Hawaii's Last Queen Part 6/7

On January 16, 1893, four boatloads of United States Marines armed with
Gatling guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition came ashore in Honolulu,
capital of the independent Kingdom of Hawaii. As the Royal Hawaiian band played a
concert at the Hawaiian Hotel, 162 troops marched through the streets of Honolulu,
heading for the palace. The Queen of Hawaii, Lili'uokalani, looked down from her balcony
as the troops took up their positions. The following day, she surrendered at gunpoint,
yielding her throne to the government of the United States. A provisional government
led by wealthy white sugar growers assumed control of Hawaii and petitioned the
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[UniteHawaii]

@1Historygenius. Well, thats one. The bottom line is this: America's governmental presense in Hawaii is illegal.

[1Historygenius]

@UniteHawaii Tourism = a lot of money.

[UniteHawaii]

@1Historygenius. Well, when that day comes, lets see what happens. But I'm sure, it will be peaceful. Actually what do you mean?

Even so, American government's presence in Hawaii is illegal.

[1Historygenius]

@UniteHawaii But with so many Americans living their now we don't know what will happen under their rule. Also we make money off Hawaii.

[UniteHawaii]

@1Historygenius. Very nice idea! But that does not need to happen. What needs to happen is the honoring of the treaties that was made between Her Majesty and the newly assigned U.S. Ambassador Albert Willis in 1893. These are called the "Exective Agreements," which in short format clearly states that the United States Government must set a military government and administer Hawaiian Kingdom law, restore the Kingdom Government, and leave. And those treaties still are binding today.

[jvarela965]

Before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 they sent agents to the Islands to try and forment rebellion among the Native Hawaiians who stayed loyal to the U.S. The Queen's nephew became a U.S. Senator and another of her relatives became A decorated hero in WWI. I don't think you could restore the monarchy today. The last King of Egypt. Farouk. Said the day would come when the only King in the world would be in England and on playing cards.

[1Historygenius]

@jvarela965 Oh, and one more thing, I understand that the Queen was pro-peace, how does she expect to get her power back? Also, I think I know a nice way to resolve this issue today. Hawaii will still be a US State and its leaders will obey their constitution, but instead of a governor, the monarchy there is put back in power and act as the state government of Hawaii.

[1Historygenius]

@jvarela965 Cleveland could have really vilified those people who took Hawaii. Saying that they are evil men who do not listen to their government.

[jvarela965]

@1Historygenius I think it was due to the standards of the time and the era. The Civl War Generation was still alive. An American President sending U.S. Troops to fight American citizens would have been a scandal. He tried to control events quietly and diplomaticly but it did not work. The Queen made her own situation worse and played into the hands of the Coup Plotters with ill tought out rebellion plans.

[1Historygenius]

@jvarela965 I wonder why he did not send American troops to stop the enemy.