Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States (1898)
Citation: Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, July 7, 1898; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress; General Records of the United States Government, 1778-1992; Record Group 11; National Archives.
引文：关于将夏威夷群岛并入美国的联合决议，1898 年 7 月 7 日；已登记的国会法案和决议；美国政府总记录，1778-1992 年；记录组11；国家档案馆。
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View the Letter from Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, to the U.S. House of Representatives Protesting U.S. Assertion of Ownership of Hawaii
查看夏威夷女王莉留卡拉尼致美国众议院的信，抗议美国对夏威夷的主权主张
On July 7, 1898, the Hawaiian Islands were annexed by this joint resolution.
1898 年 7 月 7 日，这项联合决议吞并了夏威夷群岛。
When the Hawaiian islands were formally annexed by the United States in 1898, the event marked the end of a lengthy internal struggle between native Hawaiians and non-native American businessmen for control of the Hawaiian government.
1898 年，夏威夷群岛正式被美国吞并，这一事件标志着夏威夷原住民和非原住民商人之间为争夺夏威夷政府控制权而进行的长期内部斗争的结束。
In 1810, King Kamehameha had unified all of the Hawaiian Islands into one royal kingdom.
1810 年，卡美哈美哈国王将所有夏威夷群岛统一为一个皇家王国。
Later, the traditional Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown in favor of a constitutional monarchy.
后来，传统的夏威夷君主制被推翻，取而代之的是君主立宪制。
Eventually, the monarchy itself was abandoned in favor of a government elected by a small group of enfranchised voters, although the Hawaiian monarch was retained as the ceremonial head of the government.
最终，君主制本身被放弃，取而代之的是由一小群拥有选举权的选民选出的政府，尽管夏威夷君主仍被保留为政府的礼仪首脑。
During the 19th Century, Western influence grew.
19世纪，西方影响力不断增强。
David Kalākaua was the last king of Hawaii, ruling from 1874 to 1891.
大卫·卡拉卡瓦 (David Kalākaua) 是夏威夷最后一位国王，统治时间为 1874 年至 1891 年。
In 1885, following a tradition of treaties favoring the United States, he signed a trade reciprocity treaty with the United States.
1885年，遵循有利于美国的条约传统，他与美国签署了贸易互惠条约。
This free-trade agreement made it possible for sugar to be sold to the U.S. market tax-free.
这项自由贸易协定使糖可以免税销往美国市场。
By 1887, when the Reciprocity Treaty was renewed, the Kingdom of Hawaii was overrun by white landowners, missionaries, and businessmen.
到 1887 年，互惠条约续签时，夏威夷王国已被白人地主、传教士和商人占领。
The king promoted Hawaiian culture and traditions, but Hawaiian sovereignty suffered.
国王促进了夏威夷的文化和传统，但夏威夷的主权却受到损害。
U.S. sugar plantation owners came to dominate the politics of the islands.
美国甘蔗种植园主开始主导这些岛屿的政治。
Their presence impacted social and economic life as well – the landholding system changed, and many aspects of traditional culture were prohibited, including teaching the Hawaiian language and performing the native Hula dance.
他们的存在也影响了社会和经济生活——土地所有权制度发生了变化，传统文化的许多方面都被禁止，包括教授夏威夷语言和表演本土草裙舞。
On July 6, 1887, a militia affiliated with the Hawaiian League, a non-native mostly U.S. businessmen's political party opposed to the king, under the leadership of Lorrin Thurston, threatened King Kalākaua.
1887 年 7 月 6 日，隶属于夏威夷联盟的民兵威胁卡拉卡瓦国王，夏威夷联盟是一个非本土人士，主要由美国商人组成的反对国王的政党，在洛林·瑟斯顿 (Lorrin Thurston) 的领导下。
He was forced to sign a new constitution stripping him of his power and many native Hawaiians of their rights.
他被迫签署了一部新宪法，剥夺了他的权力和许多夏威夷原住民的权利。
It also replaced the cabinet with non-native politicians and businessmen.
