As he was leaving he drew from his pocket a document and gave it to me,
saying that he did not know whether it was proper or not and left.
Upon examining the paper I found that it was a detailed “method of
procedure” upon the restoration of the Queen, a copy of which I
inclose.
I endeavored to have him call on the same afternoon, but he could not be
found. On the following morning Mr. Mills, whom I asked to find him, saw
him at about 10 o’clock, and he said he would come immediately to see me
and started toward the legation. He did not reach here for half an hour.
My opinion is that he consulted several parties before coming here.
Upon reaching the legation an interview followed, a copy of which I
inclose.
It will be seen that although claiming to be the author of the document,
a claim which is doubtful, he finally admitted that it had been
submitted to and approved by the Queen, by her attorney, and by all the
members of her former ministry, all of whom had received copies.
An analysis of the list of special advisers, whether native or foreign,
is not encouraging to the friends of good government or of American
interests. The Americans who for over half a century held a commanding
place in the councils of state, are ignored, and other nationalities,
English especially, are placed in charge. This is true both of the
special list of advisers and of the supplementary list. If these lists
had been selected by Wilson himself, no special importance would attach
to them, but it would seem from the facts that it is a list which has
been approved after consultation with leading royalists and most
probably with the approval of the Queen.
[Enclosure 1 in No. 10.]
proposed course of procedure.
Immediately on receiving information officially or otherwise that Her
Majesty the Queen, with Her Government as of the 17th day of
January, 1893, is to be restored to its former prestige as the
permanent Government of the Hawaiian Islands, Her Majesty’s Cabinet
as of said date will at once call a cabinet meeting for the purpose
of considering on and preparing a course of action to be pursued
under the circumstances, and adopting such course as will be the
best means of securing protection to Her Majesty and Her Government,
and the security of life and property generally to the residents of
the Kingdom, and the perfect maintenance of law and order throughout
the Islands, together with such other matters incident to the
restoration as Her Majesty’s Cabinet may deem necessary and
advisable, so that the laws of the Kingdom may and can be
constitutionally enforced, and all unnecessary bloodshed and loss of
life through possible fanatical opposition be avoided.
Those possible events should be provided for by the discussion of
matters of such a complicated nature and of such far-reaching
consequences, in a calm and sober way, prior to the event. None but
the best results may be looked for, and if carefully and calmly
reasoned out the highest success should be the result; while if left
to the last moment for discussion and action, hasty conclusions may
bring disappointment, failure, and possibly even serious
disaster.
After Her Majesty’s cabinet have decided upon a plan and course of
procedure they shall invite to their counsels, in a body, the
following list of tried and trusty
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friends of the monarchy and nation, to act
with as advisers and assistants on all matters taking place during
the restoration of Her Majesty and her Government to the standing
from which they were so unjustly forced until the natural order and
tranquillity of former times shall he once more established, and Her
Majesty’s Government be once more recognized as the lawful and
regular Government of the Hawaiian people.
These persons named as advisers and assistants will meet with the
cabinet for the purpose of considering, suggesting, and amending, if
necessary, and fin ally approving and adopting the plans laid before
them by the cabinet for the attainment of the previously-mentioned
objects. After final action by the united meeting the cabinet will
at once proceed to lay the result before Her Majesty for her
approval, the advisers and assistants meanwhile remaining assembled,
to await the return of Her Majesty’s cabinet after their meeting
with Her Majesty. On their return they shall report the result of
their conference with Her Majesty to the meeting, and the joint
meeting will then consider and approve it. Upon which, having by
vote placed the execution of the approved plans in the hands of the
executive, the meeting will adjourn subject to call by the cabinet,
they in the meantime to place themselves individually in its hands
for orders or for counsel as the executive may require or
direct.
The preceding propositions are made in the event of the United States
Government, through its officials, causing and compelling the
Provisional Government to surrender unconditionally and proceeding
to the restoration of Her Majesty’s Government as it was oh the 17th
day of January, 1893, possibly coupled with a request or a
recommendation to mercy and leniency on behalf of those who took
part as principals in the overthrow of the Queen’s Government on
that date.
In the event of such restoration taking place in order that the
details may be properly attended to, and that an assurance may be
given that law and order will be maintained, and that the
Constitutional Government of Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani be once
more established on an assured basis, the following important
details must be carried out while at the same time having due regard
to all recommendations of leniency made by the United States
Government.
