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Authors: Queen Liliuokalani
L
ILIUOKALANI
.
F
ACTS AS TO
S
UBMISSION OF
H
AWAIIAN
Q
UESTION TO THE
D
ECISION OF THE
U
NITED
S
TATES
.
By
H
ER
M
AJESTY
L
ILIUOKALANI
,
with the approval of the Provisional Government.
Date of so-called J. O. C. being Page Page Page Page Page Page Page received at Executive office, Feb. 3, 1893. | S. B. Dole, S. M. Damon, and some twenty or thirty others sent for J. O. Carter to be of committee to be sent to palace to assist her in making any protest she desired to make against her deposition; he joined the party, headed by Mr. Damon, and advised Her Majesty that any demonstration on the part of her forces would precipitate a conflict with the forces of the United States; that it was desirable that such a conflict be avoided; that her case would be considered at Washington, and a peaceful submission to force on her part would greatly help her case. Mr. Damon had previously informed Her Majesty of her deposition, and that she might prepare a protest. Mr. Damon in his sworn statement says, "I did tell her that she would have a perfect right to be heard at a later period by the United States Government. I was there as a member of the Provisional Government." Mr. Damon personally called on the queen at nine o'clock that forenoon and told her that he had decided to join the Provisional Government, and further that he was its first vice-president. He remains its minister of finance to the present date. The Provisional Government had been recognized at this time. The protest says, "I yield to the superior force of the United States of America â until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon the facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representatives, and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands." Mr. Damon and the Cabinet returned to the Provisional Government and presented the protest; and President Dole indorsed on the same, "Received by the hands of the late Cabinet this seventeenth day of January, A.D. 1893." After this protest, the queen surrendered her arsenal. The letter sent by the same steamer on which (January 18) the annexation commissioners sailed (the queen having been refused the privilege of placing one representative on board), says to-President Harrison, "This action on my part was prompted by three reasons : The futility of a conflict with the United States; the desire to avoid violence, bloodshed, and the destruction of life and property; and the certainty which I feel that you and your government will right whatever wrongs may have been inflicted on us in the premises." |
T
HE
T
EXT OF THE
T
REATY
.
How the Cession of the Islands is to be Accomplished.
T
HE
full text of the treaty is as follows; â
The United States and the republic of Hawaii, in view of the natural dependence of the Hawaiian Islands upon the United States, of their geographical proximity thereto, of the preponderant share acquired by the United States and its citizens in the industries and trade of said islands, and of the expressed desire of the government of the republic of Hawaii that those islands should be incorporated into the United States as an integral part thereof and under its sovereignty, have determined to accomplish by treaty an object so important to their mutual and permanent welfare.
To this end, the high contracting parties have conferred full powers and authority upon the irrespectively appointed plenipotentiaries, to wit : â
The President of the United States, John Sherman, Secretary of State of the United States; the President of the republic of Hawaii, Francis March Hatch, Lorrin A. Thurston, and William A. Kinney.
ARTICLE II
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The republic of Hawaii hereby cedes absolutely and without reserve to the United States of America all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies; and it is agreed that all territory of and appertaining to the republic of Hawaii is hereby annexed to the United States of America under the name of the Territory of Hawaii.
ARTICLE II
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The republic of Hawaii also cedes and hereby transfers to the United States the absolute fee and ownership of all public government, or crown lands, public buildings or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipments, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the government of the Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining.
The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands; but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition; provided, that all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such parts thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States, or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other public purposes.
ARTICLE III
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Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands, all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct, and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
The existing treaties of the Hawaiian Islands with foreign nations shall forthwith cease and determine, being replaced by such treaties as may exist, or as may be hereafter concluded between the United States and such foreign nations. The municipal legislation of the Hawaiian Islands, not enacted for the fulfilment of the treaties so extinguished, and not inconsistent with this treaty nor contrary to the Constitution of the United States, nor to any existing treaty of the United States, shall remain in force until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise determine.
Until legislation shall be enacted extending the United States customs, laws, and regulations to the Hawaiian Islands, the existing customs relations of the Hawaiian Islands with the United States and other countries shall remain unchanged.
ARTICLE IV
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The public debt of the republic of Hawaii, lawfully existing at the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty, including the amounts due to depositors in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank, is hereby assumed by the government of the United
States;
but the liability of the United States in this regard shall in no case exceed $4,000,000. So long, however, as the existing government and the present commercial relations of the Hawaiian Islands are continued, as hereinbefore provided, said government shall continue to
pay
the interest on said debt
ARTICLE V
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There shall be no further immigration of Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands, except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United States, and no Chinese, by reason of anything herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands.
