Hawaii — page 126: what you’re looking at

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‘-. «' _. “ +. = i Sele LILIUVOKALANI AND THE REVOLUTION. It7 to the treaty rights of American citizens. You will in- form me at the earliest possible moment of any change in the situation.” The Committee of Safety felt they had been hasty in ‘asking for the intervention of United States troops and sent a committee to Minister Stevens asking him to de- lay the landing of the men. But the troops, of 160.men, had already landed. Some were accommodated at the American legation, and some at the consulate. Finally Arion Hall was secured for them. When Mr. Thurston and two other delegates of the Committee of Safety told Minister Stevens that they were not prepared to have the troops land so soon, he said to them: “Gentlemen, the troops of the ‘Boston’ landed at five o'clock this afternoon, whether you are ready or not.” The Queen’s Minister of Foreign Affairs sent this pro- test to Minister Stevens: “T have the honor to inform your excellency that the troops from the United States steamer ‘Boston’ were landed in this port at five o’clock this evening without the request or knowledge of Her Majesty’s Government. As the situation 1s one which does not call for interfer- -ence on the part of the United States Government, my legation, or for American property and interests, would colleagues and myself would most respectfully request of your excellency the authorship upon which this action was taken. I would also add that any protection that may have been considered necessary for the American (ee) comicbooks