Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 87, 30 December 1893 — Official History of the Hawaiian Conspiracy. [ARTICLE]

Official History of the Hawaiian Conspiracy.

No oue nnprejudiced ean read Mr. Blount’s report witboat the conviction tbat it goes iato the arcbives of the State Bepartiuent at Washington as the darkest chapter iu the diplomat:c annals of this country. The report hasall theanthority of ah olKoiul biston*. Mr. Blount went to Houoiula not as a partisan. but as aa impaiiial iuvestigator. His mĪHsion was not to make oat a case, but to ascertain tbe trath. His investigation was not basty or superficial, bat tborongh; not one-sided, bat all sided. His information was gathered from official sources aud public documents, from representatives of both sides to tbe conflict aml from independeut obseners. His statements of fact and Lis conclusions are supported by a mass of proofs whieh cannot be .successfully assailed. Moreover, they are fully corroborated by aud in turn corroborate the results of the independent journa1istic investigation made by Mr. Charles Nordboff and published to the world on the pages of the “Heiakl.” It is an extraordinary story, not of a revolntion, bnt a eonspiracy, There was no popular uprising against the reigning sovereign. There was not even any widespread popular discontent or dissatisfactiou with the existing government. The people made no attempt and had no desire either to overthrow the monarch3 r or set up another government. In ineeplion, progress and consummation the entire affair was simply a conspiracj' against the people ns well as tbe governraent of Hawaii. The whole w'orn. waa dono by a few coaspirators, aided, abetted and snpported b>’ the Araerican Minister and the nnval forces of the L nited States. It was a eonspiracy not only to give eonspirators possession of the goveraraent, but also t" annex the islands to the United States. Such is the findiug of Commissioner Blount, und no other is possible ou the proofs he has amassed. Can the archives of the Skite Department show a more extraordinary abuse of official authoritv' by au Amenean Mini«ter tban this passage from Mr. Biount’s report? Mr. Stevens consalted freely witb the leaders of the revolutionary movement from the evening of the 14th. These disclose>l to him all their plans. Thev feared arrest aud punishment. He promised them protection. They neeiled the troops on shore to overawe the Queen s snpporters and government. They ha»l few arms and no traiued soldiers. Thev did not mean to fi"ht. • o • It was arranged betwoen them and the Ameriean Mmister that tbe proclamation dethroning the Qneen aud organizing provisional government sbould be read from tbe Government Building and he would follow it with a speed\' recognition. Ail thss was to be d n ne with American troops provideil with small anus and artillery accross a narrow street wiihin a stone‘s tbrow. This was done. The leaders of the revolntionary movement would nol hare nndertaken it bnt for Mr. Stevens’ promise to protect ihem against »ny danger frdh tbe gov^rnment v

Bnt for this their mass meeting would not have been held: but ■ for this no request to land troops ; wonld have been made. Had the troops not been landed no ' measnres for the organization of a new government wonid have been taken. T!ie American Minister and th« revolutionary leaders had j determinetl on a new addition to j tbe United States and had agreed. on the part of eaeh to act to the very end. Amazing and shameful as was the aunexatiou couspiracy carried out at Houolulu, it was hardly more so than tbe attempt made in this couutrv r to consummate it. While the jingo orgaus were cailing hysterically for annexatiou the Administration at Wasbington was waiting eagerly for the commisioners hurr\’ing from Honolnlu to negotiate the transfer of the islands. No sooner had they raached the capital than a treaty was hastily drawn up and rush«ed into the Seuate before the expected protest from the dethroned Queen eoukl arrive. lf this end of the couspiracy had been as thoroughlv* investigated and uncovered as the Hawaiian end has been the revelations conld be hardly less starthng. But enough has been revealed to bnry annexation beyond the hope of resurrection and put au eml to all talk of a protectorate. — X. Y. Herald.