Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-18
PROTEST OF uILIUOKALANI
Objects to the Oession of Hawaii to the
United States.
She Declares the Annexation Treaty
md an Invasion Of Native Rights.

Ex-Queen Liliuokalani has made formal
protest against the annexation of Hawaii
by the United States. Her protest was filed
at the State Department late yesterday af-
ternoon by Mr. Joseph Heleluhe her secre-
tary. who claims to represent native Ha-
wsiians. He was accompanied by Mr.. Ju-
Illus A. Palmer. the ex-queens American
secretary.
The protest was as follows: I, Liliuoka-
LAM of Hawaii, by the will Of God named
heir apparent on the 10th day Of April, A.
d., 1877, and by the grace of God queen
OF the Hawaiian Islands. on the 18th day
OF January, A. D., 1876, do hereby protest
against the ratification of a certain
treaty, which, 20 l am informed has been
signed at Wash ngton by Messrs Hatch
IhIrston and Kinney, purporting to cede
tnose islands to the territory and dominion
OF the United States l declare such q
treaty to be an act of wrong toward the
natlVe ana parnative people of Hawaii an
INVASION OF the rights of the ruling chiefs,
III vocation OF International rights both
toward my people and toward friendly na
lions with whom they have made treaties
the perpetuation of the fraud where
.ne constitutional government was over
.iio"n ana nfially an act of gross inlusiice
to me:
Because. the official protests made by me
on the 18th day of January, 1888. to the
so-Saie9 provisional government was
sIsEeu oy me and received by said gov
ernmeht with the assurance that the case
was referred TO the United States of Amer
lea for arbitration.
Because that protest and my conuun,-
cations to the United States government
Immediately thereafter expressly declares
that yielded my authority to the forces
H. ~ .he Shited States. in order to avoid
oioodshed and because / recognized Inc
luliilty of a conflict with so formidable
a POWER.
Because the President of the T-n,ted
,,oa. lhe Secretary of State and an en-
Voy commissioned by them report.d in
onclai documents that my government wa.
uiia"fuliy coelced by the forces. diplo-
Inatc and naval of the United States that
tbs va at ,ne date OF their Investigations
Because such decision of the recnyn,zad
n a.ax istrates OF the United States was ON
Crazy communicated to Sanford b. Dole
Gnu sara ooies resignation requested nv
ALBERT s. Willis, the recognized agent 90
G minister OF the government of the United
States. WIG oeeu
Because neither the above named con-
MISSION nor the government which sends
II mas ever received any sucb authnri,y
from the registered voters of Hawaii but
oerives Its assumed powers from the So
lied on ,o I'm OF public safety, organ
Ecu on or about said 18th day of Janu
ary 1883 said committee being comnosed
aiseiy OF persons claiming American Gift
aenshlp and not one single Hawaiian was
member thereof or in any way nar,,ot'
existence io"uihs 10 It's
g. Because my people. about forty thousand
cd ~, ,t nave In no way been consult
Gu py those, three thousand In nun,ha.
VINO ciaim the right to DESTROY Tho ina
pendence of Hawaii My people constitu,a
~ aS11T Turns Of the legally qualified voters
nawaii, and excluding those Unmarried
Ioi the demands of labor ahout the go,
fi3portlon of the inhabitants 'e
because said treaty ignores not onlv III.
herediisr m.s n OF my people. but. further. the
y ~ eu n property of their chiefs. OF the
4"'Vp acres composing the territory sa,S
.ieaty oners TO annex, 1000 900 or el5 OOo
ncfes mas IN no way been heretofore racos,
the ds o.ner than the private property OF
VIZ CONSTITUTIONAL monarch, subject 10 a
control IN no way differing from otha.
Items of a private estate '
because II is proposed by said treaty. IN
IN "aa SAD property, technically called
tne crown lands, those legally entitled
thereto either now or in possession race;,,-
ing no consideration whatever for estates
.neir title to which has been always nm.
disputed, and which is legftimateIv in NV
name at this date. IN my
because said treaty ignores not only all
PROFESSIONS or perpetual amity and good
Iaith made by the United States in former
Tedtes with the sovereigns representtno
the Hawaiian people. but all treaties made
by those sovereigns with other and friendIy
powers, and IL is thereby in violation ~
international law.
Because by treating with the parties
claiming at this time the right TO cede
said territory of Hawaii, the government
OF the United States receives such terri
tory from the hands of those whom its
own magistrates illegally elected by the
people or the United States and in office in
1889 pronounced fraudulently in power
and unconstitutionally ruling Hawaii:
Therefore, L, LIliuokalani of Hawaii do
hereby cali upon the president of that ma
ton. TO whom alone / yielded my property
ana my authority, 10 withdraw said treaty
tceding said islands, from further consid-
Grafton. l ask the honorable Senate of the
United States to decline to ratify said
treaty, and L implore the people of this
great and good nation, from whom my an
cestors learned the Christian religion to
sustain their representatives in such acts
of justice and equity as may be i'm accord
with the principles of their fathers and to
the Almighty Ruler of the universe to
Him who judGeth righteously, l commit
my cause.
Done at Washington, District of Column
bia, United States of America, this 18th
day of June. in the year 1897.
(Signed) LILIUOKALANI
Witnessed by Joseph Heleluhe, wekeki
Haleluhe, Julius A. Palmer.
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