Rebuilding the Kingdom of Hawaii ! ! - Beyond Tiki

C christiki295 Member LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3837	C christiki295 Posted posted on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 6:23 PM The WSJ should be ashamed of itslef for uttering such falsehoods, including this: "The U.S. remained strictly neutral. It provided neither arms, nor economic assistance, nor diplomatic support to a band of Hawaiian insurgents" This statement is more accurate: The U.S. had indeed indicated that it would support a revolution by the annexationists, and would give them diplomatic recognition if they could gain control of important government buildings and of Honolulu in general. U.S. Minister Stevens may have given diplomatic recognition prematurely, before full control was established. But when revolutions take place, nations favorable to them often give speedy, even premature recognition, while nations opposed often delay giving recognition (for example, U.S. refusal to recognize the Communist revolutions in China and in Cuba). The landing of 162 U.S. troops at a crucial time was indeed intended to show U.S. support for the overthrow. The U.S. has apologized for its role in the overthrow. On January 19 and 20, only two or three days after the revolution, the Daily Pacific Commercial Advertiser newspaper printed the official letters of recognition of the Provisional Government given by the local ambassadors or consuls of the following nations: Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Chile, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, United States. The Republic of Hawai'i continued to hold power during the entire four-year term of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, who came into office shortly after the monarchy was overthrown. Cleveland had befriended the ex-queen and had encouraged the annexationists to reinstate the queen to the throne. Cleveland made a well-known, lengthy statement deploring the U.S. role in supporting the overthrow, and withdrew from the Senate a treaty of annexation that had been supported by the previous president. But the Provisional Government and the Republic kept control despite President Cleveland's opposition to them. http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/overthrow.html

The WSJ should be ashamed of itslef for uttering such falsehoods, including this:

"The U.S. remained strictly neutral. It provided neither arms, nor economic assistance, nor diplomatic support to a band of Hawaiian insurgents"

This statement is more accurate:

The U.S. had indeed indicated that it would support a revolution by the annexationists, and would give them diplomatic recognition if they could gain control of important government buildings and of Honolulu in general. U.S. Minister Stevens may have given diplomatic recognition prematurely, before full control was established. But when revolutions take place, nations favorable to them often give speedy, even premature recognition, while nations opposed often delay giving recognition (for example, U.S. refusal to recognize the Communist revolutions in China and in Cuba).

The landing of 162 U.S. troops at a crucial time was indeed intended to show U.S. support for the overthrow. The U.S. has apologized for its role in the overthrow.

On January 19 and 20, only two or three days after the revolution, the Daily Pacific Commercial Advertiser newspaper printed the official letters of recognition of the Provisional Government given by the local ambassadors or consuls of the following nations: Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Chile, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, United States.

The Republic of Hawai'i continued to hold power during the entire four-year term of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, who came into office shortly after the monarchy was overthrown. Cleveland had befriended the ex-queen and had encouraged the annexationists to reinstate the queen to the throne. Cleveland made a well-known, lengthy statement deploring the U.S. role in supporting the overthrow, and withdrew from the Senate a treaty of annexation that had been supported by the previous president. But the Provisional Government and the Republic kept control despite President Cleveland's opposition to them.

http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/overthrow.html

Post #180671 by christiki295 on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 6:23 PM