(If it does not conflict with their instructions from their home
Government, the U. S. commander in chief should be requested by Her
Majesty’s Government to bring and keep his forces on shore, in
quarters to be provided for them, till Her Majesty’s Government has
been fully reorganized and feels itself in a proper condition to
maintain law and order; and also, if not in conflict with his
instructions from home, that he be asked by Her Majesty’s Government
to direct that the place and hour of surrender by the Provisional
Government and its forces to him and his forces be at 10 o’clock
a.m. on the day of 1893, at Palace Square, where they will deliver
up to him the possession of the Government and its buildings and
archives, and hand over to him all the arms and munitions of war
delivered up to them on the 17th day of January, 1893, by Her
Majesty’s Government, and all other since obtained by them or which
have been in their possession since, and surrender all their
officers and men to him as prisoners to be subsequently turned over
to Her Majesty’s Government, to be dealt with by a court specially
appointed for that purpose; also the turning over of Government arms
and munitions of war, prisoners, etc., by the United States
Government to Her Majesty’s Government.)
Detail for Consideration and
Adoption.
- I.
- Proclamation by the Queen’s Government of their reassumption
of the control of the Government of the Hawaiian Islands.
- II.
- Appointment of Commander-in-Chief and staff.
- III.
- Proclamation of Martial Law and the suspension of the Writ of
Habeas Corpus.
- IV.
- Calling on all loyal citizens and well-wishers of the
Government to register their names for service at ——— office;
Enrollment of Volunteers.
- V.
- Surrender of all arms and ammunition in private hands, and the
prohibition of all sale and transfer of arms and ammunition
other than by direction of the Commander-in-Chief.
- VI.
- Taking possession of all Government Buildings and other places
necessary by the Queen’s forces and placing guards
therein.
- VII.
- Proclamation prohibiting the departure of coasting vessels or
other vessels to the other Islands.
- VIII.
- Reappointment of all officials and the filling of
vacancies.
- IX.
- Arrest of all persons implicated or concerned in the late
overthrow.
- X.
- Custody and care of all prisoners made under authority of the
above paragraph and those handed over by the U. S.
forces.
- XI.
- Receiving of all arms and munitions of war and other
Government property surrendered to U. S. forces by the P. G.
forces.
- XII.
- Despatch vessels to the other Islands to proclaim the Queen’s
Government and make all necessary changes and arrests.
We hereby certify that the above thirteen (13) pages have this day
been compared with the original type-written four (4) pages and are
an exact copy both in words and punctuation.
Witness our hands this 5
Dec., 1893 at 2.30 p.m.
- Albert S. Willis,
E. E. & M. P., U. S.
A. - Ellis Mills,
Consul General of the U.
S.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 10.]
Q. In the paper you left with me yesterday mention is made of certain
parties to be invited to your council. You did not give any list.—A.
I have the list in my pocket.
Q. Did you intend to leave it with me the other day?—A. No.
Q. Have you any objection to my reading it?—A. No.
(Reading:) Prince David, Prince Cupid, S. Parker, C. P. Jankia, J. H.
Boyd.
Q. Who is J. H. Boyd?—A. Clerk in the Interior Department.
(Reading:) J. Richardson, A. Fernandez—that is Mr. Richardson, of
Maui?
A. Yes; Richardson and Fernandez are selected. They would be called
upon to be present [having a check v mark].
Q. Then among those that would be called upon to be present at any
meeting would be Richardson and Fernandez?—A. Yes. (Reading:) J. F.
Colburn, C. White, Hon. Alex. Robertson.
Q. What does the round mark O mean near the name?—A. That they have
been Government officers.
(Reading:) W. R. Holt, P. D. Kellett—he has a round mark.
A. He is a clerk.
(Reading:) W. Aylett, Kaunamo, Kanuokano, C. Maile.
A. He is not an officer—the mark ought to be rubbed out.
(Reading:) P. Woods.
A. He is a Government officer.
(Reading:) C. Nolein (no mark), J. Cummins, J. E. Bush (mark v), W.
R. Wilcox, Joseph Nawahi, C. L. Hopkins (he is marked v), Bergemann,
G. E. Boardman.
A. He was deputy collector of customs.
(Reading:) J. Testa, H. B. Defrees, S. Dwight, J. D. Holt—he has a
round mark.
