Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-13

lHe pDTuuUS Ol lntSt lUuuN NlIttN-
ly held and used by the United states
for military and naval purposes aie
alone worth 100000.
Furnished Armed Forces
This Government did not take
these lands from me directly for it.
stlr. but IL did furnish the armed
force that enabled others to tale
them. A President of the United
States, in a message to the Congress.
based on carefully collected. evil
dence, said:
THE lawful government OF Ha-
wall was overthrow without the
drawing of sword or the firing of a
shot by process every step OF which
is directly traceable to and dependent
for Its success upon the agency of the
United States, acting through its dip
lomatic and naval representatives
And now the United States is hold
ing those very lands, having taken
them as gift from the temporary
government which it had enabled to
otiEt Nhtlll Wy anu VI lOINtSs
Hawaii has cost this nation moth
ing. and besides adding valuable
lands to this nation by its acqulsl-
tion, II has been a source OF cash rev.
enue. Although this Government as
sumed 100000 of iIawaii's debt,
the cash revenues to the Federal
Treasury since annexation have
amounted to over sl0.0OO,OO0.
Through the loyalty of the Ha-
waiian people can end my days
without actual want; but II this ma
ton does not soon act. II will forever
lose the opportunity to make some
reparation for what one of its own
Presidents called an unwarranted
act
II am now recOnciled to the change
OF government in Hawaii; but | am
too loyal to the United States TO be
willing to be the occasion of reproach
TO this great nation when future his
torians shall tell how the Government
was enriched by accepting, without
compensation, land II had assisted In
taking from a weaker sovereign.
Was Temporary Step
when, in 1898. I was induced to
surrender my authority In order TO
avert bloodshed, that action was rep
iesented TO me as a proper temporary
step till appeal could be made to the
TGovernment at Washington.
MY REIMBURSEMENT of authority
stated that 1 yield to the superior
force OF the United States of Amer
ica,' and not to the forces of the rev.
olutlonists: and, now to avoid any
collision Of armed forces. and perhaps
the loss of life, | do. under this pro-
test, and impelled by said force, yield
my authority until such time as the
Government OF the United States
shall undo the action of Its represen.
tatiyes and reinstate me In the au,
tbority which ! claim as the consti'
tutional sovereign OF the Hawaiian
Islands
J. THE time has long passed when
restoration to my throne could have
been made. But. though fifteen years
have passed, ! have not given up hope
that this Government will yet make
some reparation for my financial loss
which can still be done, with injury
TO no one and with honor TO this ma
ton, to which ! now belong"
| The former Queen Is staying with
her nephew, Prince Cupid. at 1itC
Massachusetts avenue northwest She
will remain in the city until Con-
gress adiourns, when she will relnrr
to her native island. Her dccisloh tc
appeal to the people was made. she
said, because of former unsuccessful
bile presented before Congress.
IL is her belief that public senti
ment may be aroused to a point tina
will force Congress to pay the bin ap
propriating $3.50, 900 for her In lie,
OF the lost lands.
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