Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1894, Page 2

MORGAY'S HAWATIAN REPORT Result of the Inquiry of the Senate's Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs, HE FINDS THAT EVERYONE DID JUST RIGHT Only One Blander Was Made in the Whole Husiness and That Was the Raising of the Flag by Other Findings. Stovens— Senator Morgan on for. report WASHINGTON, Feb chairman of the senate committee eign relatlons, today presented the of the Investigation of that commit under a resolution calling for an as to whether any, and If 5o, what, Tarities occurred in the diplomatic or other intercourse between the United States and Hawall in relation to the recent politi cal revolution in Hawall The report prepared by concurred in by Senator Dolph and Da the republican of the committee, and also make a su report, taking moro positiv grounds than the Morgan report, whil ators Butler, Turpie, Daniel and Gray, demo- crats, submit a minority report. These re. ports, with the taken in eret investigation, bulk document and are comprehensive reviews of the Enwalin made thorough tnvestigation. Senator Morgan in his the Inquiry related first to th government as shown in its official acts and correspondence, and second to the conduct of the civil and military officers of the gov- ernment in the discharge of the public du ties and functions. These are matters which do not concern Hawali at this time. He also Bays the futu policy of the government as to annexation has been from the consideration of the committee except where it Is alluded to as an ineldent to the Investi- gation, Mr. Morgan lays down the proposi- tion on the first page of the report “As government dealing with Hawail and with any form of government In that country, the United States have no separation or break in Its line of policy correspond ng 10 any change in the incumbency of the office of president It is in all respects as much the same government in every right and responsibilit it it had been under the #ame president during the entire period covered by the recent revolution in Hawaii and the succeeding events. The president, however, has a right to change his opinion and a change of policy on the part of the president from that inaugurated by his pre- decessor must be regarded simply as a change of mind in the same perso A declaration against monarchism in the fsland follows next, the report saying, “We exercise at least a moral suzerainty over that country. Hawaii Is an American state and s embraced in the American commer. clal and military system. In this attitude | of the two governments, Hawail must be en- titled to the Indulgent consideration, It not an active sympathy, while she is endeav- oring to accomplish what every American state has achicved, the release of her people from the odious anti- publican regime which denies to the people the right to govern themselyes and subordinates them to the supposed divine right of a monarchy whose title to such ivinity originated in tho most slavish conditions of pagan bar- Marity.” Coming to the landing of the troops from the United States steamer Boston, Mr. Mo gan details the cts of the ten da cruise in which Minister Stevens had participated and says that upon the minister's return to the harbor a_condition of affairs existod 1 onolulu which lod naturally to the appre. hension that violence or civil commotion would ensue in which the peace and se- curity of American citizens residing in that || clty would be In peril, as had been done on | three or more separate occasions previously When changes occurred or were about ty oceur in the government of Hawaii. NO LAW OF NATIONS, It 1s evident,” he says, government at that time had no power t prevent the landing of troops from any quarter, no power to protect itself . frop oppression, no power to conduct civil gover. ment, 5o far as the executive was concorned Ut the effort to exert such power . were antagonized by any opposing body of people in considerable numbers. Indeed, no effort seems to have been made (o exert the ofyil authority except through the presence of a ‘small and ineficient body of policemen, The authority of the queen was not respected by the people; it was opposed and no forc appeared to be used for the purpose of over. coming the opposition. It yielded to a silent but ominous opposition. = There s well sottled authority for the position that at the moment the queen made public her declsion to absolve horself from her wish and support the constitution of 1887, her abdication was complete, if the people chos H0 to regard It. That constitution and the qQueen's oath to support It w; the only foundation for her regal authority, and when slie announced that her oath -w: s annulled in its effect upon her conseience she could no longer rightfully hold office under that constitution,” The report then calls attention to fact that in landing the troops there we demonstration and that in nalace they saluted the queen. “In a country where there is no power of | the law to protect the citizens of tho Unite States there can be no law of nations, nor any rule of comity that can rightfully pre. vent our flag from giving shelter to them under the protection of our arms, and this without reference to any distress it may glve to the queen, who generated the con. ma Inquiry irregu- enator Morgan Is Sherman, Frye, members mentary Sen- testimony the sc make a aquestion after a report says that conduct of the excluded can “that the queen's the 4 no passing the February 27th, 1894, DICTIONARY One Sunday and Threo Week- day coupons, with 15 cents in coin, will buy one part of The American Encyclopedic Dictoinary Sond or bring to The Bes office. 