ARTICLE VI
The President shall appoint five commissioners, at least
two of whom shall be residents of the Hawaiian Islands
, who shall, as soon as reasonably practicable,
recommend
to Congress such legislation for the Territory of Hawaii as they shall deem necessary or proper.
ARTICLE VII
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This treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the one part; and by the President of the republic of Hawaii, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance with the Constitution of said republic, on the other; and the ratifications hereof shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles and have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done in duplicate at the city of Washington, this 16th day of June, 1897.
| JOHN SHERMAN, | (Seal) |
| FRANCIS MARCH HATCH, | (Seal) |
| LORRIN A. THURSTON, | (Seal) |
| WILLIAM A. KINNEY. | (Seal) |
ARRANGED BY LILIUOKALANI.
No. 1.
GENEALOGY OF LILIUOKALANI.
ON HER FATHER'S (KAPAAKEA) SIDE
.
N
OTE
. â Keawe-a-Heulu was chief warrior and councillor of Kamehameha I. Ululani, his wife, was the most celebrated poetess in her day. Their daughter Keohohiwa married Kepookalani, my great-grandfather, first cousin of Kamehameha I. Her brother Naihe married Kapiolani, the celebrated queen who defied the goddess Pele. Naihe was one of the councillors to Kamehameha I., and chief orator of the council. Kamehameha's councillors were Keawe-a-Heulu, his son Naihe, and their cousins Kameeiamoku and Keeaumoku.
A
UTHORITY
.âC. Kanaina, A. Fomander, and others.
No. 2.
GENEALOGY OF LILIUOKALANI
ON HER FATHER'S (KAPAAKEA) SIDE
.
KEAWEIKEKAHIALIIOKAMOKU. KING OF HAWAII
.
N
OTE
. â Liliuokalani's great grandmother, Alapaiwahine, is the same person given in the history of the "Tradition of Creation." Her husband, Kepoo-kalani, was first cousin to Kamehameha I.
No. 1.
GENEALOGY OF KAMEHAMEHA I.
N
OTE
. â The relationship of the two families on my mother's side. Heulu, my ancestor, and Kamakaimoku were brother and sister. Keawe-a-Heulu, my ancestor, and Keoua, father of Kamehameha I., were fIrst cousins. Keohohiwa, my great-grandmother, and Kamehameha I., were second cousins.
| Kamehameha I. m. his aunt | Peleuli | Kahoanoku. |
| Kahoanoku | Wahinepio Kahakuakoi | Kekauonohi. |
Kekauonohi was grand-daughter of Kamehameha I., and the same who adopted my sister Anna Kaiulani.
No. 2.
GENEALOGY OF KAMEHAMEHA I.
KEAWEIKEKAHIALIIOKAMOKU. KING OF HAWAII
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N
OTE
. â
Comparing this genealogy and No. 2 of Liliuokalani's, you will find that Ka I-i Mamao and Kalanikeeaumoku were brothers, the latter marrying Kamakaimoku, sister of Heulu.
GENEALOGY OF KEPOOKALANI,
THE GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF LILIUOKALANI
.
N
OTES
. â Haae a Mahi and Kameeiamoku and Kamanawa were brothers, of one father and different mothers. The two latter brothers were twins, and called "The Royal Twins of Keeaumoku." They are also mentioned in history by the early missionaries or historians.
The above genealogy is most perplexing. Kepookalani (my great-grandfather), Namahana, and Kamehameha
I.,
were first cousins. Kepookalani and Kalaimamahu were brothers by the same mother. Kalaiamamahu and Kamehameha
I.
were brothers by the same father. Kepookalani's mother was the oldest of the four sisters, and the third sister was mother of Kamehameha
I.
Haae a Mahi, Kameeiamoku, and Kamanawa were half brothers by their mother to the grandfather of Kamehameha
I.
Kepookalani being first cousin to Kamehameha
I.,
my grandfather Kamanawa
I.,
son of Kepookalani, becomes second cousin to Kamehameha
I.
The latter Kamanawa was named for the first.
The intermingling of the two families is not only from his mother's, but also by his father's side, and is both from my mother's as well as my father's side.
You will recognize Kekauonohi's name as the grand-daughter of Kamehameha
I.,
and the same who adopted my younger sister, Anna Kaiulani.
Kalanikauleleiaiwi is the name of Haae's mother, also Kameeiamoku and Kamanawa. Kepookalani's mother was sister to Kamehameha l.'s mother.
Kepookalani's first wife was Keohohiwa, their child was Aikanaka; his second wife was Alapaiwahine, and Kamanawa was the child of that marriage. My father and mother were first cousins.
Keapo o Kepookalani was brother of Kamehameha I. and had no children. Ile was called Keliionaikai on account of his kindness to the people of Hana, Maui.
A
UTHORITY
. â Fornander and Kekuanaoa.