Show QUEEN no her she voluntarily abdicated too says her A torney boston april 15 gen A S hartwell well known citizen 0 honolulu and a member ot the bar of the hawaiian islands is in boston for a lew days 1 I drew nie abdication eaid gen hastwell Ha atwell at the request 0 paul jewmann Kew mann her legal adviser who was a hawaiian samuel Par kerher last premier who was also a hawaiian and charles B riison the last marshal tinder the monarchy I 1 did not act in the matter na the legal adviser of the hawaiian government As a matter of course I 1 observed professional bonfi dence concerning the document until it bad been executed and acknowledged when at the request of mr parker I 1 accompanied him to president dole to whom be handed the papers what they contained to which mr dole merely eaid that they would be placed on the files I 1 was utterly inexperienced on drawing royal abdications but did the best I 1 could with the few precedents accessible the gentleman who requested me to draw the instrument assured me that Liliu okalAni was cincere in the matter and when I 1 informed them that it 1 drew it there would be no reading between the lines eaid that was what was wanted I 1 was present when the ex queen signed and acknowledged the document which she did in a perfectly calm manner and distinct voice was not the slightest excitement or tremor observed upon that occasion her friends were standing about in the room at time carefully listening and ready to offer any advice or suggestion that she might desire before she finally executed the iloco ment I 1 link that three separate bad been made to conform to certain inconsiderable and mainly verbal changes suggested by her I 1 there was some three between the submission to her of the first draft I 1 had not seen her meanwhile but had obtained from president dole permission for the three gentlemen ent lemen named to visit her freely and they assured me that they had counseller counselled coun selled her and that she thoroughly sanctioned as they did the papers which she finally executed and which included an abjuration of the monarchy |