@r.r A
Inent and presented 10 the Senate Tor
ratification. This treaty was withdrawn
by President Cleveland immediately
upon has entering office without prior
notice 10 this Government or ITS repre-
sentatiVes o. has intention 80 10 Go, 81 Of
llls reasons Tor sRch action.
2 Immediately thereafter the Pregl-
dent appointed Hon. James I'll. Bl0unt Is
special commissioner 30 Hawaii to IL
vestigate the condition OF affairs at Ha-
wan
The knowledge OF such appointment
was withheld from the representative of
the Government at Washington. Tbs
press having announced the appoint
ment, the Hawaiian representative -afs-
lslled 10 the State department for inform
alton concerning the same. The Seere-
tary OF State refused 20 state the objeSsE
of the mission or even TO ADMIT that &
9. On the 18th DAY Of june. 1895.
Mr.. Thurst0n. Hawaiian Minister II
Washington. addressed communion
ton TO Mr. Gresham. Secretary OF State
II which the following language
used. VIZ:
Il am directed by my Governments to
represent TO y0u thai, while the hawaii
an Government has fuIl confidence rs
the good faith OF the United States
treatment OF the relations between the
two countries, Al seems proper that II
should be informed as 10 the effect the
present uncertainty rs to tine ultimate
course to be pursued has upon the sisn-
alton Ia Hawai-
The long continued delay and nm
certainty keeps the entire community Va
a feverish state OF mind bs- reason Of
which business Il seriously affected.
capital y rendered tlnid. thereby hamper
ing all enterprises which are conducting
their business on credit; the Govern
ment's credit and ability to borrow Is
7lrejadiced. the expenses of the C4overn-
naent are largely increased by the Beces-
Sit1- Of maintaining "a considerable armed
force for the protection Of uublic order.
and the enemies Of the Government are
encouraged TO conspire against law ana
order. an Of which \ hicAly preladicial
but to the very large amount of Ameri-
can capital invested In avail and the
mutual trade now beinc conducted
between the two countries.
1T Is important for the HawaiiaR
Government to know The intentions
OF the United Sta.c Government
concerning annexation ri rs early q date
as possible. ~. If annexation fs nos to
take place. the methods Of treating local
different from those to be purSped II
annexation Is 70 take place.
'It Is also important that, whatever
the intentions of the United States Gov
ernment nnsy he, concerning the subject
matter, the Hawaiian Government be
informed what such intentions are before
the same are made public, in order that Il
may consider the situation with full know
ledge OF all It's aspects, and decide upon
such course OF action as may be neces-
sary to preserve order and protect the
Of the people OF Hawaii.
For the reasons above stated
respectfully request that 2 decision may
be arrived at ana communicated rs
speedily as Is consistent with the inter
ests OF the United States"
No reply has ever been made 70 such
communication.
A. Upon the arrival of Mr Blount IN
the country be did not communicate or
In any manner intimate to the Hawaiian
that his Investigations were
to be directed toward the right or
existence of the Government to whom
he was accredited. All OF his investiga
tioDs and examinations were private, s1ld
such persons only were examined as he
chose to call.
). An examination 81 his report since
published, shows that there are state-
ments by approximately sixty Royalist
and twenty supporters Of the Provisional
Government
That he had obtained uo statement
from the four members Of the Cabinet
voted out before the revolu .ionary al
tempt Of the Queen although he has
exhaustive statements from
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