The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-24
ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORY OF
EVENTS RELATING TO THE
NEUTRALITY OF HAWAII (SEE
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT ON PAGE
1 FOR LETTERS).

Congress declares war, and twenty
ton is received in Hawaii, President /
Dole writes to Minister Hatch in
Washington saying that he would be
pleased to receive suggestions from the
Washington Government in regard TO
our attitude toward the United States |
and Spain in case of war"
April 30--Seven days before news of |
actual war, President Dole writes 10 |
Mr.. Hatch saying he would be glad TO
aid the United States in some way.
May 6-One day before news of war
is received, and twenty-five days after !
President Dole has asked for suggest |
ions from the Washington Govern |
ment, interviews with prominent an |
nexationists and others published in an
annexation journal Of this city, IN
which interviews not one of them sugAl
gests or advocates abandonment of
neutrality.
May Steamer Rio de Janeiro
brings news that Congress declared
war on April %.
May 1O-President Dole and Cabinet.
soifhomt ,oditing for q reply TO letter Of
April 18TH asking suggestions from the
Washington Government, send dis
patch to Washington Offering I'M
reserved alliance.
Period of three days only from the
time of the receipt of the news, unofii-
cially of the declaration of war, until
the next outgoing steamer of May 10th
takes this dispatch.
Comments ON President Dole's con-
duct by Mr.. Sewalls organ:
dole was forced to take action
Bulletin, December 9.
'.,rhe Executive of Hawaii did waver
and shift and cringe. bulletin, De-
cember 10.
."The most dishonorable chapter in
the history of the idealized Executive"
Bulletin, December 8.
The platform of the Republican par
ty declared that no foreign power
should control Hawaii-"the fulfill
ment of which the Dole party sought
to prevent by declaration Of neutral
ity"-BuHetin, December Is.
1.-The facts OF political history here
will lead it's candidate (Dole) to eternal
political damnation before the Ameri-
can people. Bulletin, December Is.
''The whipped-into line action of Ha-
waii's executive in the neutrality mat
ter.''-Bulletin, December II.
eft is a acell-kROWn fact that it aods
the men in the ranks i0hO demanded that
the Egecutiue of Hdtraii should not acauei
IN its friendship to the United States
achatcpe4' happened. Bulletin. (Read
interviews annexed to historical &C
count.
On December 18th the Bulletin, the
organ OF Mr.. Harold M. Sewall, candi.
date for governor of this territory
said:
1.-The official organ knows too muct
about the neutrality record of coward
ice and treason, and hence doesn't care
or dare to go into details.
The Advertiser has chosen its OWL
time for going into details. Before do
ing so, il preferred to induce Mr.. Sc
wall and his organ to put themselve:
fairly, fully and broadly lin black an'
white" as the responsible authors of ;
charge of "cowardice and treason
against President Dole. Its plan ha
admirably succeeded.
The Advertiser has regarded MI
Sewall's campaign founded on Presi
dent Dole's 'cowardiee and treason, a
a rich comedy.
President Dole had asked Presiden
Mckinley on April 14th for "sugges
TONS regarding neutrality. Befor
President Mckinley had time to consi
der the matter, and make any sug
gestions,'' and within three days froI
the time news was received of the de
claration of war, President Dole's Gov
eminent, without submitting the mat
ter to the Hawaiian Senate, as
should have done, put Hawaii at Presl
dent MeKinley's disposal.
To call this "cowardice and treason
merely creates the material for ric
comedy.
So far as the Advertiser is concerne
in this matter, whether Mr.. Dole Is
is not a candidate is not Of the slight
est consequence.
The Advertiser is owned and edite
by kamaainas who are also loys
citizens OF the United States. 1t Ia
some local pride. 1t resents and wi
rasent this attempt of yellow" cam