The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-13

HtNteul tnuts WIN uttY AUkroty sue fuuQ
bcen obliged 70 postpone for the pres
emf the proclamation Of the new con
Then followed days Of tense excite
rnent in Honolulu with the Queen bit
terly disappointed At being frustrated
lin the execution Of her design and thi
Presidents Of the city In hourly uncef
tainfy Of feneNed move to .debfiv,
Them of their riehts and freedom.
The whole affair served 70 bring Il
IA, bead tho hitherto latent feeling
among both the Progressive and con
seryative residents Of the islands who
had opposed the royal program o.
|retrogression thu come drastic measure
must be taken to stop the never ceia
ling attemptsrof the royal family Il
|acqtire power at the expense Of popu
lar rights,
An informal public meeting was held
the game day BY the business men o.
The Community 10 consider the situa
.tion, RecugnizinE thai crisis had
been reached in the political affairs %
Hawaii, the meeting named Commit
tee of Safety Of thirteen members, il
whose hands was placed the work of
devising ways and meant to adequate
4ly meet the situation. They proceeded
Immediately with the formation Of 4
provisional government and the re-
Organization Of the volunteer military
Companies which had been disbanded
lin 1890.
kfhe Revolution
The committee Of safety called q
mass meeting for the afternoon Of
January 70. That morning, Queer
Liiiuokalani published a declaration
that thenceforth changes in the consti-
tuition. would be sought only by meth.
ods provided in the constitutioh
Itself,
The mass meeting on the Afternoon
of the sixteenth, crystallizing the senti
fment of the community and disregard
ling the Queen 3 statement Of apparent
surrender, ratified the action Of the
cOmmittee, sapd authorized II 70 take
5all necessary steps to carry its object.
into effect.
The United States cruiser t'Boston'
had arrived in Honolulu harbor from
ITilo rather unexpectedly two DAYS be
fore, AT the request Of United States
Minister j.. l.. Stevens force of ma,
Primes was landed in Honolulu from the
Boston on the evening of the sixteenth
4after the mass meeting to protect the
Dives Of American citizens and 20 guard
their property in case Of rioting or in,
icendiarism. ~ Y
On the next day, January II, the or,
gnnization Of the Provisional Govern
tment was completed by the appoint
nent Of an executive council Of -four
4members and an advisory council Of
fourteen members with general legisIa,
Tive authority. Sanford b. Dole, pre-,
sided over the executive council Of the
Provisional Government and was min.
lister Of foreign affairs. The other mem
bers were j.. A. King; minister OF the
interior; =. O.. Jones, minister of Al
nance, and William o. Smith, attorney
GENERAL.
That afternoon the members of the
two councils took possession Of the
government building as excitement rnu
high and decision had to be made Tho
Committee of Safety issued proclama.
ton declaring the monarchial system Il
be abrogated and announcing the estab,
lishment Of the provisional governments
Provisional Government IA
4 The provisional government was con,
ditioned to exist funtil terms Of union
with the United States Of Americs
have been negotiated and agreed
upon. I"
Meanwhile two companies of yolun-
tecr troops arrived and occupied the
government grounds in support of the
new government. The United States
mnrines were still stationed about the
4city at the orders of Minister Stevens
The members Of Queen Lilinokalani d
ministry had been formerly notified OF
the, creation and action Of the pro
visional government. They consulted
with Queen Liliuokalani and she
Lquickly decided, with the approval Of
her ministers, to surrender her author
lily in order to avoid bloodshed and
by her orders, the police station and
Sthe barracks were thereupon given. over
TO the Provisional Government. Thus
Hawaii 3 bloodless revolution was &C,
accomplished. E& ~ Es
The Queen 3 surrender was unde,
protest and qualiRsd. as having been
Forced by the landing Of the United
Estates Marines. She Immediately ap-
pealed to the government Of the Unit.
~ 'SNoNSs tOI TClubtutemenI.- ..,......
This forcible deposition Of Queen III.
liuokalani and the abrogation of the
monarchy was the direct result and
consequence of the Queen 8 revolution
airy attempt TO oyerturn the consfitu.
ton and revert toward nbsolutism,
But for this attempt, she might have
remained Queen to the day of her
death.
Two days after the Queens dethrone,
ment, January 10, 1898, FIVE commission
ers sailed for Washington on the spec.
tally chartered steamer Claudine bound
for San Francisco. They were fully
empowered by the Provisional Govern.
ment TO negotiate for Hawaii treaty
OF union with the United States. nv
the next regular steamer, Queen Iili1.
okalani also sent emissaries TO Wash.
tington to plead her cause and protest
against the alleged interference OF
United States forces.
First Annexation Treaty
The Provisional Government commits.
sion arrived in Washington February J
and was favorably received by Presi,
dent Benjamin Harrison. They drc 4
. up a treaty of annexation in commune.
tion with the secretary of state and
the document was signed by the com