Robert
Moore Letters
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From EnenKio
The following message was recieved Saturday, 13
July 2002.
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Subject: EnenKio truth (Answers)
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:51 EST
From: enenkio@webtv.net (Robert Moore)
To:microfreedom@netscape.net
"EnenKio truth (Answers)"
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June 4, 1999- Sirs: The following text was located
on a site written or
placed by you or under your control:
"DOM is located on Karitane Island and now
includes the Taongi Atoll in
the Northern Atolls of the Marshall Islands in
the South Pacific 1000
miles south of Tahiti. However, the Marshall Islands
government has
condemned the "fraudulent assertions"
of two organizations, namely the
DOM and sister nation, the Kingdom of EnenKio
(the Marshallese name for
Wake Island), claiming to represent the mid-Pacific
nation amid an
alleged investment scam according to an article
in Agence France-
Presse. The Marshall Islands foreign ministry
has issued warnings to
countries against acknowledging any fraudulent
claims made by
representatives of either nation."
"A Honolulu-based attorney created the "Kingdom
of EnenKio" in the early
1990s. It was based on a power of attorney agreement
with Marshall
Islands paramount chief Mursel Hermios, which
granted the attorney broad
powers to act on his behalf. The Marshall Islands
High Court has ruled
the agreement invalid and ordered it nullified,
which the "kingdom" has
disputed." http://www.goldhaven.com/issue4/Two.htm
(disconnected as of
2/1/00)
The purpose of this letter is lodge a formal request
for correction of
false and misleading statements made by the author
regarding the Kingdom
of EnenKio. While I am pleased to find you have
apparently taken a
serious interest in the Kingdom of EnenKio, I
am aghast at how
distorted, erroneous and misleading the article
is. As a consequence of
my service to His Majesty King Remios and the
people of EnenKio, I am
obligated to respond to incidents such as this.
I will respectfully
offer the following line by line correction. For
your convenience, your
text will be set off (with "**") in
color:
**DOM is located on Karitane Island and now includes
the Taongi Atoll in
the Northern Atolls of the Marshall Islands in
the South Pacific 1000
miles south of Tahiti.**
(Comment: The construction of this statement implies
the Marshall
Islands are in the South Pacific Ocean 1000 miles
south of Tahiti, in
which case a reader may be misled.)
Correction: DOM is located on Karitane Island
in the South Pacific, 1000
miles south of Tahiti, and now includes Taongi
Atoll in the Northern
Atolls of the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific.
**However, the Marshall Islands government has
condemned the "fraudulent
assertions" of two organizations, ...**
(Comment: Just because the RMI government "...has
condemned the
'fraudulent assertions' ...of ...EnenKio...",
does that make it true?
Why would you want to quote anything from a government
that has been
internationally criticized [and documented] time
and again for fraud,
abuse of human rights, outright theft and is in
default on almost every
financial obligation it has ever made? What purpose
do you propose to
serve by attacking a concerned group of dedicated
people fighting for
the very lives of Marshallese natives who have
been overrun by foreign
invaders, bathed in radiation from nuclear fallout
and abused by their
own corrupt government?)
**...namely the DOM and sister nation, the Kingdom
of EnenKio (the
Marshallese name for Wake Island),...**
(Comment: Nothing could be further from the truth.
we cannot speak for
DOM, but as for the Kingdom, we don't even know
what being a "sister
nation" means and for you to make this categorically
false statement is
not only a blatant sign of ignorance of the state
of EnenKio, it is a
deceptive intrusion upon the sovereign, His Majesty
King Remios, the
sovereign of EnenKio and Eneen-Kio Atoll, and
an inexplicable and
irresponsible abuse of journalism. Doesn't anybody
check sources
anymore?)
Correction: The Kingdom of EnenKio is an independent
sovereign state and
the same could be said for DOM.
**...claiming to represent the mid-Pacific nation
amid an alleged
investment scam according to an article in Agence
France- Presse.**
(Comment: The government of the Kingdom of EnenKio
represents the people
of EnenKio, who are forced to live in exile from
Eneen-Kio Atoll, lands
and seas that played a significant role in Marshallese
culture for
perhaps 2000 years. Furthermore, "...an article
in Agence France-Presse"
has no merit as it was authored by a source in
the Marshall Islands
government. My preceding comments apply. The Kingdom
of EnenKio is not
now and never has been engaged in an "...investment
scam...". We have
tried for many years to attract qualified investors
and funding sources
for programs that will not only benefit the people
of EnenKio, but also
will positively impact people around the globe.
In fact, we are
currently working with a former NASA Astronaut.
One tool scammers have
in their arsenal is to discredit visionary programs
of legitimate
entities so they can feed on carcasses of the
ignorant. Many journalists
use the same technique to sell their stories on
sensationalism. Doesn't
anybody check sources anymore?)
**The Marshall Islands foreign ministry has issued
warnings to countries
against acknowledging any fraudulent claims made
by representatives of
either nation.**
(Comment: The Kingdom of EnenKio has made no "fraudulent
claims" of
which I am aware, and in my post, I am responsible
for all published
information. I would personally caution any "..countries
against
acknowledging any fraudulent claims made by representatives
of..."
nations, companies or publications if I had credible
proof to that
effect. However, my preceding comments apply as
to credibility of any
RMI ministry source. Furthermore, the RMI has
repeatedly attacked the
credibility of His Majesty King Hermios, who happens
to be the ancestral
sovereign owner under Marshallese custom of over
1/3 of the land in the
Marshall Islands, including recent attempts to
sequester him against his
will. We believe some officials in the RMI are
afraid of what will
happen to them if honesty and integrity returns
to the administration of
lands and programs to assist the people with their
pressing needs and
they no longer have their hands on the till. To
perpetrate their
jaundiced agenda is an irresponsible abuse of
journalism.)
**A Honolulu-based attorney created the "Kingdom
of EnenKio" in the
early 1990s.**
(Comment: Mr. Moore is not an Attorney, though
he was living in Honolulu
in the early 1990s.)
Correction: The Kingdom of EnenKio was established
by decree of the
owner of Eneen-Kio Atoll [a.k.a. Enen-kio, Halcyon,
Disclerta, Wake and
6-8 other names], Iroijlaplap Murjel Hermios,
who then was Paramount
Chief of the Northern Ratak atolls [he passed
away in December 1998] and
was fully recognized by the RMI government. He
declared the sovereign
state of EnenKio in 1994, whereupon the people
chose him as their King
over Eneen-Kio Atoll, ratified the Constitution
and established
government as a limited constitutional monarchy.
**It was based on a power of attorney agreement
with Marshall Islands
paramount chief Mursel (sic) Hermios, which granted
the attorney broad
powers to act on his behalf.**
Correction: The establishment of the Kingdom of
EnenKio was made
possible by Murjel's appointment of Mr. Robert
Moore, the adopted
brother of Hermios, Alab of Taongi Atoll and a
private citizen, to the
post of Minister Plenipotentiary. The document
of appointment was also a
Special Power of Attorney which granted Mr. Moore
very specific
instructions to do whatever was possible to expel
the United States from
Eneen-Kio Atoll and establish an independent state
on Hermios' and the
people's behalf.
**The Marshall Islands High Court has ruled the
agreement invalid and
ordered it nullified, which the "kingdom"
has disputed.**
(Comment: Since when is a Special Power of Attorney
an "agreement"? The
Marshall Islands High Court has no record or knowledge
of the Special
Power of Attorney, except as has been publicized
by the Kingdom of
EnenKio, and certainly exercises no jurisdiction
over Eneen-Kio Atoll,
which lies over 100 miles north of lawful RMI
boundaries. The RMI has no
political or territorial jurisdiction over the
islands and seas of
Eneen-Kio Atoll because the atoll, by any name
you choose, was not
incorporated into the RMI when it formed its government
in 1979, nor was
it subsequently incorporated by any act, law,
mandate or otherwise of
any present or former Iroijlaplap or Monarch of
Eneen-Kio and any
statement to the contrary is false, fraudulent
and irresponsible.)
