The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-05-14


. he then proceeded 10 draft an outline Of /
The treaty he was furnished With Dc
tailed afcmcnts Of the proper owned
by the Hawaiian Government. aud Of
the salaries paid by u. An interval %
two months followed. during which the
treaty made very li;tlc progress.
! IN private letter from Mr.. Willie
10 Judge Lee, dated June Esd. he says.
1.-The treaty IL now before Prince Liho.
! Tho, with the amendments suggested
by you. To be able 10 save the King.
and chiefs and people at a moment =
warning. IL is desirable that the treaty
should be concluded automatically,
mean, signed by the Plenipotentiarics,
but subject 10 future ratification.
Again, July nth. Mr.. Wyllic writes TO
Judge Lee as follows: " Liholiho keeps
out Of the way, and he has not returned
the treaties, though l have often asked
him Tor them. OF my draft / have no
copy"
The Fourth Of July was celebrated at
Honolulu this year with unusual enthu.
siasm and in Mr.. Gregg s Grafton allu
sion was made TO the prospect that n
new star wonld soon be added to the
constellation of States.
On the 18th of July a combined
British and French fleet of eight vessels
arrived from Callao. on their way to
attack the Russian fortress of Petro.
paulovsk. The two admirals and their
officers had reception at the Palace,
at which the French Admiral said, at
NJ. Perrin IS suggestion, that he hoped
there was no thought of alternating the
? sovereignty of the kingdom, as that
would lead to difficulties with France
and England, which it would be wise to
, avoid. The King made no reply.
: In a letter from Mr.. Gregg to the
| United States Secretary of State, dated
/ July 26th, he states that ga meeting
was held on the 18th, at which Prince
, Alexander was present, when it was
Z agreed that the Minister of Foreign
, Affairs should Immediately proceed, if
possible, to arrange and sign treaty
to be submitted to the King for rati-
; fcaton. Mr.. Wyllie called on me the
, next day, and we have had several con-
= ferences, but without as yet arriving
at any definite result."
:, 90" Prince Alexander is respon
,, sible for all past delay, and he will not
: hesitate to incur the responsibility of
still more. unless his mind is brought to
=. the conviction that it is impossible for
. him ever to wear a crown. If n
l. treaty is once signed he will not oppose
!, its ratification directly and openly, but
u strive to postpone it to the last moment
u compatible with safety
n The two principal difficulties were,
y first the objection of the Hawaiian
n authorities to territorial form of gov
d eminent, and, secondly, the question as
to the amount of the annuities to be
d paid, the Hawaiian Government insist.
d ing on 100000 as a sine qua non. One
It article provided for the payment of
$4,000 per annum for ten years for
e educational purposes, one-third of when
o was to be capitalized for the support
n of college or university.
Judge Lee expressed his views in re
d gard to the treaty in n letter to Mr..
: Wyllie, dated August Goth, in which he
=: stated that it was "the wish of the
|. King and chiefs to be admitted as a
v State, and they must not be deceived
g by any ambiguity in the phraseology of
@ the treaty They wish by this article
, to shield the nation from slavery, and
, it would be dishonorable to leave so
II vital question involved in any doubt. "
10 At that time the repeal of the Missouri
n Compromise had begun to be agitated
!, in Congress, and party feeling was in
= wrote to an influential missionary in
. the Islands, warning the King and ma
% tives against annexation, on the ground
', that it would lead to the introduction
u of slavery into their country. An ar
tice to this effect appeared in the New
u u, York Tribune of July 20, 1854, and
!, caused much excitement in the Islands.
Mr.. Gregg conceded the two disputed
e points, cad referendum, and a copy
Is of the treaty, as completed, was laid
q before the King in Cabinet Council,
September 4, and fully explained to
II him in all its details. He fully approx
y ed of it. but wished to consult few
d of his chiefs before taking final action.
4. Near the close of the Legislative ses-
r. sion of 1854. August 4, Mr.. Kaholeku
e offered a resolution in the House of
l, Representatives, requesting the Minis
= ter of Foreign Affairs to- inform the
d House whether the King had applied
t for annexation to the United States on
y account of trouble with France and
England, as reported in the New York
n Herald. The subject was referred to
= the Committee on Foreign Relations,
n who never reported on it.
y On the Goth of August, Prince Liho-
N Tho in the House of Mobiles asked the
Y Minister of Foreign AFFAIRS whether II
Y, was true that England and France were
n making trouble, so as to force the King
X to annex his kingdom to the United
10 States.
= In reply, Mr.. Wylle denied the state
1. ment, asserting that those powers Were
n anxious to maintain the independence
e of the Islands, but he said that in the
e internal condition of the kingdom there
e was danger, and there was no saying
what changes that danger might lead
the King to submit to-
Procrastination and Failure of the
k Treaty
II On the 18th of September, General
N Miller, the Consul General of Great
e Britain, had an audience with the King
N when he delivered TRADE of more
n than an hour in length against annexa'
a ton, and in denunciation of the gov.
,r eminent and people of the United