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Show THE COUP D'ETAT Ate in the Hawaiian Islands, Is-lands, A lO.tJ.ISSili.SKil FXPLUS'S. Tbey Want to Join tbi Baton as a Territory or D.S'ncL iiisiu,i i it irtHiiiMrov iual llilla-rs I iillin.Uslls tlrar tin ete. Iruiii the I acini. lillw .,.,. Hiv 1'iiAscisOi), Jan. 28. Willi nm C. Wilder, one of tie commlralon era, explained tho altuatlon of atralra to ituAtaiclated I'rrti repreNnntatlve. Mr.Ult ler fs urtalilentortliti llawall-in Inter Island Htoitnabli miupauy, and bos large lnteteils In Haunllaii prop-ty. prop-ty. He said "If the United Hates wants the Han jllan lilanJo It can havo them now nud on lermi moro f-vornblo than over beforo oik re I or will ever bo c In red nalu. All llio AmcrlCAtii on the is. lauds aro a unit for annexation an the new rovlslonal government rind lt alms are tupporled lo marl) nil thu l.ugllih there uuJ all uf the Uomnti. Die foreign Inttleits In Hawaii hiiiou nt to nbout J I I.IKJO.OOO, $.10,Ud l,(JiJ0 of which nruln theliaudi of Atuerl-cans, Atuerl-cans, Honolulu Is as muo an American Ameri-can city as Bin I raiiclsci llaolf " "If the United Btates government should retime to annex the lalauda, do you think Ureal Hrllaln woulJ step In and toku pollution,'" was aaked. "That question I cannot answer," said Commlaaloiicr Wilder, "tut this I do know. Thu queen Is etiondy In favor of llrltlih rub, and If allowed u ould, I havo no doubt, ni ly to (Jrcut Iliitalu for protection." "Why was the llrltlih government Iheonli onu of the owera repreaeuted In Hooolulu that did not recogulae thu trovlaiouul goierunietit?" "That I uo not know. Qjoen LU liuokallul," contluuel Wilder, "if allowed to carry out her plana, would have become an absolute diaot of tho lelauds. No whites weretobeullowed to vote; the ueiblei would havo been ubollshed; the aupremu court Judgtif, who aru now Rppoiuted fur life, would have been apiolntud for A six years' term only, mid wquIjU KVi. to mib-Ject mib-Ject lo ulsuilasal at any whim of the queen Wu were gl'J to have tbo United Htntes ship the lloiton In Honolulu harbor, rlhe was the only man-of-war there, and she did nothing bee on J landing armed sailors und marines who patrolled the street, yet the moral effect was good and probably quelled an dlaiKialtlon to fight ou thu I art of the natlvua." Thu commlailoners this morning received re-ceived an Invitation from tbe Ban Frauclico Chamber of Commerce to meet thu directors of t.iut body and dltciiM the situation of allalra with thu merchanto, Tho invitation waa accttod. and the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce will irobably odoLt rtiolutlons asking tho United Blatea government TO AN.-UK HAWAII. IiorrlnaThuriton, chairman of the Hawaiian commission, said this even. Ingt Thlugsaru In such a position now that no party or data of residents ore fully cat nblo of establishing n stable government, Tbe mult look outside, nud naturally come to the United Btates ibo condltiou of allulrj is much moru threatening than Indicated by the publishui statements In tho Hawaiian uera. It waa the declared Intention of thu queen to ultimately expel all forolguori,froui thu Islands. The dlalranchlieineut of All except native horn was to bo tho flrat step, tliero wnulJ have beuu blooisbed und destruction of projerly, und after ux-lulling ux-lulling nil foreigners their I roperly would have been oonllic-itod " Tho old treaty between Trance and England, made m ISU, recognizee! thu lndt endeuce of thu lilanda and bound esch nation not lo lake jioaaeaslon of the Islands. It Is clear In the view of those well posted that Kuglaud under the Unity cannot annex nor can i-ranee. The United Btates at tho llmo tho treaty was negotiated refused to be bound by or Join In tbo treaty, or In other words It refused to pledge Itself not to take J oastsslon of tho Islands, but almtly recognized the independence independ-ence of tlio government. bollowlng Is tho lersonnel of the Hawaiian commission: iiorrln A, Ihurstoii, chairman, was iremlerof of the first revolutionary cabinet of Hawaii in lbs;. He is a leading lawyer law-yer of Honolulu. Ho waa bir.i at Hawaii, Ids parents being American itilaslonarlis. He has been uouiiectei with the goi eminent In some eni uolty for years. William C. Wilder la the head uf tho Wlldtr Htiiuislilp company, com-pany, which does ii transportation iiislneis among the Islam., Jlti had not held n political ponltlou until re-culillywhen re-culillywhen ho btcamu amemleruf the legislature. William it. Cuatluls n lawjtrund largely Interested In real estate In tbo Iilauda, Is onu ot the prluclpal owners of the Oabu rallroad which runs down to I'tarl river harbor. He is a native of Hawaii. Joseph Miirsdeu I ii eue,nr lanter In Hawaii. He la an Hngll.hmau and has lived lu Hawaii about Jilteen ear. Charles J, Carli r I a eon of u former Hawaiian Hawai-ian mlulsterto Washington. He Is a lawjer. Comlislouer Thurston ssld this ctvun. luglhutliu had preat hows Unit this vountry woull accept the Island!. "If they do not," raid lie, "cur mlsalou la done, but the people lu thou vent of refusal will surely reliirn to J.ugland, who will be only too i,lad to take us," Charles L. Carter, one of thu com rals.louers to Wiulilni'ton, npoluted by the irovislonul government nt Hnwnll tonight made the following I statemeuttotheAst'Oolated Irena: "Ibo object of our visit to Wuihlng. ton Is to havo the UnlUtl Hiaiti t.t,, instisioti of tint Hawaiian Mmja Wu MAST TO Jotf TUB IIMO'., lint ai a sta'r, howovor, h it un n r tlio territorial or iIMrlct form ot n virn lucit, n govtrnmtut llkellin D etlict of I'uluinbla, Willi tint nddltln , f n roeriioriioluleil by the I rtaiiieul, liirtfirabluformiuy renanrs. rhere liiuch a larto number of Llilm so and t titer cheap Itbor on tho lillnJi, who I annot lai trustrel to vote lutellUi nil, that If universal lUll'rae w.l iielireel, th.nhltt who re ruent alnn ,: the 'jtltp I uslnits Interests ot Ihetountry would 1) outvnti J and powirles . The ciitlro lew sialem nl guven laenl la mlxe-1 upnnd tbeuiily wnynt liava tl u united Blntes take charge. It must rnmu b) this or the whites mu t It avu the Islands. Their Interests nte ton Rreat, however, for tho n to give up withuut n struggl" u ' nrrvi lutlou was the reiull. Tho mw coiistllullou whlrli was Iruugbt out by tho queru granti 1 ner nlmoit naaoluti power and dl fun-cblard fun-cblard tho while voters. The latlvea themstlVL', as a rule, are not lit (jvu of thu ex.queon's plans, riho la eel polled by a certain clique r about twenty who Are anxious lur th political politi-cal K)eter. riie queen Is Jsaleiuiut the lower of the whiles and Is nil ntubl Ileus, iihcmlug womaif. llieliy uf. vised under tho old regime, she ha I no caune lo ronqhiln. Bbo enjiytd m ntinuat Income of tirtwet n unvenly-Ih'n unvenly-Ih'n an. I a hundred thousand dollars with no rrionitl lilt, but thu undertook under-took to mix lu politics and got the wortt ot It. "Ibe queen was luppottod by her favorlti, It. 11. Wilson, mtrslal of ho klngelom mid government lr i ipi. The queer's Ian Was clover, but sbu lacked tne uervo to curry It out. Thu rorolutlon was almost n bloil lee one, Tbe only olio man hurt was n native olli email, who was shot by Mr, flood. Uood was In chargu of n wagon containing aup.