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In every country where there is no effectivo chief exccutive authority, whoether it Is a nowly discovered Island where only savage govern- ment prevails, or one where the government is paralyzed by internal fouds, It is the right clatmed and exerclsed by all civilized nations to enter such a country with sovereign authority to assert and protect the rights of its citizens and their property, and to remain there without the invitation of anybody until eclvil government shall have been established that fs adequate in a_ satisfactory sense for thelr protection The committee is agreed that such was the condition of the Hawallan government at the time the troops were landed in Hono- lulu from the Boston, that there was an in- terregnum fn Hawall as respecting the executive officers, that there was no execu- officer to enforce the laws of Hawafl \d that it was the right of the United States to land troops upon these fslands at any place where it was necessary in the opinion of our minister to protect American citizens,” The report speaks of the queen's desire for the banishment or death of those who had opposed her, and says that America should not hesitate In the support of a government which opposed her. The president says that on first Intimation of fthese harsh dec larations, he at once lafd the matter before congress and abandoned the further exercise of his good offices to bring about a recon ciliation between her and those who were conducting and supporting the provisional government. Mr. Willis, however, regarding Instructions as continuing to require his intercession boyond the point where the president considered it should cease, held a second and third interview with the queen. Mr. Willis, in what he did, obeyea what he concelved to be his instructions, and being so distant from Washington, it is a matter of regret but not of surprise that there was an apparent want of harmony between his action in continuing his inter- views with the qu after the president had determined that the full duty of his government had been pertormed. BOTH SIDES JUSTIFIED. “When a crown falls in any kingdom of the western hemisphere it is pulverized, and when a scepter departs, it departs for. ever, and American opinion cannot sustain an American ruler in the attempt to restore them, no matter how virtuous and fust the reasons may be that seem to Justify him.” Mr. Stevens' recognition of the new gove ernment is justified, the reports saying: “The precise hour when, or conditions under which the American minister recognlzed onal government, is not a matter It' was his duty at possible period to assist by his recognition the termination of the interim, 50 that the citizens of the United States might be safely remitted to the care of that government for the care of their rights, If there had been no question of the nexation of Hawall to the United § 5 the conduct of the minister in giving official recognition to the provisional government would not have been the subject of adverse criticism. “Afterwards on the 1st day of February, 1893, the American ministor 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 action on the part of Minister Stevens was without authority, and was void for want of power. It was disavowed and re. buked 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 down the flag of the United States was only an order to preserve its hono The close relations which have tween Hawail and the United States are discussed. “We have always exerted the privilege of an interference in the domestio affairs of Hawaii to a degree that would not be justified under our own view of interna- tional law in reference to the affairs ot Canada, Cuba or Mexieo, The reason is that Hawali has been recognized as under a virtual suzerainty to the United States This right has never been lost sight of, and it is conspicuously manifest in the cor. respondence of Mr. Willis with Mr. Dole.” FAVORABLE TO ANNEXATION. The matter of annexation Is discussed at some length, and while the whole tenor of the report relating to this is favorable to annexation, no direct statement was made herein, the language of the regort being: t‘Annexation has been the subject of careful study and almost steady contemplation Among the Hawaiians and their kings since the beginning of the reign of Kamehameha I This has always been regarded by the ruling power in Hawali as a coveted and secure retreat, a sort of house of refuge whenever the exigencies of fate might com- pel Hawail to make her choice between home rule and foreign dominztion, either in the form of a protectorate or of submission to some foreign soverelgn. Hawail has always desired an escape to a freer government, when she has to be forced to the point where the surrender of racial pride and her standing as a natlon would be the severe penalty of her weakness. Hawalians prefer citizenship in a great republie to the slavery of subjection to any foreign monarchy. An- nexation 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 feature of political action by those who have attempted to recommend themselves to the mpport of the people in times of danger. nnexation was the avowed purpose of the provisional government because it would popularize the movement. In the diplo- matic correspondence with our wministers to Hawali frequent and favorable allusion is made to this subject as a matter of friendly consideration for the advantage of that coun- try and people not to enhance the power and wealth of the United States. It has been the habit of the Hawallans to celebrate the anniversary of the independence of the United States as a national fete day, so there. was no thought of conspiracy against the monarchy in openly favoring the project of annexation. Whether annexation is wise and beneficial to both governments is a question that must receive the consideration of both governments