Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1894, Page 6

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Ls MORE TOWARD a! fon than the use of the genuine An- of br. J. G. B. SIEGERT & He Favors a Division of the Maryland Diocese With a Bishop's Residen: im Washington and Baltimore. It is expected that the important ques- tion of the divisivi of the Protestant Epi copal diocese of Maryiand will be di cussed at the diocesan convention which will be held in May. Bishop Paret is re- ported in today’s Baltimore Sun as having expressed his views on this subject as follows: “I have no wish to force division of the diocese. it would be unhelpful and narm- ful if it shou!t be done without the ap- Proval anil o,athy of a decided ma- jority both of the clergy and the laity. But it is a question of such great im:port- ance to the church that no decisioa either for it or against it should be made without full study. “The matter is important at this time especiaily. ‘To complece the ers:tion of a new diocese the consent of the general convention is required. That convention will meet next year, and it would seem that no action looking to division could be effective unless a beginning be made at our own convention in May next. The matter was discussed, but not so fully as I hoped, in one of the meetings of the con- vocation of itimore. it would be well, 1 think, to have more thought given to it now and to have the clergy use their ser- mons to awaken the people to the import- ance of chureh growth and their own responsibility for it, and to show the need for sume bold step in the line of advance. I dw not think we speak plainly and fully enough to the people about church affairs and work. “The first point about which the laymen of Maryland should be asked think is found in the reasons which e the sub- jéet important at this time, ‘Is the work of the diocese so large as to call for divi- sion” Measured by the work that comes upon its bishop it is amony the largest. It has been elaimed that the late bisLep of Massachusetts made more visitations in @ year than any other bishop, but it is a} mistake. He reported 14. The diocese of | New York had If: visitatioas, with con- | firmation, the bishop being aided by other bishops. Virginia reports 147, Pennsylva- nia 146 and Maryland 150, so that by such measure of the magnitude of its work Maryland stands second. its Territorial Extent. “Next, as to the extent of the territory ever which the bishop must travel in this part of his duty. The diocese of Maryland is larger territorially than the diocese of New York, which is now seeking read- justment of its lines, and it is more than twice as large as the diocese of Pennsyl- vania. With its two great cities of Balti- | more and Washington, cach new diocese, | should the division take place, would still | be among the very strong ones. Without | claiming that the work cannot be done by a single bishop we may 5e sure it could be done better and more thoroushly, aud for the much greater welfare of the church by ut one of the strongest reasons for cre- | ating a new diocese is the Importance and | influence of the city of Washington. Great | educational institutions are growing there. ‘The most powerful religious organizations are making it their center. It is important, it is almost necessary, not only for Wash- ington, but for the church in the United States, that the church also should concen- trate strength there and be represented by a bishop whose seat and center of action there. encWhat ts to be said against the creatfon of a new diocese? It has been urged that the diocese of Maryland has a time-honored neme and history and ought to maintain its full integrity, and that it would cease by division to occupy the present position among the very foremost. Such sentiments should not stand in the way of the church's Progress. If by the division the church can do better work for the Lord and can reach and help to save more sou!s, that outweighs all sentiment. The Question of Money. “It has been urged that the support of two dioceses would requice much more| money. frue, but there is money enough entrusted of God to churchmen in Balti- more and Washington for meeting all such needs. Communities far poorer than these | have met such needs successfully. If the | laymen of Baltimore and Washington can | be convinced of the need of two bishops in- stead of one, they have the ability—and who will doubt their willingness? “The tmportant questions to be faced are: | “Shall the dioce if the bishop give his | @orsent as required by law, be divided? “If divided, on what lMnes “What proviston shall made {6r the rt of the episcopate? oeTne last question is necessary because the constitution of the general convention | enacts that the general convention ‘may not sive its consent to the division of a diocese tisfactory assurance of a suit- | n for the support of the episco- | j ion of the proposed new diocese | Iral in Washington < It is difficult to dete-mine exactly .what influence one May have upon the other, but it is probabie that a decision to divide the diocese would ive the cathedral project fresh impetus and Spur on its erection. On the other hand,the success of the cathedral movement may in- fluence the convention to hurry up the di- vision of the diocese. W the cathed-al fs erected Washington will be, of course,the sent of a The directors of ‘the cathedral tt hope to have so’ thing definite to report in the near future. The fund at present re ats property Valued at $200.00%) and my hand amounting to 330,006 At Champion James Corbett. Champion James Corbett is to arrive in Washington frym New York at 4:30 this af- ternoon. He has engaged a private parlor, boudeir and bath Willard’s, and will be mpaniet by Manag on the same tr: piedsed or in his wife. boxed and party Seeing th s ht Company has admintsirator of ims $10,000 2 while was dire was so badiy scalded nt! as to ca IN i an ed to ing it ¥ Bis death four days later, March 1, | Were In a state of war.” | wati | Upon those islands at any place where it , overthrow the queen with the purpose of | Provement in political, industrial and com- | ernment would not have been the subject | | of adverse criticism. But the presence of | } to the THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. THE HAWAIIAN CASE ie 1 (Continued from First Page.) the United States in Honolulu and all thi islands and their property rights were virtually outlawed. The citizens of Hono- | lulu were not held amenable to the civil | authorities, but were treated by. the queen | as well as by the people as if the country | In view of this state of facts, the report lays down the ‘following proposition: | “In a country where there is no power of | the law to protect the citizeris of the United States, there can be no law of-nations ner any rule of comity that can rightfully pre- | vent our flag from giving er to them under the protection of our arms, and this without reference to any distress it may give to the queen who generated the ceon- fusion, or any advantage it may the people who are disputing her resume or hold her regal powers. In ¢ country where there is no effective c executive authority, whether it is a newly discovered island where only savage govern- ment prevails, or one