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Show ABOUT HAWAII. The Establishment of a Protectorate Pro-tectorate Approved, THE ANNEXATION TUEATV. Provisions ol the' Document to Be Laid Belora tin Senate. LI.ITrill IIIIIN IIOSIOl ELE. The Olllr Persons on Itio Islands l,, Aceorrtlni: lo Ailmlrnl Brown. Oppose Anlicaellun. Wasiiwuton, 1) 0., Fob.14. Secretary Secre-tary Foster this nltornoou telcgroilied Mlnlite'rBtovcni at Honolulu approval of hla action In Mihrastlvely re.pond-Jng re.pond-Jng lo thu request of lbs provlilonal go (eminent of Hawaii fjl Iho c.UIl llihnicnt of n protectorate over the Islands pouJIac negotiations for the annexation of the Wanda to tlio United Htitts. Instruction! for theguldanso of tils future actions wero also Includc-I In tho telegram. Tbeiw Inductions will leavo Han rraiiclecu for Honolulu tomoirow ly the steamer Australia. ' VflMj UK ANMHV.KII. Thoundoralatidlni tonight li thnt n treaty provl Hug for tho annexation of Hie Hawaiian lalands will bo aont to tboBonato tomorrow, though It la not beyond roMlIillllj that Its trai muIuIod i luayboUelBycJ. Tho tnaty, ItlJsslJ, li uol n very long doowneiit, ana covrre tho suijucl maltvr only so far li li ntcewary to securu tbo object sought Willi as little delay as poult le. A well-liiforinrd authority says tho treaty coulalm a provision for Ita reference to tho rovlilonil govsru-nicntif govsru-nicntif Hawaii alter Its ratltloatlon by Ihe Uulled Blalce Heuato.to be re-turned re-turned to thli country with tho ap. rrovul of thu Hnwallau government within two months alter lis arrival In Honolulu, anJ then upon tbo ratlllca-lion ratlllca-lion of thu treaty, ll OonnriM ihuuU Ulnaculou, or aa soon thtrealter iu Conureca convener, IcfjUlallon nice. Iry to irovlilu for Morniof KOVern-ruiut KOVern-ruiut for tho ti rrltory uud to carry out tbf tlnauOil ul.llgallODi linpoitil by lh treaty. It tontalm no relerencn to lufir Lou lit at all. It will L trnm. milled tothuHmalnaccoioianlid hi a rortiac from tho 1'roaUent, v. ho, It la Hid, will cover tho btitury of the fratureiol thu annexation uiOTeiuuil from the begluuluK. fifty Jean ao, aud make a itrontf art,uiuont Iu favor of nuueiatlou. AUIIII'AI. IlltoWM BI'LAIta. I.NDUNAl'oi is, InU , I'tb. 14 AU. mlral llrowu of Iho Unlleil Btstra navy, wboli vltltlug In thlaolty alter hli return from Hawaii Iu uominaud of thu raclllaaquadron, today received about a dcien kttera from Honolulu dated 1 eb. lit, two weoka after tin. irovitlooal coverument wui utab-llihml. utab-llihml. Uua: " 1 be Kttera icrvn to mike tho whole qurillon of the recent Involution In Mow ill clear to mu, comlim ai they ito from both Araerlumiiaiid Hawaiian!. ltlieldeiit 111 my mind thnt theouly peoplu In Hawaii who opivie annexn-tlouto annexn-tlouto tho United Ulatui ara (luien l'llluotalanl, thu mlnliterr, the rnyul Umlly, two lueinbera of thu loit tablnel and Mime uatlvea who havo lu.t all boa of iblltlcal preferment. The question ot annexation lina been dl tur(t In the lalauda for tho Ji.it two or three yeara The deilro for annixa Hon aprtad rapidly during tho luit yiar and tho only ciutnltou ot all In doubt ii aa lo how It could lielrouuht kbout. Tliu oldest men reoo(nlxid that the United Hlatea could not well toctutauor rupport any movemont looklui; towurdn auuexotlou until Ihrre waa a ra Ileal chaiiKO In the form of government. While many llanafor brliiL'lliK about thu devlred chaugu from a conilllutloual monarchy mon-archy weru dlrcumed iiothlnic definite waiajrreed on. At o&o time It at eared aa If tho quien would content to a change of thu form of government provided iheaud thu other membora of toe royal fimlly could be literally )iiiloud, Khr wai badly advlied wbrnaboonthu llth of January no far forcot her oath ofoftlcouito rciurt to unroiihtltutlonal lutihoda ami de. t Mt ilie would privulgatu a new con-tlltullon. con-tlltullon. I cannot but think that hor alvlitn wero disloyal to her and had In view the condltloua which followed to tloiely. The queen brcamo n ruvolu. tliinlti, and hadihonot lou cheokud and dethroned alio would have made fierielf abaoluto and Iho commercial lolereitiolall forolgnon would Imvo wenjcopiirdlled." |
