The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-10

eminent, to wit:
Il, Liliuokalani, by the grace OF God
and under the constitution of the Ha-
waiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby
protest against any and all acts done
against myself and the constitutional
government of the Hawaiian Kingdom
by certain persons claiming to have
established provisional government
of and for this Kingdom.
That yielded to the superior force
of the United States Of America, whose
minister plenipotentiary his excellency
John L. Stevens, has caused United
States troops to be landed at Honolulu
and declared that he would support the
provisional government.
Now, to avoid any collision of arm
ed forces and perhaps the loss of life.
l do, under this protest and impelled
by said force, yield my authority until
such time as the Government Of the
United States shall, upon the facts
being presented to it, undo the action
Of its representative and reinstate
me and the authority which l claim as
the constitutional sovereign of the Ha-
waiian Islands.
(Signed) LILIUOKALANI.
10. That thereafter, to wit, on July
4th A d. 1894 said Provisional Gov
eminent was succeeded by a govern
ment known as the Republic of Ha-
waii the constitution of which gov
eminent provided among other things
as follows:
''That portion of the public domain
heretofore known as Crown Land is
hereby declared to have been hereto
fore, and now to be, the property OF
the Hawaiian Government, and to he
now free and clear from any trust of
or concerning the same, and from all
claim of any nature whatsoever, up
on the rents, issues and profits there
of. 1t shall be subject to alienation
and other uses as mty be provided by
law. All valid leases thereof now in
existence are hereby confirmed"
II. There thereafter, to wit, in the
year 1897 the said Republic of Hawaii
signified it's consent in the manner pro-
vided by its constitution to cede to
the United States of America all its
rights of sovereignty, and also to cede
and transfer to the United States the
absolute fee and ownership of all
public, government or Crown Land
and other property which cession was
accepted by joint resolution of the
Congress of the United States entitled:
Joint Resolution to provide for an
nexing the Hawaiian islands to the
United States"
II. That thereafter, to wit, on Au-
gust 10, 1898, the transfer of sove-
reignty and the cession of all public
lands including said Crown Lands took
place and the legal title to said Crown
Lands thereupon became and is now
vested in the United States of Ameri-
ca.
10. That thereafter, to wit, in the
year 1900 an act entitled IAN Act to
provide a government for tie Territory
of Hawaii" was duly enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in
Congress assembled said act contain
ing the following provisions, to wit;
Section SO. That the portion of
the public domain heretofore known
as Crown Land is hereby declared to
have been, on the twelfth day of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and ninety
eight, and prior thereto, the property
of the Hawaiian Government, and to
be free and clear from any trust of or
concerning the same and from all claim
of any nature whatsoever, upon the
rents, issues, and profits thereof. 1t
shall be subject to alienation and
other uses as may be provided by law"
IA. That no other or further steps
than above set forth having been
taken to divest your petitioner of her
equitable life interest in the rents,
plCfits and emoluments Of said Crown
Lands, and your petitioner alleges
in this connection that said Section
SO of The Act of April 80, 1900, in so
far as it purports to extinguish or
deny her claim to such equitable life
interest is taking of property without
due process of law, contrary to 5th
Amendment of the Constitution of the
United States, and is unconstitutional
and void
10. That the United States of Anne
RIGA became seized of the legal title
to said Crown Lands with full notice