Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-17
PATRIOTS PUT ON GUARD
Hawai- an Officials Must Pc Loyal TO the
Provisional Government.
SUSPECTED PERSONS BEING WATCHED
witness w. q. wunderburg Removed from
Omce-TheR evoiutionist stili Breathe
DeHance-They viii Not Tolerate
Outside Interference.

tCOpgri htcd 1898 IN the associated PrcSS.1
Honolulu, Dec. 9.-lNia Steamship
Australia to San Francisco, Dec. l6. r.
Although the situation has not virtually
changed IN the three days which have
elapsed since the sailing of the steamer
Oceanic, several matters of more or less inn
portance have TRANSFERRED and the latest
diplomatic communications between Min
lister Willis and the provisional government
have been secured 10y the Associated press.
On November % President Dole addressed
a note to Minister Willis in which IL was
stated that the provisional government had
received notice from Minister Thurstan of
Secretary Grcsham's letter. The provisional
government wished to inquire, first, If IL
was correct, and, if so, intimated that 1T was
due to them TO be informed what were the
intentions of the United States in relation
to the recommendations of the secretary.
On December . a reply was received By
President Dole in which Minister willis
stated, in substance, that he considered the
letter Of Secretary Gresham a domestic
matter with which he CWillis) had nothing
to do. 1t was his opinion, however, that
President Cleveland would come TO Il definite
decision and send him instructions accord
ingly as soon as he had received certain ad-
vices which had already been TO
him. 1t was Minister Willis opinion that
President Cleveland would lose no time in
coming to a conclusion because he was anX-
ious to have the Hawaiian trouble speedily
settled.
Aprevious note had also been received from
Minister Willis in which 1t is understood he
acquiesced in the notice served upon him
that no troops should be landed from the
United States man-of- war without the writ
ten consent of the provisional government.
Turning Out Traitors.
On December : the executive and advisory
councils of the government met to consider
the question of investigating the conduct
and loyalty of a number Of employees known
to be royalists or ~royalist sympathizers. The
matter had been discussed in the cabinet,
but no conclusion had been reached, and
Minister Damon suggested that the ad vice
of the advisory council be asked. The mat
ter was taken up in open session before n
large number of visitors and resulted in the
passage of the following resolutions with
but one dissenting vote:
Resolved, That it is the opinion OF This adj
coed upon an investigation as to the loyalty OF
all employees of this government and the sup
port given by them to it;
Resolved, That In the determination of the
loyalty of the employees of the government
the standard shall include active support
to this government and its purposes in the
past.
Hatch Gives Reasons.
The grounds upon which the advisory
council based the necessity for its action are
briefly summarized from Nh. f. Nj. Hatch's
speech in their support as follows:
We are in an anomalous condition. Though
the existing ana only government we have
been discredited in the eyes of the world By
the utteranccs of Secretary Gresham. W,
now settle the question of restoration our
selves. The lady across the way still claims t
be queen and appeals to a foreign p~owcr-tht
United States-to rcinState her. AS long ~
this state of affairs continues we are in Tho
midst of II conflict and must keep in the EN-
plOy Of the government only those whose
loyalty is unQuestioncd.
This is not NQuestion of civil service reform
or anything of the kind.
A deeper and more fundamental question !:
involved. We can have no traitors in oul
midst. We may at any moment have To cal
upon our followers to support us ut the risk o
their lives.
Nothing could be more demoraliZing thar
the suspicion that when approaching TIN
rendezvous 1.-THE executive buildingl in "A mo
ment OF danger, treachery might be fount
there. One or two determined traitors Coul'
do immense damage under such clrcum
stances.
MIR. Hatch illustrated the necessity o
action by citing alleged attempts lately t.
cause desertions from the ranks of the fire
men in the pay of the government to max