before it can be safely settled. ~ The testimony taken by the com- mittee discloscs the well considered opinion of several of our most eminent naval officers that the annexation of Hawail s a fact in pensable to the proper defense and pro- toction of our western coast and citles, but this is a matter which the committee {5 not especially charged with and reference {s made to these opinions as supporting the statement that all intelligent men in Hawali and in the United States, who have taken pains to consider the subject, are convinced the question is one deserving of thorough investigation and a correct and friendly de- cision.” Next the report states that the provisional government was lawful and contributed to the peace of Hawall BLOUNT COMMENDED. Referring to Mr. Blount's mission the r port says he went to Hawall under cirou stances of extreme embarrassment and e eccuted his instructions with impariial care to arrive at the truth and presented a sin- cere and instructive report 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 Hawall at that time, it was next to fm- possible to obtain a full, fair and free dec laration in reapect to the facts which at tended this revelation and particularly w this dificult to obtain from the persons who participated in the movement. The evidenee submitted in addition to that pre- pared by My, Blount having been taken un circumstances more favorable to the de- velopment of the whole truth with regard w the situation has in the opinlon of the committee established tho fact that the revolutionary movement In Hawall origi nated with Lilluokalani and was promoted, provided for and, as he belleved, secured by the passage of the oplum bill and the lottery bill through the legislature from which she expected to derive a revenue sufllelent to secure the ultimate success of ker purpose whieh was distinctly and ma- turcly devised to abolish the constitution of 1857, and to assume to her absolute power .vee from constitutional restaint of any ser- fous character. The fact cannot be ignored that this revolutionary movement of Lili- uokalani, which had its development In the selection of a new cabinet to supplant one which had the support of all the conser- vative eloments of the islands, was set on foot and accomplisbed during the absence of the American minister on the American ship Boston during the ten days which preceded the prorogation of the legisla- ture. The astonishment with which this movement was recelved by the American the his dsted be. recognition of THE emigrants and other white people residing in Hawall and its {nauguration in the ab- sence of the Boston and of the American minister show that these people with great anxlety recognized the fact that it was directed against them and their interests and welfare, and that when it was com- pleted they would become Its victims These convictions excited the serious ap- prehension of all the white people in the islands that a crisls was brought about by which not only their rights in Hawail were to be injuriously affected, but that the ultimate result would be that they would be driven from the islands, or, remaining there, would be put at the mercy of those who chose to prey upon their prosperity. This class supply nine-tenths of the en- tire tax receipts of the kingdom. he report takes the side of the provi- slonal government as respects the counter revolution which the queen provoked, It is exceedingly severe on the ministers also. The right of the president to appoint Mr. Blount is discuss: the report stating the con slons of the committee to be that such 1 right no doubt existed, and that the authority given to Mr. Blount and which he excrclsed was proper. Then Mr. Willis’ mission is taken up and the position of the prasident referred to in the following words “If by this course of procedure the president had intended to compel obedience to what is termed his ‘decision’ in the mat ter by using the force of the United States to assist the queon in regaining the throne that would have been an act of war entire beyond his power and would not have re- ceived the sanction of any considerable part of the American people and would have no warrant in fnternational law. But such was not the intention of the president, as fs shown by contemporaneous accounts, by his declarations and by his subsequent treat- ment of the subject. Therefore, the ques- tion between the United States and Hawail touching the priety of an intervention in the domestic affalrs of Hawaii to the extent of gaining the final decision and agreement of both parties upon these propositions is one that is strictly within tle accepted right or authority of a sovereign to tender his good offices to reconcile the conflicts of two or more factions or parties that may be opposed to each other within any coun- try CLEVELAND'S IDEA WAS RIGHT. The report then goes on as follows: “‘In the public act by which the provisional gov- ernment of Hawall was established there was a distinct declaration that that government was to continue until Hawaii was annexed to the United States. That declaration, apart from evory other consideration, would have justified the United States in an interference for the protection of the provisional govern- ment which would not have been tolerated un- der other circumstances, That declaration cre- ated an intimacy of relationship between the United States and the recognized government of Hawaii which is entirely exceptional and placed within the reach and control of the United States very largely, if not entirely, the disposal of those questions collateral to that of annexation, which might have interfered with the appropriate solu- tion of any difficulty which might arise in its execution, so that the provisional govern- ment of Hawaii, having thus