APPENDIX C.
Facts as to Submission of Hawaiian Question to the Decision of the United States.
By Her Majesty Liliuokalani, with the approval of the Provisional Government.
Date of so-called Revolution, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1893. about 6 p.m. S. B. Dole, S. M. Damon, and some twenty or thirty others sent for J. O. Carter to be of committee to be sent to palace to assist her in making any protest she desired to make against her deposition;
J. O. C. being “Queen’s Councillor” and still faithful. he joined the party, headed by Mr. Damon, and advised Her Majesty that any demonstration
Page 1330. on the part of her forces would precipitate a conflict with the forces of the United States; that it was desirable that such a conflict be avoided; that her case would be considered at Washington, and a peaceful submission to force on her part would greatly help her case. Mr. Damon had previously informed Her Majesty of her deposition, and
Page 1317. that she might prepare a protest. Mr. Damon in his sworn statement says, “I did tell her that she would have a perfect right to be heard at a later period by the United
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Also “Alexander’s History,” Oct. 1896. States Government. I was there as a member of the Provisional Government.” Mr. Damon personally called on the queen at
Page 54. nine o’clock that forenoon and told her that