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their aims, as some of the cabinet
members had been invited to join the
Executive Council of the Committee.
Still they made no move to halt the
proposed revolution. Dr. William
Alexander, an observer of the events,
concluded:
To judge from their conduct, the
Queen's Cabinet was overawed by
the unanimity and determination of
the foreign community, and
probably had an exaggerated idea
of the force at the command of the
Committee of Safety. They shrank
from the responsibility of causing
fruitless bloodshed, and sought a
valid excuse for inaction, which
they thought they found in the
presence of the United States
troops on shore, and in the well
known sympathy of the American
Minister with the opposition.
196/
By 2:30 on the afternoon of the
17th, the Committee had completed its
preparations and began moving toward
its objectives. Within fifteen
minutes, the Committee of Safety had
quietly taken control of the
Government Building, which was
virtually empty when they arrived. A
proclamation was read from the steps
by H. E. Cooper, designated
vice-president of the new government,
and the first phase of the revolution
was accomplished as the Committee of
Safety became the Provisional
Government.
The new Provisional Government
moved into the building and got down
to work. Martial law was declared,
all saloons were ordered to be closed,
and messengers were sent to the diplomatic
community to inform them of the
change in government and to request
recognition. Between four and five
o'clock, a message was delivered to
Dole from Stevens:
A Provisional Government having
been duly constituted in the place
of the recent Government of Queen
Liliuokalani and said Provisional
Government being in full
possession of the Government
Building, the Archives and the
Treasury and in control of the
capital of the Hawaiian Islands, I
hereby recognize said Provisional
Goverment as the de facto
government of the Hawaiian
Islands. 197/
Other foreign ministers followed
suit within days. Armed with Stevens'
support, members of the Provisional
Government called on the queen and
demanded her resignation. After much
protest, the queen yielded and signed
the following document:
I, Liliuokalani, by the Grace of
God and under the Constitution of
the Kingdom, Queen, do hereby
solemnly protest against any and
all acts done against myself and
the constitutional government of
the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain
persons claiming to have
established a provisional
government of and for this Kingdom.
That I yield to the superior
force of the United States of
America, whose minister
plenipotentiary, His Excellency
John L. Stevens, has caused United
States troops to be landed at
Honolulu and declared that he
would support the said provisional
government. Now to avoid any
collision of armed forces and
perhaps the loss of life, I do
under this protest, and impelled
by said force, yield my authority
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
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 Alexander, an observer of the events,
 concluded:
 To judge from their conduct, the
-Queen's Cabinet was overawed by
+:To judge from their conduct, the Queen's Cabinet was overawed by the unanimity and determination of the foreign community, and probably had an exaggerated idea of the force at the command of the Committee of Safety. They shrank from the responsibility of causing fruitless bloodshed, and sought a valid excuse for inaction, which they thought they found in the presence of the United States troops on shore, and in the well known sympathy of the American Minister with the opposition. <u>196</u>/
 the unanimity and determination of
 By 2:30 on the afternoon of the
 th, the Committee had completed its
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 Safety became the Provisional
 Government.
 The new Provisional Government
 moved into the building and got down
@@ Line 47: / Line 35: @@
 o'clock, a message was delivered to
 Dole from Stevens:
 A Provisional Government having
-been duly constituted in the place
+:A Provisional Government having been duly constituted in the place of the recent Government of Queen Liliuokalani and said Provisional Government being in full possession of the Government Building, the Archives and the Treasury and in control of the capital of the Hawaiian Islands, I hereby recognize said Provisional Government as the de facto government of the Hawaiian Islands. <u>197</u>/
 of the recent Government of Queen
 Other foreign ministers followed
 suit within days. Armed with Stevens'
@@ Line 67: / Line 45: @@
 protest, the queen yielded and signed
 the following document:
 I, Liliuokalani, by the Grace of
-God and under the Constitution of
+:I, Liliuokalani, by the Grace of God and under the Constitution of the Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the constitutional government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a provisional government of and for this Kingdom. That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America, whose minister plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared that he would support the said provisional government. Now to avoid any collision of armed forces and perhaps the loss of life, I do under this protest, and impelled by said force, yield my authority 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 Kingdom, Queen, do hereby
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