thrown Itselt into the arms of the United States in the first declaration of its existence, cannot Justly complain that the United States should scrutinize under the right thus granted all pretensions to the right to dispose of an en- tire country. and people. And Liliuokalani, having reference to tha same project of an- nexation, of which she was fully cognizant, mado complaint that the United States had assisted In driving her from her throne by bringing its troops on shore in military ar- ray at a time when there was no necessity for it, distinctly announced at the moment of her finul and avowed abdication that she would abdicate provisionally, and await the decision of the United States as to whether that abdication, the destruction of the kingdom and the annexation of Hawalii to the United States should be completed facts. Under such circumstances the president of the United States, believing that the in- formation then in possession of the govern- ment was not sufficlent to justify summary annexation, could not have done justice to himself, to his country, to the. people of Hawalil, to the provisional government or to Liliuokalani withont having made an effort to use his good offices for the purposenof as- certaining whether it was practicable’ that the queen should be restored to her authorit leaving the question to be determined by the people interested In Hawail whether such restora- tion would be acceptable to them or not. It Liliwokalani had been restored to her throne by consent of the membership of the provisional government upon the terms and conditions of the abdication which she sigaed and delivered to Minister Willls, the president of the United States would have not been In any sense responsible for her restoration, would not have espoused the monarchy nor would he have done anything which was contradictory of American senti- ment or opinion. He would only have posed as the mutual friend, accepted fully by both parties, whose Intervention would have secured with their consent the final solution of the question. In the absence of such committal on his part to the claims of Liliuokaluni or resistance on his part to the recognized rights of the provisional govern- ment there is no reason for withholding ap- proval of the conduct of the president of the United States in thus accepting and ex- ecuting 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 pre- fered to maintain the authority of the pro- visional government, with whatever results might follow from that, or a return to the monarchy under Liliuokalani. The com- mittec reports 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 committee finds nothing wortly of critieism In the negotiation of the treaty of annexation with the provisional govern- ment in Hawail. The revolution in Hawaii had the effect simply of displacing one chief of the executive department and substitut- ing another. “Whert this was done and the fact was recognized the government of Hawail was as competent to treat on annexation to the United States as it had ever been or as it will ever be, until the United States shall decide that it will annex no more territory unless with the cousent of the people to be annexed, to be ascetained by a plebiscite. HASTE WAS DESIRABLE. “Complaint is made also that this project of annexation was attempted to be cons summated in too great haste. That raises a question of due consideration; for, If the people of both countries desired it, or if, according to any precedent 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 ins Jurious disturbance of commerce, and danger to the public peace growing out of a pros tracted agitation of 50 grave a matter, are conspicuous, It is well understood and its importance Increases with every new event of any consequence in Hawaii, and with the falling in with of every island in the Pacific, that Is captured by the great maritime powers of Europe.' After quoting official state papers hearing on annexation, the report concludes: president informed as to the history of his country, ecould find no difficulty in dealing with the question of the anuexation of Hawail to the United States, and a min. ister to Hawail who should fail to inform his government of the political changes in Hawall that would affect that question, would neglect his duty. It is not a just criticlsm upon the correspondence of Minister Stevens with his government, that hie earnestly ad- vocated annexation. In Lhis line he was in line with Mr. Marcy and nearly every one of his successors as secretary of state, and with many of Mr. Stevens' predecessors as minister to Hawail. His letters to his government were written under the diplo- matic confidence that Is requisite to secure freedom in such communications and were not expected to come under the scrutiny of all mankind. They show no im- proper spirit and are not impeachable as coloring or perverting the truth, although some matters stated by him may be classed as severe reflections. Whatever motives may have actuated or controlled any repre- sentatives of the government of the United States in his conduct of our affairs in Hawail, If he acted within the limits of his powers with honest intentions and has not placed the government of the United States upon false and untenable grounds, his con- duet is not irregular ‘But in his dealings with the Hawalian goverument, his conduct was characterized by becoming dignity and reserve and was not in any way harsh or offensive. In the opiuion of the committee, based upon the would* nijidies this report, the only substantial irre Japity that existed in the conduct of any officer of tha United States, or agent of 6 president, diiring or nce the time of thy evolution of 1893, wan that of Minister 8thvons In declaring protectorate of tha. United States