HC Deb 29 April 1895 vol 33 c21
MR. J. F. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether any formal investigation was ordered by the Foreign Office into the circumstances preceding and attending the substitution of a republic for the monarchy in Hawaii before official recognition was extended by the British Government to the republic; and, whether there is any precedent for withdrawing such recognition in a case where it has been granted without a full and adequate knowledge of the antecedent facts?

*THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir EDWARD GREY, Northumberland, 22 Berwick)

A formal investigation would not have been necessary or usual. The recognition was given upon the stability of the existing Government of Hawaii being ascertained. I am not aware of any such precedent as that referred to in the last part of the question.