where the govern- ment is paralyzed by int the right claimed and exe lized nations to enter such a country with sovereign authority to assert and protect the rights of its citizens and their property nd to remain there without the invitation of any body until civil government shall that ts adequate in have been estabiished a condition of the Hawaiian governme the time that the troops were land Honolulu from the steam warship Boston; that there was then an interregnum in Ha- as respects the executive office; that there was no executive power to enforce the laws of Hawaii, and that it was the right of the United States to land troops * necessary, in the opinion of our min- ister, to protect our citizens.” Mr. Stevens’ Purpose Proper. Cognizance is taken of the charge that the landing of the troops was intended to producing the ultimate annexation ef the islands wo the United States, but the com- mittee declares and agrees that the pur- poses of Minister Stevens and Capt. Wiltze were legitimate and that they acted in good faith and with no motive except that of protecting American citizens and preserv- ing order. The intensity of the queen’s cp- position to the missionaries is referred to; the work of the missionaries is praised, aud the report says: “Civilization and ‘con- stitutional government in Hawali are the foster children of the American Christian missionaries, and with Christianity and edu- cation as the basis there has come over Hawaii the most rapid and successful im- mercial conditions that has marked the course of any people in Christendom. “If nothing but a decent respect for our national example was in question, if there was no question in Hawail that concerned the people of ‘the United States except that of a relapse of that government iuto abso- lute monarchy, if there was no degrada- tion of society involved in this ‘ailing away, no destruction of property and lib- erty in contemplation, there would still be enough in the conditions now presented there to excite the most anxious interest of our people. Citizens of the United States, with wisdom, charity, Christian faith and a love of constitutional government, have pa- tiently, laboriously and honestly puilt up Hawaii into a civilized power under a writ- ten constitution, and they can justly claim the sympathy and assistance of all Civilized peopie in resisting its destruction, either to gratify @ wanton lust of absolute power on the part of the queen, or the abuse cf its authority in fostering vice and rewarding crime. The facts of recent history present broadly and distinctly the question between an absolute and corrupt monarchy in Ha- waii and a government in which the rights and Iberties guaranteed by a written con- stitution shail be respected and preserved.” The Queen's Harsh Utterances. The report speaks of the queen's desire for the punishment or death of those who had opposed her, and says that Ameri-ans should not hesitate in the support of a gov- ernment set up to oppose her. The utter- ances of the queen to Mr. Willis, “while they are a seeming expression of the lofty indignation of au offended ruler, are so unsuited to the character of a queen crown- ed by a Christian and civilized people, and so out of keeping with her character as a woman who had received kindly recogni- tion and personal regard from otier good and refined ladies, that they shock all right- minded people in Christendom.” Continu- ing, the report says: “The President, on the first intimation of these harsh declara- tions of the queen, at once laid them be- fore Congress, and abandoned the further exercise of his good oftices to bring about a reconciliation between her and those who were conducting and supporting the provis- ional government. Mr. Willis, however, re- garding his instructions as continuing to require his intercession beyond the point where the President considered that it should cease, held a second and third in- terview with Liliuokalani. Mr. Wiilis, in what he did, obeyed what he conceived to be his instructions, and being so distant from Washington, it is a matter of regret, but not of surprise, that there was an « parent want of harmony in his ac- ton in continuing his interviews with Lili- uokalani after the President had determin- ed that the full duty of the government had been performed. * * * “When a crown falls in any kingdom of the western hemisphere it is pulverized, and when a scepter departs it departs forever; and American opinion cannot sustain any American ruler in the attempt to restore them, no matter how virtuous and sincere — reasons may be that seem to justify im.” Mr. Stevens Justified. Mr. Stevens’ recognition of the new gov- ernment is justified, thy report having the following on this point: “The precise hour when, or the precise conditions under which the American min- ister recognized the provisional govern- ment is not a matter of material importance, It was his duty, at the earliest safe pericd, to assist his recognition in the termination of the interregnum, so that citizens of the United States might be safely remitted to the care of that government for the secur- ity of their rights. As soon as he was con- vinced that the provisional government was secure against overthrow it was his duty to recognize the rehabilitated state. | If no question of the annexation of Hawaii to the United States had existed, the con- | , duct of the American minister in giving official recognition to the provistanal gov- that question and his anxious advocacy of | annexation did not relieve him from the duty or abridge his right to call for the troops on the Boston to protect the citizens of the United States during an interregnum | in the office of chief executive of Hawaii. | They were not to be put into a state of outlawry and peril if the minister bad been opposed to annexation, nor could his desire on that subject in any way affect their rights or his duty. He gave to them | the protection they had the right to de- mand, and, in respect of his action up to this point, so far as it related to Hawaii, his opinions as to annexation have not affected the attitude of the United States goverrment, and the committee find no cause of censure either against Minister | Stevens or Capt. Wiitse of the Boston. | The Flag Issae. | “Afterward, on the Ist day of February, 1893, the American minister caused the flag of the United States to be raised on the government building in Honolulu and as- sumed and declared a protectorate over that nation in the name of the United States. This act on the part of our min-| ister was without authority, and was void for want of power. It was disavowed by Secretary Foster and rebuked by Secretary | Gresham, and the order to abandon the protectorate and haul down the flag was in accordance with the duty and honor of the United States. To haul fown the flag of the United States was only an order to eserve its honor. e relations which have existed n Hawaii and the United States are ed, and it ts 2 ed that these re- | lations have be nily fostered. Ap- prehensions of c! turbance in Hawaii caused the Uni 2p ships of war most in order to protect ican int ‘We have al AYS e: the pr ic aff: ilege of interferen the domesti ified, under our in referen Mex n recog- ‘ainty of the has never been ously mani- Mr. Willis