The morning call., 1893-11-16
NOT QUITE SURE.
What Minister Willis
Was Told to Do.
1T WAS A PRETTY SCHEME.
But the Chances Are That 1t
Did Not Work.
THE QUEEN WAS WILLING.
That Much Is Known, but 1t Is by No
Means Certain Dole Would
Consent.
THE QUEEN WAS WILLING

WASHINGTON, NOV. l5.-In6 cnle1 In
terest in the Hawaiian situation now sur
rounds the instructions given to Minister
Willis and the contents of the cipher mes
sage which was received here after the
arrival of the China. A number of out
side people are now quite familiar with
some of the important features of the in
structons. There is no doubt that Minis
ter Willis was instructed to make the
restoration of Liliuokalani conditional
upon full amnesty being granted to the
men who had engaged In the revolution
that overthrow the Queen. Minister Will
lis was told to say to the members of the
Provisional Government that the Presi-
dent felt that he ought to protect them to
this extent as he believed the authority of
the United States and Minister Stevens
led them into revolution. IL is thought
that the Minister was instructed first to
call upon the Queen and tell her the Pres-
dent desired that she should piacate those
who had been instrumental in her over
throw and sustain herself in authority
without the assistance of the United
States. 1t is believed the State Depart
ment had been Informed that these condi-
tions were satisfactory 10 the Queen and
had been accepted by her at the time the
China sailed.
To President Dole 1t is understood Min
lister Willis was instructed 20 say that the
President felt it necessary 10 decide the
matter as if the dispute had been referred
to him. aHd In restoring the Queen the
President hoped to have the hearty CO.
operation of the Dole administration.
After having righted the wrong done by
this Government the United States would
resume its policy of nOn-interferenee.
The belief is growing that Minister Will
lis Instructions did not include the en-
ployment of force. The rather cordial
reception accorded yesterday by Secretary
Gresham TO Minister Thurston's official
call and the formal acknowledgment of
unsevered relations between the legation
and the Government makes it Incredible
that instructions had been given to land
IN arines in Honolulu for the purpose of
aggression upon the Government which
Mr.. Thurston represents.
The original right of Queen Liliuokalani
to the throne of Hawaii was by the nom-
nation Of her brother, Kaiakaua. The
Hawaiian constitution provided for this
mode Of succession, and when the monarch
fails to provide a successor the choice re-
veIts to the upper house of the Legisla-
ture. When Lunalilo died in 1873 after
brief reign, he named no successor, ana
the House OF Mobiles chose David Kala-
kaua. He had been police court lawyer
in Hon olulu, and had played the banjo at
dances for a consideration. His wife,
Kapiolani. had been the widow of South
Sea Island missionary, and at one time
she had helped support her husband by
" a c hinO solnthpG X a Eapafs
of the blood of the low chiefs, as was his
reputed father. but it is notorious that
KalaKaua's real father was negro barber.
Kalakaua and bis full sister. Liliuokalani,
show a wide divergence from the Hawaiian
racial type. cir noses fatten, their
hair kinks and their lips are much thicker
than the pure native type. The late
Princess Likelike, the mother OF Princess
Kaiulani and half sister to Liliuokalani,
was of pure native blood, and her appear
ance was in marked contrast to th at OF her
brother and sister.
An official Of the administration, who Is
acouainted with all that has been done
about Hawaii and speaks by the card as to
the sentiments and opinions of those who
have brought about the changes. said to an
Associated Press reporter to-day: "The
action of the administration will go down
in history as one of the glorious acts of the
United States in the righting Of wrong"
but if this restoration of the Queen has
to be maintained by force of arms would
it not subject the administration to severe
criticism. even if the justice of the restora-
tion were TO be acknowledged p he was
asked.
THAT feature Of the affair / do not feel
at liberty to discuss" he replied, and then
he went on to say that the theory of the
administration was this: "The Provisional
Government was established merely to
exist until the islands were annexed to the
United States. The United States has
refused to annex them and the Provisional
Government has ended.
This statement is explana natory Of the other
to the effect that Minister Willis has two
sets of credentials, one TO the Provisional
Government and the other to the Queen.
The Provisional Government was recog-
nized until tie treaty of annexation Was
rejected, when 1T Is assumed that it ceased
20 exist and the old status was naturally
resumed. Minister Willis will bring to
the Provisional Government the first Off
cial information Of the rejection of annexa
tion.
Having made this known to President
Dole. it is assumed that the Provisional
Government would have no further stand
ing or existence and Minister Willis
would then recognize the Government of
the Queen and that would end the matter.
In other words the admnisi ratiop's posi-
tion is that this Government has not
thrown down any Government, but merely
upon one Government ceasing to exist it
recognizes the old regime.
THURSTON'S PASSPORTS.