New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-05
HAWAIrS ENJOYS RECEIVED.
SECRETARY FOSTER FINDS THEIR CREDEN.
TIALS SATISFACTORY.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR ANNEXATION WILL NOW BE
PUsHED-A STATEMENT OF THE con.
DITIoNs EXPECTED by FRIDAY
OR SATURDAY
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.1


soners made their formal call on Secretary Foster
this morning, and in the afternoon paid another
brief visit to the State Department. They wrre
not presented 6y the Secretary of state, had
partially been arranged, to the President. On
Tuesday they will see the Secretary again. and
they will then bc received at the White House.
Mr.. Foster has found their credentials a dlpo-
matte representatives. Of the Hawaiian Provisional
Government complete in form. and there is now
no obstacle to ar early opening of the negotia-
tions for .he annexation Of Hawaii which the
commissioners come instructed to request. IL 10
probable that the prcliminaries Of the negotiations
will be completed at the conference on TdeShay,
and that by Friday or Saturday next the Presl'
dent will be ready 10 announce the eXact cohui-
tions Of annexation proposed by the iiawalian
GovernSent and favored by himself and MS al
visers il he decides to ask the opinion OF congress
before committing this country to decisive step
So far everything has been smooth sailing for
the project of annexation The COMMISSIONERS
have had their powers approved. and have been
able to demonstrate 10 this Government that thir
proposal. have the support Of the most infeIl-
gent and most powerful opinion in the Hawaiian
Islands The Cabinet here is strongly disposed 70
accept the Hawaiian offer at least to the eNtehs
of making the islands Territory OF the uhl'eo
States TO be governed under such modllicatiohs
of the Territorial form of ADMINISTRATION as may
be found necessary. Congress has as yet 'dhe"
no steps toward recording its OPINION on a'HeN~
tion. but the general drift Of sentiment IN potn
branches is strongly toward su! porting the policy
likely to b. adopted by tie Administration
The one pcirt Of doubt in the whole Get mas
been the supposed intention OF the roNerii'en''
Of England and 'iermany to protest aealhS. '''
annexation of the islands by the Onltel oIa'eS
and 10 demand some guarantees or ihdeihnir'"
,ion in case this country accepted the iia""''''
proposil- But no protest has been receive" ''
far from any foreign Government, nor IL any M ~
test of a serious character now 'NP"o.
chior ground of a protest from either Ensian"
=. cor,na,v would be found in The possible DIS
turbance of industrial conditions IN the iiawaila"
Islands under Am,ri@en ADMINISTRATIONS W.
,.o,, s,stom of Chimes. and japanese contrary
i.hor op thc sprar plantations be- abolisieo ",
,rodificd by this Government, the EhsiiS" '',u
corman nlantrs in Hawaii might nave So'nc o"'i'
ON which 70 appeal to London ami beriin ,o' Ia
identification: and perhaps both r"s,i''
comm, interests in the islands wouI' S""I.'
Hut the English interest IN la"a" i' ,
about one-Gnh the extent OF the -'ni''
.ho corro,n has lcss than Clc-iilth, 50 '.ia' ~
.;,,o, +b. I,s. suffered by subjects oil Ehsii'" '
Germany nndcr changed condi'lo'1s' II
changes occur, would he small - ,,.o.rat
!. is likely, Therefore, thai ""a''l'i ,, .,
ia made will he moderate III ''''c anu ,, -,
sot;.faction: and it Is already hih'e" ' in
ho.b of the Governments suppose' - oo,,-
.,'. ,,,,,Id he clad TO accept rs s"ficie'i, ~
July N' .Ii.,ht .nIargement of lnilnchc'
p'i, .n,i.,. IN the more distant islahus Vi Wv
Pacific. All this, ho"eNci'
diplomatic speculation. Soorotarv +.
r,a FIRST interview between 'Vo'e'S
i and tie Hawaiian ann
.' commissioners was held III '', -
uO,' ,rIor Of the state Department 'NiS '"v' n,
M ho.,,a,p 10 and IL o'clock, ana las''u "
7 ,on, Thcra were present Secretary
~ coIicitor Partridge, representing inc
S,o,os and Mcssr. Thurston, "H'ei, '
War.,lap and Carter, the Hawaiian coii'n''alo'.
,rr Kinney. of Salt Lake city, WHO :, ~.
,,ith thcm 4, uno.iicia' adviser, ana MI 80
S,nitb the Hawaiian Minister, the latter ii''N's
tie introductlons -. o..oo;.,os nro-
soniad their credentials from President Do"' y,
n,.;.iorol Government. and supplemented
.t .;,T = brief statement Of the occurrences
~ .ho islands which were IN" cause OF uiei'
.;i. Secretary Foster responded in Il iew WoruS
of roIcone stating that the reason for the cr-
rand yas we'll known to the people oil the ,hl9e"
States After the exchange OF more Soclai Sfec"
mrs in the course of which the secretary cN-
rrcssed his regret that he was u'Ipip 10 receive
th,u at his own house, which had been clo'cn
in exrnctation of his departure for Europe heNS
,veol, the interview closed with an enga5eiheh'
to meet again at o'clock at the same pace'
The Hawaiian commissioners returned at once ~
their hotel where they discussed the question: Vi
making statement to the people OF the ,'i,cu
Sfatcs upon the subject Of their mission to TINS
a
reception by Secretary Foster had been satis'
factorv and he replied that it had been quite
90 OF the details however, he could not speak,
AS he had been requested by Secretary roster,
nendinO nrootiatiOns TO make no statements
regarding their progress.
Other members of the commission unltcl with
Mr. ThurSton in expressing much satisfaction at
the manner of their reception. Mr.. Castle said
he had found Secretary Foster TO be an exceed
ingly afrablc gentleman, and he anticipated very
pleasant relations between him and the commis-
sioners during their stay. They had been cor.
daily received by the representative OF the United
State, Government, hc said, and this beginning,
he believed. augured a satisfactory completion
After the interview Secretary Foster said he
had noting new to communicate and, owing 10
the press of other business, lie was unable TO
see newspaper men.
The second interview between the Hawaiian
Annexation Commissioners and the Secretary OF
state, held AT thc Stdtc D"pdrtIhent ~ % ocIock
this afternoon. was even shorter than the con-
ference of this morning and quite as unprO--
ductivc in results. There some informal
talk over the annexation proposition, and this
was concluded by agreement that Secretary
Foster should again meet the commissioners on
Tuesday morning next for an extended conference
The commissioners, while they are saying little
on the subject of the ultimate accomplishment ot
their object, intimate that they feel much
encouraged.
IT WAS THE HAWAIIAN FLAG
Washington. Feb. 4.-People wondered to-day at
H.