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though at first not officially relieved,
by Blount. Blount's instructions
read, in part:
To enable you to fulfill this
charge, your authority in all
matters touching the relations of
this Government to the existing or
other government of the islands,
and the protection of our citizens
therein, is paramount, and in you
alone, acting in co-operation with
the commander of the naval forces,
is vested full discretion and
power to determine when such
forces should be landed or
withdrawn. 201/
By this time, Captain Wiltse had
been relieved as senior officer on the
Pacific Station by Rear Admiral Joseph
Skerrett. Wiltse was detached and
ordered home on February 28, 1893.
Blount ordered the Marines to return
to the Boston (one company of sailors
had already been withdrawn, the other
remained on shore) and he ordered that
the American flag be hauled down. On
May 24 he officially replaced Stevens
as Minister.
Blount remained in Hawaii until
August 9 when he returned to Washington
without waiting for a replacement.
His lengthy report (nearly 700 pages)
laid the blame for the revolution
squarely on Stevens and recommended a
restoration of the former government.
Based on this recommendation, and at
the urgings of Secretary of State
Walter Gresham, the President ordered
the new Minister to offer to aid
Liliuokalani to regain her throne with
the expectation that she would grant
full amnesty to those who had opposed
her. Liliuokalani"s refusal to meet
this requirement, coupled with the
Provisional Government's emphatic
refusal to consider such a move,
negated the attempt. 202/ Meanwhile,-
it was noted that Blount interviewed
neither the members of the Committee
of Safety nor the officers of the
Boston. There were complaints from
those who were interviewed by him that
their testimony was slanted in the
final report. 203/
After receipt of this report, in a
message to Congress on December 18,
1893, President Cleveland said, in
part:
...The lawful government of Hawaii
was overthrown without the drawing
of a sword or the firing of a shot
by a process every step of which,
it may safely be asserted, is
directly traceable to and dependent
for its success upon the
agency of the United States acting
through its diplomatic and naval
representatives.
But for the notorius predilections
of the United States
Minister for Annexation, the
Committee of Safety, which should
be called the Committee for
Annexation, would never have
existed.
But for the landing of the
United States forces upon false
pretexts respecting the danger to
life and property the committee
would never have exposed
themselves to the plans and
penalties of treason by
undertaking the subversion of the
Queen's government.
But for the presence of the
United States forces in the
immediate vicinity and in position
to afford all needed protection
and support the committee would
not have proclaimed the
provisional government from the
steps of the Government building.
And finally, but for the lawless
occupation of Honolulu under the
false pretexts by the United
States forces, and but for Minister
Stevens' recognition of the
provisional government when the
United States forces were its sole
support and constituted its only
military strength, the Queen and
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 by Blount. Blount's instructions
 read, in part:
 To enable you to fulfill this
-charge, your authority in all
+:To enable you to fulfill this charge, your authority in all matters touching the relations of this Government to the existing or other government of the islands, and the protection of our citizens therein, is paramount, and in you alone, acting in co-operation with the commander of the naval forces, is vested full discretion and power to determine when such forces should be landed or withdrawn. <u>201</u>/
 matters touching the relations of
 By this time, Captain Wiltse had
 been relieved as senior officer on the
@@ Line 21: / Line 11: @@
 ordered home on February 28, 1893.
 Blount ordered the Marines to return
-to the Boston (one company of sailors
+to the <u>Boston</u> (one company of sailors
 had already been withdrawn, the other
 remained on shore) and he ordered that
@@ Line 27: / Line 17: @@
 May 24 he officially replaced Stevens
 as Minister.
 Blount remained in Hawaii until
 August 9 when he returned to Washington
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 the expectation that she would grant
 full amnesty to those who had opposed
-her. Liliuokalani"s refusal to meet
+her. Liliuokalani's refusal to meet
 this requirement, coupled with the
 Provisional Government's emphatic
 refusal to consider such a move,
-negated the attempt. 202/ Meanwhile,-
+negated the attempt. <u>202</u>/ Meanwhile,
 it was noted that Blount interviewed
 neither the members of the Committee
 of Safety nor the officers of the
-Boston. There were complaints from
+<u>Boston</u>. There were complaints from
 those who were interviewed by him that
 their testimony was slanted in the
-final report. 203/
+final report. <u>203</u>/
 After receipt of this report, in a
 message to Congress on December 18,
 , President Cleveland said, in
 part:
 ...The lawful government of Hawaii
-was overthrown without the drawing
+:...The lawful government of Hawaii was overthrown without the drawing of a sword or the firing of a shot by a process every step of which, it may safely be asserted, is directly traceable to and dependent for its success upon the agency of the United States acting through its diplomatic and naval representatives.
 of a sword or the firing of a shot
-by a process every step of which,
+:But for the notorius predilections of the United States Minister for Annexation, the Committee of Safety, which should be called the Committee for Annexation, would never have existed.
 it may safely be asserted, is
-directly traceable to and dependent
+:But for the landing of the United States forces upon false pretexts respecting the danger to life and property the committee would never have exposed themselves to the plans and penalties of treason by undertaking the subversion of the Queen's government.
 for its success upon the
-agency of the United States acting
+:But for the presence of the United States forces in the immediate vicinity and in position to afford all needed protection and support the committee would not have proclaimed the provisional government from the steps of the Government building.
 through its diplomatic and naval
-representatives.
+:And finally, but for the lawless occupation of Honolulu under the false pretexts by the United States forces, and but for Minister Stevens' recognition of the provisional government when the United States forces were its sole support and constituted its only military strength, the Queen and
-But for the notorius predilections
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