Mr. Stevens to Mr.
Blaine.
Legation of
the United States,
Honolulu, March 26, 1891.
(Received April 20.)
No. 21.]
Sir: Your instruction No. 15, of February 28, was
received at this legation March 15. The chief portion thereof—all that
related to the late King Kalakaua and to Her Majesty the Queen—was duly
communicated to the minister of foreign affairs, with the request that it
should be read or otherwise made known to her, in a note dated March 17, to
which I have received a response, a full copy of which is herewith
inclosed.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 21.]
Mr. Parker to Mr.
Stevens.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Honolulu, March 24,
1891.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your excellency’s dispatch of the 17th instant, announcing
that you had received from your Government a communication, through the
Secretary of State, Hon. James G. Blaine, relative to the death of King
Kalakaua and the accession of Queen Liliuokalani, and the resolutions of
various bodies of Hawaiian citizens expressive of gratitude for the
kindness shown by the Government and people of the United States to His
late Majesty, and favoring me with a copy of the chief portion of said
communication for Her Majesty’s consideration.
In reply I beg to state that I have had the honor of conveying to Her
Majesty the Queen a copy of the honorable Secretary’s communication and
have received her commands to acknowledge its receipt. Her Majesty is
inexpressibly touched with the sincere sentiments of friendship for her
departed brother and late sovereign, for the Hawaiian nation, and for
herself, so feelingly expressed by the Secretary of State for the
Government of the United States. The duties of the high position Her
Majesty has been called upon to assume will, under the guidance of the
Supreme Ruler, be discharged with the sole aim of benefiting her people,
and in thus obtaining and endeavoring to maintain the esteem and
friendship of all nations, but more especially of the Government
represented by your excellency, whose friendship has been tried and
tested in innumerable instances, and to whose assistance and
encouragement the nation is so deeply indebted.
With the highest esteem and respect, I have, etc.,
Samuel Parker,
Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