它还用非本土政治家和商人取代了内阁。
The new constitution came to be known as the "Bayonet Constitution" because Kalākaua signed it under duress.
新宪法被称为“刺刀宪法”，因为卡拉卡瓦是在胁迫下签署的。
When King Kalākaua died in 1891, his sister Lili'uokalani succeeded him.
1891 年卡拉卡瓦国王去世后，他的妹妹莉莉乌卡拉尼继位。
Though she introduced a new constitution that would restore her power and Hawaiian rights, she would be Hawaii's last monarch.
尽管她提出了一部新宪法，将恢复她的权力和夏威夷的权利，但她将成为夏威夷的最后一位君主。
Her move was countered by the "Committee of Safety," a group of non-native U.S. businessmen and politicians with sugar interests.
她的举动遭到了“安全委员会”的反对，该委员会由一群对糖业感兴趣的非美国本土商人和政客组成。
Led by Sanford Dole, they had monetary reasons for doing so – they feared that the United States would establish a tariff on sugar imports, endangering their profits, and wanted to protect Hawaii's free-trade status.
在桑福德·多尔（Sanford Dole）的领导下，他们这样做是有金钱原因的——他们担心美国会对食糖进口征收关税，危及他们的利润，并希望保护夏威夷的自由贸易地位。
The United States was the major importer of Hawaiian agricultural products.
美国是夏威夷农产品的主要进口国。
Supported by John Stevens, the U.S. Minister to Hawaii, and a contingent of Marines from the warship, U.S.S.
在美国驻夏威夷部长约翰·史蒂文斯和军舰上的海军陆战队特遣队的支持下，美国号航空母舰
Boston , the Committee overthrew Queen Lili'uokalani in a bloodless coup on January 17, 1893.
1893 年 1 月 17 日，波士顿委员会在一场不流血的政变中推翻了莉莉乌卡拉尼女王。
The Committee of Safety proclaimed itself to be the Provisional Government.
安全委员会宣布自己是临时政府。
Without permission from the U.S. State Department, Minister Stevens recognized the new government and proclaimed Hawaii a U.S. protectorate.
未经美国国务院许可，史蒂文斯部长承认新政府并宣布夏威夷为美国保护国。
President Benjamin Harrison signed a treaty of annexation with the new government.
本杰明·哈里森总统与新政府签署了吞并条约。
Before the Senate could ratify it, however, Grover Cleveland replaced Harrison as president and subsequently withdrew the treaty.
然而，在参议院批准该条约之前，格罗弗·克利夫兰取代哈里森担任总统，并随后撤回了该条约。
Dole sent a delegation to Washington in 1894 seeking annexation.
1894 年，多尔派代表团前往华盛顿寻求吞并。
Instead, President Cleveland appointed special investigator James Blount to look into the events in the Hawaiian Islands.
相反，克利夫兰总统任命特别调查员詹姆斯·布朗特调查夏威夷群岛的事件。
The Blount Commission found that Lili’uokalani had been overthrown illegally, and ordered that the American flag be lowered from Hawaiian government buildings.
布朗特委员会发现利利乌卡拉尼被非法推翻，并下令从夏威夷政府大楼降下美国国旗。
Lili'uokalani never regained power, however.
然而，莉莉乌卡拉尼从未重新掌权。
Sanford Dole, leader of the Committee of Safety and the president of the Provisional Government of Hawaii, refused to turn over power.
安全委员会领导人、夏威夷临时政府主席桑福德·多尔拒绝移交权力。
Dole argued that the United States had no right to interfere in the internal affairs of Hawaii.
多尔辩称，美国无权干涉夏威夷的内政。
The Provisional Government then proclaimed Hawaii a republic – the Republic of Hawaii – in 1894, with Dole its first president.
1894 年，临时政府宣布夏威夷为共和国，即夏威夷共和国，多尔担任第一任总统。
The overthrow of Lili'uokalani and imposition of the Republic of Hawaii was contrary to the will of the native Hawaiians.
