The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-04

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from Honolulu on the 9th OF August,
Lieutenant Tarleton says:
THE schooner we dispatched to
the Admiral no sooner reached him
than he set off in haste for this place,
where he arrived on the 25th July.
His first proceeding was to issue a
declaration saying that he had come
to inquire into the demands which
the King had found it impossible to
comply with, and to ascertain If
there was really necessity for the
cession that had been made to Lord
g. Paulet. The next thing we
heard was that treaty had been
signed by the King and Admiral
(Which treaty had been drawn up
on board the Dublin on her passage
from Valparaiso, in which the ISL
ands were given back to His Majesty
the former cession was put on one
side, and the native flag was to be
re-hoisted on the following Monday.
This was accordingly done, with all
pomp and circumstance that could
possibly be lent to it. Here we are
therefore, eating dirt before two
American Commodores and cor
vette, very much to the satisfaction
of Mr.. Judd and his party, Lord
George has run the risk that all men
do who act on their own respon-
siblity."
The writer remarks subsequently,
that it was annoying to know that
the islands were not given back ito
the natives, but to the Americans"
In a later letter (the one Just
quoted from having been hurriedly
fnished), Lieutenant Tarleton ex-
plains how Lord George Paulet
came on the scene In consequence
of accounts which had reached the
Government, he was sent in the
Carysfort to inquire into the state
of affairs, and to demand redress on
some points that had been specific
ally mentioned. He anchored off
the harbour at Honolulu, February
10, 1S43. Negotiations for the
redress of English grievances fol-
lowed his arrival, but ''insurmount-
able difficulties" were said to have
occurred, aud then the King pro-
posed provisional cession of the
islands OF Queen Victoria. Lieut.
tnant Tarleton had not been able to
define "the precise rock on which
they split" but he believed it to have
Teen concerned Immediately with
the proceedings connected with the
bankruptcy OF certain British sub
jsct. The King was really, however,
he believed, Influenced in desiring
to place his country under English
rule by fear that the French, who
had just taken forcible possession
OF Tahiti, would make a descent
upon the Sandwich Islands. Lieut.
enant Tarleton excuses himself from
passing judgment on the proceed
ings which he records, but he goes
SO far as to say, "Much will depend
on the policy OF the British Govern
ment, which can only hope will
bear out my captain, particularly as
| consider the transfer Of the isl
ands to some foreign Power as
merely question OF time, as it ap-
pears to me impossible for them to
retain their independence, notwith-
standing the plausible theories ad-
vanced by the missionaries on that
subject" The proclamation OF Ad-
miral Thomas, by which the annex
alton was disavowed, is set out at
length, aud in commenting upon it,
Lieutenant Tarleton observes in
effect that all its eloquence was but
wasted words, since it would never
reach the King at all, but Ego into
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Globe.
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