HAWAIIAN  ISLANDS.	219
No. 3. 
Mr. Dole to Mr. Foster.
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, January 18, 1893.
(Received February 3.)
SIR : I have the honor to inform you that, as president of the execu- 
tive and advisory council of the Provisional Government of the Ha- 
waiian Islands, I have this day commissioned and appointed the fol- 
lowing gentlemen as special commissioners from this Government to 
that of the United States of America, viz, Hon. L. A. Thurston, W. E. 
Castle, esq., Hon. W. 0. Wilder, Charles L. Carter, esq., Hon. Joseph 
Marsden, accrediting them to his excellency the President of the United 
States.
A copy of their credentials will be found inclosed.
Expressing the hope that these gentlemen will prove acceptable to 
the United States as the representatives of this Government, and that 
you will extend them all proper assistance in furtherance of their 
mission,
With sentiments of the highest esteem and respect, 
I have, etc.,
SANFORD B. DOLE, 
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(Inclosures:) Copies of the credential letters of the fire commissioners. For text 
see Credentials of Mr. Lorrin A. Thurston, printed as paper No. 13, post.
No. 4.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani to the President. 
(Received February 3, 1893.)
His Excellency BENJAMIN HARRISON,
President of the United States:
MY GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND : It is with deep regret that I address 
you on this occasion. Some of my subjects, aided by aliens, have re- 
nounced their loyalty and revolted against the constitutional govern- 
ment of my Kingdom. They have attempted to depose me and to es- 
tablish a provisional government, in direct conflict with the organic 
law of this Kingdom. Upon receiving incontestable proof that his 
excellency the minister plenipotentiary of the United States, aided 
and abetted their unlawful movements and caused United States 
troops to be landed for that purpose, I submitted to force, believing 
that he would not have acted in that manner unless by the authority 
of the Government which he represents.
This action on my part was prompted by three reasons: The futility 
of a conflict with the United States; the desire to avoid violence, 
bloodshed, and the destruction of life and property, and the certainty 
which I feel that you and your Government will right whatever wrongs 
may have been inflicted upon us in the premises.
In due time a statement of the true facts relating this matter will be 
laid before you, and I live in the hope that you will judge uprightly 
and justly between myself and my enemies.

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