co. ht ot pn of Annexation, -xation is discussed at > Jen: » whole tenor of ¢ report relating to the su s favor- direct statement is | . the language of the report = as follows other ance tn constder- of our diplomatic and naval the annexation of Hawaii sn the subject | ef careful study and almost constant con. ! revolution ‘ jis exceedingly severe on the ministers of templation among Hawaiians and their Kings since the beginning of the reign of Kamehameha I. This has always been re- garded by the ruling power in Hawaii as a i coveted and secure retreat—a sort of house | of refuge—whenever the exigencies of fate | might compel Hawaii to make a choice be- | tween home rule and foreign domination, | either in the form of a protectorate, or of | scbmission to some foreign sovereign. “Hawaii has always desired an escape to | a freer government, when she has to be of racial pride and her standing as a nation would be the severe penalty of her weak- ness. Hawaiians. prefer citizenship in a great republic to the slavery of subjection to any foreign monarchy. Annexation to the United States has never been regarded with aversion or with a sense of national degradation by the Hawaiian people. On the contrary, it has been adopted as a fea- ture of political action by those who have attempted to recommend themselves to the | support of the people in times of danger. | “Annexation w an avowed purpose of the provisional government because it would popularize the movement. No one! could project a revolution in Hawail for the overthrow of the monarchy that would hot raise the question among the people of annexation to the United States it was the habit of the Haw: ns brate the anniversary of the inde of the United States us a national fete day. So that there was no thought of conspiracy against the monarchy in openiy favoring | the project of annexation. Whether annex- | ation is wise and beneficial to both coun- tries is a question that must receive the consideration of both governmenis before it can be safely settled. “The testimony taken by the committee discloses the well-considered opinion of sev- eral of our most eminent naval and mili- tary officers that the annexation of Hawai | is a fact indispensable to the proper de- fense and protection of our western coast and cities. But this is a matter with which the committee is not speciaily charged, and reference is made to these opinions as supporting the statement that all the in- telligent men in Hawaii and in the United States, who have taken pains to consider | the subject, are convinced tnat the ques- tion Is one deserving of thorough investi- gation and a correct and friendly decision.” The Provisio Government. Next the report states that the recogni- tfen of the provisional goverament was lawful and has contributed to the peace of | Hawati, and, continuing, says: “The complaint by Liliuokalani in the protest that she sent to the President of the United States, dated the 18th day of January, is not, in the opinion of the com- mittee, well founded in fact or in Justice. It appears from the evidence submitted with this report that she was in fact the author and promoter of a revolution in Hawali which involved the destruction ot the entire constitution and a breach of her solemn oath to observe and support it, and it was only after she had ascertained that she had made a demand upon her native subjects for support in this movement, which they would not give to ner, that she, for the first time, postponed her determina. tion to carry this revolution into effect, and made known her determination to do So as soon as she could feel that she had the power to sustain the movement. The Paramount Commissioner. \ “But the President of the United States, giving attention to Liliuokalani’s ciaim that this government had alarmed her by the presence of its troops into the alxtica- tion of her crown, believed that it was proper and necessary in vindication of the honor of the United States to appoint a commissioner to Hawali, who would muke @ careful investigation into the facts and send the facts and his conclusions to the President for his information. The com- missioner, Mr. Blount, went to Hawalt un- der circumstances of extreme embarrass- ment and executed his instructions with impartial care to arrive at the truth, and he presented a sincere and instructive re- port to the President of the United States, touching the facts, the knowledge of which he thus acquired. In the agitated state of opinion and feeling in Hawaii at that me it was next to impossible to obtain a full, fair and free declaration in respect of the facts which attended this revolution, aud particularly was this difficult to obtain from the persons who actively participated in that movement. “The evidence submitted by the com- mittee in addition to that which was pre- sented by Mr. Blount, having been taken under circumstances more favorable to the development of the whole truth with re- gard to the situation, has, in the opinion of the committee, established the fact that the revolutionai movement in Hawaii originated with Liluokalani, and was pro- moted, provided for and, as she believed, secured by the passage of the opium bili and the lottery bill through the legislature, from which she expected to derive a reve- nue sufficient to secure the ultimate suc- cess of her purpose, which was distinctly and maturely devised to abolish tne con- stitution of 1887 and to assume to herself absolute power, free from constitutional restraint of any serious character. Lilluokala Revolution. “The fact cannot be ignored that this revolutionary movement of Liliuokalani, which had its development in tne selec- tion of a new cabinet to supplant one which had the support of all the conservative elements in the islands, was set on foot and accomplished during the absence of the American minister on board the ship Bos- ton during the ten days which preceded the prorogation of tae legislature. The as- tonishment with which this movement wes received by the American emigrants ard other white people residing in Hawaii and its inauguration in the absence of the Bos- ton and of the American minister show that those people with great anxiety: recog- nized the fact that when it was compieted they would become its victims. These con- victions excited the serious apprehensions of the white people in those islands that a crisis was brought about in which not only their rights in Hawali and under the constitution were to be injuriously witect- ed, but that the ultimate resuit would be that they would be driven from the isiands ‘Thus | | ! | or, remaining there, would be put at the | mercy of those who chose to prey ujon their property. This class supply uine- tenths of the entire tax receipts of the kingdom.” The President Deceived. The report takes the side of the provis- ional government as respects the counter which the queen provoked. it the queen, saying: “These men, whose conduct cannot be) characterized as anything less than per- | fidious, hasiened to give the President of | the United States faise and misieadin, stdtements of tacts leading up to and suc- | ceeding this revolution. ‘fo do this, they | made deceptive and misleading statements | to Mr, Blount. Upon them musi rest the | odium of encouraging the