The record-union., 1893-12-05
special 70 the REcoRp.Ux1ox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
PORT TOWNSEND (yYash.), Dec. 4.-The
barkentine Klikitat. Captain Cutter, ar
rived to-day from Honolulu, with ad
vices to November 10Th, four days after
the steamer Alameda sailed for san Fran
cisco. Minister Willis submitted to an
interview directly after the Alameda
sailed, in which he said that the instruc-
tions from the United States Government
which he brought from Washington were
not applicable to the condition of affairs
then existing in the islands. This state
ment gave the annexatiOnists much salts
faction and the royalists were much dis
pleased. On account of the many ru-
mors current OF the contemplated move
ments of the Queens supporters, the
Provisional Government found it neces- |
sary to keep two companies OF soldiers
under arms for several nights after the
Alameda sailed.
The editor of the EUeRiRg star re-
Quested Minister Willis to submit a state |
ment to the public to alIay the general
feeling Of uncertainty. In the published
interview Willis said: ~ eS, l believe |
that the time has come when it is right
and proper for me TO use my discretion |
in this matter. You are authorized to
say Tor me that no change in the present !
situation will take place for several !
weeks. l brought with me certain in
structions from the United States Gov |
ernment on the Hawaiian situation. /
Since my arrival contingencies have
arisen about which neither the United |
States Governments nor myself were aware /
when l left Washington. / have thought
best in the exercise Of the discretion al |
lowed me to submit. these matters to |
Washington before proceeding further to
carry out my original intentions. L
forwarded my dispatches to Washington
by to-day's steamer, and until | receive
an answer to them no change Will take
place in the present situation, nor will
any be allowed"
What do you mean by the expression, !
or will any be allowed p"
II mean just this, that until the time
comes for me to carry out my instruc-
tions, the peace and good order Of this
community will be kept undisturbed III
the interests of humanity; that any at
tempt made by any person or persons TO
make trouble will be promptly checked
and punished. You may put the matter
more plainly, and say that even if the
Provisional Government discharged all |
of its troops to-day, no lawlessneSS would |
be allowed for one minute under the
present situation Of aiiai@s. The whole !
Hawaiian question is now in allegiance, |
and nothing that newspapers can say or
do will alter the situation one iota. |
make this statement on my own respon-
sIbility, and in the hope that it will allaY
the present excitement. No one need
fear trouble, and no lawlessness will be
permitted"
After this statement rumors began to
fly about that the Queens supporters
would make final rally in her behalf. |
Two companies Of troops remained un-
der arms, and the crews Of the United
States men-Of-war Philadelphia and
Adams were held in readiness TO be land
ed on q moments notice. The Queens
advocate came out next day with a denial
of the Willis interview, saying he was
misquoted, and by inference gave en-
couragement to the idea that Willis had
or would receive imperative orders to re-
store the Queen.
The newspapers containing Blount's
report had not reached the islands when
the Klikitat sailed, but on account of
Willis intimation relative to his instruc-
tions it was surmised that it would be
partial to the Queens interests.
MISSION OF THE CoRwIN.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 4.-Gresham de-
clined this morning to talk in regard to
the published report that the revenue
cutter COrwin was to carry a message tor
the State Department from San Francisco
W I1OnO1ulus 1nG1G ID IGdSOu W sup
pose, however, that the story is sub
stantially correct. Gresham was very
busy yesterday with dispatches which
are to go on the COTWin. Of what these
contain nothing can be learned. The fact
of dispatching the Corwin so hastily leads
to the surmise that the Administration
has changed its policy toward the islands.
INTERPRETING CLEvELAND's s LANGUAGE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Representatives
Loud and Geary, after reading that part
of the Presidents message relating to
Hawaiian affairs, stated their belief that
Minister Willis had received instructions
to bring about the Queens restoration.
Judge Mcguire reattirned his opinion
that nothing further is meant than the
restoration of the status quo, and that the
fact Of Willis being sent as our accredited
Minister precludes the Queens re-en-
thronement by fOrcible means without a
declaration OF war on the part of Con-
gress, for if Willis should adopt forcible
means against the country to which he
was sent as Minister he would be guilty
of the same act as eX-Minister Stevens,
whose action is repudiated by Cleveland.
THE CoRwIN SAILS.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 1.-The United
States revenue cutter Corwin sailed
shortly before midnight tonight. Her
destination is a secret, but it is supposed
she is going to Honolulu with instruc-
tious for Minister Willis. 1t is reported
that one Of the sailors on the Corwin has
been bribed to take dispatches from Min
lister Thurston to President Dole. The
Captain OF the COrWin refused to take
letters from Consul Wilder, saying he
did not know where he was going.
CONSUL WILDER PLEASED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. - Hawaiian
Consul Wilder, when he read the news
which arrived tonight from Honolulu, |
via Port Townsend, was greatly pleased |
When asked what unexpected contingen-
cies Minister Willis had found in Homo
lulu, he said: II think he found that the
men composing the Provisional Govern
meht of Hawaii were high-minded, law
abiding citizens, instead of flibusterers,
such as he had been led to believe them |
to be. This news" continued Wilder, |
will have great effect on the people OF
the United States, and / hope the Admin |
istration viii be forced by popular opin-
ion to change its views on the Hawaiian
question. President Cleveland's state |
ment in his message to Congress that he
had received no definite news from Willis |
does not seem TO be corroborated by |
what Minister Willis has said in his in
terview published in the Hawaiian pa
pers."