The record-union., 1899-01-01
Secretary Of State Hay Dlsapproves
the Concessions
Made BY the Island Government In Favor Of
the Pacific Company.
Pointed Out That the United States
Government Shall Directly Con-
troll Any Cables Connecting the
States With the Newly Acquired
Territory.

territory.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The Secre-
tary of State to-day formally disap-
proved the concession made in July by
the Hawaiian Government to the Pa
cif1c Cable Company for an exclusive
right Of laying cable to Hawaii. 1t is
understood that this action was taken
in no spirit of hostility to the Pacific
Gable Company, but the concession was
disapproved, first, on account OF the
formal protest made by the Hawaiian
Commission, and second, because 1t
seemed best to leave to Congress a free
hand in the disposition Of the whole
subject.
The action was announced in the fol-
lowing proclamation:
ITO All Whom These Presents Shall
Come, Greeting:
know We that, Whereas, by an in
denture made the ID day of July in the
year of our Lord 1898. between Sanford
B. Dole, President of the Republic Of
Hawaii, for and in behalf of the Ha-
waiian Government of the one part
and the Pacific Cable Company, cor
poration organized and existing under
the laws of the State of New York of
the United States of America, of the
other part, there was granted, con-
coded and confirmed unto the party of
the second part. its successor and as
signs, the right and privilege to lay
construct, land, maintain and operate
telegraphic and magnetic lines or ca
bles from a point or points, on the Pa
cific Coast of the United States to suit
able landing place or places to be Sc
lected by the party of the second part
in the Hawaiian Islands. with terminus
at Honolulu, Island of Oahu, and from
and beyond the Hawaiian Islands to
Japan and any islands or places neces-
sary for stations for such cables be-
tween the Hawaiian Islands and Japan
that be north of the seventh degree or
parallel Of north latitude in the North
Pacific Ocean, as an executive right
and privilege, together with an exemp-
ton from duties, charges and taxes for
and during the term of twenty years
from the date expressed in said linden
ture, to wit, the 21st day of June. 1898,
ing subject to the terms and condition
SCI LII III III Sdiu lIQCAtOIC, dIlu,
Whereas, among said terms and
conditions it is declared and agreed
that the party of the second part,
within two years from the approval of
and within eighteen months from the
date of said contract, or of any Act by
the Congress of the United States au-
thorizing the party of the second part
to construct and operate a submarine
cable line between the United States
and the Hawaiian Islands shall con-
struct, lay in proper working order and
establish submarine telegraph cable
from point or points on the Pacific
Coast of the United States to landing
place or places in the Hawaiian Islands,
with terminus at Honolulu, Island of
Oahu. according to the specifications of
said indenture, and further, within the
three years from the approval of such
Act by the Congress of the United
States shall in like manner construct,
lay in proper working order and estab-
lish a submarine telegraph cable from
a point or points at or near said Homo
lulu to Japan; and
Whereas, it is provided by said in
denture that the contract therein made
and set forth shall not take effect, if,
at any time within six months from the
date thereof, to wit, the I'd day of July,
A. d. 1898, the United States State
Department shall express it's disap-
prevail thereof; and,
Whereas, pursuant to a joint resolu-
ton of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives Of the United States Of
AMERICA, in Congress assembled, APP
proved July z, 1898, to provide for an
nexing the Hawaiian Islands to the
United States, the sovereignty of the
said Hawaiian Islands was yielded up
to the United States on the 18th day of
August, A. D. 1898, becoming thence
forth vested in the United States of
America; and,
Whereas, in view of the provisions
of said joint resolution for the deter
mination by the Congress of the Unit
ed States Of all matters of municipal
concerning the Hawaiian
Islands, and because the subject matter
and provisions of said indenture are
deemed to be proper subjects for the
consideration and determination of the
Congress of the United States, it is
deemed expedient and necessary that
the Congress Of the United States con-
slider and adopt such legislation. es-
pecially in regard to grants and con-
tractual obligations to be controlled by
and rest upon the United States of
America, as vested with sovereignty
over said Hawaiian Islands without let
or hindrance by reason of any action of
the Government of the Republic of
Hawaii in respect to such grants and
contractual obligations initiated by
the said Government Of the Republic
of Hawaii prior to and incomplete at
the time of the yielding up of the SOW
ereignty of the Hawaiian Islands to
the United States;
Now, therefore, I, John Hay, Secre.
tary of State of the United States. do
hereby express on the part of the Unit
ed States Department of State it's dis
approval of the contract stipulated in
the said indenture, to the end that the
same shall not take effect.
'Given under my hand. etc.
JOHN HAY,
Secretary of State