People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — TO BE RESTORED. [ARTICLE]

TO BE RESTORED.

Queen Liliuokalani to Again Govern Hawaii Secretary Gresham Declares She Wan Deposed Through Intrigue and Fraud, and Uncle Sam Must See That She Ji Righted. AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. Washington, Nov. 13.—Secretary of State Gresham made public Friday night the most important state paper that has borne his name since the present administration began. It was addressed to President Cleveland, and informed him that the overthrowal of Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, was brought about by such an abuse of the authority of the United States, and by such “force and fraud,” that nothing short of a restoration of the queen to her throne would satisfy the demands of justice. The cabinet had considered the Hawaiian question for two hours Friday afternoon and the Gresham letter was given out at the conclusion of the meeting. While no official indorsement by President Cleveland was attached, the formal manner in which the letter was made public left no room for doubt that it voiced the views not only of Secretary Gresham but of the administration. Moreover, it is well known that the publication of the letter was intended to anticipate stirring news which is daily expected from Hawaii. The new minister to that country, Mr. Willis, was due to arrive in Honolulu last Sunday, and the anticipated news can be nothing else than the restoration of the dethroned queen, as foreshadowed in the Gresham letter. The secretary declares that 1 the following facts are established: Queen Liliuokalani announced her in tention Saturday, January 14. 1893, to proclaim a new constitution, but the opposition of her ministers induced her to change h?r purpose. At a meeting in Honolulu late the afternoon of that day a so-oallgd committee of public safety, consisting of thirteen men, a majority of whom. Including five Americans, were; aliens, was appointed “to consider the situation and devise ways and means for the maintenance of the public peace and the protection of life and property Tne committee addressed a letter to John I* Stevens, the American minister at Honolulu, stating that the lives and property of the people were in peril and appealing to him and the United States forces at his command for assistance. On receipt of this letter Mr. Stevens requested Capt. Wiltz, commander of the United States steamship Boston, to land a force. The well-armed troops were promptly landed and marched through the quiet streets of Honolulu with two Gatling guns to a public hall just across the street from the government building and in plain view of the queen's palace. The governor protested against the act as an unwarranted invasion of Hawaiian soil and reminding him that the proper authorities had never denied permission to the naval forces of the United States to land for drill or any other proper purpose. About the same time the queen’s minister of foreign affairs' sent a note to Mr. Stevens asking why the troops had been landed and informed him that the proper authorities were able and willing to afford full protection to the American legation and all American interests in Honolulu. Only evasive replies were sent to these communications. Then the committee entered tne government building after first ascertaining that it was unguarded, and one of their number, a citizen of the United States, read a proclamation declaring that the existing government was overthrown and a provisional government established in its place, “to exist until terms of union with the United States of America have been negotiated and agreed upon.” No audience was present when the proclamation was read, but during the reading forty or fifty men, some of them indifferently armed, entered the room. The executive and advisory councils mentioned in the proclamation at once addressed a communication to Mr. Stevens informing him that the monarchy had been abrogated and a provisional government established.

□Un receipt of this letter Mr. Stevens immedi- 1 Btely recognized the new government, and in a note addressed to Sanford B. Dole, its president, informed him that he hod done so The queen was informed that the provisional government had the support of the Ameri- 1 can minister, and, if necessary, would be I maintained by the military force of the i United States, then present; that any demon- j st ration on her part would precipitate a conflict with that force. Believing that under the circumstances submission was a duty, and that her case would be fairly considered by the president of the United Stales, the queen finally yielded and sent to the provisional government a paper to that effect. Secretary Gresham concludes: “The earnest appeals to the American minister for military protection by the officers of the provisional government after it had been recognized shows its utter absurdity of the claim that it was established by a successful revolution of the people. These appeals were a confession by the men who made them of their weakness and timidity. Courageous men, conspicuous of the strength and the righteousness of their cause, do not thus act. It is now claimed that the majority of the people who have the right of voting under the constitution of 1877 have never favored the idea of annexation to this or any other government. “Mr. Blount states that while at Honoluluhe did not meet a single annexationist who expressed willingness to submit the question to a vote of the people, nor did ho meet with one favoring that subject who did not insist that if the islands were annexed suffrage should be so restricted as to give complete control to foreigners, whites; and representative annexationists have all made similar statements on the subject. •The government of Hawaii surrendered its authority under a threat of war until such time only as the government of the United States, upon the fact being presented to It, should reinstate the constitutional sovi ereign and the provisional government was 1 created ‘to exist until the terms of union With the United States of America have been negotiated and agreed upon. A careful consideration of the facts will, I think, convince anyone that the treaty which was withdrawn from the senate tor further consideration should not be resubmitted for action. Should not the great wrong done to a feeble independent state by an abuse of the authority of the United States be undone by restoring the legitimate government? Anything short of that will not, I respectfully submit, satisfy the demand of justice. Can the United States consistently insist that other nations shall respect the independence of Hawaii while not respecting it themselves? “Our government was the first to recognize the independence of the islands and should be the last to assume sovereignity over them by force and fraud."