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habitants of the Hawaiian Islands for
educational and other public purposes.

habitants of the Hawaiian Islands for
educational and ether public purposes.
ARTICLE III.
Until Congress shall provide for the
government of such islands all the civil,
judicial and military powers exercised by
said Islands, shall be vested in such per-
son or persons and shall be exercised in
such manner as the President of the
dent shall have power to remove said
stoned.
The existing treaties of the Hawaiian
Islands with foreign nations shall forth
with cease and determine, peing replaced
by such treaties as may exist, or as may
United States and such foreign nations.
The municipal legislations of the Ha-
Waiian Islands, not enacted for the full
fillment of the treaties so extinguished,
and not inconsistent with this treaty. FOR
contrary to the Constitution of the United
States, nor to any existing treaty of the
United States, shall remain in force until
the Congress of the United States shall
otherwise determine.
Until legislation shall be enacted ex-
tending the United States customs laws
the existing customs relations of the
Hawaiian Islands with the United States
and other countries shall remain un-
changed.
ARTICLE w.
The public debt of the Republic of Ha-
wall, lawfully existing at the date of the
treaty, including the amounts due to de-
positors in the Hawaiian Postal Saw
ings Bank, IS hereby, assumed by the
liability Of the United States n in this this re- re-
gard shall in no case exceed $4,000, 900.
So long, however. as the existing govern
items of the Hawaiian Islands are con,
tinued as hereinbefore provided, said
government shall continue to pay the in
terest on said debt.
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There shall be no further immigration
of Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands, ex-
cept upon such conditions as are now or
may hereafter be allowed by the laws of
the United States, and no Chinese by
reason of anything herein contained shall
be allowed to enter the United States
from the Hawaiian Islands.
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall appoint five commis-
sioners. at least two of whom shall be
residents of the Hawaiian Islands, who
shall as soon as reasonably practicable,
recommend to Congress such legislation
concerning the territory of Hawaii as
they shall deem necessary or proper.
ARTICLE VII.
This treaty shall be ratified by the
President of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the Sem
ate, on the one part; and by the Presi-
dent of the Republic of Hawaii, by and
with the advice and consent of the Sen
ate, in accordance with the Constitution
Of the said Republic, on the. other; and
the ratifications hereof shall be exchang-
ed at Washington as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respective
plenipotentiaries have signed the above
articles and have hereunto affixer their
seals.
Done in duplicate at the City of Wash
ington, this sixteenth day of June one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN SHERMAN (Seal)
FRANCIS MARCH HATCH (Seai.)
LORlN a. THURSTON (Seal.)
WILLIAM A. KINNEY (Seal)
The impression is now prevalent in the
Senate, even by the friends of Hawaiian
annexation, that the treaty canno. be
ratified at the present session If there is
any such opposition as promised. The
programme now is t11t the treaty w,li
be reported from the committee and that
after the tariff bill has passed it will be
called up The Senate will be asked if
time for vote can be fixed and upon the
objections by the opponents of the treaty
its friends will say they are content to
allow it tn lie over until the next session.
One reason for not pressing the treaty
in the face of opposition is that the SEN
tinlent which may be only partially op-
posed to the treaty will be crystalized. II
is also believed that Senators who are
now undecided may become influenced
fayorably after mature consideration and
after finding out what the drift of senti-
ment Is in their States. 1t is well
known that Senators canot be held here
after. the tarin bill is passed in the hot
weather