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HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 299
[Inclosure in Inclosure 1 in No. 8.]
Rear-Admiral Kimberly to Mr. Tracy.
No. 165d.] U. S. FLAGSHIP ALERT (THIRD RATE),
Honolulu, October 18, 1889.
SIR : I have to report that, politically speaking, quietness prevails at present. There
is an agitation quietly working as to the race question, which no doubt will become
a prominent factor in the elections that come off in February.
The natives seem to have an uneasy feeling as to their rights being usurped by
the whites and their gradual loss of prestige and power in the Government as laid
down in the principles of the present constitution, which, to their ideas, circum-
scribes too much the kingly power.
It would promote a feeling of security to our own people, and, I think, other for-
eigners, if at the February elections we had a force here competent to preserve order
should necessity arise.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. A. KIMBERLY,
Rear-Admiral U. S. Navy,
Commanding U. S. Naval Force on Pacific Station.
The SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 8.]
Mr. Blaine to Mr. Tracy.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, November 6, 1889.
SIR : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 1st instant and
of the copy of Rear-Admiral Kimberly's report of the 18th ultimo, which yon inclose,
on the political situation in Hawaii. In view of his opinion that the security of our
citizens there would be promoted "if, at the February elections," the United States
had a force in those waters competent to preserve order should the necessity arise,
I trust that your Department may find it convenient to make such dispositions in that
quarter as will subserve the desired object.
I am, etc.,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Mr. Stevens to Mr. Blaine.
No. 11.] UNITED STATES LEGATION,
Honolulu, November 14, 1889.
SIR: A careful survey of the present political situation in these
islands and a due regard to my responsibility lead me to make this
communication to the Department of State.
Of the recent revolutionary attempt to overthrow the present Hawaiian
Government and to change the constitution in a retrograde direction the
several dispatches of my predecessor and of the undersigned, have in-
formed you. Beaten at their attempt by violence in July, Wilcox and his
coadjutors are preparing to accomplish their purposes at the ensuing elec-
tion of the members of the legislature in February. Apparently they are
uniting the natives, who constitute nearly two-thirds of the voters, in
the effort to obtain a native and revolutionary majority, and to some
extent have enlisted the sympathies of the Chinese, who are not voters,
but some of whom use their money to assist the natives in their politi-
cal designs. Generally the principal land-owners and men of business
and property are uniting in support of the present Government, regard-
ing it the best the country has ever had. The complex character of the
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