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‘th << ahr, ' 122 LILIUOKALANI AND THE REVOLUTION. — > ernment, requested that the United States troops should preserve order, saying: “We have conierred with the ministers of the late Gov- ernment, and have made demand upon the Marshal to surrender the Station House. We are not yet actually in possession of the Station House, but as night is ap- proaching and our forces may be insufficient to maintain order, we request the immediate support of the United States forces, and would request that the commander of the United States forces take command of our military forces, so that they may act together for the protection of the city.” It is claimed that the Queen had a well-armed force of seven hundred men, headed by her favorite, Wilson. But Minister Stevens says: “The representation that Wilson had sufficient force in the limited area of the Police Station to sustain the monarchy is notoriously absurd to all honest persons acquainted with the facts. If the Queen had this force, why had it not been exerted while the outraged people | were openly holding their great mass meeting and mak- ing their arrangements for the establishment of a new Government? Why did Wilson and his so-called force wait until the outraged citizens gathered with their rifles and bottled them up in the Police Station House? Why — did the Queen's representatives call at the United States Legation on the 17th and ask the aid of the United States forces to support her? The Station House and Barracks were still in the pos- session of the Queen’s forces. When a demand was © “comicbooks.com | ~~ 4 ~ -