On the recordFebruary 14, 1893
The provisional treaty, it will be observed, does not attempt to deal in detail with the questions that grow out of the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.
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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Treaty to Annex the Hawaiian Islands
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