推翻利利乌卡拉尼并建立夏威夷共和国违背了夏威夷原住民的意愿。
In fact, there had been a series of rebellions by Native Hawaiians since the imposition of the Bayonet Constitution in 1887.
事实上，自 1887 年刺刀宪法实施以来，夏威夷原住民发生了一系列叛乱。
On January 5, 1895, during the "Wilcox Rebellion," an armed revolt was suppressed by Republic of Hawaii forces.
1895 年 1 月 5 日，在“威尔科克斯叛乱”期间，一场武装叛乱被夏威夷共和国军队镇压。
The leaders of the revolt were imprisoned along with Queen Lili'uokalani.
叛乱的领导人与莉莉乌卡拉尼女王一起被监禁。
In March of 1897, William McKinley was inaugurated as President of the United States.
1897 年 3 月，威廉·麦金莱就任美国总统。
McKinley was in favor of annexation, and the change in leadership was soon felt.
麦金莱赞成吞并，领导层的变化很快就显现出来。
On June 16, 1897, McKinley and three representatives of the government of the Republic of Hawaii – Lorrin Thurston, Francis Hatch, and William Kinney – signed a treaty of annexation.
1897 年 6 月 16 日，麦金莱与夏威夷共和国政府的三名代表——洛林·瑟斯顿、弗朗西斯·哈奇和威廉·金尼——签署了吞并条约。
President McKinley then submitted the treaty to the U.S. Senate for ratification.
麦金莱总统随后将该条约提交美国参议院批准。
Queen Liliuokalani and her fellow citizens successfully protested the annexation by petitioning Congress.
利留卡拉尼女王和她的同胞通过向国会请愿成功抗议吞并。
Native Hawaiian groups organized a mass petition drive.
夏威夷原住民团体组织了一场大规模请愿活动。
They hoped that if the U.S. government realized that the majority of native Hawaiian citizens opposed annexation, the move to annex Hawaii would be stopped.
他们希望，如果美国政府意识到大多数夏威夷原住民反对吞并，吞并夏威夷的举动就会停止。
In the fall of 1897, a Petition Against Annexation was signed by 21,269 native Hawaiian people – more than half of the 39,000 native Hawaiians and mixed-blood persons reported by the Hawaiian Commission census that year.
1897 年秋天，21,269 名夏威夷原住民签署了一份反对吞并请愿书，占当年夏威夷委员会人口普查报告的 39,000 名夏威夷原住民和混血儿的一半以上。
A Hawaiian delegation brought the petition to Washington, DC; and the delegates and Lili'uokalani met with Senators.
夏威夷代表团将请愿书带到了华盛顿特区；代表们和莉莉乌卡拉尼会见了参议员。
Their petition was read to the Senate and formally accepted.
他们的请愿书被宣读给参议院并被正式接受。
By the time the delegates left Washington in February 1898, only 46 senators were willing to vote for annexation and the treaty was defeated.
到 1898 年 2 月代表们离开华盛顿时，只有 46 名参议员愿意投票支持吞并，该条约被否决。
Other events, however, immediately brought the subject of annexation up again.
然而，其他事件立即再次引发了吞并的话题。
On February 15, 1898, the U.S. Battleship Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor in Cuba.
1898年2月15日，美国缅因号战列舰在古巴哈瓦那港被炸毁。
The ensuing Spanish-American War, part of which was fought in the Philippine Islands, established the argument that the Hawaiian islands would be strategically valuable as a mid-Pacific fueling station and naval installation.
随后发生的美西战争（其中一部分在菲律宾群岛进行）确立了夏威夷群岛作为中太平洋加油站和海军设施具有战略价值的论点。
The pro-annexation forces in Congress submitted a proposal to annex the Hawaiian Islands by joint resolution, which required only a simple majority vote in both houses.
国会中支持吞并的势力提交了一项通过联合决议吞并夏威夷群岛的提案，该提案只需要在参众两院获得简单多数票即可。
This controversial approach eliminated the 2/3 majority needed to ratify a treaty; as a result, the necessary support for annexation was in place.
