The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-17
10 ANNEX HAWAII.
The Treaty. Signed in Washington
Yesterday Morning,

Washington, June 10. The Hawaiian
i annexation treaty Was signed at v:20 this
morning at the State Department by Sec
rotary Sherman, for the United States,
and by MessrS. Hatch, Thurston and kim
q ney for Hawaii. The document will be
4 at once submitted to the Senate.
d y The thu &c Hawaiian commissioners Sec
rotary Sherman ard Assistant Secretaries
Dag and Cridler assembled I'm conference
8 Ia the diplomatic room of the State De-
pertinent at 3 o'clock and made careful
com parison OF the text of the treaty.
The treaty as agreed to by representa-
Gves OF the United States and Hawaii
provides for the annexation of the islands
as territory of the United States The
Dole government is to continue in force
until the territorial government can be
\ perfected.
The one point of Importance in which
s the treaty differs from the convention ne
g0tiated by Secretary Foster in President
Harrison's administration is in the omis-
sioR of any provision for ex- Queen Liliuo-
kalani and Princess Katulani.
N In the original treaty 1t was provided
that the government of the United States
should pay the ex.queen the sum of
500, 006 cash and tho same amount of
m oney as pension each year during the
remainder of her natural life, provided
she lin good faith submitted to the gov
ernment of the United States and the
local government of the islands.
The Princess KRinlani, being the next
i i'm line of royal blood was to receive a
y cash payment of $i50, 600, but no pension
under u similar proviso as in the case of
the ex.oueen.
1t is understood that any objection that
might have been expected to the annex,l.
tson OF the islands based on the large
proportion Of coolies in the population,
has been forestalled by an article not only
by prohibiting the further emigration of
such iaborers to the Hawaiian Islands,
but also prohibiting the coming of any of
the Chinese from the islands to other
ports of the United States.
All repen ne from the islands is to be
used for the benefit of the inhabitants,
for educational and other purposes. The
present treaties and laws governing
Hawaii's commercial relations with for
eign nations shall remain in force until
Congress takes action.
The United States assumes public debt
OF Hawaii, but it stipulates that this liza
b'iity shall not exceed four million dol
lars.
The government of Hawaii cedes to the
United States absolutely and forever all
right or sovereignty over the Hawaiian Is
lands and its dependencies; that these is
lands shall become an integral part of the
United States.
Hawaii also cedes to the United States
all public lands, public buildings, and
public property of every description.
Congress shall enact special laws to govern
the disposition OF the lands of the Ha-
waiian Islands.
The treaty before coming effective shall
be ratified by the proper authorities of
the United States and Hawaii.
After the treaty was signed congratu-
lations were exchanged, and a photograph
of the scene was taken.
Mr.. Days connection with the treaty
is rather more intimate than that of the
others. He and Mr.. Hatch concluded
the details from an original draft Of the
treaty made by Hon. John w. Foster.
Washington, June 16.-The Japanese
government to-day filed protest against
the Hawaiian treaty..on tine ground that
it, promises to lead to breach of the
treaty stipulations between Japan and
Hawaii. To what extent this protest
will be carried can only be guessed.
London, June 16.-The morning papers
continue to discrss the question of the
annexation OF Hawaii to the United
States.
The Daily Graphic says: sHad Eng
land been in the position of the United
States she would probably have annexed
Hawaii years ago.
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