Finally, I suggest you, as a journalist or publisher,
do a little more
research, not only into establishment and development
of the Kingdom of
EnenKio, but into the prehistoric history and
more recent U.S. invasion
of Eneen-Kio Atoll, properly named by 'Marshallese'
centuries before
arrival of colonial western powers and missionaries.
Then I invite you
to our Embassy in Honolulu to review the public
files and documents
mentioned above, all of which exist in hard copy
(not in 'cyberspace')
and most of which are referenced or published
at our official web site.
Be sure to view the documents at our Resource
Center which show, in many
cases, full-color digitized letters of correspondence
with the 59 or so
states in the world, many of which are first world.
In closing, I would
simply appeal to your presumed sense of morality
and ethics and request
the referenced article be amended or corrected
and , if corrected
elsewhere, that a link be provided to the relevant
paragraph cited above
in the article.
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June 3, 1999- Sir: The following report was sent
to me in which the
author mentions the Kingdom of EnenKio (thank
you for spelling 'EnenKio'
correctly. The purpose of this letter below is
to lodge a formal request
for correction of false and misleading statements
made by the author
regarding the Kingdom of EnenKio.
"Fantasy Island" -- "Melchizedek
passport scam reveals how the Internet
can take fraud to new frontiers" By Bertil
Lintner in Bangkok, December
10, 1998: "Determined not to give up, Pedley
moved his fictional nation
once again, this time to Taongi atoll in the Western
Pacific. According
to a Melchizedek press release, posted on its
home page, Taongi was
leased in 1997 under a treaty with representatives
of "the kingdom of
EnenKio," another only-in- cyberspace country,
which in this case claims
the U.S.-held Wake Island. In real life, Taongi
is an uninhabited atoll
in the Marshall Islands."
http://www.feer.com/Restricted/index_corrections.html
(link to article
of December 24, 1998: "Fantasy Island",
disconnected as of 2/1/00)
Response to the author: I am unable to locate
the "Melchizedek press
release" you cited, indicating that "...Taongi
was leased in 1997 under
a treaty with representatives of "the kingdom
of EnenKio,...". Such an
act would be impossible and implausible as EnenKio
has no legal
authority or political jurisdiction over Taongi
Atoll in the Marshall
Islands. Further more, Melchizedek (DOM) is not
so uninformed as to
publicly advertise an illegal act in the midst
of attempting to find a
suitable land base for its people to administer
their form of
government.
The Kingdom of EnenKio did enter into a treaty
with DOM on the 19th day
of September, 1997, but it did not convey a lease
of land. It declared a
state of peace and established diplomatic recognition
between our
governments. However, a prior agreement, signed
in May 1997, which had
nothing to do with the Kingdom of EnenKio, transferred
Mr. Robert
Moore's rights to develop Taongi from Mr. Moore
to DOM. It did not
convey a lease at that time and no such document
is in existence.
This was made possible because Mr. Moore is the
Alab (one class of
landowner) of Taongi and had a legal power of
attorney pertaining to
Taongi Atoll, from the principal landowner, Iroijlaplap
(Paramount
Chief) Murjel Hermios, who was aware of and supported
the transaction.
Consideration, if any, under the agreement was
personally retained by
Mr. Moore, who is also the adopted brother of
Hermios.
Now, please understand, that while Mr. Moore was
acting in the latter
case on his own behalf, and that of the future
use and development of
Taongi, which would have generated an income to
Iroijlaplap Hermios, Mr.
Moore wears another hat as Minister Plenipotentiary
of the Kingdom of
EnenKio. Iroijlaplap Hermios, also wore (he died
in December 10, 1998,
the same date of your article) other hats: one
as First Monarch, King of
the Kingdom of EnenKio and one as owner in allodium
of Eneen-Kio Atoll
(a.k.a. Enen-kio, Halcyon, Disclerta, Wake and
several other names).
For you to state the Kingdom of EnenKio is "...another
only-in-
cyberspace country...", as you did in the
above article, is not only a
completely and categorically false statement,
but it is a blatant sign
of ignorance of the state of EnenKio. And, it
is a blatant deceptive
intrusion upon His Majesty King Hermios, the sovereign
of EnenKio and
Eneen-Kio Atoll, and an inexplicable and irresponsible
abuse of your
journalistic license -- unless, of course, your
statement could be
proved accurate.
I suggest you do a little more research, not only
into the establishment
and development of the Kingdom of EnenKio, but
into the prehistoric
history and more recent U.S. invasion of Eneen-Kio
Atoll, properly named
by 'Marshallese' centuries before arrival of colonial
western powers and
missionaries. Then I invite you to our Embassy
in Honolulu to review the
public files, all of which exist in hard copy
(not 'cyberspace') and
most of which are referenced or published at our
official web address:
Be sure to view the documents at our Resource
Center which show, in many
cases, full-color digitized letters of correspondence
with the 59 or so
states in the world, many of which are first world.
In closing, I would
simply appeal to your presumed sense of morality
and ethics and request
the referenced article be amended or corrected
and that the link be
added to the relevant paragraph cited above in
the article.
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June 2, 1999- Sir: The following statement (in
quotes) was copied from
one of your Footnotes to History -D and E (disconnected
as of 12/1/00).
"Enenkio Atoll- In 1898, the United States
annexed Wake Island, in the
Marshall Islands of the western Pacific. After
the Marshalls became a
U.S. Trust Territory, the traditional chiefs of
the area agitated for
recognition that Wake Island was a part of the
Marianas chain, and
pressed their historical claims to the atoll,
called Enenkio locally.
The U.S. government has consistently ignored these
claims. The protests
took a sharper turn after the U.S. Congress in
1993 acknowledged the
illegality a hundred years earlier of the establishment
by Americans of
the Republic of Hawai'i. King Murjel Hermios,
who is paramount chief of
an archipelago in the northern Marshalls, declared
Wake Island's
independence in 1987. The Marshalls recognized
this claim shortly after
the nation gained its independence. In return
for his services as
Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States,
Hermios granted American
businessman Robert Moore land on Taongi Atoll
in the northern Marshalls,
which Moore has declared the Dominion of Melchizedek."
Comment: With all candor, I cannot figure how
such straight forward
facts such as we have presented to the public
and over the Internet
since 1994 could have possibly been construed
into the above referenced
text. While I am pleased to find you have apparently
taken a very
serious interest (unless your site is intended
as some twisted joke,
which I am assuming is not the case) in the history
of the Kingdom of
EnenKio, I am aghast at how distorted, erroneous
and misleading your
summary is. As a consequence of my service to
His Majesty King Remios
and the people of EnenKio, I will respectfully
offer the following line
by line correction. For your convenience, your
text will be set off
(with "**") in color:
**In 1898, the United States annexed Wake Island,
in the Marshall
Islands of the western Pacific.**
Correction: In 1898, the United States invaded
Wake Island, the
northernmost atoll -- actually named Eneen-Kio
centuries before western
explorers arrived -- of the Ratak chain of Marshall
Islands in
Micronesia and the Central North Pacific Ocean.
The Author responds: "Rest assured that I
did not mean to downplay the
role of violence in the American acquisition of
the territory."
**After the Marshalls became a U.S. Trust Territory,
the traditional
chiefs of the area agitated for recognition that
Wake Island was a part
of the Marianas chain, and pressed their historical
claims to the atoll,
called Enenkio locally.**
Correction: Following W.W.II, the Trust Territories
of the Pacific,
which included the Marshall Islands, was placed
under administration of
the United States by the United Nations. While
Eneen-Kio was well
established as one of the Marshalls, the U.S.
only knew it as Wake and,
having lost many U.S. lives there in 1941 at the
hands of Japanese
invaders, kept control of it. In 1993, the Paramount
Chief of the Ratak
atolls pressed his clan's historical and lawful
claim to the 3 islands
of Eneen-Kio Atoll.
