Hawaii — page 124: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Sd 4, te an ae : , om ny, 9 ¥ o = * Pa <a = permanent maintenance of law and order, and the pro- tection of life, liberty and property in Hawaii.” At the other meeting it was resolved as follows: “That LILIUOKALANI AND THE REVOLUTION. 11g. the assurance of Her Majesty contained in this day’s — proclamation is accepted by the people as a satisfactory guarantee that the Government does not and wiil not seek any modification of the constitution by any other ‘means than those provided in the organic law.” Before the first meeting Marshal Wilson, the head of the police, went to the Committee of Safety and demand- ed that the meeting should not be held, promising at the same time that the Queen would not issue a new consti- tution, even if he had to use force to prevent her. Mr. Thurston declined to accept such a guarantee and said that the Americans would stand it no longer, and pur- posed settling the matter once and for all. Wilson re- ported this to the Cabinet, and advised arresting the committee, but the Cabinet refused to allow it. After the adjournment of the first meeting the Committee of Safe- ty sent a petition for protection to the United States minister, who had arrived on the man-of-war “‘Boston” from another part of the island on Saturday. It was worded thus: “We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Hono- lulu, respectfully represent that, in view of recent events in this kingdom, culminating in the revolutionary acts of Queen Liliuokalani on Saturday past, the public safety _ 4S menaced, and lives and property are in peril, and we zs appeal to you and the United States forces at your com- _ mand for assistance. The Queen, with the aid of armed ~ \ a comicbooks