quecn in her revo~ | lutionary intentions; of having thrown | themselves upon the mercy of the peope | and then making an attempt through false- | hood and misrepresentation to reg.in pow- | er in the government of Hawaii, waich tae people would naturally forever aeny them. ‘The right of the Presideni to appoimt Mr. Blount ts discussed, the report staung the conclusion to be that such a rigni no douvt existed, and that the authority given to Mr. Blount, and, which he exercised, was proper. Then Mr. Wiis’ mission is taken up and the position of the President | referred to in tae foilowing: “If, in the course of proceeding, the Pres- ident of the United States had intended | to compel obedience io what is termed | his “decision” in the mater by using tie | force of the Uniled States to assist tne queen in being enthroned, Uiat would have been an act of war, entirely beyond his bower, and would not have recvived tne sanction of any considerable part of the American people, and would have no war- rant.in international law. But such was net the iatention of the President, as is shown by contemporaneous acts, by his | declarations, and by his subsequent treat- | ment of the subject. Therefore, the ques- | tion between the United States and Ha- wail touching the propriety of an inter- vention in the domestic affairs of Ha- wali to the extent of gaining the final de- cision and agreement of boih parties upon these propositions is one that is strictly within the accepted right or authority of ign te tender his good ofile: to 2 the conflicts uf two or more fac- tions, or parties, that may be opposed to | each other within any country.” The Presideat’s Policy The report then goes on as follows: | “In the public act, by which the provis- | ional government of Hawali was estab-! as a distinct declaration that nment was to continue until Ha- nnexed to the United States. eclaration, apart from evgry other} lished, there wa that gov jon, would have justified the es in an interfereuce for the protection of the provisional government, which would not have been tolerated under | any other circumstances. That declora ated an intimacy of relationship States and the recog- nized government of Hawail, which is en- Urely exceptional, and which’ placed within the reach and control of the Uniied States very largely, if not entir the disposal ef those questions collateral to that of an- nexation, which might have interfered the peaceful and appropriate of | difficulty which might arise in its eution. So that the provisional govern- ment of Hawaii having thus thrown it- self into the arms of the United States in the first declaration of its existence, can not justiy complain that the United States should scrutinize, under the authority thus given, .all its pretensions of right thus to dispose of an entire country and people. And Liliuokalani having reference to the same project of annexation, of which she was fully cognizant, made complaint that the United States had assisted in driving her from her throne by bringing its troops on shore in military array at a time when there was no necessity for it, distinctly an- {forced to the point where the surrender nounced at the moment of her final and avowed abdication that she would abdicate provisionally and would await the decision of the United States as to whether that abdication and the destruction of the king- dom and the annexation of Hawaii to the United States should become completed facts. Under such circumstances, the Pres- ident of the United States, believing that the Information then in possession of the government was not sufficient to justify summary annexation, could not have done justice to himself, to his country, to the people of Hawaii, to the provisional gov- ernment, or to Liliuokalani, without hav- ing made an effort to use his good offices for the purpose of ascertaining whether it ‘was practicable that the queen should be restored to her authority, leaving the ques- tion to be determined by the people inter- ted in Hawaii whether such restoration ould be acceptable to them or not. If Liliuokalani had been restored to her throne by the consent of the membership of the provisional government, upon the terms and conditions of the preposition which she signed and delivered to Mr. Willis, the President of the United States would not have been in any sense responsible for her restoration, would not have espoused the monarchy, nor would he have done any- , thing that was contradictory to American sentiment, opinion or policy. He would only have been the mutual friend, accepted, really, by both partics, whose intervention would have secured with their consent the final solution ot that question. In the ab- sence of such committal on his part to the claims of Liliuokalani or resistance on his bart to the recognized rights of the pro- visional government, there is no reason for withholding approval of the conduct of the President of the United States in thus accepting and executing a function which he was entitled. to perform, in submitting the question, in due and final form, to the contending parties or factions in Hawaii, whether they preferred to maintain the au- thority of the provisional government, with whatever results may follow from that, or oo to the monarchy under Liliuoka- ni. “Therefore your committee conclude to report that the President of the United States has not, in this particular, in, any wise been a party to any irregularity or any impropriety of conduct in his high Office. The Negotiations for Annexation. “The committee find nothing worthy of criticism in the negotiation of the treaty of annexation with the provisional gov- ernment of Hawai. “The revolution in Hawai! had the effect simply of displacing one chief of the exec- utive department and substituting another. “The government had not been displaced and another substituted, but oniy a de- partment which had been left vacant had been rehabilitated. ‘When this was done and the fact was recognized,the government of Hawaii was as competent to treat of unnexation to the United States as it had ever been, or as it ever will be, until the United States shall decide that it will annex no more territory unless with the consent of the people to be annexed, to be ascertained by a plebiscite. “Complaint is made also that this project of annexation was attempted to be con- mated in too great haste. ‘hat raises a question of due consider- ation; for, if the people of both countries desired it, or if, according to every prece- deat to be found in the various annexations of countries and states to the United States the respective governments desired it, speedy action in completing the cession was desirable for many obvious reasons, among which the injurious disturbance of commerce and danger to the public peace growing out of a protracted agitation of so grave a matter are conspicuous. “But this is a question of long standing, which has been under favorable considera- tion by the kings and people of Hawaii, and the government and people of the United States for more than fifty years. “It is well understood, and its importance increases with every new consequence in Hawaii, and with the falling in of every island in the Pacific ocean that is captured by the great maritime powers of Europe.” After