The Author responds: "I don't see much conflict
between the two versions
here."
**The U.S. government has consistently ignored
these claims.**
Correction: The U.S. government has consistently
ignored claims from the
Marshall Islands government, which failed to exert
a claim during its
move to independence in 1979, and from the former
traditional
landowners, including Iroijlaplap Murjel Hermios.
The Author responds: "I will note this."
**The protests took a sharper turn after the U.S.
Congress in 1993
acknowledged the illegality a hundred years earlier
of the establishment
by Americans of the Republic of Hawai'i.**
Correction: The Eneen-Kio claims gained some new
momentum after
precedents were set by the U.S. Congress, when
in 1993 they acknowledged
the illegality of the 1893 overthrow of the Monarch
of the Kingdom of
Hawai'i by a group of American businessmen and
U.S. Marines, and in the
following year returned the island of Kaho'olawe
to the Hawaiian People.
**King Murjel Hermios, who is paramount chief
of an archipelago in the
northern Marshalls, declared Wake Island's independence
in 1987.**
Correction: King Murjel Hermios, who was Paramount
Chief until his death
in December 1998, declared the sovereign state
of EnenKio in 1994,
whereupon the people chose him as their King over
Eneen-Kio Atoll,
ratified the Constitution and established government
as a limited
constitutional monarchy.
The Author responds: "I will make the necessary
corrections here."
**The Marshalls recognized this claim shortly
after the nation gained
its independence. In return for his services as
Minister Plenipotentiary
in the United States, Hermios granted American
businessman Robert Moore
land on Taongi Atoll in the northern Marshalls,
which Moore has declared
the Dominion of Melchizedek.**
Correction: After the death of the First Monarch,
his brother Remios
succeeded to the throne as Second Monarch and
rules along with his
brother, Crown Prince Lobadreo, over the Kingdom
of EnenKio today.
To continue the commentary: The parts left out
were either wrong or have
nothing to do with the history of the Kingdom
of EnenKio itself. Since
HM King Remios also succeeded to Iroijlaplap of
the northern Ratak
atolls of the Marshall Islands, he also has responsibilities
over 10
atolls, 2 islands and over 300 atoll islets. But
that is another story,
which has nothing directly to do with the Kingdom
of EnenKio. I have
offered this treatise in hopes that you will find
the time to correct
your site per my suggestions. Please feel free
to contact me or view our
pages at the address above. Thank you in advance
for your attention and
interest in this matter.
The Author responds: "I imagine that you
are asserting here that Moore's
Melchizedek project (which can be located on the
web through the Sources
& Bibliography section of my web page) is
non-existent. Be assured I
will look further into\par this. Thank you again
for your response,
Captain Rydell. I should be posting a revised
version of the page in the
next week or so." (June 7, 1999)
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June 1, 1999: News Release
Part One Background:
On May 21, 1999, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands posted a "press
release" on the
Internet at: http://www.yokwe.net/mboard/newsinfo/thread.cgi?67,0\cf0
(discontinued as of 12/1/00). The author, "Mr.
Joseph Biglar,
Undersecretary", is not known to us, has
not heretofore communicated
with the government of the Kingdom of EnenKio,
nor with its Monarch, His
Majesty King Remios, at any time and has no knowledge
of any policies or
state activities of EnenKio. There is no valid
reason to assume that the
said "press release" is indeed an official
document.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has perfect
knowledge that
representatives of the Kingdom of EnenKio, headed
by His Majesty King
Remios, on the basis of his proper and lawful
authority, have the right
and obligation to speak in support of the interests
of certain persons,
many of whom happen to be Marshallese nationals
residing in the Marshall
Islands.
Response to so-called "Press Release":
This unprovoked attack upon His Majesty King Remios,
Monarch of the
Kingdom of EnenKio, by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands is wholly false.
It is also
unjustifiably inflammatory and amounts to little
more than an
unquestionable confirmation of the predilection
for infringement upon
Marshallese sovereign rights exercised by the
current administration of
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which has
been confirmed by the
U.S. State Department. (See: Human Rights Report)
This public posting shall serve as constructive
notice to the Marshall
Islands Government that any attempt to interfere
in the business of His
Majesty King Remios, Iroijlaplap of the Northern
Ratak atolls of the
Marshall Islands, or any acts, decisions, mandates,
announcements or
directives thereby, shall be met with definitive
responses equal to the
degrees of contravention.
The RMI is unequivocally cognizant that the Kingdom
of EnenKio:
» » exists as a sovereign
state as defined by the Montevideo
Convention (1933).
» » was conceived as
a separate independent state by its
sovereign,
Iroijlaplap Murjel Hermios, in 1987.
» » was established
by way of a public authority, the
Constitution
of the Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll, ratified in 1994
by its people.
» » has negotiated diplomatic
and trade treaties with many
other
states, including the Dominion of Melchizedek
» » has asserted political
and territorial jurisdiction over
islands
and seas which lie entirely outside and well beyond
the area defined as
- now quoting Mr. Biglar's statement - "RMI
geographical and political
boundaries."
» » exercises authorities
founded upon prehistoric traditional
and
matriarchal ancestral rights and titles bestowed,
under the sacred
heritage of Marshallese customary law (reinforced
by the RMI
Constitution), upon the acknowledged Iroijlaplaps
of the Northern Ratak
atolls, whose authority is certainly not subject
to scrutiny by Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of
the Marshall Islands.
» » has not subjugated,
assigned or encumbered any of its
political
jurisdiction within its defined territorial boundaries
of islands and
seas of Eneen-Kio Atoll to the government or people
of the Dominion of
Melchizedek or to any other entity, including
the Republic of the
Marshall Islands.
Mr. Biglar is unequivocally cognizant that the
Republic of the Marshall
Islands:
» » also exists as a
sovereign state, defined by the
Montevideo
Convention (1933).
» » was conceived as
a separate state by (UN) foreign
governments,
which included the United States, China and the
USSR.
» » was also established
under a public authority, the
Constitution
of the Marshall Islands, ratified in 1979 by its
people.
» » has no relations
with EnenKio that allows RMI knowledge of
anything that is not also public information and
no such public
information respecting relations with the Dominion
of Melchizedek has
ever been disseminated to harm the RMI to be condemned
by Mr. Biglar.
» » has no political
or territorial jurisdiction over the
islands
and seas of Eneen-Kio Atoll, which was not incorporated
into the RMI in
1979, nor subsequently incorporated by any act,
law or mandate of any
present or former Iroijlaplap or Monarch thereof
and any statement to
the contrary is fraudulent, as in the instant
matter.
» » exercises authorities
founded upon the RMI Constitution,
which
does not incorporate nor authorize political jurisdiction
over
territorial boundaries that include the islands
or seas of Eneen-Kio
Atoll and any statement to the contrary is fraudulent,
as in the instant
matter.
» » has refused to acknowledge
the leadership of the Kingdom
of
EnenKio in their every attempt to get the RMI
government to mitigate the
suffering of people residing in the Ratak atolls,
under jurisdiction of
Iroijlaplap Hermios, and the RMI has rejected
every suggestion to
coordinate prospective relief efforts through
the said Iroijlaplap
Hermios.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the
Republic of the
Marshall Islands is steadfastly advised that any
unilateral statements
or actions by the administration of the Republic
of the Marshall Islands
which purport, seek or serve to diminish or question
the credibility,
existence or authority of the government of the
Kingdom of EnenKio in
the conduct of its affairs of state, without legitimate
authentication
by a court of competent jurisdiction, are hereafter
to be taken as
deliberate acts of aggression upon the Monarch
of the Kingdom, His
Majesty King Remios, as Head of State, the government
of the Kingdom of
EnenKio and its people, and will be countered
with appropriate
responsive measures.
