The evening times., 1897-02-12
SAYS SHE IS STILL QUEEN
Lilioukalani RepudiateS Her Act
Of AbdicatiOn.
COERCED INTO SIGNING 1T
Secretary Palmer Hints That Mrs.
Dominis Is Here on a Political
of Equity Would Decide Against
Her-His Bitter Denunciation.

Capt. julius Palmer has dropped very
| strong hint that ex-Queen Lii is In Wash
ington ON political business. This infoT-
nation was drawn out by the publication
| in an evening paper OF the letter OF abdiea-
| ton, dated January "a, 1895, in connec-
| ton with the statement that the real OBJ
| Ject OF the ex-queen's visit to Washington
| has not become apparent.
Secretary Palmer declares that the let
| ter OF abdication was a fraud; that there
| is no such person as "LIlioukalan Domi-
| MIS-" who was Compelled by force to sign
it, and that he speaks with authority in
disavowing the legal force and effect OF the
alleged letter Of abdication. Capt. Palmer
said:
The presence of her Ma ajesty LiHuOkalani
OF HAWAII in tlis city has excited universal
sympathy from all classes. or this fact there
can be not the least doubt. 1t is as grateful
to me as an American, as il is to her as
a queen and woman She daily expresses
her sense OF appreciation for the proffered
kindness, although she is unable to accept
half OF them
But want to say that the sO-called let
ter OF abdicatiOn was nothing more nor less
than a brief dra wn by the Hon A 5. Hart
well, chief counsellor for the corporation
of sugar planters and lawyers now posing
as the Hawaiian republic L will be
palmer il you wish. DO 1 mean that the
Queen Of Hawaii has never given legal
abdication; that she is still the lawful ruler
even If she foFbears to enforce her legitimate
rigIIts2 1 do mean exactly that On the
7th OF January she was arrested for no
specific charged Offense, taken by force
and confined alone in the IOlani Palace,
now called the Executive building. She
was alone and Ill ON or about the date you
mention, when the influence OF Minister
Willis was needed every moment TO prevent
a general massacre OF those Of every nation
who were supposed 10 be faithful TO the
constitutionalnonarch Evenprfsonersw were
kent locked in their cells by their captors
lest they should be taken out and hanged
by tile excited sO-caiIed republicans
Under these circumstances, without
friend TO advise her, she was told that
those she dearly loved, her pers Onal
friends, were waiting execution, and the
only act that would save their lives was
an act OF abdication. The ring OF adven-
turers knew their victim. Had they pro-
posed her immediate death they could not
have terrified her, but to save those she
loved she executed the documents you
publish II was an act consummated under
the plainest kind Of duTeSs, void even had
it been legally executed But the signature
is worthless even to a collector OF auto
graphs. It Is not the official signature.
There was no such person recognized as
Iiliuokalani Domlnis, and no such person to
this day.
I'm their excessive caution, instead OF
taking her signature as Ehuokalani Regina,
the only form Of signature that could have
bound even a valid act, they sought TO
teach her the grace of humility by asking
for the signature OF Mrs DOIninls- Little
good would it do them in any legal con
test They simply overreached themselves
Noanestion is ever settled until il is settled
right, and that the whole Hawaiian qEes-
ton should be properly reviewed is the
opinion of a great many of the people OF
the United states
'.In an official history, written by one
of the opposition party, Mr. w ID. Alex
ander. published for the Hawaiian Board
OF Education, find on the front page one
OF the best pictures l have seen OF her
majesty, Queen LHHok8lani- At lis close
/ notice three pages devoted TO showing
her genealogy in a direct line, for nun
dred wears or so from the ruling family OF
Hawaii The frontispiece was elchOsen,
because Lilfuokalani has always been known
for years before her reign, and when upon
the throne as the patF0ness OF music, edu-
cation and the fine arts
The only reception she has been Will
ing to give III Washington was to a school,
and the only time she has opened her lips
in public in America was to encourage the
pupils. But in that history l read that IL
was ancient and common law in HAWAII
that no chief could ever be degraded from
the high office to which birth alone is the
passport The friends Of LiliUOkalani IN
America or Hawaii are willing to stand
upon the record"
Seats on Lafayette square grand stand
,ora 400 + Sfrppt 1T