AFFAIRS IN HAWAII.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9400, 5 January 1894, Page 6

AFFAIRS IN HAWAII.

o — a PROTESTS AGAINST RESTORING * THE MONARCHY. T CLEVELAND AND GRESHAM { CONDEMNED. a According to the Hawaiian Gazette enthu- > eiasm, cheers, indignation at Secretary ? Gresham's late action, American patriotism s and men with their feelings strung up to the highest pitch of excitement, were the s features of a mass meeting held on Novema bes 25 to protest against the restoration of 8 the monarchy in Hawaii. Over 1200 men * were presentand not a dissenting voice b among them—men who were nob only o ready and willing, bub anxious, to express 9 their sentiments on the question now so near the hearts of all good Americans. 8 The meeting was the most enthusiastic 0 popular gathering ever held in that city. r lb showed that the brawny-armed working '* men of HonoluluHawaiians as well as 6 foreigners— solid by the Provisional '• Government and the cause of liberty— 8 which it represents. All were of one mind *J and ready for any emergency thab may fc arise. All the speeches had one ring only ? Liberty or Death. fc TELLING SENTENCES. Speeches were delivered by several pror minent public men, and the following are a 0 few of the telling sentences uttered, which { give an indication of the stand taken by a the anti-royalists:— i. I challenge any man to name a cabinet i- during the last twenty-five years the meme bers of which were the superiors, if indeed li the equals, of the men who now hold the a various offices undor the Provisional a Government.—Colonel Z. S. Spalding. i- I challenge the right of the chief of thab great nation, of his own mere notion, to r undo the acb of any of his predecessors, b Congress may do ib, congress has the full r power, but Grover Cleveland bud no more h right, legally or morally, to undo the act r of Benjamin Harrison than he had to undo a any act of Abraham Lincoln. — P. M. u Hatch. p The time will come when they (the i Hawaiian people) will thank God that there a were people willing to risk their lives, thoir -. property, their all, to establish in Hawaii e true liberty.—W. R. Castle. In 1884 when Grover Cleveland was first . chosen President of the United States; it 0 was said that he obtained his election by r three R's.Rum, Romanism, and Ret, bellion. To-day Grover Cleveland stands s impeached before the American colony of . Hawaii by three R's. Those three R's. are i the restoration of a rotten royalty. C. i Jones. RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions were unaui--3 rooualy agreed to :—" (1) That we have read 1 with surprise and regret the recommendaj tion of the Secretary of State of the United i States to the President, to restore the 3 monarchy lately existing in Hawaii; (2) 1 that we condemn the assumption of the 1 Secretary that the right of the Provisional Government to exist was terminated by his a refusal to re-submit to the Senate the ? treaty of union pending between the two r countries; and also his assumption that the Provisional Government had at that very - time submitted the question of its con- , tinued existence to the arbitrament of the e President or of any other power; (3) thab b we support to the bosb of our ability the a Provisional Government iin resisting any e attack upon it which may be made contrary y to the usage of nations." fc A LEGAL OPINION. r Speaking of Secretary Gresham's recent 8 letter to the President relative to Hawaiian * affairs, a distinguished member of the 1 Washington bar stated to a Washington Star reporter thab the step proposed to the r President was not only un-American, bub also contrary to the laws of international » neutrality. Un-American, because it sought 8 indirectly, ii nob directly, to restore a V monarchy, a form of government wholly 3 repugnant to every true American, and '» contrary to international law, because whatever may have been the cause or * causes which overthrew the Hawaiian , monarchy, whether the influence of the * United States had been wrongfully exerted a in that direction or not, by over-zealous or ' designing citizens and officers of this a country, the facb remained thab the reigning sovereign was deposed and a provisional government established. That Provisional ■* Government, ib appeared, had been duly I recognised by this country, both by the * last and the present administration. The 8 Provisional Government possessed the right 8 to continue until the people]of the Hawaiian 8 Islands, not the people of the United > State;, chose to change it. -, A BTSHOP'S VIEWS. f The Venerable Bishop John P. Newman, r General Grant's old pastor, and the bosom b friend of many public men of this and the 0 previous generation, paid a missionary r visit to the Hawaiian Islands just before - the revolution. Talking on the subject, 1 Bishop Newman said: "I do not believe a that the people of the country will ever - permit President Cleveland to restore 0 the monarchy. He cannot do ib. How y is it to be accomplished ? These . are questions upon which the people may i- havo something to say. When 1 was in the country the people were ripe for indepen- ;. dence. The leaders of- the revolution were b the cream of intelligence and dignity of its a resident*. The fact is thab, but for Ameri- . can influences, the Islands would be in a i rapid state of decadence The underlying e idea seams to get in a fling ab General s Harrison." PROTEST PRESENTED TO MINISTER WILLIS. * The American residents of Honolulu prefc sented a strong protest to His Excellency, j Albert S. Willis, Envoy Extraordinary of the United States, sent to restore the monarchy. The protest concluded in the following terms :—" The undersigned l ' hereby solemnly and respectfully protest to ' Your Excellency and to Grover Cleveland, * President of the United States, and to * Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State, and l " to Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of the . Navy, and to Rear-Admiral John Irwin, ■ commanding the United States naval forces .* now in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands, i and to all others concerned, that any such acts of war or hostility if taken, attempted ' or announced in the time of profound poacu now existing between the United States and the Hawaiian Islands, or without any full, formal and timely announcement thereof, will and would cause all those concerned in ' authorising the same to be held responsible ' for all the consequences that may ensue therefrom, not only before Almighty God and in the forum of conscience, but by all sanctioned rules and observances of civilised n nations in their dealing with each other, £ and will and would be in violation of the rights of the undersigned, secured and belonging to them as citizens of the United t States of America." 1 WILLIS' REPORT. o In hi 3 report, Willis accounts for his dee lay of three days in presenting his creden--3 tials to President Dole. He was engaged e in an investigation on his own account as e to the working of the Provisional Govern--8 ment, and how it suited the Hawaiians. He a said the result of there investigations was * such as to convince him that the Provi--8 sional Government is giving satisfaction to '■ the best elements of the population of the a islands, and that it cannot be overthrown »- without the use of force. * He further says ir the Queen could not be continued on her 't throne without the continuous presence of >r an armed force of the United States. Sec--6 rotary Gresham was nob pleased with the it information he has received from his '- Minister. »> HOW THE NEWS CAME. '* One of the moat peculiar circumstances ! e connected with the crisis is the manner in ? which the first intimation of President Cleveland's policy reached Honolulu. Early 1° in November last the steamer Alameda 18 brought the startling telegram dated ,e November 2 from London via Auckland , that President Cleveland purposed restoring .' the ex-queen to : the throne. Thus this 18 startling telegram made the circuit of the £ globe to reach ' Honolulu. The New York '! Herald in this connection states:—"The d interesting feature of the news from Hawaii 1C by the steamer Alameda yesterday attracted ' u considerable attention here. This was the '• statement that news had reached Honolulu l * via Auckland to the effect that the President would send a message to Congress disavowing the action of the late Administration » and advocating the restoration of the * Queen to the throne. Although discredited « in Hawaii when received, subsequent deJj velopments have proved it correct. The I wfcwtttws question now is, how did this j

information reach Hawaii at such an early date 10 Some have supposed' that England long ago had a tip from this Government concerning President Cleveland's course, and thab information was telegraphed to Auckland from London. It leaked out, perhaps was disclosed,, by one of the disgruntled Cabinet officials. ■ f ,