quoting official state papers bearing on annexation, the report concludes: “A President informed as to the history of his country could find no diffleulty in dealing with the question of the annexation of Hawali to the United States on the ground that it is new; and a minister to saawali who should fall to inform his gov- ernment of the political changes in Hawali that would affect that question would neg- lect his duty. “It is not a just criticism upon the cor- respondence of Minister ‘Stevens with his government that he earnestly advocated annexation. In this he was in line with Mr. Marcy and nearly every one of his successors gs Secretary of State, and with many of Mr. Stevens’ predecessors as min- ister to Hawaii. His letters to his govern- ment were written under the diplomatic confidence that is requisite to secure free. dom in such communications and were not expected to come under the scrutiny cf all | mankind. They show no improper spirit j and are not impeachable as coloring or perverting the truth, although some mat- ters stated by him may be classed as se- vere reflections. Whatever motives may have actueted or controlled any represenia- tive of the government of the United States in his conduct of our affairs in Hawaii, if | he acted within the limits of his powers with honest intentions, and has not pluced the government of the United States upon | faise or untenable ground, his conduct is not irregular. Mr. Stevens’ Protectorate. “But in his dealings with the Hawailan government ais conduct was characterized | by becoming dignity and reserve, and was net in any way harsh or offensive. In the opinion of the committee, based upon the evidence which accompanied this report, the only substantial irreguiarity that ex- isted in the conduct of any officer of the United States, or agent of the Pr tent du or since the time of the revolution of » Was that of Minister Stevens in declaring a_ protectorate of the United States over Hawaii, and in placing the flag of our country upon the government build- ing in Honelulu. No actual harm resulted from this unauthorized act, but as a pr dent it is not to be considered as bei justified. The committee have not sidered It neces to present any resolu- tions stating the conclusions that are indi- e in this report, and ask that it be re- ceived and adopted by the Senate, and that they be discharged from the further coasid- eration of the resolutions under which this report is made.” THE SUPPLEME TAL REPORT. Republicans Hold That Blount's Ap- pointment and Acts Were Hlegal. The republican members agreeing to Mr. Blount’s report submit the following as supplemental thereto, and more fully ex- pressive of their views: We are in entire accord with the essen- tial findings in the exceedingly able report submitted by the chairman of the commit- tee on foreign relations. But it is our opin- jon, first, That the appointment, on the 11th day of March, 1898, without the advice and consent of the Senate, of Hon. james H. Blount as “special commissioner to the Hawalian government, under letters of ere- dence and those of instruction, which de- clared that “in all matters affecting rela- jian tions with the government of the Haw Islands, his authority is param f unconstitutional act, in that st Biount, ated to the ithout its ad . although tha such and continued to be i long time immediately thereafter. Second, ‘The orders of the. executive de- partment by which the naval force of the United States in the harbor of Honolity in effect placed under the command of Blount or Mr. Will thority or warrant of law. ‘Third, The orler given by Mr. Blount to Admira! Skerrett to lower the ited States easign from the governme! i in Honolulu and to embark the troons on the ships to which they belonged, was an order which Mr. Blount had no lawful authority to give. Its object was not to terminate a protectorate; that re! had been dis- avowed by the adiministration of Pres Harrison immedi: were without au- en by Mr. Biount,were in the p. ions from whi he ordered them to be rn - the pur- pose of maintaining order and protecting American life and property. Their vresence had been effectual to these ends, and their removal tended to create, and did public excitement, and, to a degree, trust of the power of the provisional ernment to preserve order or to maint itself. That order of Mr. Blount was sus- ceptible of being so ¢ , particularly by the people of Hawaii. in the light of subsequent relations be- create, ais- event of any! tween Mr. Blount and his successor, Mr. Willis, with the queen, whose office had be- come vacant by her deposition and abdica- tion, under the attack of a successful revo- lution, this order and its execution were most unfortunate and untoward in their ef- fect. Such relations and intercourse by Messrs. Blount and Willis with the head and with the executive officers of an over- thrown government, conducted for the pur- | pose of restoring that government by dis- Placing its successor, were in violation of international law, and were not warranted by the circumstances of the case. Fourth, The question of the rightfulness of the revolution, of the lawfulness of the means by which the deposition and abdica- tion of the queen were effected, and the right of the provisional government to exist and to continue to-exist, was conclusively settled, as the report so forcibly states, against the queen and in favor of the pro- visional government, by, the act of the ad- ministration of President Harrison recog- nizing such provisional government; by the ‘negotiation by that administration with such provisional government of a treaty of annexation to the United. States; by ac- crediting diplonmatie representation by such administration and by the present admin- istration to such provisional government; therefore, it incontrovertibly follows that the President of the United States had no authority to attempt to reopen such deter- mined questions, and to endeavor by any means whatever to overthrow the vrovis- ional government, or to restore the mon- archy which it had displaced. While it is true that a friendly power may rightfully tender its good offices of media- tion or advice in cases such as that under present consideration, it is also true that the performance of such offices of mediation or advice ought not to be entered upon without the consent, previously given, by both the parties whom the action or decis- ion of the friendly power may affect. Such consent was not given in the present in- stance. The provisional government never so con- sented; it was never requested to consent. It denied the jurisdiction of the present administration on every proper occasion. Therefore, the proceedings by the Presi- dent, which had for their result his request and monition to the provisional government to surrender its powers, to give ap its ex- istence, and to submit to be displaced by the monarchy which it had overthrown, had no warrant in law, nor in any consent of one of the parties to be affected by such proceedings. Fifth, The avowed opinion of the Presi- dent of the United States, in substance, that it is the duty of this government to make reparation to the queen by endeavoring to reinstate her upon her throne by all con- stitutional methods, is a elear definition of the