Furthermore, in light of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade of
the Republic of the Marshall Islands announcement
concerning the Kingdom
of EnenKio, your attention is respectfully directed
to the following
statement in the Preamble of the Constitution
of the Marshall Islands,
then you decide for yourself:
"With this Constitution, we affirm our desire
and right to live in peace
and harmony, subscribing to the principles of
democracy, sharing the
aspirations of all other peoples for a free and
peaceful world, and
striving to do all we can to assist in achieving
this goal."
On behalf of His Majesty King Remios, we, administrators
of the Kingdom
of EnenKio, have wholeheartedly agreed to pursue
the same goal for a
free and peaceful world and have made no effort
to the contrary.
(See also: Report on RMI Mismanagement)
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News Release, Part Two, June 1, 1999
Part Two Background:
The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report,
1998 (click on
reference # 2 below) released by the Bureau for
International Narcotics
and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of
State, Washington DC,
February 1999, states as follows:
"Where Are OFCs Located?
[Paragraph 4] Thus, it is now possible for an
enterprising jurisdiction
anywhere in the world to establish itself as an
emerging OFC. The newest
OFCs, e.g., Niue and the Marshall Islands, are
now sprouting in remote
areas of the world, such as the Pacific. Even
more "remote" are mere
figments of fertile imaginations such as the Dominion
of Malchizedek
(sic) or The Kingdom of Enenkio Atol (sic), both
entirely fraudulent in
intent and practice." [note: OFC = Offshore
Financial Center]
Response:
This unprovoked attack upon His Majesty King Remios,
Monarch of the
Kingdom of EnenKio, the sovereign state of EnenKio
and its noble
citizenry by the U.S. Department of State is a
reprehensible
categorically false challenge of the sovereignty
of the Kingdom of
EnenKio. It is also unjustifiably inflammatory
and amounts to an
unqualified felonious defamation of the international
reputation of His
Majesty King Remios, the government of the Kingdom
of EnenKio and organs
thereof.
The unmitigated audacity and arrogance of the
United States to attempt
to link the Kingdom of EnenKio with International
Crime, narcotics
trafficking, money laundering, tax evasion, international
drug cartels,
terrorists, bank fraud or any other sort of criminal
activity, without
even one microscopic fragment of substantive evidence
to corroborate
such deliberately nefarious statements is reprehensible
in the least.
This public posting shall serve as constructive
notice to the United
States Government that any attempt to interfere
in the business of His
Majesty King Remios, Iroijlaplap of the Northern
Ratak atolls of the
Marshall Islands, or any acts, decisions, mandates,
announcements or
directives thereby, shall be met with definitive
responses equal to the
degrees of contravention.
Furthermore, this matter will not be resolved
until the President of the
United States issues a formal apology to His Majesty
King Remios, along
with the government of the Kingdom of EnenKio,
and the Congress of the
United States initiates a thorough investigation
into the abuses of
power, subversion of natural rights and illegal
occupation by the United
States of the islands and seas of Eneen-Kio Atoll.
Congressional
representatives to Hawaii, the nearest State of
the United States to
Eneen-Kio Atoll, and those of other states, have
repeatedly been advised
of the foregoing atrocities and conditions and
have failed to respond in
kind. The United States is obligated as the self-assured
trustee of
Pacific Island States in Micronesia to respond
to the charges of "ethnic
cleansing" and her responsibility to EnenKio
is no less.
For further information and links to documents,
see:
EnenKio Documents
http://www.state.gov/www/global/narcotics_law/1998_narc_report/ml_intro.html
http://www.state.gov/www/global/narcotics_law/1998_narc_report/index.html
March 16, 1999: News Release
The impact of the passing on December 10 of His
Majesty Murjel Hermios,
First Monarch of the Kingdom of EnenKio, Iroijlaplap
of the Northern
Ratak Atolls of the Marshall Islands, beloved
husband and father, was
felt throughout the society. Flags
were flown at half mast for a
week
in the Marshalls and for a a month at EnenKio
Consulates around the
world. His remains were interred
in a remote site reserved for the
highest ranking chiefs, according to Marshallese
custom.
Â
His Majesty King Remios Hermios
Second Monarch of the Kingdom of EnenKio
He was succeeded to the throne by his younger
brother, Remios, who will
formally accept the staff of authority as Second
Monarch, titular Head
of State of the Kingdom of EnenKio in ceremonies
being planned.Â
His
Majesty Remios Hermios was a retired educator
in the Marshalls and
maintains a home in the Ratak Atolls. His successor
is designated to be
his brother, HRH Crown Prince Lobadreo Hermios.
For further information, contact the State Secretary
back on the home
page.
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March 1999 -- Comments to readers from the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs:
Subject: A "State of War" Declaration
The Kingdom of EnenKio recognizes that an unresolved
conflict of
interests exists between it and the United States
Government. The
United States government, admittedly at a time
of colonial expansionism,
appears to have violated the laws of nature and
The Law of Nations in
"taking possession" of sovereign property
in the Northern Ratak State,
which then had formal treaties with the Republic
of Germany. The
explicitly immoral and illegal 1899 seizure of
Marshallese homeland by
agents of the federal government was the start
of present day sentiments
of deprivation of rights and dispossession of
lands felt by many
Marshallese. Because of continual
neglect misrepresentation and
outright exploitation, these scars on Marshallese
society have not
healed.
Thus a current state of adversity exists.Â
Following four years of
attempts to cause the United States to evaluate
the plight of the
Marshallese of the Northern Ratak imposed by its
actions with respect to
Wake Island, the government of EnenKio, on behalf
of the Marshallese
King, issued the "'State of War', a Declaration"
and broadcast it to the
world. The people were displaced
from their native lands and kept
as
virtual prisoners of war, not by virtue of being
kept in, but by virtue
of being kept out. It was through
this pragmatic initiative that
the
Kingdom of EnenKio solicited support to heal the
wounds inflicted upon
the people and peacefully restore what was wrongfully
taken from the
ancestors of the Ratak Paramount Chief, King Murjel
Hermios.
In retrospect, the Declaration has had little
visible effect.Â
While a
state of adversity does exist, the hope for American
recognition of past
wrongs remains on the horizon. The
Kingdom of EnenKio does not
condone nor tacitly sanction any act of belligerence
by any person or
agent of any government. Such unnecessary
means would diminish any
hope of mutual reconciliation and could diplomatically
undermine the
cause of peace within the family of nations.Â
The Kingdom of
EnenKio
also does not wish to see any further damage to
the remnant happiness of
the Marshallese people.
While the Kingdom of EnenKio continues to seek
accountability of the
U.S. Congress to obey its own laws, to conform
to the UN Charter,
conventions of the United Nations relating to
self-determination,
preservation of human rights and protection against
human rights abuses,
it believes accountability requires the U.S. to
meet the pleas of the
people oppressed by the conditions of this adversity.Â
The refusal
of
the U.S. to meet its obligations, even to the
extent that a simple
discussion for resolution is held over the subject
matter with
representatives for the affected parties, perpetuates
the adversity,
turns a cold shoulder to the facts of abuse and
ignores the rights of
the Marshallese people to whom the U.S. pledged
in good faith to execute
the 1947 mandates of the United Nations and its
members. Your
understanding is appreciated.Â
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December 19, 1998: News Release
Subject: Death of the Monarch of the Kingdom of
EnenKio
The government has declared a period of national
mourning on the
occasion of the death of the first Monarch of
the Kingdom of EnenKio,
His Majesty King Murjel Hermios. Embassies, missions
and regional posts
are instructed to display the flag at half-staff
until 11 January 1999.
Memorial services, held in the Marshall Islands
where HM Hermios made
his home, mark the passing of one of the most
unpretentious of
traditional Marshallese leaders. His remains will
be interred in a
family plot on one of the outer islands he so
loved.
