The salient point is, the Republic of Hawaii did not have lawful title (or rights) to these lands when they were handed over (“ceded”) to the U.S. Thus, no lands lawfully transferred. Although this act of “cession” was clearly unlawful, any objections were summarily ignored, overruled or dispatched by the bully power of the U.S. In 1959, the U.S. magnanimously passed on the stolen property (the “Ceded Lands”) as the land base for the newly created puppet government called the State of Hawaii.