The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-12
SHE IS STILL QUEEN.
..,roK1LAyI REPUDIATEs HER
IETTER or LBDIChTION.
...-.,.ry Palmer says He Speaks by Au-
,sor,ty when SIC Disavow. the Legal
&c. aud Eject OF Thst Letter-He says
-. n,.,, Was Coerced Into Signing ft.

..or,ty when He Disnvows the LeEni
80, and Eject OF That Letter-He says
-. n,,.. Was Coerced Into signing IL.
v.sutNGroN. Feb. 1l.-When her Males
,,. Luiuokalani appeared In washington three
-.st. ago and drove her great and. good
Gland" Grover Cleveland, to tho nshinn
Nnnnds NJ Virginia. as she had driven him a
sU-ss,. 400 TO the hunting grounds of South
r.,oiina TO escape her, It was then believed
.s., .be came on some political errand. The
.nm.,e of Washington, she knew before COM
,--.vo, not agreeable. and her first act was to
- an interview with the President OF the
,,u,,.d states. Soon. afterward she sought
"a oh,aInel an interview with Mrs. Cleve-
III In both cases Il was thoroughly under
80, tba, size was received unoficially. and
,h., an, desired only TO pay her respects to the
Ch,,t Magistrate and the FIRST lady OF the
land" Since those Interviews took place the
.,.oueen has remained In Washington, deny
ina herself strictly to all general callers and
,.c,,yIng only the one or two important Of
s,,.Is O, the Administration and a few old &C
.r.I,,ance.. Whether she sceks.to prosecute
.claim for damages against the Government
"a desires. the testimony Of President Cleye-
,.,s In support OF the claim, or whether she
NJ. acme diplomatic mission to fulfil. has not
re, been made apparent.
The ox.Queen has not been out OF her rooms
IN the MOTEL. except.to visit the White House
and TO 60 to church. She has not seen tho
rsp,ol or the other public buildings. but she
"a very busy about something. Her secretary.
Ar chamberlain. or whatever his title may be.
Mr.. julius NJ. B.. Palmer. TODAY dropped q
vary strong hint that her Majesty" as he re-
f.r. to her always except when he refers to her
q, "ths Queen Is In Washington on political
busness. This information was drawn out
BY the publication in an.eveninE paper OF the
ls,tsr OF abdication. dated Jan. "a, 1898. In
connection with the statement that the real
object OF the ex.Queen's visit 70 Washington
hs not become apparent. Secretary Palmer
declares that the letter Of abdication was q
maud, that there Is no such person as "Liliuo-
islsni Dominis." who was compelled by force
70 sign II. and that he speaks with authority
IN disavowing the.leeal force and effect of the
alleged letter OF abdication. This Is not
worth:the paper It Il written upon and Il would
never stand In n court of equity. She was
eoercedinto signing It." he SAYS, and he char-
~scterizes those who were responsible for the
issuing OF the letters as "scoundrels." "de-
~celyers," ''monstsrs." 30. Then Mr.. Palmer
prepared for The Sun tho folio wing oflcial
statement:
1.-THE presence Of her Majesty Liliuokalani
Of Hawaii in this city has excited universal
synpathy from all GLASSES. or this fact there
can be not the least doubt. 1t Is a. grateful to
ne Is an American. as 1t 10 to her rs q Queen
and q woman. She daily expresses her sense
Of appreciation.fJr tho profferoi kindnessss. al
though she Is unable TO accept half Of them.
But I want to say. that the .o-called letter of
a~hdication was nothing moro nor lees than a
brief drawn by the Hon. A. 8. Hartwell. chief
e~ounfello- for the corporation OF sugar plant
IN :ai lawyers now posing as the Hawaiian
mean I at the Queen OF Hawaii has never
given q legal abdication. that she Is still the
awful .1l1r; even y she fS So m, to sndStfs
that On the eth OF January she was arrested
for no spccthc charged offence. taken by force
called the Executive building. She was alone
and III on or about the dA,e. yon m ,ntion. when
the laurence Of Minister Willis was needed
every moment to prevent . general massacre
otthos OF avery nation who were supposed to
b. faithful TO the constitutional monarch. Even
their captors lest they should be taken out and
hanged BY the. excited so-called republicans.
Under these circumstances without a friend
loved, her personal friends, were waiting exc
,s,ution, and the only act which would save heir
idvsntursrs knew their victim. Had they pro
posed her IN Immediate death they could not have
terrified her, but TO save those ,he loved abe
an act under the piainest kind
Of duress, void even bhd II been legally exc
cuted. But the SIGNATURE 10 worthless even to
acollector OF autographs. II Is not the Official
Signature. There was no such person recog-
nized a. Liliuykalani Dominls. and no such
person 70 this day. In their excessive caution.
Instead Of taking:her signature as Liliuokslani.
REGINA. the only form of signature which could
have bound even a valid act, they sought To
teach her the grace OF humility by asking for
the signature OF Mrs. Domints. Little good
would 1t do them In any legal contest. They
simply overreached themselves No question
Is ever settled until II Is settled right. and that
me whole Hawaiian question should DO proper
Ureyiewed Is the opinion OF . great many Of the
people OF the United States.
In an Official history writtan bv one OF tho
opposition party, Mr.. w. ID. Alexander. pub
Hshed for the Hawaiian Board OF Education.
md on the front. page one OF the best pic
lures have seen OF her Majesty. Queen Liliuo-
kalanL At Its close I notice three pages dsvot-
"a 70 showing her Rcnealogy In q direct line
ior . hundred years or 30 fron TIE ruling fam
ny OF Hawaii. The frontispiece was well chos-
On, because LiliuokalAni has always been
Known for years before her reign and when
upon tho throne as the patroness Of music,
e~oucation. and the hne arts. The only re-
eseptlon she has been willing TO give In Wash
nGton was TO a school. and the only time she
has opened her lips in public in America was
70 encourage the pupils. But In that history
buread that it was ancient and common law In
hawaii that no chief could ever DO degraded
rom the high ON GO 10 Witch birth alone is the
passport The friends of Liliuokslanl in
America or Hawaii are willing 10 stand upon