policy of the present administration to that end. The instructions of Messrs. Biount and Willis must be construed to be other and more ampie forms of expression of that policy. No other Presumption is permissible than that their actions at Hono- lulu were with intent to carry out that uvowed policy. These considerations make immaterial any discussion, in this connec- tion, of the personal intentions, cireumspec- tions, or good faith of these gentlemen in the performance of the task to which they had been plainly commanded by the pres- ent administration. JOHN SHERMAN, WM. P. FRYE, J. N. DOLPH, CUSHMAN K.DAVIS. THE MINORITY REPORT. Four Democratic Senators Ceusure Minister Stevens. The following is the report presenting the views of the minority-of the committee. “The undersigned, the minority ‘of the committee on foreign relations, submit herewith the following views adverse to the report of the committee, upon the sub- ject of the recent political revolution in Hawaii: “Without denying or conceding in any manner the correctness of the facts as claimed, or of the statements as made, in sald report, concerning other matters there- in mentioned, we especially dissent from that portion thereof which declares that the only substantial irregularity in the con- duct of Mr. Stevens, the late minister, was his declaration of a protectorate by the United States over Hawaii. We are of the opinion also that there are no yalid rea- sons and no course of dealing in our past relations with those islands which justifies interference by the United States with the political internal affairs of .Hawail any more than with those of any other indepen dent state or nation in this hemisphere. e cannot concur, therefore, in so much of the foregoing report as exonerates the minister of the United States, Mr. Stevens, from ac- ve, officious and unbecoming participation in the events which led to the revolution on the Sandwich Islands on the 14th, 16th jand 17th of January, 1893. His own ad- missions in his official correspondence with this government, his conduct for months preceding the revolution, as well as the facts established by the evidence before a eects clearly justify such @ con- clusion. a the other hand, we are not inclined to censure Capt. Wiltse, commanding the United States warship Boston, or the offi- cers of that vessel. Their position was one of extreme delicacy and difficulty, ani we appreciate their anxiety to afford protec- tion to the lives and property. of American citizens. The force of the United stares marines of the Boston, with their ord: nary arms, stationed at the American legation, | and at the consulate in Honolulu, have effectually represented the authority and power of the United States govern- ment and would have afforded whatever Protection American interests might have | required, and at the same time would have avcided the appearance of coercion or duress, either upon the people of Honclulu or the queen in the controversy between them. This is our opinion, after a careful examination of the facts and circumstances disclosed in the evidence. But, as we have observed, the position was’ a delicate and difficult one. Perhaps, if we had been on the ground in the presence {of the minister, under the influence of his advice and counsel, and of the environments and conditions surround- ing Capt. Wiltse, his officers and men, we might have landed the forces as he did, but a less formidable array wouid have remov- ed from the queen the excuse for ssert- ing that she and her government vere | overawed by the United States forces, to which she claims under Protest to have surrendered, and at the same time have afforded all necessary protection to the lives and property of our citizens at that port, if they were in any jeopardy. “The moral support and good offices of this government or of any government js always permissible in promoting the moral tone and political improvement of the ov ernment of foreign countries on terms of amity with our own, but there is nothing in international law, in sound public. policy or in our past history and traditions waich justifies a representative of this govera- ment in interfering ofticiously or imprope ly in the domestic or political affairs of a foreign country, whatever may be the char- acter of its rulers, its form of government or its political condition. We have enough to do to attend to our own business. “We cannot, therefore, avi viction that the inopportune ister Stevens in the project o! vf the Sandwich Islands to States caused him to exceed the rot limits of his official duty and of his dintoe matic relations to the government end people of those islands. His conduct as the public representative of this govern- ment was directly conducive to briaging about the condition of affairs whien re- sulted in the overthrow of the queen, the organization of the provisional gover ment, the landing of the United States troops and the attempted scheme of - nexation, and upon this conclusion his con- duct is seriously reprehensible and deserv- ing of public censure. “M. C. BUTLER, “DAVID TURPIR, “JOHN M ORGE GRAY, “Members minority. ‘oid the con- zeal of Min- ff annexazion the United “Feb. 22, 184, Another Supplement. “The question .of annexetion is not sub- mitted for the consideration of the commit- tee, except as it incidentally affects the main question discussed; but it may not be improper for me to say, in this connee- tion, that I am heartily in favor of the acquisition of those islands by .the govera- | ment of the United States; and in proper re | se and on an appropriate occasion 1 | ould earnestly advocate the same. But | n unwilling to take advantage of in. | ternal dissensions in those islands, for which I believe we are in some meusure | responsible, to consummate at this time so | desirable an object. “M. BUTLER. “I concur in the abov “DAVID TURPIR.” THE HAWAIIAN STEMONY. c. jome Interesting Statements M: the Committee, The testimony taken by the committee on foreign affairs on which the report is based | covers 739 printed pages and includes the statements of a large number of witnesses | who appeared personally before the com- mittee, as well as affidavits sent from the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere. The wit- nesses include ex-Minister Stevens and Blount, a large number of naval officers, a number of residénts of Hawali and several Americans who were present on the islands at the time of the revolution and soon after it occurred. The testimony bears not only upon the events of the revolution, but upon the history of the islands, its natural hi: tory, its geography, the character and habits of its people, its products, commer- cial. importance, educational and religious institutions, its relation to the United States and the policy of this country toward it. A large majority of those examined. say there was no conspiracy, and that Minister Stevens’ position with reference to annexa- tion was not known to them prior to the revolution. The committee of safety con- sisting of twelve persons make oath to a statement In which they say that they had no understanding with Minister Stevens or Capt. Wiltse that they would assist in overthrowing the monarchy and the estab- lishment of a provisional government. Mr. Stevens’ testimony