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Continuity of the Kingdom of Hawai'i
The Mission of the Hawaiian Embassy
To further Hawaiian independence through recognition as a sovereign nation;
to seek negotiations with the United Nations including the United States to create a peaceful resolution to the occupation of Hawai'i.
To sponsor events that raise awareness of the inequitable conditions of the Hawaiian Nation and its people.
To celebrate Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) Culture, by bringing Aloha through music, dance, film and presentations.
To serve the needs of the citizens of Aupuni Hawai'i in America.
Kai R. Landow
Liaison Officer/ Hawaiian Kingdom Embassy
6 Main Street, Germantown NY 12526
518.537.3473 © 917.626.2244 hawaiianembassy@gmail.com
Leon K. Siu Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Hawaiian Kingdom
999 Wilder Avenue, suite 1701
Honolulu Hawai'i 96822
808.488.4669 Foreignaffairs@HawaiianKingdom.ws
BRIEF HISTORY
By the mid-Nineteenth Century, the Hawaiian Kingdom was a progressive, literate, flourishing, peaceful, independent, Christian nation, conducting lively trade and discourse among the nations of the world. Hawaii's enlightened leaders had instituted a constitutional form of government in 1840 (long before most other nations), and became the first non-Euro/American member of the Family of Nations. The Hawaiian monarchy entered into formal relationships with nations in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. The Hawaiian Kingdom had more than 90 diplomatic legations around the world. January 1893, without provocation or warning, the United States landed marines in Honolulu to support a coup d'etat of the Hawaiian Kingdom government by a handful of economically powerful insurrectionists (Agro business owners). To avoid needless bloodshed, Queen Liliuokalani wisely yielded to the superior power of the United States, until such time the Kingdom is restored— the Queen did not cede power or lands to the insurrectionists — thus she placed the responsibility for rectifying the unlawful action, squarely upon the shoulders of the President of the United States.
After concluding an official investigation, (The Blount Report) U.S. President Grover Cleveland, in an address to the U.S. Congress, admitted that the United States' actions in assisting the takeover of the Hawaiian Kingdom was illegal and constituted "an act of war" against a friendly nation, a violation of international law. To rectify this action, Cleveland pledged U.S. assistance to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom. That pledge has yet to be fulfilled. Previous to the occupation, the United States had consistently and unconditionally recognized Hawaii as a sovereign national state. This was affirmed by several treaties and conventions between both countries. Though repeatedly breached by the United States, these treaties have not been abrogated. Thus, they still stand.
THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM STILL EXISTS
Since the1893 coup, the United States has twice officially admitted its wrongful participation in the unlawful takeover of the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom— first in President Grover Cleveland's 1893 address to the U.S. Congress, then again in the 1993 Apology Law (USPL 103-150) signed by President Clinton and passed by the U.S. Congress.
In July 2002, Dr. Matthew Craven, Justice of the World Court and Reader of International Law SOAS, University of London, issued a legal opinion titled The Continuity of the Hawaiian Kingdom (published in the Hawaiian Journal of Law & Politics: Summer 2004) confirms that, according to the standards of international law, the Hawaiian Kingdom is in continuity —therefore it still exists!
Dr. Craven's opinion supports the position of the Hawaiian Kingdom's Attorney General, Thomas Anthony, that Hawaiians have the right to a functioning democratic government with active diplomatic legations. We extend an invitation to the American people to share in this peaceful process of political change.
A Hui Hou Kakou
Kuhina Hawai'i
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