The San Francisco call., 1897-12-23
MINISTER
SEWALL AS
A MEDDLER
Charged With Being
f. Guilty Of Peculiar
r.. Conduct.
Interviewed Parker in the
-, Interests of the Enc
mics Of Damon.
Secretly Striving for Information
About the Return Of Princess
Kaiulani.
FAILS IN THE ATTEMPT.
And Now the American Diplomat and
His CO-COnspirators Feel Very
Small Over the Affair.
Secretly Striving for Information
About the Return Of Princess
Kaiulani.
FAILS IN THE ATTEMPT.
And Now the American Diplomat and
His Co-Conspirators Feel Very
Small Over the Affair.
Correspondence of The Call.

HONOLULU, Dec ia we'll au-
thenticated item has been given to The
Calls correspondent which shows, if
true, the deep interest American
Minister Harold NJ. SewaH takes in
Hawaii's internal affairs. His fire.
quent social and unimportant' visits
to the Government House have long
since earned for him the name of the
fifth wheel in the Ministerial coach,
but apparently he desires to be some
thing more and to play the role of a
republican Warwick in the formation
of governments.
The story that is told to The Call
correspondent is a serious one, and
again, if true, shows clearly that
President McKinley's representative
here is not sufficiently conscientiously
observant of the internationally ac-
cepted rules of diplomatic action
while resident in a sovereign and in
dependent country. It is said that
it does not accord with the duties of
an American Minister to the Republic
Of Hawaii to act as an interviewer or
aid Of one section of the Hawaiian
Cabinet against another, or in fact to
interfere in any way with the domes-
tic control of our affairs And vet
this is exactly what Minister Sewall
is. charged with doing.
The Call has already been informed
that the Hawaiian Cabinet is not a
homogeneous body on certain mat
ters of vital policy. 1t has been
openly intimated that the Minister of
Finance is not beloved by his col
leagues and that his resignation at
IJhis juncture would not be deeply
1mOurned over by them. They have
their own views as to a very desir-
able successor and probably also as to
bank TO relieve them of the past
= -courtesies of Mr.. Damon's bank,
which has so often aided the Ha-
waiian Governments to weather the
financial storms with short treas
uries and long" credits.
Now as to Minister SewalPs connec-
tion with Cabinet-making 1t is said
that Minister Sewall interviewed Hon.
Samuel Parker in the interests of the
political enemies of Hon Samuel NJ
Damon and did his level best to ascer-
tain the truth of an intimated fact
that the Minister of Finance was re-
sponsible for the return of Mr.. Cleg-
horn and Princess Kaiulani to their
island home and that he had paid
their expenses.
Parker has been a Cabinet Minister
himself, and, as all know, is a man of
affairs and has Travelled somewhat
He is not altogether green and as
in his incident with Minister Stevens
can speak out very frankly, and con-
sequently Minister Sewall could OBJ
tain but small satisfaction from his
queries, except to the extent that
Parker was not familiar with the
business transactions of either Mr.
Damon or Princess Kaiulani, and that
the proper source to obtain the ap-
parently much desired information
would be from the parties interested
and especially from Hon. A. S. CIeg-
horn, who would certainly know and
be only too happy to state anything of
a personal or financial nature in con-
nection with his daughter.
It is said that the American Minis
ter and his co-cOnspirators feel very
small at their failure to rope in
their newly gained associate in annex
alton into their personal-political