over Hawall, and In placing the flag of our coun- try upon the government building in Hono- lulu. No actual hajm.,resulted from this unauthorized act, buf as a precedent it i not to be considered as bdlng fustified “The committeo has.wot considered it necessary to present any resolutions stating the conclusions that mre indicated in the report and ask that it be received and adopted by the senafe, And that they be dis- charged from the farther consideration of the resolutions under which this report Is made.” evidence which nc REPUBLICAN REPORT. The republican members agreeing to Mr. Morgan's report submit the following as supplementary thereto and more fully ex- pressive of their views: “We are in entire accord with the essen- tlal findings In the exceedingly able report submltted by the chairman of the commit- tee on foreign relations, But it s our opinion— 1. That the day of March, appointment on the 11th 1803, without the advice or consent of the scnate, of Hon. James H. Blount as special commissioner to the Hawailan government under lotters of cred- ence and with Instructions to the government of the Hawalian Islands making his authority paramount, was an unconsti- tutional aim, in that sueh appointee, Mr. Blount, was never nominated to the senate, but was appointed without its advice and consent, although that body was in session when appointment was made and continued to be in session for a long time imme- diately thereafter. That the orders of the executive de- partment by which the naval force of the United States in the harbor of Honolulu was in effect placed under the command of Mr. Blount or of Mr. Willis were without authority or warrant of law. 3. That the order given by Mr. Blount to Admiral Skerrett to lower the United States ensign from the government build- ing in Houolulu and to embark the troops on the ships to which they belonged was an order which Mr. Blount had no lawful authority to glve. Its object was mot to terminate a protectorate. That relation had been disavowed by the administration of President Harrison immediately upon re- celving information of its establishment. The flag and troops, when such order was given by Mr. Blount, were in the positions from which he ordered them to be remoye for the purpose of maintaining order and protecting American life and property. Their presence had been effectual to thos ends and their removal tended to create and did create public excitement and, to a degree, distrust of the powers of the pro- visional government to preserve order or to maintain itself. That order of Mr. Blount was susceptible of being construed as indicating an unprovisional government and it was so construed, particularly by the people of Hawali. ‘4. The question of the rightfulness of the revolution, of the lawfulness of the means by which the disposition and abdica- tion of ‘the queen were eftected, and the right of the provisional government to exist and continue to exist was conclusively settled, as the report so foreibly states, against the queen and 'in;favor of the provi- slonal government by theiact of the adminis- tration of President. Harrison recognizing such provisional government, by the negotia- tion by that administration With such pro- visional government of a treaty of annexa- tlon to the Uhited States, by accrediting diplomatic representation. by such adminis- tration and by the presewt administration to such provisional government; therefore it incontrovertibly follows! that the president of the United States“had no authority to at- tempt to reopen such determined questions and to endeavor by any means whatever to overthrow the pro¥isiorial government or to restore the mon¥tchy! which it had dis- placed, Lo “While it is true“tha¥ a friendly power may rightfully tenfler. {ts good offices of mediation or advict' In éases such as that under present consideration it is also true that the ' performanee of such offices of mediation ‘or advice 6ught-not to be entered upon without the consent previously given by both parties whom"the action or decision of the frierdly power may affect. Such con- sent was not given in the present Instance. The provisional government never o con- sented; 1t was never refuested to consent. It denied the jurisdiction of the present administration on every proper occason. Therefore, the procesdings by the president, which had for their results his request and monition to the provisional government to surrender its powers, to give up its exist- ence 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 proceed- iny The avowed opinion of the presidént of the United States, in substance that it is the duty of the government to make reparation to the queen by endeavoring to reinstate her upon her throne by all consti- tutlonal methods, is a clear definition of the policy of the present administration to that end.” The Instructions to Messrs. Blount and Willis must be construed to be other and more ample forms of expression of that policy. No other presumption is permis- sible” than that thelr actions at Honolulu were with intent to carry out that avowed policy. Those considerations make im- material any discussion, in this connection, of the personal intentions, circumspection or good faith of these gentlemen in perform- ance of the task to which they had been plainly commanded by the present adminis- tration. JOHN SHERMAN, “WILLIAM P. FRY “J. N. DOLPH, “KUSMAN DAVIS.” IDEAS OF THE DEMOCRATS. The “following is the report presenting the views of the minority committee “Without denying or confirming in any manner the correctness of the facts as claimed or of the statements as made in sald report concerning other matters herein men- tioned we espeeially dissent from that por- tion thereof which declares that the only substantial irregularity in