Irooj Hermios was Head of State of the Kingdom
of EnenKio, revered as
Monarch over the islands of Eneen-Kio Atoll, esteemed
as Iroijlaplap and
High Chief of the Northern atolls of the Ratak
Archipelago, beloved as
our brother and trusted as a friend. His successor
as Iroijlaplap is to
be formally named by a Council of traditional
leaders. Selection of a
successor to the Monarchy of the Kingdom is in
process and will be
announced at a later date. In the interim, a Reagent
will serve as Head
of State.
HM Hermios followed a long line of matriarchal
predecessors as
Iroijlaplap. Aboriginal inhabitants of the islands
today known as the
Marshalls, part of Micronesia in the North Pacific
Ocean and first
discovered by European seamen in the 16th Century,
were found to have a
well-developed societal structure. Many nations
have since, mostly by
force, prevailed over the Marshall Islands, imposed
unaccustomed western
ideals upon her populace and ravaged her islands
of resources and
beauty. Today this area is commonly known as Wake
atoll and is illegally
occupied by the federal government of the United
States.
In one of the most courageous acts in recent times,
Irooj Hermios
clearly understood he had a mission to succeed
where his predecessors in
interest had failed to secure the islands, seas
and lagoon of Eneen-Kio
Atoll for his beloved people. (The account of
his acts to establish the
Kingdom of EnenKio as an island state, independent
of the governments of
the Marshalls and the United States, may be researched
at the official
Internet site.
On behalf of the government of the Kingdom of
EnenKio, we are extremely
grateful for his dedication to the people of the
Marshall Islands and
are personally moved by the memory of a man who
will surely one day be
recognized as having a legacy of furthering the
interests of his people
by the setting of processes in motion to re-establish
Marshallese
domination over Eneen-Kio Atoll. We are saddened
that our brother has
passed without his seeing the fruits of his devotion
to Marshallese
ancestry and traditions. In lieu of flowers, mourners
may contact the
mission at the address above or call (808) 373-9254.
Sincerest best
wishes for the holiday season and the coming New
Year are extended to
all in Peace.
News Article
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July 14, 1998: Communiqué to Correspondents
Recent articles defaming the government of the
Kingdom of EnenKio have
been maliciously published under the guise of
a Marshall Islands
government warning against "fraudulent claims".
We have once more
admonished the writer of the articles in the Marshall
Islands for
disregarding indisputable facts which clearly
discredit his biased
report. We urge you to disregard all discourse
in the media regarding
the Kingdom of EnenKio which are not validated.
To that end, you are
cordially invited to contact this office with
your specific questions or
concerns. For your advice, the following statement
was issued by the
State Secretary of the Kingdom in reply:
The Kingdom has never knowingly made any fraudulent
claim whatsoever. No
claim we have made has ever been shown to be fraudulent,
nor has any
claim ever come under or faltered from a challenge
by anyone anywhere in
the world. We are working vigorously to regain
occupation of the
ancestral property of HM King Hermios, to resolve
the virtual "state of
war" that exists with the United States government
and to be accepted as
an honorable state among nations.
The Kingdom does not pretend to be (quoting from
the report) "asserting
authority over land ...within the geographical
and political
boundaries..." of the RMI. We are however
striving to expel the armed
imperialistic invasion forces of the United States
from the shores of
Eneen-Kio Atoll so natural Marshallese supremacy
can be re-establish
there. As to allegations of fraud and constitutional
violation, no one
has dared to come forward with any such a charge.
We say, let the issue
be played out in the People's venue for the record,
not in a libelous
weekly publication. While we do not wear our brief
history on our
shirtsleeves, our raison d'être is
clearly mandated in the Preamble
to
the Constitution of EnenKio, which can be seen
at our web site:
http://www.enenkio.wakeisland.org
Referencing the news article in the Marshall Islands
Journal entitled
"Kingdom of EnenKio sets up in New Zealand,"
of May 1st, the editor was
advised, contrary to his report, that neither
passports nor driver
licenses can be purchased from the Kingdom's web
site. The Kingdom of
EnenKio DOES NOT SELL PASSPORTS! If you have evidence
to the contrary,
our Foreign Ministry would appreciate your furnishing
it to them so
steps can be taken immediately to investigate
the matter. You are
advised if anyone sells or offers to sell an EnenKio
passport, that such
an act is patently illegal.
The published statement, "The group ...claims
to represent Iroijlaplap
Murjel Hermios and the atolls of the Ratak chain...",
is wholly false. I
have explained this matter to the editor on several
prior occasions and
ample information is available at our Internet
site to refute the
statement. The Kingdom does not represent any
area outside of its
territorial boundaries, as the Ratak atolls surely
are. Contrary to
their libelous statements, the Kingdom of EnenKio
was not "created" by
Robert Moore and he is not a "Honolulu-based
attorney."
HM King Murjel Hermios is the acknowledged hereditary
Iroijlaplap of the
northern Ratak atolls and is also First Monarch
of the Kingdom, not of
his own choice, but by a legal process and free
choice of our citizens
who participated in the founding of the nation
in 1994. Such a noble and
peaceful beginning is not too uncommon in world
history. "Enenkio" [sic]
(actually Enen-kio or Eneen-Kio, in reference
to the atoll itself) is
the first Marshallese name for a Marshallese atoll
located roughly 300
miles north of Bok-ak (Taongi) Atoll. "Wake"
is a fictitious moniker
applied to the re-discovered Eneen-Kio Atoll by
unknown western society
writers.
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May 4, 1997: News Release
Subject: Issuance of Gold Stamps
The government of the Kingdom of EnenKio proudly
announces commissioning
of its Inaugural Issue of Gold Stamps. This announcement,
made at the
First Sunday Hawaii Stamp, Coin and Postcard Show
May 4th, was the first
pre-publication public notice of the issuance
of Gold Stamps by the
Kingdom. Stamps are expected to be off the presses
by early June 1997.
First day covers with new stamps affixed and postmarked
official "First
Day of Issue" by the Kingdom will be available
for a limited time
following the dates of release. Distributors,
dealers and collectors are
encouraged sign up as a charter member of the
EnenKio Philatelic Mint
mailing list.
BACKGROUND - The Kingdom was established in March
1993, and the
government was chosen by the people, who then
ratified the constitution
in September 1994. However, due to U.S. military
activities on the
island and the presence of armed occupation forces,
the government of
the Kingdom lingers in "exile". Several
nations have extended
recognition of the sovereignty of the Kingdom,
documents of citizenship
are being issued and legations are located in
Europe, South America, USA
and elsewhere.
A NATION IN CONFLICT - The land in question, commonly
known as Wake
Island, is actually an atoll comprised of three
small islands assigned
names of westerners who visited them: Wake, Wilkes
and Peale. Few people
in the world today are aware that the native discoverers
who named the
atoll Eneen-Kio lived in the Marshall Islands,
exercised constant
jurisdiction and made regular use of it as a living
food pantry and
cultural site. By way of developing the atoll
as a nation, the
government is asserting that it is the indisputable
holder of allodial
title to "Wake" atoll and has the right
to exercise its sovereignty at
the will of the people. The United States of America
began in a similar
fashion not with a peaceful transition from colonial
status. Lawful
return of the land is grounded upon the legal
precedent set by
Congressional apology to Hawaiians for the 1893
overthrow of the
Monarchy.
"STATE OF WAR" - By way of an official
March 1997 Declaration sent to
top U.S. officials, the Kingdom of EnenKio has
acknowledged that a
virtual "state of war" now exists over
the islands on account of the
blatant acts of aggression and illegal armed invasions
by troops from
United States warships. The primary objective
of the notice was to
request a Congressional investigation into actual
events and related
factors surrounding the federal seizure of islands
in the North Pacific
Ocean by the United States. Calls to end U.S.
operations, vacate the
atoll and negotiate return of the islands to jurisdiction
of the Kingdom
have fallen on deaf ears. Despite repeated notices,
letters and legal
advertising, all major news media have consistently
ignored the events
and failed in their duty bring forth the truth
to the people of the
world regarding alleged incidents of piracy, waste
and human rights
violations by federal agents of the United States
government.