这种有争议的做法消除了批准条约所需的 2/3 多数；因此，吞并的必要支持已经到位。
House Joint Resolution 259, 55th Congress, 2nd session, known as the "Newlands Resolution," passed Congress and was signed into law by President McKinley on July 7, 1898 — the Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States.
第55届国会第二次会议众议院第259号联合决议，被称为“纽兰兹决议”，于1898年7月7日在国会获得通过并由麦金莱总统签署成为法律——夏威夷群岛正式被美国吞并。
Sanford Dole became the first Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
桑福德·多尔 (Sanford Dole) 成为夏威夷领地第一任总督。
In a last, unsuccessful attempt to return control of her homeland to native Hawaiians, Queen Lili’uokalani sent a letter of protest to the U.S. House of Representatives.
莉莉乌卡拉尼女王最后一次试图将祖国的控制权交还给夏威夷原住民，但未成功，她向美国众议院发出了一封抗议信。
She stated that her throne had been taken illegally, and that any U.S. efforts to annex Hawaii without the due process of law would be unacceptable.
她表示，她的王位被非法夺取，美国未经正当法律程序吞并夏威夷的任何努力都是不可接受的。
As a territory, Hawaii had little power in the U.S. government, holding only one, non-voting representative in the House of Representatives.
作为一个领土，夏威夷在美国政府中几乎没有权力，在众议院只拥有一名无投票权的代表。
The territory status allowed rich, white plantation owners to import cheap labor and export their products to the mainland with low tariffs.
领土地位使富有的白人种植园主能够进口廉价劳动力，并以低关税将产品出口到大陆。
These landowners used their power to keep Hawaii in territorial status.
这些土地所有者利用他们的权力维持夏威夷的领土地位。
Native Hawaiians and non-white Hawaiian residents, however, began to push for statehood.
然而，夏威夷原住民和非白人夏威夷居民开始推动建州。
These residents wanted the same rights as U.S. citizens living in one of the 48 states.
这些居民希望享有与居住在 48 个州之一的美国公民相同的权利。
They wanted a voting representative in Congress and the right to elect their own governor and judges, who were currently appointed.
他们希望在国会有一个有投票权的代表，并有权选举自己的州长和法官（目前已任命）。
Over the course of the next 50 years, the Territory of Hawaii worked to achieve statehood.
在接下来的 50 年里，夏威夷领地努力实现建州目标。
The legislature sent multiple proposals to Congress including a joint resolution requesting statehood in 1903, only to be denied.
立法机关向国会提交了多项提案，其中包括 1903 年要求建州的联合决议，但均遭到拒绝。
Other resolutions were similarly ignored.
其他决议也同样被忽视。
In 1937, a congressional committee found that Hawaii met all qualifications for statehood and held a vote on statehood in Hawaii.
1937年，国会委员会发现夏威夷符合建州的所有条件，并就夏威夷建州问题进行了投票。
Although this resulted in a vote in favor of statehood, the attack at Pearl Harbor paused all talks as the Japanese population in Hawaii came under suspicion by the U.S. government.
尽管这导致投票支持建州，但珍珠港袭击使所有谈判暂停，因为夏威夷的日本人受到美国政府的怀疑。
After the war, Hawaii’s territorial delegate, Joe Farrington, revived the battle for statehood.
战后，夏威夷领土代表乔·法林顿重新启动了建州之战。
The House debated and passed multiple Hawaii statehood bills, but the Senate did not vote on them.
众议院辩论并通过了多项夏威夷建州法案，但参议院没有对其进行投票。
Hawaiian activist groups, students, and political bodies sent in letters endorsing statehood in hopes of spurring congressional action.
夏威夷活动团体、学生和政治机构致函支持建州，希望能促使国会采取行动。
Then in the 1950s, Congress combined Hawaii’s statehood bid with Alaska’s.