the conduct of Mr. Stevens, the late minister, was his de- claration of a protectorate by the United States over Hawail. We are of the opinion also that there are no valid reasons 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 Hawall any more than with those of any other dependent state or natlon in this hemisphere. We cannot concur, there- fore, in so much of the foregoing report as exonerates the minister of the United States, Mr. Stevens, from active office and unbecom- ing participation in the events which led to the revolution in the Sandwich islands on the 14th, 16th and 17¢h of January, 1593, “On the other hant, we are not inclined to censure Captain ‘Wiltze, commanding the United States war ship/Boston, or the officers of the vessel. Their position was one of ex- treme delicacy and diffiaulty and we appre- clate their anxiety tojafford protection to the lives and property ofiAmerican citizens. The force of United States marines of the Boston, with their ordinary arms, stationed at the American legation #nd af the consulate in Honolulu would havd effectuallly representod the authority and power of the United State and would have affgrdgd all the protection the residents needed, and at the same time would have avoided, the appearance of coer clon or duress, elther upon the peoplo of Houolulu or the the eontroversy between them. This is our opinion after a careful examination ef .all the facts and circumstances disclosed in the evidence. “We cannot, theraford, avoid the convie- tion that the inoppdfune zeal of Minister Stevens in the project of annexation of the Sandwich islands to the United Staes cau: d him to exceed the proper limi of his of- ficial duty and of his diplomatic relations to the government and people of those islands. ‘‘His conduct as the representative of this government was directly conducive to bring about the condition of affairs which resulted in the overthrow of the queen, the organization of the provisional government, the landing of United States troops and the attempted scheme of annexation, and upon this conclusion his conduct is seriously rep- reprehensible and deserving of public cen sure. M. C. BUTLER, “DAVID TURPIE “JOHN M. DANIEL, “GEORGE GRAY “Members of Minority." “The question of anuexation 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 connection that I am Leartily in favor of the acquisition 18 OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, FEBRU | ARY 27, 1894 of those Islands by the United States, and in & proper case and on an appropriate occa- sfon I should earnestly advocate the same. But I am unwilling to take advantage of in- ternal dissentions in those Islands for which I belleve we were to some extent responsi ble to consummate this object “M. C, “I concur In the above, “DAVID TURPIE,"” SOME OF THE TESTIMONY, The testimony taken by the committes on foreign relations, on which the report fs based, covers 730 pages and fncludes the statements of a large number of witnesses Who appeared personally befors the commit- tee, as well as aMdavits sent from the Ha- waifan Islands and elsewhere. The wit nesses included ex-Minister Stevens and Com- missioner Blount, a large number of naval officers, a number of residents of Hawall and several Americans, who were present on the Islands at the time of the revolution and soon after it occurred. A large majority of those examined said there was no conspiracy and that Minister Stevens' position with rof- erence to annexation was not known to them previous to the revolution. The com- mittee on safety, consisting of twelve por 80 make oath to the statement In which they say that they bhad no understanding with Minister Stevens or Captain Wiltzo that they would assist in overthrowing the monarchy and tablishing a provisional government.. Mr. Steven testimony covers sixty-six page Mr. Stevens explains that his reason for declaring n protectorate was that: the Japanese and the British were hoth purpos ing and the latter making overtures for an alliance with the hative population. Mr. Blount, in his evidence, said he never had any communication with the deposed queen until Mr. Owen and Mr. Lowell ap peared there and were roported to be au- thorized by the president to negotiate for her abdication, He thought the queen, as well as President Dole, ought to be informed that this was not true. The Chairman—Before you left Hawali did you receive any communication, statement or information from the government of the United States of any purpose to reinstate Lilluokalani on any terms or conditions whatever Mr. Blount—I never thing as the reinstatement of Liliuokalani I never heard it suggested until my retur to the United States, I had a talk with the secretary of state, and the inclination of hi 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. I had never heard anything from the president indicating any opinion until the public had it. 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. Next in importance to the testimony of ex-Minister - Stevens and ex-Commissioner Blount is that of the officers of the Boston in command of the troops which were landed. Those examined were Lieutenant Com- mander Swineburn, in command of the troops on the shore; Lieutenants Young, Laird, Moore and Coffman and Paymaster Hobbs. All these, except Coffman, sus- tained the position taken by Mr. Steven: BUTLER. dreamed of such a BOUTELLE'S HAWAITAN RESOLUT ION He Demands the Recall of Willis in the Interest of Harmony. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—The resolution introduced in the house today by Mr. Boutelle for the recall of Minister Willis from Hawail recites the antipathy that he always has expressed to interference by a foreign minister or to a country in that country's domestic affairs and the pro- priety of not enforcing upon a weak power what we object to from a strong power. It cites the praiseworthy forbearance of the Hawailan government toward Minister Wil- lis and the specialties of commerce and Kindred that bind the United States to these islands, and concludes that it shall be re- solved, ““That it is the scnse of this house that most sacred obligations of good faith, the highest mutual interests of the United States “and the friendly government of Hawaii, the plainest dictates of interna- tional comity and the imperative duty of avoiding further risk of complicity in_ the incitement of disorder and possible blood- shed in Hawali, require that the present United States minister to the Hawaiian islands be immediately recalled and super- seded Dby another minister, who will not be hampered by the lamentable incidents of the recent past, and who will be able and willing to represent the sincere desire of the people of the United States to cultivate to the fullest extent the friendship which has 0 long existed between us and Hawaii, and to constantly endeavor to advance the interests and the prosperity of both gov- ernments.” CHILIAN CLAIMS. Some of the Cases Will Necessarily Faill of Consideratio WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—As the period of six months allowed for the adjustment of claims by the Chilian claim commission nears an end it becomes evident that a con- siderable number of cases will be left unad- justed on the 9th of April. It is asserted by the United States representatives that these cases will be barred, but may be the subject of further negotiations between the two governments. The Chilian representa- v however, are disposed not to admit this. So far tweuty-four cases have been submitted to the commission on the part of the United States. The Chilian government must file any defense they have to these claims before April There are undisposed of eleven cases, which have not yet been submitted because of unreadiness. Ten cases have been dismissed on demurrers. The Chilians have two cases pending, in which they will be unable to get their testimony before the commission expires. It is es- timated that if the commission works every day until April 9 it can dispose of from one- haif to two-thirds of the cases. At present it has under conslderation the six Grace claims, amountinglto nearly $5,000,000, the principal items being claims of $866,000 and $1,076,000 in connection with nitrate con- tracts. The Chilians have put in a general demurrer to these claims, stating that Grace gave comfort and aid to the Peruvians in the last war, and if this statement be sus- tained the demurrer will be upheld and the case dismissed, fipsi Nicaraguan Canal WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—It s, the pur- pose of the committee on foreign relations to take up Senator Morgan's bill for the re- organization of the Nicaraguan canal during the present session. Senators Morgan and Fryo are both known to be anxlous to promote this enterprise. It is und tood that the president is convinced of the im- portance of the canal, and that Secretary Gresham is also in accord with Senator Morgan on this subject The publication of the testimony taken by | clopa this commission in the Hawaiian investig tions contains many illustrations as to the utllity of the canal brought up by the ques tions asked by these senators to demonstrate the importance of controlling the islanda in case the canal should be built, and to show the dependence of one interest on the other the Sennta. The senate In confirmed the fol- « e WASHINGTON exocutive session lowing nominations United States Attorneys—John R. Walker for the west district of Missouri; Wil- liam H. Klopton for the eastern district of Missouri; Preston H. slie for the district of Montana. United States for the district of district of Minnesota, Judges of Probate—Willlam Day ort in the county of Iron, and Edwin G. Wooley in the county of Washington, territory of Utah. War in Ha FON, Feb received triumph of by Feb, today Williams Bede, Marshals—L. 1 Alaska; J. Adam duras. confirmation of the revolutionists shape of a States min Man agua. The minister says: “‘Bonllla has oc cupled the palace In Honduras (doubtless meaning at Tegucigalpa) and the war seems to bo at an end.” de the WASHINC State partment has report of th in Honduras in from the United the telegram Ster at s The first number of the America clopaedic Dictionary can now be obtai The Bee office for 1o cent ithof coupons. This 18 done to enabl to judge for themselves the claimed for this sreat work good potnts LIABLE T0 BE Germans Who Leavo Home Owing Military Service Are Never Exempt, TREATY PROVISIONS DO NOT COVER THIS Regulations of ‘the State Department Are Such that Those Who Are Impressed I the Kalser's Army Have Little Relief. WASHINGTON, Feb, 26.—(Speclal to The Boe)—A great many inquirfes are being recelved at the State department nowadays from German-American citizens who loft their native country for the United States in order to escape military duty and who now want to revisit their fatherland, and desire to know whether they could im- into military service by tive government. During the years questions of this character tracted considerable attention at department A numbe of German-American citizens upon returning to the fatherland after an absence of twenty or thirty years have been arrested by the German authorities and compelled to perform that military rvice from which they escaped to the United States. The State department has been appealed to by the relatives and friends of the enfa 1 German-American soldiers, but in few in- stances have the United States authorities bee rcessful in securing relfef. The United States has treaties with most of the European countries bearing directly