INAUGURAL ISSUE - The Gold Stamps are based on
events of the past and
dreams for the future of peace in the global community
as the millennium
nears. For that reason, the universal gold standard
was chosen as the
basis for evaluation. Since the relative value
of gold in world markets
varies according to the value and stability of
national currency units,
the stamps will similarly reflect changes in price
when purchased with
any particular currency. However, the real or
intrinsic value of the
stamps will remain as constant as gold. The extrinsic
value will be
determined by philatelic collectors around the
world. Note: Stamps are
printed on paper stock, do not contain gold metal
and are not intended
for use as money.
CLOSING COMMENTS - The government of the Kingdom
appeals to all people
from every peaceable nation in the world to recognize
the Kingdom of
EnenKio as a sovereign nation promoting peace
in the Pacific region. In
doing so, it seeks a peaceful resolution o f the
"state of war" with the
federal government of the United States and asks
that everyone with
human rights concerns use their influence accordingly.
The proceeds from
the sale of Gold Stamps will help fund the restoration
of the Kingdom
and end the conflict in peace.
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March 31, 1997: News Release
An official document entitled A Declaration, was
sent March 22 to top
Executive and Legislative officials in the federal
government of the
United States, including selected Cabinet members.
The document asserts
that: "A STATE OF WAR EXISTS OVER THE KINGDOM
OF ENENKIO ATOLL BY WAY OF
ACTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES."
This is the most
recent attempt to captivate the attention of the
federal government. One
of the primary objectives of this action is to
bring about a
Congressional investigation into the true events
and factors surrounding
the illegal seizure of islands in the North Pacific
Ocean by the United
States.
This latest position statement is one in a succession
of dozens of
disclosures, statements, letters and legal actions
taken since the
government of the Kingdom was established in March
1993, each with
similar objectives. Calls for the U.S. to cease
operations, vacate the
premises, negotiate return of the island to the
King, apologize and
compensate him for use, abuse and illegal hold-over
following legal
action have all failed to receive cognizance or
reply from the federal
government. Likewise, despite repeated notices,
letters and legal
announcements, major news media have consistently
ignored the events and
failed in their duty bring forth the truth to
the people of the world
regarding the alleged piracy, arrogance and human
rights violations by
the United States.
The land in question, commonly called Wake Island,
is comprised of three
small islands, Wake, Wilkes and Peale, named by
"Western explorers" for
Western persons. What of the native discoverers?
The crux of the issue
is that despite the passage of ownership via a
complex Matriarchal land
tenure system for over two millennia with jurisdiction
by the aboriginal
chiefs of the Northern Ratak atolls of Marshall
Islands, the United
States seems to believe it is justified in having
seized the atoll in
1898, and again in1899. Historical records reveal
that the multiple
landings by United States warships, en route to
the Philippines on war
missions, and subsequent Congressional action,
were the sole basis of
the U.S. claim. The motivation was said to be
for the establishment of a
cable station to improve communications with its
marauding troops in the
East. Such a station was never established at
Wake Island. It was
destined to become a military installation.
However, formal protests of the seizure was sent
to the U.S. President
by the German Consul in the Marshall Islands and
some measure of
correspondence followed. But since the U.S. abandoned
the area without
establishing a colony or cable station and Germany
was defeated in the
first World War, the objections fell into oblivion.
It is understood
from written accounts of oral Marshallese culture
and traditions, that
jurisdiction and use of the atoll by natives continued.
The U.S. did not
establish a settlement there until, under a lease
in 1934, the CAA
(predecessor of the FAA) allowed Pan American
Airways to build a base
for its fleet of trans-pacific seaplanes. Clearly,
the so-called
annexation by the U.S. is grossly flawed, the
occupation patently
illegal and its "ownership" is held
therefore to be wholly invalid.
When the U.S. Congress apologized for the overthrow
of the Hawaiian
Monarchy in 1993 and the U.S. Navy subsequently
returned culturally
significant land to the "natives" of
Hawaii, a landmark legal precedent
was thus set for comparable action with respect
to the return of Wake
Island. The islands of Eneen-Kio, as the northernmost
atoll in the Ratak
chain, played a very significant role in the culture
and religion of
Micronesians living in the more "hospitable"
islands of the Marshall
group. While not being used for Navy target practice
as Kaho'olawe was,
the use of the islands of Eneen-Kio Atoll and
the military mission at
Wake Airfield are decidedly without substantial
merit and whereby
activities take place in secrecy, devoid of scrutiny,
oversight or
quintessential knowledge by the American public.
Even after cultural intervention in the mid 1800s
by Christian
Missionaries, natives continued to use Eneen-Kio,
authority to go there
being issued by the Ratak Iroijlaplap (Paramount
Chief). King Murjel
Hermios holds that title today. By way of developing
the atoll in
sovereignty as a nation, the government is thereby
indisputable holder
of the allodial title to Wake Island. The U.S.
cannot produce a title.
The Hermios ancestral lineage, passage of title
through the ages from
aboriginal inhabitants and discoverers, who gave
the atoll its
Marshallese name, their continual use and legacy
of jurisdiction secures
the rights of ownership.
Upon the basis of events and actions by the United
States, the
administration of the Kingdom of EnenKio, by virtue
of the Declaration,
"yields to the recognition that a State of
War" exists over the island
nation. This is not, however, to be viewed as
a waiver of rights or
unconditional surrender. Sovereignty and independence
of the Kingdom,
over all other claims, is forthrightly reasserted.
The belief is that
truth and law is on the side of the Kingdom and
that reckless abuse of
power and a trail of human rights violations are
chronicled upon the
record of U.S. "ownership" and occupation.
Native North Americans are
all too well acquainted with this brand of federal
brutality when it
comes to seizure of land and denial of rights.
In the Declaration, demands are made as follows:
» » "...to come
to the table of peace to negotiate an
honorable
accord for the survivors of the said STATE OF
WAR...".
» » "If unwilling
to voluntarily negotiate for peace, to
submit to
Impartial international arbitration of the terms
for surrender and WAR
reparations to citizens."
» » "...to cease
and desist, effective immediately, all and
every
action of every kind in or on EnenKio Atoll or
within the 200-mile
Exclusive Economic Zone..."
» » "...to pay
that certain debt, perfected and established in
commerce by failure the Department of the Interior
» » "...to lawfully
respond to proper legal notices of more
than
TWENTY-SEVEN consecutive months and most recently
referenced by a
Certified Invoice, No. 97-US-03, dated March 10,
1997, for which it is
obligated to pay."
» » That the "...Congress
of the United States is obliged to
immediately impanel an impartial body for the
purpose of investigating
the atrocities committed in the case of the violations
of human rights
and due process...".
The government of the Kingdom solicits every other
sovereign peaceable
nation in the world to give effective and adequate
recognition to the
Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll as an Independent Nation
under God. It seeks a
peaceful resolution of the state of war with the
federal government of
the United States and asks them to use their influence
accordingly.
Appeals are being made to the United Nations.
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February 6, 1995: News Release
On behalf of His Majesty, King Murjel Hermios,
Monarch of EnenKio Atoll,
titular head of State, Paramount Chief (Iroijlaplap)
of the northern
atolls of the Ratak archipelago of Pacific Ocean
Islands of the Marshall
Islands, I bid you a warm Marshallese greeting
-- Yokwe!
The purpose of this notice is twofold: First,
to admonish those of you
to whom word of the referenced issues were made
known, then failed to
take action; Second, to encourage you to whom
this presents to take
appropriate action in disseminating reports on
this issue. As long as
you remain quiet, safely removed from the potential
controversy
insidiously lurking beneath the surface of one
issue about which the
federal government of the United States remains
resolutely silent, your
anonymity and that of your publication is well
served.