然后在 20 世纪 50 年代，国会将夏威夷的建州申请与阿拉斯加的建州申请合并起来。
Congress ultimately decided to first grant statehood to Alaska, a then-Democratic leaning territory, in early 1959.
1959 年初，国会最终决定首先授予阿拉斯加建州地位，当时阿拉斯加是一个倾向民主党的地区。
With this new Democratic state, Congress was now open to granting the then-Republican leaning Hawaii statehood to restore political balance.
有了这个新的民主党州，国会现在愿意授予当时倾向共和党的夏威夷州地位，以恢复政治平衡。
Finally, in March 1959, a Hawaii statehood resolution passed both the House and the Senate, and President Eisenhower signed it into law.
最终，1959 年 3 月，众议院和参议院通过了夏威夷建州决议，并由艾森豪威尔总统签署成为法律。
That June, the citizens of Hawaii voted on a referendum to accept the statehood bill.
那年六月，夏威夷公民举行全民公投，接受建州法案。
On August 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed the official proclamation admitting Hawaii as the 50th state, marking the end of over half a century of work for Hawaiian statehood.
1959年8月21日，艾森豪威尔总统签署正式公告，承认夏威夷为第50个州，标志着夏威夷建州半个多世纪的努力结束。
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Fifty-fifth Congress of the United States of America; At the Second Session,
美利坚合众国第五十五届国会；在第二次会议上，
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
于 1897 年 12 月 6 日星期一在华盛顿市开始并举行。
Joint Resolution To provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.
联合决议 规定将夏威夷群岛并入美国。
Whereas, the Government of the Republic of Hawaii having, in due form, signified its consent, in the manner provided by its constitution, to cede absolutely and without reserve to the United States of America, all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and also to cede and transfer to the United States, the absolute fee and ownership of all public, Government, or Crown lands, public buildings or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining: Therefore,
鉴于夏威夷共和国政府已以适当形式表示同意按照其宪法规定的方式，绝对且无保留地将夏威夷群岛及其属地内和之上的一切主权权利割让给美利坚合众国，并将所有公共、政府或皇家土地、公共建筑或大厦、港口、港湾、军事装备和所有其他各类公共财产的绝对费用和所有权割让和转让给美国和属于夏威夷群岛政府的描述，以及与之相关的所有权利和附属物：因此，
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That said cession is accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and that the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies be, and they are hereby, annexed as a part of the territory of the United States and are subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and that all and singular the property and rights hereinbefore mentioned are vested in the United States of America.
美利坚合众国参议院和众议院在国会中通过决议，接受、批准和确认上述割让，并特此将上述夏威夷群岛及其属地作为美国领土的一部分并入美国，并受其主权管辖，上述所有和单一的财产和权利均归属于美利坚合众国。
The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands; but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition: Provided , That all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States, or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other public purposes.
美国有关公共土地的现行法律不适用于夏威夷群岛的此类土地；但美国国会应为其管理和处置制定特别法律：但除可用于美国民事、军事或海军用途或可分配给当地政府使用的部分外，其所有收入或收益均应仅用于夏威夷群岛居民的教育和其他公共目的。
Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United states shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
在国会对这些岛屿的政府作出规定之前，上述岛屿上现有政府官员所行使的所有民事、司法和军事权力均应归属该人或多人，并应按照美国总统指示的方式行使；总统有权罢免上述官员并填补由此产生的空缺。
The existing treaties of the Hawaiian Islands with foreign nations shall forthwith cease and determine, being replaced by such treaties as may exist, or as may be hereafter concluded, between the United States and such foreign nations.
夏威夷群岛与外国签订的现有条约应立即终止并确定，并由美国与这些外国之间可能存在或以后可能缔结的条约取代。
The municipal legislation of the Hawaiian Islands, not enacted for the fulfillment of the treaties so extinguished, and not inconsistent with this joint resolution nor contrary to the Constitution of the United States nor to any existing treaty of the United States, shall remain in force until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise determine.
