Don Wildman

I have to wonder, was this talked about for decades or is this a brand new idea?

What was the decisive factor that causes the overthrow of the Hawaiian government, 1893?

Right.

Yeah.

John L. Stevens, the U S minister to the Hawaii is the central figure in this January, 1893, uh,

Stevens orders the U.S.

Marines to land in Honolulu.

They take up positions near the government buildings, show a force was not authorized by the Hawaiian government.

Their presence intimidates royalist forces, made resistance very risky.

It was pretty much exactly what they wanted to do, these forces coming on.

And in the end, the queen seeks to avoid bloodshed and yields authority, stating she trusted the U.S.

government to reverse the illegal actions.

Okay, there you go.

That's the Hawaiian love at work here.

We're looking for the best in humanity and not the worst.

In this case, that's going to get you in trouble.

What was the reaction of the Hawaiian people to this?

To the measures taken by the U.S.?

Well, that's the thing about this.

And what I've tried to pepper throughout this conversation is that there's a unique quality to Hawaiian culture that in the end gets them in trouble in this situation.