Summary of Events 1993-94:
Two official press releases have been made regarding
the establishment
of a new island nation in the Pacific Ocean, EnenKio,
formerly known as
Wake Island. The first was issued on February
25, 1994. It followed two
announcements: 1) officials of the US Air Force
at Hickam AFB, Hawaii
said in articles published New Year's Eve and
Day in both Honolulu
newspapers that the USAF no longer wanted to maintain
Wake Island
airfield and wanted to turn it over to Interior
Department or another
military organization by 1 February and abandon
it by 1 October, 1994;
2) US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command
of Huntsville, Alabama
issued an Environmental Impact Assessment for
a proposed missile launch
program out of Wake Island; part of the "star
wars" program, I am led to
believe.
An emergency meeting of the leaders of the future
nation of EnenKio was
held and it was decided that earlier efforts to
bring the atoll under
the jurisdiction of Hawaii would be abandoned
in favor of affirmation of
independence, thus seeking self-rule under the
natural landowner as
king. Letters to Mr. Clinton, members of Congress,
U.S. Army and the
first press release proclaimed the status of ownership
of EnenKio (Wake
I., Peale I., Wilkes I.), denounced the Army's
so-called "no significant
impact" scheme to fire more than 800 rockets
of an undisclosed nature
into and over the waters of the Marshall Islands
(including its
sanctuaries for turtles and birds) and asserted
rightful ownership
claims.
On March 21, 1994, a formal resolution was executed
establishing the
nation of EnenKio as an independent nation under
the authority of His
Majesty Murjel Hermios, who had granted special
power of attorney to Mr.
Robert Moore, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary.
The Constitution,
Succession Act and other documents were thereafter
drafted.
On September 30th, a formal Declaration of Sovereignty
was signed into
law by Ministers and selected delegate citizens,
believing (as did the
USA founding fathers) that such power was an inherent
right of the
people. It declared the Kingdom of EnenKio a sovereign
independent
peaceful nation, it acknowledged His Majesty,
King Murjel Hermios as
owner in allodium of the atoll, accepted him as
Head of State and
embraced the Constitution as the founding document
for a form of
democratic government.
Documents and letters were sent to numerous nations
of the world
proclaiming the above actions. Formal documents
of recognition were
presented, offer of diplomatic ties made and support
for reciprocation
requested. Copies of pertinent documents were
forwarded to the United
Nations, UN Security Council, NATO, South Pacific
Commission and others.
Letters of personal appeal were sent to UN leaders.
A special request
for protection and assistance was sent to the
UN Security Council.
On October 10th, a commercial affidavit and demand
for payment was sent
via certified mail to federal officers of the
United States regarding
the illegal January 17, 1899 seizure, under force
of arms, of the
islands of Eneen-Kio Atoll, the adverse occupation
and continued
disregard of international Human rights law, UN
Charter terms and terms
of the Compact of Free Association with the Republic
of the Marshall
Islands (Public Law 99-239; January 14, 1986).
Having acknowledged
receipt and failing to respond within a reasonable
time, the U.S. is now
in default under commercial law, owing in excess
of US$100 million.
The second official press release was issued on
November 21, 1994,
relating the preceding events. Of all the agencies
to whom it was sent,
only two, the Marshall Islands Journal, a weekly
newspaper and Islands
Business Pacific magazine are known to have mentioned
the story, then
only briefly.
Request for Media Response:
The thirst of the media for copy on topics outside
of natural
calamities, treed cats and daily courtroom chronicles
of violence and
deception seems seriously lacking. Is not the
peaceful beginning of a
new nation news any more? Is not the restoration
of native rights of an
aboriginal society whose roots reach into antiquity
(to before the birth
of Jesus) worth a little journalistic investigation?
How about
suspicions of insidious military-sanctioned activity
which threatens the
security and peaceful existence of nations of
the Pacific in the name of
"world leadership"? Or is it world domination?
People of EnenKio have a few simple requests of
you, the media, in an
effort to draw international attention to this
issue and thereby,
hopefully shorten the delay in regaining active
occupation of islands of
their ancestral heritage:
1. Investigate and verify the circumstances of
the illegal armed
invasion supported by U.S. expansionism and subsequent
improper
annexation of the sacred islands of Eneen-Kio
Atoll, then being utilized
by sailors, hunters and chiefs of the Marshallese
civilization and for
at least 2000 years prior to the 1899 fiasco.
(Note: These facts and
validity of the Hermios claim are a matter of
historical record, not a
fabrication.)
2. Investigate and/or verify the circumstances
of any evidence of
specific beneficial use and U.S. policy, past
and present, or the lack
thereof, with regard to the role of EnenKio .
(Note: It is my
understanding Wake was "decommissioned"
after the so-called "processing"
of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees in the
late 1970s).
3. Reflect on the contrasting history of U.S.
occupation, war,
technological advances, in light of modern attitudes
about misdeeds
against native peoples and the willingness of
our people to develop
serious national economic programs for the benefit
of all mankind.
4. Respectfully and conscientiously broadcast
the credibility of the
king's claim of allodial title, the declaration
of rights of the
citizens of EnenKio to self-determination and
the commitment by their
government and leaders to promulgate their mandates
in a responsible and
fiscal manner.
5. Bring to light U.S. strategy with regard to
the implementation of
questionable and costly pet programs involving
nuclear proliferation,
offensive/defensive weapon systems, clandestine
military research,
environmental pollution and whatever else is going
on there. (Note:
Congress and certain federal agencies have promoted
use of Wake Island
and environs as platform for launching and testing
hundreds of rockets
and missiles, a federal prison for drug offenders
and other less
publicized projects.)
6. Fully disclose to the people of the United
States U.S. strategy with
regard to the denial of possession of lawful title
to Eneen-Kio Atoll by
King Hermios as a consequence of natural inheritance
via time-honored
and respected Marshallese matriarchal traditions,
disregard for Human
rights protected under international law, United
Nations Charter and
conventions and the U.S. Compact with the Marshall
Islands and refusal
to acknowledge liability for acts of piracy on
the high seas of military
and colonial expansionism of the nineteenth century.
(Note: U.S. apology
for the illegal armed overthrow of the Hawaiian
Monarchy the prior year
and the return of the Hawaiian island, Kaho'olawe,
also of religious
significance, has set precedents for the action
demanded by EnenKio
citizens.)
Parting Shot:
What truly concerns me is the cavalier attitude
of government in
general, the U.S. federal government more precisely,
which somehow
behaves as if endowed by a divinely inspired alchemy
that conveys the
right to rearrange lands, cultures and economics
with out the slightest
inclination to counsel with those people most
concerned. Such an
approach might be expected in some dictatorship
in some distant corner
of the globe, but considering its present source,
it is downright
alarming. It is worthwhile to mention here that
despite a prominent
trail left over the course of more than two years,
letters, reports,
forms, published articles, press releases, legal
notices, documents and
virtually every action initiated by those representing
King Hermios have
escaped official response from officers of the
U.S. federal government.
Our not-too-distant past is replete with examples
of the insatiable
thirst of western "civilized" nations
for doctrines faithful to the cry
of "manifest destiny" which clearly
marked American foreign policy of a
century ago. If this current trend signifies a
resurgence, it can only
be considered a giant leap backward, considering
the flimsy record of
American attempts at "fixing up the world".
The title of ownership and
inheritance of Eneen-Kio Atoll pre-dates formation
of the United States
by two centuries or more. It is time the significance
of native cultures
and recognition of their right to self-determination
is elevated from
matters of scientific discourse to mainstream
political involvement in
determining the future course of human endeavor.
People have a right to
know; the media a responsibility to show them.
