[Illustration: THE EASTERN QUESTION!!!]
Current History
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The proposed annexation of the Hawaiian islands is still being actively
discussed in the Senate.
The friends of the bill are doing their best to present every argument
for it in the most convincing way.
Senator Morgan, however, went a little too far the other day in his zeal
in its behalf. He declared that ex-President Cleveland wanted the
islands to be annexed to the United States, but that he thought the
ex-Queen ought first to be restored to the throne and given an
opportunity to let the islands be acquired by purchase.
Mr. Cleveland promptly denied this statement. "I can hardly believe Mr.
Morgan made the assertions imputed to him," he said in an interview. "He
knew perfectly well that I have been utterly and constantly opposed to
Hawaiian annexation. The first thing I did after my inauguration, in
March, 1893, was to recall from the Senate an annexation treaty then
pending before that body. I regard the annexation of these islands as a
complete departure from our national mission. I did not suppose that
there was any person in public life that had any doubt as to my position
in this matter.
"Aside from any question of annexation, and without harboring any
design of restoring the Hawaiian monarchy, I investigated the relation
of our representatives to its overthrow.
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