Show I 1 MINISTER IS REPORT A full account of the revolution CHARGES AGAINST MR STEVENS claims there was collusion between stevens and th the revolutionists details of tho the report washl washington njg on nov OY 20 secretary ores gros barn nam dec decided i e d this this afternoon to make public nil all the correspondence and report of J james ames jr 11 blount ll lount the special to hawaii by cleveland to investigate the revolution which dethroned queen and establishment of provisional government in tit tho 0 report he calls attention to his reception of minister stevens who accompanied by a coin committee cittee from efrom the annexation club came on board the vessel which brought brought roo no alf y informed me that this club ha had rented an elegant house well furnished and pro vid vidad c d with servants carriages and horses for my use that I 1 could pay for this acconio acco accommodation nit just what I 1 chose from nothing up he lie urged me very earnestly to accept the offer I 1 declined it and in formed him I 1 should go ton toa hote I 1 lie also refused to accept the proffered favor from the ex queen concerning the position of the united slates states in tit the islands he says the troops from the boston were doing military d duty lut thy for the provisional government the e american flag waa was hoiting floating over tho tile gov erni eminent nent building within it tho the provis ional government conducted its business under the tile american protectorate to be continued according to the avowed a owed p purpose ur of the american minister during luring t the I 1 negotiations with the tire united states for al an li my instructions directed me to inake inquiries which lit the interest of candor and truth could cou ld not be done when the minds of thousands of Ilaw hawaiian alian citi zens were full of uncertainty us its to what the presence of the american troops troop s american flag and american protect protectorate ora t e implied it seemed necessary that all these influences must bo be withdrawn before the inquiries could be prosecuted in a manner befitting the dignity and power of the united states inspired with such feelings elings le and confident that no discord would ensue I 1 directed the tile removal of the blagof the united states state from the govern ment building and tit the return of the american troops to their vessels this was wag without any demon stra tion or griefen the part of the lace the afternoon before in an ail interview with president are ident bole dole in fit response loe ponso to my in ho lie said the provisional govern ment was now able to preserve order although it could not be done bo to several everal weeks after the proclamation establishing it 11 Blount then tells how minister stevens called upon him with W F I 1 smith who represented the withdrawal odthe of the united sta tes marines meant tile japanese would land troops fr from 0 ra their nia man of vs the harbor the lie american su minister inister exin 25 cd ed his big belief in the statement the J a p anese commissioner put astop mothese rumors by having the vessel ordered away the provisional government left to its own left him will free to pursue negotiating commissioner blount says the causes the establishment of the provisional govern were both remote and approximate jio ile then reviews the history 0 of the islands wands beginning with the constitution of 1852 and the changes mado made in the system of government down to the tile revo revolution ution of or which resulted in the constitution of that year and which to a great extent wa was elven given hi by blount as the cause of the revo jutton lution of 1893 among those men mentioned boned JI ln I 1 f forcing orean king Kala kalakaua kaun is thur thuraton 8 ton jiow minister to haw ail describes aa 8 t some length the restrictions placed 41 upon tho tile king by the 1887 constitution non alter ter the revolution was accomplished the history of Ila hawaiian wailan was fol lowed by tile com missioner of the tile queens cens klucens act sets just previous to the last leg legislature attire blount sa say 9 let it bo borne in lit mind that t the 1 c t a Is now near at hand when the tile legislature would probably be pro rogue whatever tho the cabinet in power at that time prorogation had control of public affa affairs ire until the new legisla legislature tur e should assemble two years afterwards and longer unless expelled by a want dence the anti reform cabinet was ap pointed bythe by the queen some funt struggle was made toward orga organizing a vote out butof of the cabinet but it was g abandoned nd 0 ned the legislature was prorogued tile re form members absented abeen teil themselves from the session that day in manifestation of their and loss of through t the e cabinet for the ensuing year the letters of the tile american minister and naval authorities stationed at Ilono honolulu lalu in 1892 indicate that any failure to appoint a ministry try from tho reform party dolid produce on a political political oli crisis the voting out of I 1 chiyi ox cabinet produced dir content 1 among 0 1 t the h 0 reformers ve verging aging very closely 21 towards s one and had tied more to 6 do with the revolution than the queens proclamation this was the foundation the latter was the ahe opportunity in the legislatures and many petitions irions were filed asking askins for a new cons constitution lipet aution the discontent with the constitution of 1887 and tho the eagerness to escape from it controlled cont rollel the election against the party which had established it t tire divisions on the mode of or chang ng the constitution pre prevented vented relief ing such net was the situation at the prorogation of the legisla legislature in 11 1892 ting was followed by the usual ceremonies at the palace when the tile queen informed the cabinet of f the purpose to proclaim a now constitution and requested them to sign it he lie then tells how t the lie cabinet refused to big sign it the constitution and the ul ure of the queen on january deih u pro cla mation was isa bcd bv by the queen and member members saving what she proposed to do 10 on the saturday ity previous was compelled bb by the distress ot of her tier native subjects atis this was sent to Nl inister stevens to which there ther ewas was no response on the tire idu eho she sent another letter telling nun him t the lie present constitution would be maintained on 11 the buck back of this tills was written the word decline I 1 also the tile time received wan noted says the cabinet could not be removed for two years and it being against again t the le new constitution there was no dose possibility of it bein being g proclaimed his deg description of the fhe revolution is as follows nearly all the tile arm arms on island oahu bahu on which Ilono honolulu lulu Is situated ed were in the possession of the queen s government A military militar y force organized and drilled occupied the station house barracks and palace the only points 0 of strategic significance in in the event of a con cott ilice the great body of the people moved on their usual course at and id yet there were secret con conferences ferencek feren ces held by a email small body of inen some bermans Oer mans 13 some american and some ne rig nave live born subjects subjects of foreign origin saturday batur day evening the lull of january uary they took up the subject of dathron dc thron ing the queen and proclaiming a new i government 11 t with a view of annexation to the tile united states the first and most monon tous question was wits to device devise some plan ian I 1 to have the united states arc troops iopu fa landed thurston daw who ho appears to have been the beadi leading n spirit I 1 it sunday sought two meni bera bers ol 01 of ate the queens ens cabinet and ar id urged them to ilea head d the movement against the tile queen and ask stevens to land troops assuring assant them in ill such an event stevens would if do ei I 1 ailing to enlist any of the I 1 queens cabinet in the cause it waa was feces pary oary to deviso some other mode to accoo vish llesh the purpose A committee of safety I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 1 con consisting of thirteen members wa formed front a little men who as r e m bled in WO smiths office 1 A deau ta ti lion on oft or these h ese I 1 informing forming steve 3 of oft their hii I 1 plane lane ar arranged ran g ed with till him to land troops if hey they would ask it t for the tile purpose of afro pro tecal teching 9 life and 0 property 0 perty 11 it was ag agreed iee that in III the h e event ent they should occupy th the e govern government t croci alin a new 1 government I it t he wo would t id recognize it two 0 reading members mein bers of the tile committee thurs ton and smith growing uneasy for the tile be safety fety of their perso persons its went to stevens Sl ovens to know ow if 1 he oad would protect rote e t them in the eventoff event evento of fl their arrest gy by til the e authorities to which he gave assent at a mass meeting called by the committee 0 of safety on the tire of january no coin communication lit uni cation was made to the tile crowd ot of 8 any nyse purpose to dethrone the queen or aa change the form of government but only to authorize the tile committee to take steps to prevent the consummation of the queens purposes and have guarantees of public safety the tile committee of public safety k kept e their purpose from the tile public view at t tho 0 mass meeting and at small gatherings for fear of proceedings against them by tho the gove government of the queen after the mass kneet meeting in had closed a call on the american minister for troops was made and signed indiscriminately by germans by americans and by hawaiian subjects of foreign extrac extraction tj on ll 11 th the cominis commissioner Aloner says the response to that call does nota not appear pear on the files fifes odthe of the legation that it night ag t the committee of safety assembled in a house next minister stevens J jr 11 soper an american wa was s elected to the tile com command nianA of the military fore forces it was on monda monday even evening rig J january alii 10 at 5 that tk the a united united S states tates I 1 troops were landed not much time elapsed before it was given out bythe members of the committee of safety that they were designed to support them at the palace with tho the cabinet amongst the leaders of tile queens mill tary forces and the great body of the people etc who were loyal to the queen apprehension came that it was a movement hostile to the existing government protests were filed flied betle bv the minister of foreign affairs and by the governor of the tile islands against the landing of the troops parker and peterson testify that on tuesday at 1 they ry called on stevens addlie and lie in formed them that in the tile event the queens forces assailed the intire flonary force he ile would uld intervene at 23 the same day members of the provisional government proceeded to the government building in ill squads and read the tire proclamation they separated in their march to the government building for fear of observation and arrest blount described the locati location oiL of the tile troops showing the american troops controlled the position of the queens forces they were located to suggest to the queen and her tier counsellors coun they were in cooperation with the insurrectionary movement and would when an emergency arose manifest it by active support it did doubtless suggest to the men who read the proclamation that they w were ere havi having rig the support odthe of the american minister and naval commander and id were safe from front personal aarni why had the american minister located the tin troops in such a situation and then assured t the members tubers of tile committee of safety on oil their occupation of the government building flint that be he would recognize it as a government de facto and give suc such I 1 I 1 go government V er n support N why was the government des designated gnatek to til them e III a as 8 the th place which when the proclamation was announced would be followed wed by his fits recognition etwas it was not a point of or any consequence it did not involve the employment of a single bold soldier ier the building chosen was where t there bere iere were no troops stationed where there was no 11 struggle to be made to obtain across with the tile american force immediately I 1 contiguous I 1 with the tile masa mass of population impressed with ita its unfriendly a attitude A aye more than thie this before any demand 7 or surrender was even made oil the queen or on the commander or any officer of any of her military forces at any of the pot points n ts where troops were located the tire allied american ca it minister recognized tho the provisional I 1 al government and ani was ready to give it t the it a support of the united states troops lie shows the tile position which the queen occupied her tier protest and describes the race and cithens citizenship hip of the men concerned in tho the revolution the various commissioners of the provisional government and It minister inister stevens are quoted doted and corn coin merited mente dupon upon blount shows it was a collusion on oil the part of the minister and the revolutionists lie ile goes a into details agthe f the matter and points out by time and place the haste with which stevens acted and by quoting from front stevens steven re report or t and papers ape on file at the leg legation 1 I ti n it he T declares e arl re ohp the nil minister il misrepresented to the united states government he ile points out the lack of harmony in fit the statements and criticises criticizes stevens eay say ine ina stevens consulted freely with will the tile leaders of the tire revolutionary movement from the evening of the uth these disclosed him film all their plans they feared arrest and punishment he promised they needed troops on shore to overawe the tile queens supporters and tho the government this he a agreed to and did furnish they had few arms and no trained soldier soldiers they did not mean to fight it was arranged between them and the american minister iner the procia proclamation maton dathron ing t the h queen and organizing tho the provisional 1 0 ai government should be read from 0 O tit the government building and he lie would follow tt it with speedy recognition all this tills was to be done with the american troop troops provided witti with email arms and ar tillery across the narrow street within a stones throw this was done Th the lead elead ers odthe revolutionary movement would not have undertaken it but for minister stevens promise to protect them a I 1 an any y danger from the rovern government men t afat but for this their mass meetings would not have been held but bat for this no request to land troops would have been made had the troops not been landed no measures for the organization bation of a new government would have been taken tile american minister and the revolutionary leaders were determined on oil annexation to the united states and it was agreed on the part of each to act to the very end blount says the native race feel that a great wrong has been done them and the queen when the queen resigned under 1 protest and did not belle believe V e the action of S stevens would be endorsed and ho he adds indeed who would have supposed the circumstances surrounding her could have been foreseen and sanctioned deliberately by the president of the united states her uniform conduct ond and the sentiment anion 4 the natives point her belief as well as theirs that a spirit of justice on the tile part of the president would 0 her crown that Is tile only thing in the nature of a recommendation made special com ill missioner miss Iss loner ioner closes 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