In conclusion, I reiterate that our focus, from
my point of view, is
one, not so much of opposition to the ominous
might of U.S. political
philosophy and military prowess, but of asserting
the moral imperatives
for correcting errors of the past, supporting
restoration of Human
cultural dignity and the unobstructed observance
of God-given individual
rights.
Thank you for your support and cooperation in
helping end the siege and
forced exile of our proud citizenry.
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November 21, 1994: News Release
In a bid to regain occupation of that portion
of his ancestral lands
which include Wake Island, site of a U.S. military
outpost, His Majesty,
King Murjel Hermios, through his legal representative,
Minister
Plenipotentiary, Robert Moore, the U.S. has been
given the boot out of
Wake Island. Moore served legal notice on top
U.S. government officials
in October 1994 to cease all activity and leave
the islands. The filing
came on the heels of a five-year struggle to gain
recognition of the
illegal seizure of islands (owned by predecessors
of King Hermios) by
the gun boat, USS Bennington in 1899.
The legal document, a Commercial Affidavit, Declaration
of Fair Value
and Demand for Payment, was served under recognized
principles of Common
Law and International Commercial Codes. It details
the specifics of King
Hermios' ancestral rights to Wake Island, the
illegality of the U.S.
claim and violations of native laws, International
Agreements and human
rights during their 95-year hold on the Hermios
property. It also
establishes default, recognized under law, by
reason of failure to
answer the sworn claims, thereby allowing the
Hermios claim to stand
valid before the law as unchallenged. Under those
claims, demand was
made for payment of 94.7 million dollars for past
use of the land.
Continued use and holdover of the atoll will add
5 million dollars per
month through 1995.
While putting forth the appearance of advocating
human rights, U.S.
officials continue to ignore issues right in their
own backyard which
keep King Hermios and the citizens of EnenKio
living in compulsory
exile.
Eneen-Kio Atoll, a name derived from Marshallese
traditions involving a
small orange (kio) flower found there, is made
up of 3 islands,
including Wake. Predecessors in interest of King
Hermios, aboriginal
chiefs and islanders sailed native canoes to Eneen-Kio
Atoll for
religious and cultural purposes as much as 500
years BC.
During the colonial invasion of Pacific islands,
western traders and
explorers consistently ignored the native traditions
and rights of the
real discoverers of those fragile and isolated
bits of sand, the
islanders themselves. A case in point is in that
of the Hawaiians, who
recently gained an apology from the U.S. Congress
and President Bill
Clinton for the illegal U.S. government overthrow
of the Hawaiian
Monarchy.
King Hermios is presently acknowledged as the
hereditary Paramount Chief
(Iroijlaplap) of all the Northern Atolls of the
Ratak Archipelago of the
Marshall Islands, which terminates to the north,
beyond Eneen-Kio Atoll.
Mr. Moore has full authority to act on the King's
behalf to rid the
islands of their illegal and unwanted Occupation
Forces in favor of
restoring the King's assertion of his native allodial
rights. Most
recently occupying and holding the islands are
agents of the U.S. Air
Force command, 15th Logistics Group, Hickam AFB,
Hawaii.
Nearly identical articles published in the Star
Bulletin and Honolulu
Advertiser on December 31, 1993 and January 1,
1994 headlined: "Air
Force willing to give up its hold on Wake Island"
and stated: "Not much
activity there anymore, so the Air Force wants
to give up control".
According to some theories thought to have reliable
foundation, private
entities or other government agencies are fighting
for control behind a
stonewall of apathy, denial and contempt for traditional
ancestral
heritage of King Hermios, his predecessors and
people.
Mr. Moore is also charged with the responsibility
of bringing the nation
under active jurisdiction of its own independent
government, to initiate
and administer to its citizens, promote economic
development and to
direct all affairs of State. The democratic government
is established as
a limited constitutional monarchy and is being
directed by its Executive
Council.
Since 1987, despite repeated efforts to resolve
the conflict and the
effects of a stroke, Mr. Moore has been unsuccessful
in getting any
substantive reply from officers of the United
States, military officers
and members of Congress. The following is a summary
of some of the
recent letters, inquiries and statements of claims
made on behalf of the
lawful and rightful landowner, King Murjel Hermios:
» » Formal letters to
President Clinton and Vice-President Al
Gore
in February 1993, requesting consideration under
programs promised in
their campaign for economic conversion of old
military bases were
ignored. As a military base, Wake Airfield was
"decommissioned" more
than a decade ago.
» » In response to the
Environmental Assessment of the
proposed
Theater Missile Defense Rocket Launch Activities,
formal letters of
protest sent to the Pentagon and U.S. Army officials,
who contemplated
launching hundreds of missiles from Wake Island
over several years into
the waters of the Marshall Islands, went unanswered.
» » Letters to members
of the U.S. Congress protesting rocket
launch
activities and requesting help went unanswered.
» » A Resolution dated
March 21, 1994 was signed which
declared the
status of EnenKio to be that of an independent
nation under the
administrative jurisdiction of King Murjel Hermios.
It was likewise
ignored.
After waiting for more than 580 days since "formal"
notification of the
declared status of EnenKio and having heard no
objection from the United
States, Mr. Moore assembled the Ministers of the
Executive Council.
They, along with a few involved citizens living
in exile and denied
access to Eneen-Kio, formally passed and signed
the Declaration of
Sovereignty on September 30, 1994. They also accepted
the draft of the
Constitution which establishes the democratic
principles of government
recognizing His Majesty, King Murjel Hermios as
Head of State and his
family as the First Royal Family of EnenKio .
While the King and his people bear no ill will
against the multitudes of
foreign invaders of Eneen-Kio Atoll, which over
the centuries included
agents of the Emperor of Japan, the Emperor of
Germany, and the King of
Spain, they believe the time has come to acknowledge
the errors of the
past, correct the conditions thereby produced
and move on into the
future in support of the sacred principals of
Truth, Honor and Peace.
Those principals are embodied in the Constitutions
of EnenKio and of the
United States.
Those tenets were likewise embodied, affirmed
and ratified by the U.S.
Congress in Public Law 99-239 (Jan. 14, 1986),
signed by President
Ronald Reagan as the Compact of Free Association
with the Marshall
Islands and Federated States of Micronesia. The
compact acknowledges
superiority of all Marshallese "natural"
rights, including those of
ownership and use of land.
Still mindful of the terrible threat of extraordinary
U.S. military
might and the willingness to use it against even
the smallest of nations
(e.g. Grenada, Haiti, Cuba, Hawaii, etc., etc.),
Mr. Moore, other
Ministers and the citizens of EnenKio are determined
to peacefully
displace the U.S. Occupation Forces and reassert
the jurisdiction of His
Majesty, King Murjel Hermios. Filing the Commercial
Affidavit document
was the first major legal step in a series of
actions that could end up
in International Court of Justice in The Hague,
Netherlands.
In an effort to garner support for the repatriation
of her citizens, the
restoration of democratic control of EnenKio and
to gain international
recognition of the innumerable native rights violations
against the
Sovereign and his forebears, the Ministers of
EnenKio have sent
documents of Notice and request for assistance
to the United Nations
Security Council, the South Pacific Commission,
similar organizations
and to the governments of most other nations of
the world.
It is hoped that mutual recognition of sovereignty
and the establishment
of diplomatic ties will invite the willful withdrawal
of U.S. troops and
relinquishment of their unfounded territorial
claims. At the same time,
Mr. Moore, in the service of His Majesty, King
Murjel Hermios, wishes to
inform all of the people being held at Wake Island
by force of arms or
by contract, that asylum will be offered to them.
A similar offer is
made to all Marshallese descendants who desire
to become citizens of
EnenKio.
News Article: Islands Business Pacific
News Article: Marshall Islands Journal
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Reply to: EnenKio
Robert
Moore, Minister Plenipotentiary, Kingdom of EnenKio
Foreign Trade
Mission
DO-MO-CO Manager, Remios Hermios Eleemosynary
Trust, Majuro, Marshall
Islands
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