covers sixty-six pages. He dwells at considerable length upon the | lottery and opium bills as leading up to the revolution, in one place says that through these bills “both the queen and the ring of adventurers who surrounded her expected to get the money to carry on the govern- ment by making Honolulu a fortress of gamblers and semi-pirates amid the ocean, from which they could by every mati steamer to the United States send out the Poisoned billets of chance.” The queen is referred to in this connection as “semi- barbaric,” and he speaks of her in her ef- forts to promulgate a new constitution as “maddened and misguided.” Mr. Stevens explained that his reasons for declaring a protectcrate were thet the Japanese and British were both prepared, and the latter making overtures for an al- lance with the native population. Sum- ming up his reasons for hoisting the flag he said they were: The fear of anarchy, fear of the Japanese, and the fear that Wode- house and the Japanese commissioner would insist upon the same right in dealing with the affairs that he had, which he knew his government was opposed to. After the pro- tectorate was declared he did not under- take in any way to control the affairs of the islands. Mr. Stevens said that when Mr. Blount arrived he did not communicate to him his special instructions. He said he treated Blount courteously, and had not manifested any chagrin he might have felt. He gave him no ground for antagonism. Mr. nt’s Explanations. Oil is the kind used in the production of Scott's Emul- sion — Hypophos- Phites of Lime and 5 Soda are added for their vital ef- fect upon nerve and brain. No mystery surrounds this formula— the only mystery is how quickly it builds up flesh and brings back strength to the weak of all ages. Scott's Emulsion will check Consumption and is indispensable in a// wasting dis- eases. Prepared by Boot # Bowne, N.Y. All drnerista, A Pure Norwegian THE BATTLESHIP INDIANA Her Preliminary Trial to Take Place To- morrow, She-is the Pioneer of Her Class in the Navy—A Description of Her. —_ ‘The battleship Indiana will be the ploneer of her class in the United States navy. Ar- Mr. Blount said that at the time of his! T#nsements have been perfected by her appointment as commissioner he had no Dullders—Cramp & Sons—tor « prelimi- Drepossessions regarding the situation in| “FY Speed trial tomorrow, to be followed | quire the succes: the islands, and, continuing, said: “Two years ago, when I was chairman of the committee on foreign relatiens of the House of Representatives, Mr. Thurston, with Mr. Mott Smith, came to the commit- tee room and wanted to know if the demo- cratic party would consent to the annexa- tion of the Hawalian Islands. I said to him, without telling him my reasons, ‘You had better see the Secretary of State about He said to me: ‘I.am @ member of the | legislature, and I mean nnexation of the islands.’ said nothing at all: I had no authority from anybody on the subject, and I did not think I ought to be talking, especially to a gen- tleman who came in there talking about a movement of that sort. I thought he was a pretty uppish sort of person, and thought no more about it. I was never more de-| termined to be careful and hear the truth than I was when I arrived at Honolulu. The situation I was in was rather painful to me. I met those people on one side and the other with a great deal of freedom. It was important for me not to take any posi- tion one way or the other, because the most simple thing I might say would be likely to be construed as significant. He had no conversation with the President about the objects of his mission. He was impressed with the belief that the President wanted information. The chairman—Did he intimate or indicate in any way whether he was in favor of or opposed to the annexation of the islands? Mr. Blount—Not in the sligh' contrary, he said to me—just a casual thing | ~“I understand from Mr. Springer that the | democrats in the House of itatives | are inclined to favor annexation.” Seemed H to be an inquiry. I said: “I think Mr. | Springer is in error about that; my impres- sion is that the feeling in the House is that the members are not satisfactorily in-| formed.” then, though he) ought not and he never said anything more. The impression made on my mind was that he was afraid he might give me some im; of his opinion. Mr, Blount said he received his instruc- tions from the Secretary of State, and they were entirely in w1 say,” he added, “that “I might, perhaps, the Secretary of State expressed the opinion that there was no principle of interna- soon after by her official trial for accept- ance by the government. The Indiana and her two mates, the Massachusetts and the Oregon, were authorized by the act of June 30, 1890. Cramp & Sons secured the con- tract for the first two named at $3,020,00), and the Union iron works got the contract for the Oregon at $3,180,000. The keel of the Indiana was laid in is91, and she was launched in February, isu. She is over2,000 tons heavier in displacement than the New York, the largest vessel now in commission, and will undoubtedly prove @ decided addition to the aggressive and de- fensive of our navy. Her con- power. The Ship Described. The Indiana 1s officially described as a steel coast line battleship. Her length on the load water line is 348 feet, her extreme id her mean used even in some rather shallow harbors, while she can take the sea in all weathers. Her hull is protected by a belt of heavy armor 71-2 feet wide, turned in forward and aft to sweep around the bases of the armored redoubts,the whole including about % per cent of the water plane area. For- ward and abaft this belt are heavy under- water protective decks, sloping at the sides to 41-2 feet below the water. There is an armored deck over the belt. Coal burkers are worked over the belt deck, and belts of water-exciuding material are work- ed on the slopes of the armor deck forward and aft. Above the belt armor, and extend- ing from redoubt to redoubt, the side is | Protected by five inches of steel. The ves- sel, says Naval Constructor Wilson, from whom the foregoing description is taken, is cut up forward, making a powerful rai bow, and doing away with excessive bow ‘waves om account of the easier lines so ob- tained, as well as greatly adding to the maneuvering power. The combination of tional law that he thought justified hoisting the American flag; the establishment of an American protectorate there, and his idea Was that it ought not to be continued. “Was your judgment,” he was asked, “in any wise influenced by your desire either to promote or to prevent or retard the annexa- tion of Hawaii to the United States?” Mr. Biount—I am not conscious of any such feeling. On the contrary. I was im- P when I came to make the investiga- tion with the conviction that I had very much at stake. I felt that any other than truthful, an exhaustive and impartial ex- amination would bring about the contempt of the American people. I was, therefore, timid—overcautious, perhaps, in all my con- duct in reference to it. I kept from their | social life. | Mr. Blount could not, he said, pursue the usual methods in taking testimony. There was an intense amount of feeling, and he | had to proceed secretly. He never allowed | it to be known that he had examined a man. | The chairman—Before you left Hawaii, did | you receive any communication, statement, | or information from the government.of the | United States of any purpose to reinstate Liliuokalani on any terms or conditions whatever? Mr. Blount—I never dreamed of such a! thing as the reinstatement of Liliuokalani. I never heard it suggested until my return | to the United States. I had a talk with the Secretary of State, and the inclination of his | mind was that the circumstances created a moral obligation on the part of the United States to reinstate her. I gathered from the | Secretary of State that the President had not any opinion—was thinking the matter over. The people were so quiet that there was nothing to indicate that there had ever been a revolution, and the taking down of the flag created no excitement. Asked why he had not made the nature of his mission known to Mr. Stevensg Mr. Blount said bis instructions were secret ard he did not give them to anybody. ides, the government had given instructions to Mr. Stevens direct. The Naval Officers. Next in importance to the testimony of ex-Ministers Stevens and ex-Commissioner Blount ts that of the officers of the Boston, in command of the troops which were land- ed. Those examined were Lieut. Command- er Swinburne, in command of the troops on shore; Lieuts. Young, Lair, Moore and Coff- man and Paymaster Hobbs. AW. these, ex- cept Mr. Coffman, sustained the position taken by Mr. Stevens. Lieut. Young was present in an official capacity when the queen prorogued the leg- islature on the 14th. He described the cere- mony as “a circus,” and said the was drunk at the time. = Rear Admiral Bel length upon the au! iknap was questioned at thority of a civil officer, such as a minister, to give orders to naval commanders, and after hearing Mr. Blount’s order to Admiral Skerrett to haul down the American flag floating in Honolulu, said: “I have been the naval service nearly forty-seven years, and that is the most per- emptory order I ever saw issued by any- body. If Mr. Blount wanted that done, he might have requested the admiral to do it, after consultation with him. Such vould have been the courteous and co-operative course. Lieut. Dewitt Coffman was an exception | to the rule of the naval officers, in that his testimony was favorable to view that there had been a conspirac’ He did not believe the revolution could have been suc- cessful without the presence of the Amer- ican troops. Pe Those Cherokee Claims. The eastern Cherokee Indians in North Carolina Saturday filed a bill of interven- tion to secure their share of the proceeds [of the sale of the Cherokee outlet. The | bill seeks to enjoin both the complainant and defendant in the pending suit of Ea- te D. Chadwick agai tion and its detegat So much of the fund us the eastern Chero! equitably inst the Cherokee na- | es from disposing of derived from the sale Kees claim legally and | belongs to them. The complain- ants allege that they have an individual interest in the amount which the govern- | ment has agreed to pay for the land, and | assert that neither of the parties to the | Chadwick suit contemplates including the | eastern Cherokees in the distribution of | either the money or bonds, and it is prayed | that the court, in making judgment, re- | sful party fo cause to be Set apart in the treasury, subject to the | order of the Secretary of the Interior, pro rata share of the eastern Cher: This share, it is stated, aggregates $1, ovo, the amount which Congress agreed to pay being $8,595, 7 Le Over fifty years bas Pond's Extract been used by | the people and profession as the best remedy for | Pain, Sores, Catairh, etc. ‘Note numne.of sole p prietors on every wrapper. Pond's E: New York and Loudon. ? |ing his engine. efi end of the turrets and the The been the turning gear of ing of the guns, armor of 5 mches has als ready en of; it has a backing of 10 feet. The big turrets are U5 inches thick above the barbettes. The 8-inch guns are mount- ed in barbettes of 10 inches, with turrets of 51-2 inches. The 6-inch guns are pro- tected by 5 inches of armor and have 2- inch splinter bulkheads worked around the deck, inside of which the ammunition for these guns is set up. The 6-pounders,where mounted between decks, have 2-inch ar- mor worked around them; elsewhere they have the usual service shields, The 1 ind= ers are protected by 2 inches of The deck over the belt is 23-4 inches, and at the ends the under-water decks are 3 inches. These decks in one plate of steel armor. There is a 10- inch armored conning tower, with a 7-inch tube for the voice pipes, wires steering connections. peneineaentin:.. Thon Burns Out Stores Under the Masoufa ‘Temple. Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning fire was discovered in the cellar of Charles T. Kelloge’s grocery store in the Masonic Temple bu....ng at 9th and F streets, and before it was ex ‘ved a loss was suf- fered by the various firms occupying the F and 9th street stores of about $45,000, on which there was an insurance of about $25,000. For a time it looked as if the ae belies would be destroyed, but the about 3:17 a.m., just as Nigh’ ; Hyatt of F. S. Williams 4 Co.’s drug store and Clerk Eugene Chamblin of Ayer & Davis’ lunch room ran out into the street crying “Fire.” Chambilin was it choked by the smoke which poured in upon him from the grocery. Engines 1, 2, 4 and 6, truck G and the chemical engine quickly responded, closely foliowed by Chief Parris. A dense volume of smoke was seen pouring forth from the cellar of the grocery store, but for some time no flames were observed. The entrances to the store were so securely” fastened that considerable time was re~ quired in which to effect an opening for the firemen. The flames at length burst forth from the rear of the store, and a second alarm brought engines 3 and 7 and truck A to the scene. The inflammable character of the goods in the cellar of the store created a very fierce and stubborn fire, and several times the firemen thought they had the flames subdued, only to see them break forth again and again. About two hours after the fire was discovered it eppeared as if the entire building was doomed, but the men, although sadly inter- fered with by the intense cold, at length overcame the flames woe @ most stubborn it of nearly ‘ht hours. ee Gagen of engine No. 6 had his arm ee burt - a in the machinery while tend- it caught tego Phang be roa attention at the Emergency Hospital. The only damage done ebove the first floor was occasioned by smoke. A number of canary birds in the hall were suffocated. The fire- men suffered very much from the cold, and were furnished with hot coffee and break- fasts by Mr. Noble D. Larner, Mr. Wash. B. Williams, Mrs. S. H. Martin of the Tem- ple Hotel and by other citizens in the vi- einity. The losses were estimated as follows: F. S. Williams & Co., drug store, $18,000; insurance, about $14,000. Charies T. Kellogg, grocer, about £20,000; insurance, about $11,000. Ayer & Davis, cafe, $2,000; about $1,000, Strauss Floral Company, about $200. Claflin Optical Company, $2,500; insur ance, $1,000. Various Masonic lodges, damaged about. $100 by smoke. Building damaged ebout $5,000; fully in- ured. or $17,000, Te insurance,