Show LS interviewed lie alvas an interesting account of in hawaii SAN SAX FRANCISCO july 29 2 claus spreckels el tho the sugar 8 king who returned here wednesday on the australia from the tire Ila hawaiian wailan islands where he had been since april was interviewed by a reporter who was anxious to get the latest news from hawaii he was brim fall relative to the pro vis lional air attern t to ansas assas assassinate binate the tile deposed queen fillmo keilani kii ka lani latil as well as a hims himself elfand and a dozen ID others the life attitude of ex stevens and the annexationists in forming a con P I 1 icy to capture the tire island islands minister If lounts birin course when lie commends com mendi s and may other things upon which the co correspondents r hare have pot enlightened the public mr spreckels wai was looking very well aad said he lie was in excellent heal healin Lh from first to Is last he fie gave his view views and what 11 he 6 had learned in fit a hout manner and arid in a way that was very viry interesting lie ife deemed seemed to have weighed his words well and what he lie asserted he fie said were facts that had been thoroughly corroborated 1 I 1 went to the islands ll anda be he eald said to thoroughly sinforia 1 what has been done and for six weeks I 1 did not a say a word I 1 did not wish to express myse myself e f till I 1 had got the very inside of things now I 1 state unequivocally that it was by a conspiracy that the island government was overturned that it docs does not meet with the tire approbation approbation of the keople Fe people ople and that liliuo alar ought dought in justice us ce to be placed back on the throne annexation under the conditions would be wrong and I 1 dont think the united states wants to go into the business of robbing anybody I 1 state thie this as en an american citizen who ia Is paying corp morp than one fourth the entire taxes of hawaii let r me u e tell yon how low I 1 came to these conclusions conclusion when vu lien I 1 arrived there minister stevens sent for me file and when I 1 called to eee see him film he lie said that in all probability he lie would ord only be on the island forty dr dayn longer and byth that 1 he lie had thus far done a all ITA I 1 he i e could could in lit the interest of annexation and arid now wanted to secure it completely before he left he lie said that sam parker and paul neumann were the ones who had bad the mos most wag influence with the queen P after was potent he lie said but paul bad be he recounted been the queens attorney gen oral and what he aid said would havo have weight paul neumann he said can handle the ml ern and yon can handle paul neumann 1 now ow ho lie continued you go a and nd see neff mann and ret get him him to e arsu adetha queen to abdicate the throne h ro ne entirely tt then that will settle it and we will have annexation at once and there will be no tight fight over IW it stevens added that he lie had done all lie could fora for a y year ear fo for r annexation and that now be wa wanted n t ed n me e to help him I 1 refused to do this and that evening evening I 1 called on commissioner mount blount and arid told win what stevens had said blount at onfre once forwarded these facts to washington he must havo hav done edone it and the was that head bead this I 1 statement of stevens Bt evens and other things which I 1 learned showed that there was a conspiracy on the tire part of the iiii ile cerand a few foff nien to annex tho the islands I 1 learned that at the Ine inception eption of t the lie positive 05 luie 1 move to overthrow the queen that F 11 3 A Ilaw hawaiian alian minister to washington w went n on bunday morning I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i 1 P at between S 5 and 6 oc 0 to O J Fb F colburn frn u the he of finance uc u c and t told id him t that 1 t now was the tire time to ft act t he Ife said gaid lets see peterson Pc terson exa ex a attorney t torney beneral general you Fe fear stevens w will 11 have the marines of the hoston boston here monday and he will b be e certain of success thurston colborn and peterson with william 11 cornwall minister of finance confessed and thurston repeated ins its words that was arza brwon on o what else can call you make out of it and if the boston marines had not gone ashore there would nave have been no revolution aa it was the queen said it was no use fighting the united untied states it wa robbery and I 1 dont think the united states can call afford to steal they have been payin ay ing here that there were member members of I 1 the bg annexation club I 1 said to president pole in view of f this As there are but iio voters in hawaii why not submit the matter of what kind ofa of a government there should be to the voter voters lie ile replied we would be beaten and I 1 said yes you would yon would be beaten so bad bad that list yon you would not know what was the matter with vou 1 now nevasse NV I 1 assert asse on what should be the best authority of authur ity that of the lion tion inn numbers ibers claimed cla lined they have got only about IM that Is all and slid of these 20 10 per cent are portuguese who cannot read or write and arid who made their marks for fo their na names I 1 nes and t the b majority of the remainder are bo boys and t tourists ouris ts tilden who organized 1 e d the he cl club b told roe me so and he ou ought to know then mr spreckels told how it was that the public had got the impression for foe a time that he was in favor of the proposed annexation lie ile said that when mr thurston mr carter and others first arrived here as commissioners to washington ing thurston sent him a message at 7 in the evening aski asking na when he could see him an houf bout was named and at hat thra time thurston said that under the new constitution ill the I 1 a queen e en n w was a s to have badtke a appointment n t oat of the h e r a supreme u p re in e co court u r 1 ludger ud geso of one half the nobles would confiscate fisca teall all the property of the white people and would deprive them thern of their vote eo so that they would have no say in the gove ern ment the natives would control ev very beryt thing if ing 1 I eald said conti continued nuel mr spreckels that if that was the case it was right to form the provisional government then the commissioners and those interested in hawaii met in parlor A of the palace hotel and it was the sentiment that they were not for annexation unless som some epro provision was made for imported labor something we must have in hawaii well the developments afterward proved that thurstons Thur stona statements were untrue and when he and the other commissioners got to washington they did not carry out their Intent intention ioni in regard to labor they let everything go in the tire in interest terest of annexation now the hawaiian islands if annexed would have been nothing but a cow pas ture they would be no benefit to tile united valt ed states we can call let the islands have their own government and prosper and we can control them As prosper for or this at story 0 that england is just waiting that is all 11 nonsense england is not inter fering then they circulated the fame vanie story about japan japin does not want them either I 1 am an american citizen and I 1 cannot see what good it would be for the united states to annex the islands nor what good it would be for If hawaii awall 1 I will put the united states in abuy a way to ll 11 bold old on oil and still rule the islands without annexing them the banakas arc are the best people on this earth let them put liliuo kalana alana back anthe on the throne and have a minister resident for the united states it wont cost the united states anything and arid it will still role rule the islands after mr spreckels lied gone fone aboard the australia at aro sro I 1 llono lulu to leavo leavo for california 0 E creighton son sory of the late kobert robert creighton of this cl 0 ty came aboard and presented him with a handsome han doome gold mounted cocca wood cane it rt was beautifully inscribed with ave claus exor etarl salu tamus and arid on it appears many names inel including tiding tho those thoe e of the late queen a ard and arid minister blount the e entire 11 tire list was as follows LUtu okalani I 1 11 i J li lount ou t 0 spreckels 8 parker W W As if jr d C W ashford Aeh ford J cummins J 1 E hush bosh A P peterson C 1 I creighton eighton Or A aboss ross D foote 0 13 wilson J IV robertson bertson U C 0 0 berger J bowles E bv thomas 0 0 Kenyon 11 richard J campbell ell J An olburn n Colburn W 11 HUorn cornwell well when we who remain ave 1111 killed el paid creighton 1 I hope you will return arid graves from your fellow citizens I 1 continued the speaker doomed also to t die at the tile hands of the murderous e eav t of the annexation 11 then he ad sed men live long leben ale hundert jabre und internal te ben this brought out a strange story t O 0 if mr r spreckels Spi eckels was asked if I 1 t wa was T realty arr t true rue that all the persons named including himself were reilly threatened with death while he lie was there I 1 ye yes it is true he saidi said they said at the annexation club that we ought to be killed they met there and they each had the man they in intended te deh to kill that w 9 five or six weeks ago but they had another murderous plan on hand said mr prec lyls and arid that was to deport if not trot murder warder the queen the lat ter was their real object it was vas while minister blount was away and they chose that time as propitious mr Blount had d gone goo 11 to I 1 1 maul I ant they hail bad arranged to g go and d capture iture the queen and arid in the nie melee lee that t they ey expected would occur they intended to kill her and thus claim it was done while attempting to suppress a revo antion Illo however wever one of about fourteen conspirators spira tors whipped his wife and arid she being highly indignant at it and knowing the murde murderous rutis conspiracy told it to another woman and it was repeated to another till eventually one came to the queen and told b her e r sam farker at once came to me and told me of it and said they would do it over hid hn dead body he ile felt sure that he lie would be killed we counse counseled I 1 ed the ha ila bailans to all remain at home and urged that none of them be seen two men baj wagner ner ond and clunis that night took a position where they could see the conspirators and they did see them too but they were unable to carry out this conspiracy it was their intention undoubtedly to kill her minister 1110 lint left lefton on tuesday evening and arid wednesday night flight the crime was to have love been committed mit mitt ted edill 4 mr spreckels speaks 1 in the highest praise of minister blount and arid says his report will be of thrilling interest when it is finally published |