-Iics uf aminunl-tlon aminunl-tlon for the revolutionists an I the police ntttmi tod to capture It U oj, whu Is a man of great llrnines', shot down uno of the policemen and took the aintiiunlllon to a jlscu where It would do the moat service to the miu rislatliigtlioqueen. Forlunstely there was no necessity for resort to arms,and further bloodshed wa avoided." Iho oommlisloncra will havo tomorrow tomor-row for Washington and will reach there I'rlelay next. Tin. ankiAatiun iciiriii: discl'sskii AT tA8lll.aiON. WasIII.nuixin, I). C , Jan 23. The Interview between Becrelary of H trite Foster and MottBinllh continued for some time. At thtt cloae Btcretary toiler llent over to tho Whltu House and had a conferocco with l'resldcnt Harrison. While of course no statement state-ment or the ullcy to be pursued by tbo United BUtes In thu inciter will be made at least until tho arrival of thu commissioners from Hawaii, it may be raid that the visit of tha IlawolUus will hardly be suoceaiful II tbe purport pur-port thoreot haa Let n correctly slated. Aside from the Innovation upon Ibe .polio.1 J&T HhP C'2tiliS t since IU nrinnlzatlnti. irlileti nniinyillniiivniil.l be, the Interests of other countries in tbo Bandwlch Islands aro too large to permit on the part of thu governments of those nations to acquiescence to such annexation. It would lnvolvo const-quenoes const-quenoes that tbo Uulted Blatea would not care for, and which Its long settled polio forbids it to assume. lu executive sel.lou today tho Honalu dlscusae I the revolution. Generally, Gen-erally, the speeches seemed to favor annexation or llio establishment of a protectorate. In oi position to these views II was asaertidlhst tho debt of J In wall amounlid to morel than ?J,UeM,0Ul), which wns sulllclent to cauie this government to halt before arsumtug the load. It w as also stated by other Houston tint when wo secured our coaling station at I'earl river years ago tboio was an agreement agree-ment undor which England, Herman, Her-man, the United htates aud other great powers agreed to keep hands oil and permit Hawaiian to run her own alTulrs. In controverting this statement, state-ment, It I claimed that while there may Have been a tacit understanding ln that direction, there was uo such contract tietween the iowers as would preclude tho states lu thu event of a request from the government of Hawaii from exorcising the power of annexation If Inclined. lu support of thu presumption that there Is no agreement, agree-ment, It was shown that England had been for a tar or so quietly but industriously indus-triously making InroaJslutbu Islands nud creating a feeling among the people peo-ple that the country which was harmful harm-ful nnd extremely irejeidlolsl toher Interest waa llio United BUtes and Iter citizens who had Invested their money lu the Islands, and wiro Increasing their trade and commerce. in the House ot Representatives n strong feeling was exjressel by leading lead-ing Democrats AUAINnT ANN! XATIOS, At the same timo there was an equally unanimous opinion that no othtr nation alioult le crmlttrU lo step lu and control the destinies of tbe Islands. It was said by several congressmen con-gressmen that the coursu Hawaii la Adoitlug In seeking annexation Is practically tho same as that taken by Texas wheu It became (art of the United Bute. Naval olllcera are enthusiastic over the news from Hawaii. One cflluer who has an lutliuato uiqualutaucu Willi Btovoua, our minister to Hawaii, said ho wus present when Btevens presented pre-sented his credentials to the Loveru-merit Loveru-merit formed ou the accession of the queon to tho throne, btuveua read to the queen au address In which hu virtually vir-tually outlined her I alloy. The queen did uotrollslilhosut.gestlonsofHluvuus nud became very angry. "If she had uiihore I to what he aild," remarked tbo otlleer, "she woull bo ou liur throne today," In rifiroute to annexation annexa-tion another otllotrsslJ "If the United Btaten poesmMil Hawaii we would msku It tbo Gibraltar of the Pacific." Tiir iiuiMaioNii, liiusirnvr. Nl w Yum.-. Jau. JS -S. 11. Dole, thu new proi lent of the provisional rovcrumeut of Hawaii, Is o son of the late American mlislouary to Hawull, u graduate of Williams college, nnd has been iccond asaorlato Justlco of thu supreme court of Hawaii, He 1 a schn'arly man ef aokuowloeiged legal nud judicial nblllly. |
