New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
MANY ABSURD STORIES OF OPPOSITION
TO THE TREATY
THE MOST RIDICULOUS THAT WHICH MAKES
JAPAN AND LILIuoKAI.ANI PARTNERS IN
SCHEME TO DEFEAT RATIFICATION
W. A. KINNEY REPLIES TO THE


EX-QUEENS PROTEST.
.IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBrSE.l
Washington. June 19-The signing Of the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty has given currency. as
might indeed, have been expected. to number
Of absurd stories In connection with the OPP
position which the treaty was bound to arouse
In certain quarters; but among these there is
none quite so absurd that which makes the
japanese Government in the person of Its rep
resentative here and ex-Queen Liliuokalani
partners in a scheme to defeat the ratification
Of the treaty In the Senate and to place the
Hawaiian Islands under Japanese protectorate.
The story Of course, Is denied in toto by the
japanese Legation whose counsellor, Durham
w. Stevens, declares that he has not seen the
ex-Queen since her arrival In Washington ana
has had no communication with her. directly or
indirectly for years. and who asserts, further-
more, that 1t Is doubtful whether the Minister
or any member Of his staff Is known to the ex-
Queen by sight even much less In person or III
that degree Of intimacy which would warrant
any one to suspect the existence OF con-
spiracy.
Talking of the general aspects OF the anneAa-
ton problem. William A. Kinney one OF the
signers of the treaty on behalf Of Hawaii. re-
marked
1t is charged in the ex-Queen's protest that the
annexation treaty is IAN act OF wrong toward the
native and part-native people Of Hawaii" Win,
Whole there is anything that annexation
treaty is not is just this that is charged aga Se
IT, for annexation is the sole hope OF tne natve
Hawaiians. l speak Of the common people Intic
OF two S0 Psss Of Ssse peops
as nation was dead twenty years before ao TINS
Queen assembled the throne ~ for certany
he cannot expec: to be better of than the RANK ahd
American AM scale Of and The honorable position
SDd eyery W native viii have the benefit Of It It
a choice between the status OF WhtS Ae' ,ha
White race. II Asiatics absorb Hawaii, can get out
to their own country The common ha s fae na So o
Wthstanding the indspuabie blessing annexation
s SSs the has inS Sssher with the
the i6sr soo dpG% inc with
the will-o the-wsp OF restoration OK the HU
wh sS WILL Will o o S ire
commit Hawaii to Asia rather than to A s
the rh xsa Is nc ae pGMsf w or
Ths parioiie Thing do Is 70 secure
her people the high and coveted status oi
any such IDEAS however. she Is evidently bidding
for the Of Japan to scramble 6 oaeE 10 Hse
feaIty of the native Iawaiians to their chiefs
knows limit and often Is and thew wa Srob
ably will follow her lead. IL they have their own
else in Hawaii; but It becomes perfect carlcature
Of the truth for her protest against annexation
in the name of the native people ana az d "fohs "
II is bad enough for her to make them chopping
stop there. and not attempt TO make virtue OF
I see she closes her protest by committing her
cause TO the Almighty Ruler Of the Universe. 10
Him who judges rghteously ana she c mgni ~ mv
people at the same time to the hopeless misery and
degradation of coolies fate. after having tasted
Another point in her protest calls Ior special com,
men namely, her claim to the crown ahus' tho
throne, precisely as the White House - apPu i
nant to the office Of President This status OF these
lands was determined by legislation and the Judi,
ciaI Interpretation of the court Of last resort IN
Hawaii long before the Queen ever saw the throne;
lands whose revenues were set apart to the mon
arch for the time being. The original dynasty IS
nv the last of the race for educational purposes
among the Hawaiians. II there were any possible
ment il would not be In the Queen. anyhow, ior
she IS of the original Dynasty nor one , W
the control of the Government and its Legislature
for generation past, and the present Claim Oh .'ic
Queen these lands is PRACTICALLY on i PTss Saf
Cleveland would be to the ownership OF the Whte
House -, -, o.. ,,o O,oar
or her niece under this annexation treaty, there IS
doubt whatever. if annexation Is aGcomPilsneu;
suita bic provision for them II they care 70 take H.
as they doing for kaiulani ana ala lor tlie
Queen until she began to scheme iOt s
Of Injustice to the dethroned monarch. but out OF
respect to the office that she once filled ,.oso
There is doubt that, If the Queen ana thqse
who held office under her were TO leave the native
people free to acquesce In the new ORDER OF tlnss
they would have come into line long ago goody y
braved the ill-wi and persecution that nave 0esn
Queen who realize that she must keep IN nenves,
in apparently solid opposition to the Repunio ah ha
annexation at any cost whatever even 10 tiie
IJau, Han an