New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-21
THE COMING REPTBLiC.

Tho LATEST news from Hawaii indicates that
further modification may be in store LOT our
laundering Administration. 1t has recoshizeu
the Provisional Government as other ha'io"'
bovo If II should soon be called upon TO recoG-
nize the Republic OF Hawaii. the memory ''''''
the power of the United States was VaihE IN.
ertc1 10 rc-cstabsh barbarous. corrupt anu
indecent monarchy over Il people VINO preiei'e"
n republic would be in the last degree huihii'-
atinC 10 the Administration. Yet ii is not pos
sihe 10 find decent reason for refusing rccog-
milton to the Hawaiian Republic. when me
neople of the islands deliberately establish 'ha'
form Of government for themselves. PRESIDENT
Cleveland cannot set up the theory ut TINS la'e
day that the divine right of boodthlrsl! anu
shameless monarch makes II Impossible I'D
establish a free Government by reNoiu'ioh'
British theories Of tariff and of finance nave
been embraced by him. but an American iresi-
dent will hardly maintain that revolution
against King George was wicked ana mat 'he
American Republic has no right TO exist.
The formation Of free Government IN inc
Hawaiian Islands, it would appear from ms
patches, will involve no serious difhculty ana
will give general satisfaction. The natives ana
the Japanese and Portuguese who are now
residents will have ample protection Tor thcir
rights i'm the power TO vote for the most n'iih'r
ous branch of the lawmaking body. Restriction
Of the right Of suffrage for the executive ana
the higher lawmaking branch TO citizens having
n Droperty and educational qualification VIII
Drotect the commercial community against the
Ignorance or the lingering prejudice OF 'nc
natives. and should also suffice To guard The
new Government against foreign Vaccinations
for control of the islands But recognition by
the United States. without formal treaty sup
ulatOns. would carry with II Il measure OF opH-
CATION TO befriend the new Republic III ease OF
any unus assault by a foreign Power Inc
importance TO the United States OF securing
permanent cOaling- and depot OF naval
supplies in the Pacific, which can now be OBJ
tanned only by negotiation with the actual GOV
eminent Of the islands. will make II the I'M
pcraivc duty Of our Government to give fricnd-
" support TO the new Republic. Thus President
Cleveland will find that his secret and dis
graceful policy has not merely been dcfca'cd
but that the necessities Of his position force
him to cultivate friendly relations with the
governing forces that he most unjustly sought
to overthrow.
Testimony taken before the Senate committee
overwhelmingly refulcs the false assertions OF
my Commissioner Blount, upon which the
President has based his policy. II IL now cstab-
lishcd beyond decent dispute. by officers OF the
marine force that landed at Honolulu that they
not only did not interfere, but were expressly
instructed not to interfere in any way except
for the protection of the lives and property or
American citizens. ExMnister Stevens brings
out one fact that sufficcs by itself to refrte the
assertions Of Paramount Blount, which the
President and Secretary Gresham have Off
cially repeated as if they were truths. Mr.
Stevens shows that twenty-five hours after the
marines had landed, and after the Queen had
been deposel and the Provisional Government
established. She formally appealed to him as
American Minister TO the power and the
marines of the United States in her behalf
This IS not only conclusive proof that no such
force had been used against her up to that
time and that the revolution had not succeeded
by aid Of the marines or the Minister, but 1t
also proves that the cx-Queen had not ut that
time the slightest notion that such forces or in
flucncc had been used against her or expecta-
ton that they would be. The false pretence OF
Mr. Blount that the revolution was effected by
United States forces. was an afterthought, and
Is disproved by the act Of the deposed Queen
herself