upon ‘his subject. It would scem, however, that those who escaped from Germany to avoid military duty have the most trouble when revisiting the scenes of their youth. In a word, the existing treaties with Ger- many and its various provinces do not ex- empt native Germans, who have left t country to avoid military service and become naturalized American citizens, from service when they return to their native country. There is a paragraph in the rules and regu- lations of the State department upon this point, which “Liability to prosecutfon for military or other offenses committed prior to emigration is mot, as a rule, affected by the naturaliza- tion of the offender. The various offenses and penalties, therefore, and the limitations upon_prosecutions, being matters of foreign municipal law, are necessarily outside the advisory province of this department.” GERMANS SEEM ALWAYS LIABLE. This is intended a direct statement that those citizens of Germany who escaped from their country to this in order to avoid military duty are liable, as they are to prosecution for civil offenses, if they return to the Fatherland. ~ The fact that they have become naturalized American citizens and remained out of Germany any number of years does not cause the statute of limita- tion to run, as international law and treaty stipulations provide for the punishment of both civil and military offenses. The State department regulations say further upon this point: In respect to th we have no natural be their past pressed na- fow have at- ble the State naturalized countries with which tlon treaties it is nec- essary to speak with great reserve. It would not be possible to give an interpretation to foreign laws, even If their entire text were in our possession. The construction of those laws belongs to the judicial tribunals of the countries in which they are promulgated.” This Is intended by (he department to emphasize the fact that where treaty stipu- lations exist upon the subject of naturaliza- tion with certain countries the pro- visions of those stipulations are definitely understood, and the department does not hesitate to state the provisions of the naturalization agreements, as above quoted. But where there are not naturalization treaties those naturalized citizens who re- turn_to their native countries and are seized for military or other offenses must depend upon the ordinary diplomatic negotia- tion for amnesty. Following are extracts from treaty stipulations with varlous foreign countries upon the subject in question “North German Union—Article ii of Natur- alization Treaty: A naturalized citizen of the one party on returning to the territory of the other party remains liable to trial and punishment for an action punishable by the laws of his original country and com- mitted before his emigration; saving, al- ways, the limitation established by the laws of his original country.” This clearly makes a naturalized German- American citizen who may return to Ger- many after any lapse of time in the United States amenable to military duty in Ger- many If he has not performed the military service required by the laws of that country. “Bavaria—Article {i: A naturalized cit- izen of the one party on return to the ter- ritory of the other party remains liable to trial and punishment for an action punish- able by the laws of his original country, committed before his emigration, saving, al- ways, the limitation established by the laws of his original country or any other remis- sion of liability to punishment.” HOW BADENERS ESCAPE. actly the same treaty relations exist with Baden, with this additional provision: “In particular a former Badener who, under the first article, is to be held as an Ameri- can citizen, is liable to trial and punishment according to the laws of Baden for non-ful- filiment of military duty, if he Las emi- grated after he, on occasion of the draft from those owing military duty has been en- rolled as a recrnit for service in the stand- ing army; if he has emigrated while he stood in service under the flag, or had a leave of absence only for a limited time; if, having a leave of absence for an unlimited time, or belonging in the reserve or to the militia, he has emigrated after having recelved a call into service, or after a public proclama- tion requiring lis appearance, or after war has broken out. On the other hand, a for- mer Badever, naturalized in the United States, who, by or after his emigration, has transgressed or shall transgress the legal provisions on military duty by any acts or omissions other than those above enumerated, can, on his return to his original country, neither be held subse- quently to military service nor remain lia- ble to trial and punishment for the nonful- iliment of his military duty. Moreover, the attachment on the property of an emigrant for a nontulfillment of his military duty, except in the cases designated, shall be re- moved 80 soon as he shall prove his natur- alization In the United States.” Identical treaty stipulations the responsibility of naturalized citizens exist with Austria-Hungary, whi the same provisions exist with Helgium, Be- Wurtemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt, Nor- and De as quoted bearing upon American whila uador, way and Sweden first. mark —-— firer nusnter of the American Ency lic Dictionary ean now be obtained at The Bee office for 16 cents without any coupons. This 18 done to enable all readers to judge for themselves the good points claiimed for this great work. o Py Friendly Regard is never en- tertained by the children for a medi- cine that tastes bad. This explains the popular- ity among little ones of Scott’s Emulsion, a preparation of cod-liver oil almost as palatable as milk. 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