New-York tribune., 1897-06-17
THE HAWAIIAN REVOLUTION.
LrLrUoKALANrs DOWNFALL" AND THE
EFFORT TO RESTORE HER.

FORMER ANNEXATION lhEH''
DRAWN FROM THE SENATE
The movement for the annexation VI ."e
Hawaiian Islands began when early IN is"' a. .no
overthrow of the monarchy. on January w. ~"..
uiuokaiani attempted to promulgate new con.
.,,,u,on depriyIug the foreigners OF the risht o.
franchise and abrognting the existing HOUSE ~
Mobiles at the same time giving 10 her p""e "
appont the new House This was resis'eo Wy ~.
| foreign element In the community, VINO at once
annonted a Committee OF Safety OF thi' 'eo" 49,
hnr. who called a mass-meeting, which was a.-
| tended by nearly fifteen hundred people. lhe ''
ing adopted resolutions condemnlng .he "e'". ~
| tho Queen and authorizing the commi''eo !" '""o
| Into consideration whatever means "o''
to protect the public safety. ,os,o
On January f6 the committee Issued a "a"'e'
! 1ocIcrinp the Hawaiian monarchy abroga'eo ",'u
nroclaiming n provisional government W 49,
| until terms Of union with the uhiteo o.a'e' " =,
| America have been negotiated ana asrecu upo"
| The Provisional Government consisteo Oh a."
| five Council OF four members. s. B Do'e' d. n.
| King p C. Jones and w. o. Smith. the hrst-hamea
! acting as president and chairman OF the |ouhch'
| and an Advisory Council OF fourteen inemoeIs "
| have general legislative authority. All the o''ce,'
! a, tho monarchy were requested to continue 10
| exercise their functions. except the Vuee" ."e
| Marshal the Minister of Foreign Anairs. 'he H''''-
| ,s,er NJ the Interior and the Attorney General
! The new Government then called on volunteers
who assembled armed TO the NUMBER Oh hVe hu"
| dred The old Government surrendered "''"out
J striking blow. 49,,
John L. stevens the United States Minister the'
recognized the new order as the de facto "o'ei"-
rert and the ex-Queen issued a protest, declaring
that she Welded 70 the superior torce ol 'i'e
United States. whose Minister has causeo M.
States troops 10 be landed and declared ina, -"
would support the said Government" Sne yleiueu
her authority until such time as the N"
States shall undo the acts OF its represeh'a,'e "
ro,nstate me in the authority which CAIN as
constitutional sovereign OF the Hawaiian is'"""'
THE MOVEMENT FOR ANNEXATION.
A commission consisting OF Lorng A. Thurs'o''
w c. Wilder. William r. Caset Charles l.. ca,ui
and Joseph Marsden. at once started TOT "a'""o
ton with a petition for annexation ana "e'.
ceived by Secretary Foster on February y "i'e,
several conferences with President Harrison anu
Secretary Foster a treaty of annexation was pre-
| nared and sent to the Senate. This was close 10
the end OF General Harrison's term. ana the sell
ate had not time to act on the convention
On March President Cleveland withdrew the
| treaty On March Is he chose ex-Consressman
James n Blount OF Georgia. his paramount
commissioner investigate the state OF aHars IN
island and report to him lie p ao bnsS
| TO Washington Immediately on his arriVai IN tne
islands he hauled down the ub bndnes by the
| Provisional Govern ment
EFFORT TO RESTORE THE MONARCHY
| On November 10 the Cleveland Administration an
| nounced though somewhat Indirectly, its definite
! policy on the Hawaiian question The statement
OF the Governments policy was not contained IN
a message TO the Senate or even in report TO that
| bodv from the State Department. The President
| simply figured in the matter as the addressed
| OF more or less informal communication from
Secretary Gresham in which the latter reviewed s yea
nexati tion. and condemned the Hawaiian frovisiiona!
h as Withdrawn o the annexation treaty
virtually declaring the United states morally pound
store Queen Luokaiani to her former sovereignty
This document was dated October H. Congress was was
| withheld from the treaty making power OF the Sem
Minister Stevens was then superseded by Minister
willis who arrived at Honolulu on November 4.
nS %as ,b sVh Hm 10 saps sa an and over
turn the existing GoyeInmen and it Is said that hat
arrival Honolulu to put the projected restoration
''1u on December news was received from Mr.. Willis
to the effect that mo change in the present. brSnSS
with me certain instructions from United States
he SAID 9n h Ie my srrhsl he S~
fnsS"' ineicn 'c' Ths Whole Hawaiian question is
;pporsTsa nne5 ds%ayed 5nsS Mns,es at as
WIFI WITH, Woud be severely repTmanded for
Ing out his Instructions However on December s ss
which virtually admitted the defeat . OF MS plans
snd SPn as aS sRf r and
! the whole question transferred 20 me DrodueI du-
thorlty and discretion of Congress-. The President
| added that ne would be much Rratifed to coop
| crate in any legislative plan which might be de-
yise, for the solution OF the problem
DEFEAT OF MR. CLEVELAND'S PLAN
The intentions Of the Government had been care
fully concealed from both Congress and the public
UP 10 this point. Congress was In session contin-
ually while the scheme of restoration was hatched
and developed but the President and his advisers
had not allowed a whisper OF their Intentions to be
| b,th hran a Congress had dis
! persed and Minister Willis had presumably reached
Honolulu and carried out the Administrati tion's
lers even in the face of the almost universal con-
| demnation of the memorandum Of Secretary
| Gresham made public in November. In his annual
Message to Congress on December l. Mr.. Cleveland
| simply announced that upon the facts developed
| 1t seemed him that the only honorable course
for our Government to pursue ia to undo the wrong
that had been done and 10 restore as far possi-
! bic the status existing at the time Of forcible
| intervention The bare notice followed that ''our
present Minister at Honolulu has received appro-
| pirate instructions to that end" The Senate
| sponded by passing a request for all diplomatic
correspondence bearing on the restoration project
President Clevelands policy sharply criti-
| cised by Congress and the newspaper press. No