A. He is a Government officer.
(Reading:) H. Poor, J. L. Kaulakou—he has around mark—Kahaomi, there
is no mark, Alapi, H. Smith, Carl Widdeman. The only names that have
check (V) marks opposite them are John Richardson, A. Fernandez,
Kellet, Sam’l K. Pira, Kaluomano, C. L. Hopkins, J. E. Bush, J. L.
Kaulokou.
A. Those are all I have selected.
Q. I see you have a second list.—A. Yes; that is the foreign
list.
(Reading:) J. O. Carter (check), F. A. Schaefer (check), John H.
Phillips (check), J. E. Quinn (check), Dr. Geo. Trousseau (check),
J. Campbell (check), C. J. McCarty (check), T. R. Lucas (check), R.
More (check).
A. Those with checks are my selection.
(Reading:) P. Neumann, McIntyre, W. H. Rommell, C. W. Ashford, R. F.
Bickerton. Is that the judge? A. Yes.
(Reading:) J. W. Robertson, Daniel Logan, Lloyd A. P. Peterson, E.
Narvie, Rickard, Fred. Harrison, W. F. Love, Maj. Seward, W.
Cunningham, E. S. Cunha, H. A. Widemann, A. P. Cleghorn, W. G.
Irwin, J. B. Peterson, T. R. Walker (British vice consul), Marquise,
W. A. Whiting, Crowley, L. G. Levey, C. O. Berger, J. Kenyon, Capt.
Jno. Ross, Geo. F. Ross, sr., E. B. Thomas, T. B. Walker, J. F.
Bowler, F. Wundenburg. These are foreign names that you had
picked?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you pick them yourself?—A. I picked them out to propose to the
cabinet.
Q. Who prepared this paper?—A. Kenyon, who was my former secretary
and clerk, did the typewriting from the copy I furnished him.
Q. Do I understand that you drew up this without consultation with
any other person?.—A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you have any intimation from any person in the world that the
Queen would be restored?—A. I had not.
Q. This is your own work entirely?—A. It is.
Q. You are a pretty good lawyer if you drew this up. This is your
verbiage?—A. Yes, six.
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Q. Have you ever studied law?—A. No.
Q. Did anybody see this?—A. Mr. Peterson.
Q. Did he aid you?—A. No.
Q. Who else saw it?—A. Peterson, Paul Neumann, and the Queen saw
it.
Q. When did the Queen see this?—A. The day before your arrival. She
saw the original four months ago.
Q. This has been a long-pending matter, then?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you have any authority from the Queen to do it?—A. No.
Q. Did she approve of all this?—A. Yes.
Q. Who was present?—A. My wife.
Q. Yourself and your wife were present when you submitted this to the
Queen— the original paper, of which this is a copy—and she approved
it?—A. Yes.
Q. What do you mean by saying “to be dealt with by a court especially
appointed for that purpose?” Was it a court within or without the
law?—A. A court under martial law.
Q. I see one of your details calls for the “suspension of habeas
corpus and trial by martial law?”—A. Yes.
Q. What is meant in clause 7 by “prohibiting the departure of sailing
vessels?”—A. To prevent carrying news to excite the people on the
other islands.
Q. Did you discuss with the Queen as to the time—how long—martial law
ought to last?—A. No.
Q. What do you mean by the “reappointment of officials and filling of
vacancies,” in clause 8?—A. The reappointment of those who had been
dismissed by the Provisional Government.
Q. What do you mean by “filling the vacancies?” Take the case of Mr.
Dole, would you consider all those offices vacated?—A. Yes.
Q. Section 9. How about the arrest of “all persons concerned in the
late movement”?—A. We propose to arrest all leaders in the
revolution.
Mr. Willis. I took this paper. I do not
intend that you should draw any inference whatever from that. I am
surprised to hear you say you are the sole author of this paper. My
idea was that you had been in consultation with others. It seems
strange that you should have written this without any knowledge of
what the United States meant to do. That you may not misunderstand
me I now return the paper. I did not know at the time what its
contents were. I wished to inquire from you in regard to the
authorship, etc. I would not have taken it had I known its
contents.
Q. You say you gave a copy to Mr. Paul Neumann. Is he now the Queen’s
attorney?—A. He is now and always has been. I gave, also, a copy to
Mr. Peterson and other members of the cabinet.