夏威夷群岛的市政立法，不是为了履行如此废除的条约而制定的，并且不与本联合决议相抵触，也不违反美国宪法或美国任何现有条约，应继续有效，直至美国国会另有决定。
Until legislation shall be enacted extending the United States customs laws and regulations to the Hawaiian Islands the existing customs relations of the Hawaiian Islands with the United States and other countries shall remain unchanged.
在将美国海关法律和法规延伸至夏威夷群岛的立法颁布之前，夏威夷群岛与美国和其他国家的现有海关关系将保持不变。
The public debt of the Republic of Hawaii, lawfully existing at the date of the passage of this joint resolution, including the amounts due to depositors in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank, is hereby assumed by the Government of the United States; but the liability of the United States in this regard shall in no case exceed four million dollars.
在本联合决议通过之日合法存在的夏威夷共和国公共债务，包括应付夏威夷邮政储蓄银行储户的金额，特此由美国政府承担；但美国在这方面的责任无论如何不得超过400万美元。
So long, however, as the existing Government and the present commercial relations of the Hawaiian Islands are continued as hereinbefore, provided said Government shall continue to pay the interest on said debt.
然而，只要现任政府和夏威夷群岛目前的商业关系继续如前所述，前提是所述政府应继续支付所述债务的利息。
There shall be no further immigration of Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands, except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United States; and no Chinese, by reason of anything herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands.
除非美国法律现在或以后可能允许的条件，否则中国人不得再移民夏威夷群岛；任何中国人均不得因本文所载内容而被允许从夏威夷群岛进入美国。
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The President shall appoint five commissioners, at least two of whom shall be residents of the Hawaiian Islands, who shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, recommend to Congress such legislation concerning the Hawaiian Islands as they shall deem necessary or proper.
总统应任命五名专员，其中至少两名应是夏威夷群岛的居民，他们应在合理可行的情况下尽快向国会建议他们认为必要或适当的有关夏威夷群岛的立法。
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That the commissioners hereinbefore provided for shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
上述规定的委员应由总统在参议院的建议和同意下任命。
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That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be immediately available, to be expended at the discretion of the President of the United States of America, for the purpose of carrying this joint resolution into effect.
特此从财政部未拨款的任何资金中拨款十万美元或可能需要的数额，并立即可用，并由美利坚合众国总统酌情支出，以执行本联合决议。
Transcript of the letter of protest that Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii sent to the House of Representatives :
夏威夷女王莉留卡拉尼向众议院发出的抗议信全文：
The House of Representatives of the United States:
美国众议院：
I, Liliuokalani of Hawaii, named heir apparent on the 10th day of April, 1877, and proclaimed Queen of the Hawaiian Islands on the 29th day of January, 1891, do hereby earnestly and respectfully protest against the assertion of ownership by the United States of America of the so-called Hawaiian Crown Lands amounting to about one million acres and which are my property, and I especially protest against such assertion of ownership as a taking of property without due process of law and without just or other compensation.
我，夏威夷的利留卡拉尼，于 1877 年 4 月 10 日被指定为法定继承人，并于 1891 年 1 月 29 日宣布为夏威夷群岛女王，特此诚挚而恭敬地抗议美利坚合众国声称对面积约 100 万英亩的所谓夏威夷皇家土地拥有所有权，这些土地是我的财产，并且我特别抗议这种所有权主张是在未经任何同意的情况下夺取财产。正当法律程序，且没有公正或其他补偿。
Therefore, supplementing my protest of June 17, 1897, I call upon the President and the National Legislature and the People of the United States to do justice in this matter and to restore to me this property, the enjoyment of which is being withheld from me by your Government under what must be a misapprehension of my right and title.
因此，作为对我 1897 年 6 月 17 日抗议的补充，我呼吁美国总统、国家立法机构和人民在此事上伸张正义，将这处财产归还给我，贵国政府出于对我的权利和所有权的误解而拒绝让我享有该财产。
Done at Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, this nineteenth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
公元 1898 年 12 月 19 日订于美利坚合众国哥伦比亚特区华盛顿。