Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1893 — BLOUNT’S, REPORT. [ARTICLE]

BLOUNT’S, REPORT.

Alleged to Have Been Made Public by Hook or Crook. Wh»i It ConUUas—MeoMtkmal Charge* Agaiart Staven*—The Effect of th* Assistance of ths Marine*. A New York special of Monday morning says: What purports to be an authoritative statement of the sensational and much desired report of Commissioner Blount on the situation in Hawaii regarding the overthrow of Queen Lilinokalani, and which was the basis of Secretary Gresham's communication to th* President recommending the reinstatement of the Queen, is published here thia morning in the Washington dispatches. It runs as follows: Commissioner Blount’s report will show that Minister Stevens landed troops from the Boston long before there was any valid excuse for their presence on Hawaii soil; that he declined to remove them when requested to do so by the government, and when informed that the authorities were willing and able to preserve order and to protect American interests; that these troops were stationed across the street from the government-building, In which Minister .Stevens knew the revolutionists were about to read their proclamation, and that the revolutionists’ committee relied upon the American troops to protect them in this act of rebellion; that Minister Stevens recognized the provisional government according to a preconceived programme, before the government had obtained possession of the departments at Honolulu, and that the military power was surrendered, as tho Queen surrendered, only through awo of the superior force of tho Un’ted States. Commissioner Blount did his work with great thoroughness. During the five or six months of his stay in Honolulu he worked with a single purpose to ascertain the truth. He secured statements , from members of the Cabinet of tho deposed Queen, from members of tho committee of safety which broug'< t about the revolution, from officers of tho Boston and from other sources, including the Queen herself. Some of those persons were examined by Mr. Blount, a stenographer being present In one of his reports to the State Department Commissioner Blount said; “I send you a written statement from E. Wundenburg, who. says that his Information is derived from being personally present at all tho conferences of tho com-, mittee of safety, and that his utterances' are based on his personal knowledge. Ha appears to be an intelligent man. He say* he acted with tho committee in good faith till the American flafe was hoisted, and then he ceased communication with them. He is at this time (April 36) deputy clerk of the Supremo Court. The telegrams contains Interviews with E. Wundenburg and others and reviews the details of the overthrow of the monarch fal Government, all of which have been given quite fully in these columns, except those details which allege that Minister Stevens and the U. S. Marines were In league with th* revolutionists. Wundcnbcrg concludes his Interview as follows: “‘During all the deliberations of the committee, and, in fact, through all the proceedings connected with the move up to the final issue, the basis of action was the general understanding that Minister Stevens would keep the promise to support the tpovement with the men from the Boston, and the statement Is now adVisedly made (with full knowledge bf the lack of arms, ammunition and men, also the utter absence of organization at all adequate to the undertaking) that without the previous assurance of , support from the American minister and the actual presence of tho United States troops, no movement would have been attempted, and, if attempted, would have been a miserable failure, resulting in the capture or death of the participants in a very short time. Having been present at the several meetings referred to in this statement, I hereby certify that the same is correct in every essential particular.”