Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-18
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and especially SO by tn inc ai a treaty of
aua3on with this government a :atinn we
~ ~ cnnatc with view OF lts W. 70 no1itical
shall therefore continue my - ~ conspicuous
union WIN .nG foreian policy confidently hoping
tbat sooner or later it vii be crom ',n+ries
COG tn the lasting beneht OF p''ln an,n,un1ca
mo additional portion OF YOU YOU; oU Nth view
Inc ring to our domestic AFFAIRS VIII t he
Of Interfering therein IS new Ennr informa-
relations of the wogoverhlneiih,n Inited States
uoh ina th ; government to promptly rem,
oniish authority with the ques.ionfi tho Presi-
Wiling to abide by the d aerlise in single
',ord hit for the circumstances thal YOU 80
,,,;oation contains, as II appears w aao biasnd
statements and erroneous GolfGlG to this
thereon that are so pn pr hermit them
goNcrnmaeen' ,,nchallengcd; moreover IN. nc
imnorfance and menaclns C :a for mo 10 dis
proposition make 1t apPlopo.sl,aioons raised by it,
cuss nI rncocnize the right OF the presiat;e
" The United -tates to interfere IN oui nm him
affairs Such right could be eoi,,1 and by that
by the ac' # ~ could be acquired by con on
a annst This ! understand to De cn
American doctrine consplcuot,hhi e authorities
RON n,,r rnyernment President Jackson safa III
his message to Congress IN Ioo? toa gtntes is to
p'nd al Interference in disputes when nloS.y
rela te to the internal government on Jill ho nn
t;nmS and eventually to recognize VIZ az ~
thority of the prevailing p arM, This
the merits of the original controversy
ni,,nirln ot international law has peen con
i.tnnt}v recognized during the whole pasi .hao,
course of the two countries ana was otarv
LII, ~, To commissioner Blount on |MaIGn -
,H1; ana by the latter puoiiisheo
in the newspapers nxr in to Ao the hawaiian
nuhIic. The words Of these instructions w wa 81,
refer to are as follows: THE nl1cd oules od'
no right to interfere in the pollncal or M fI
ii I.lnnds. other than as herein stated re-
ierrinc to the protection OF American clllz t
or for the purpose of maintinng any 'icat! w.; oa
other rights which they possess. J. nc f 10
between the two countries confer ho * Nv VI 49,
o. Tnon what then, Mr.. Minister does the Presl-
annf 1T the United States base his rlghto lhtef
nnnnnp Your communication is without IN
formation upon this point excepting sutn az
may be contained in the following pflei anu
'a Che ue (fhe ex1Onecn) was advised and assured
bv her ministers and leaders of the moVelne,n n
for the overthrow of her government 'na' would MD
surrendered under protest her case ~oui"
aterwa.d be fairly. considered by w., ane 6Ioan
dent of the United States The Queen
finally Yielded to the arnea in Homo
lulu, relying on the good faith ana mono
of the President, when informed what nao oc,
cured. to undo the action OF the mlnlsser anu
reinstate her and the authority Whlch silc
claimed as the constitutional sovereign OF ,he
Hawaiian Islands Also it becomes my further
duty to advise YOU, sir, the executive OF INC
provisional government, and your minister's OF
The Presidents determination OF the quesuon
which your action and that OF the queen ae-
volvcd upon him, and that you are expected 10
! promptly rellnqulsh 70 her conSutu'oii'i ao-
thor4iy.' ,-.,
I understand that the FIRST quotation is referred
to in the following words OF the secoi,1l'
(Which your action and that Of the queen dc,
yolved upon him. the President OF the Unlteu
states and that the President has arrived at his
conclusions from Commissioner BlountS report
We have had as yet no opportunity OF examining
this document, but from extracts punished III
the papers all for reasons set forth mere
after, we arc not disposed to submit 1h9
conclusions. AS matter OF tact, no
member of the executive of the provisional gov
eminent has conferred with the ex.Queen, elther
verbally or otherwise, from the time the
new government was proclaimed till now, with
the exception of one or two notices which were
sent to 4er by myself in regard to her removal
from the palace, and relating to the guards
which the government first allowed her, and
perhaps others of like nature. ! infer
that u conversation which Mr.. Damon,
a member of the advisory council, is reported
by Mr.. Blount TO have had with the ex-Queen on
| January II, and which has been quoted in the
ncVspap crs, is the basis of this astounding
! claim oft President of the United States of his
authority to adjudicate upon our rights as a
government to exist. Mr.. Damon on the occa-
the cabinet, of the former government govern
who had been in conference with US
What Nj Mr. sd Damon i sal in to the eH
thority and did not report it to us.
Mr. Blounts report of his remarks on that occa-
sion furnishes this government its first intorma
tor arguments sake that the government had
| authorized such assurances that "her ease
was qfterwards Ito be fairly G con, i'd
States was it the question of her
right to subvert the Hawaiian constitution and
to proclaim u new one herself, or was it her
all, t,h rad r., Wv nrv
her claim against the United States for the al
legged unwarrantable acts of Minister Stevens,
or was it all these in the altern1tive: Who
| any of them, it could not have been
more clearly and finally decided by the Presi-
dent of the United states in favor of the pro-
vsional government than when he recognized
i. without qualification or received its accredit-
ed successfully two ENJOYS extraordinary and
ministers plenlpotentiary 10 ii; the eX-Queen in
the meantime being represented in Washington
by her agent who had full access to the Depart
ment OF State
The whole business of the government with
the President of the United States is set forth in
the correspondence between the two govern
ments and the acts and statements of the minis
ter of this government at Washington and the
annexation commissioners accredited to it. If
we have submitted our right to exist to the
United States, the fact will appear in that CORE
spondence and the action OF our ministers and
commissioners Such agreement must be shown
as the foundation of the right of your govern
mcnt to Interfere, for an arbitrator can be ere
ated only by the act of the two parties.
The eX-Quecn sent her attorney to Washing
ton to plead her claim for reinstatement in pow
er, or failing IN that for money allowance or
damages. lhlS attorney was refused pas
sage on the government dispatch boat
which was sent to San Francisco with
the annexation commissioners and their
message. The departure of this vessel was less
than two days after the new government was de-
clared. and the refusal was made promptly upon
receiving the request, therefore either on the
day the government was declared or on
the next day. If all intention to sub
init the question of the reinstatement Of
the eX-Queen had existed, why should
her attorney have been refused passage on this
boat? The eN-Queen's letter to Mr.. Harrison
dated January Is. two days after the new govern,
ment was proclaimed, makes no allusion to any
understanding between her and the government
for arbitration.
President Dole here quotes the ex-Queen's
letter which has been heretofore published
He then proceeds:
Ii any understanding had existed at that time
oet"eeIt her ana the government to submit the