The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-30

Ths Conditions Under which Lnius-
kaIanI Expected Her ." Great
ard Good Friend" to Put
Her on the Throne.

views set forth i'm the message. Will
lis l. Informed of the withdrawal o
r. the annexation treaty by the Presi
s.dent and OF the Presidents desire Il
senf a trusted representative to- Ha
W o Investigate the causes OF the
c. O., led revolution and report the
e situation, this being needed Il
enable the President TO. discharge 6
delicate and important public duty.
The instructions previously giveT
Blount were also furnished Willis
who was to be similarly guided In his
official and personal relations to the
Islanders. In addition, Willis was
informed regarding the Presidents
conclusions from Blounps report.
On your arrival" says Gresham to
WINS, "you will take advantage OF
the earliest opportunity to make
known to the queen the Presidents
position regarding the reprehensible
conduct Of the American Minister
and the presence on land OF the Unit
ed States forces. Advise her of the
desire of this Government to 10 Justice
and undo wrong. You will, however,
at the same time, inform the queen
that the President expects that she
will extend amnesty To ali who are
against her, including all who are
connected with the Provisional Gov
eminent, depriving them of no right
or privilege.
"Having secured the queens agree
ment to- pursue this policy, you will
advise the Executive OF the Provis-
ional Government and his Ministers
of the Presidents determination of
this question:, which their action and
that of the queen devolved upon him,
and that they are expected promptly
to restore her constitutional author
iiy-
"ShOuld the queen decline to pursue
the course suggested, or should the
Prov sfonaI Government refuse to
abide by the Presidents decision, you
-e-wiIl report the facts and await further
Instruction.
Gresb~ --telegraphed Willis, through
a ~ Patch agent at San Francisco,
~ .leT date OF November 9th: "Your
tel grams are embarrassing. You will
insiat upon amnesty and the recogni-
tiop of obligations to the Provisional
Government as essential conditions OF
the restoration. All interests will
be promoted by prompt action"
Next comes the following telegram
from Washington to Willis:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASH
INGToN, December 3, lS9S.-four dis
patch received by steamer OH the 18th
of November seems to call for addi-
tional instructions. Should the Queen
refuse to assent to the written cordi-
tions, you will at once inform her that
the President will cease interposition
In her behalf; and while he deems it
his duty to endeavor to restore her as
sovereign of the Constitutional Gov
eminent of the Islands, his further
Efforts I'm that direction will depend
upon the Queens unqualified agree
ment that all obligations created by
the Provisional Government in the
proper course of its administration
shall be assumed, and upon such
pledges by her as will prevent the
adoption of any measures of proscrip-
ton or punishment for what has been
done In the past by those setting up
or supporting the Provisional Govern
ment-
"The President feels, by our orig
inal Interference and what followed,
We have incurred a responsibility to
the whole Hawaiian community, and
IL would not be just to put one party
at the mercy of the other.
"ShouId the Queen asl. whether, If
she lccedes to the conditions, active
steps E0uld be taken by the United
States to effect her restoration or
maintain her authority thereafter, you
will say the President cannot use force
without the authority of Congress.
"Should the Queen accept the con-
ditions and the Provisional Govern
meut refuse to surrender, you will be |
governed 10y previous Instructions.
"If the Provisional Government |
asks whether the United States will |
hold tine Queen to the fulfillment of |
the stipulated conditions, you will say |
the President, acting under the die |
tates OF nonor and duty, as he has |
done in endeavorlng TO effect her |
r. stOration, will do all in his Consti- |
tutionai power 10 cause the observance |
OF the conditions he has imposed.
GRESHAM"
In addition to these dispatches there
Is a, ~aamense volume of official dis
pat part Of which have already |
been published.
November 6, 1898, Willis reports his |
arrival, and on November Itch trans /
He then expected TO interview the
Queen, and Lid assured the British
Commissioner that the Queen would
be protected from any attempt at as
sassination, and that the following
Monday he would insist upon her
going TO the legation. He reported
the town in a state of excitement.
A telegram of November 10Th,
which called out the changed instruc-
tions from the State Department,
reads: 1.-The views of the first party |
are so extreme as to require further
instruction." The first party, of course,
being the ex-queen. November 18th
Minister Willis reports that Damon,
Minister of Finance, had called to de-
tail the rumors of trouble on the NOR
row, Kalakaua's birthday.
sin view of these facts" says Will
lis, 81 thought it proper in an infor-
NAL way To- make public the fact that
there would be no decisive action
taken by our Government for three or
four weeks, or until had heard from
Washington. L also thought proper,
with the private knowledge and con-
sent OF all factions, 10 say that mob
violence would not be allowed during
the interval
In transmitting the Hawaiian cor
respondence to the House of Repre-
sentatives President Cleveland said: