Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-20
A WELL-ARMEO FORCE
To Resist the Restoration
Of LiIiuokaIani.
THE SITUATION REALIZED
And Minister Willis Refrsins From
Dis?lacipg the Present Rulers.

rign relations com ittee, who declined Co
permi, the Of his name. said last nip hit,
"It seems very clear t. me that Mr.. Will
lis has encou tered state OF sff tirs In
Hawaii which he had not been led to ex-
pect aud which his instructions did not
cover. lie found evidently when he rtache@
the islands that the provisional govern
ment was dispo ed To withstand all over
lures for the restoration Of the quren, aud
far he trr prepared than had ben sup
posed TO resis any pressure 20 replace her
upon the thr n ! have private advices
Of the bet character that Pre- sident Dole
bas wei equipped fo'ce of 400 or 800 men
who will stan 10y the pres. mt government
to the ut ro-t Init
"Now | th'nk lhe inference Is justified
DIT when Minis pr Willis found this
well, quipped and de ermined force, and
when ne discovered that the feeling Of the
intellig mt people f he island was favor
able 20 lie pre- ont government, he weak
eued la his uet rmination TO reseat the
queen upon lie throne. II, indeed, the
Dole administr ZION displayed a determi
nation To maiutNin its position 10y force of
arms, there was nothing for Mr. Willis to
do bus .ange his plans AMI ask for further
instructiouS.
"ro ave yersisted in landing the
marines for the purpo.e Of forcing change
o gov rnmeut would hav- been an act of
war, pule al ,mDle, aud no sane man
can heliev, thar u sident Cleveland ever
coutemplat,d d any sucn move a. that.
II see ba some OF the newspapers have
put this contraction upon what they con-
sder the y e ident's instruct ii ,ns. but it
mo- lc ore in mind that these instruc-
mons have pever been mad puh hlic."
The senator EXPIRE, sed the view that the
islands ought T. le a. nexed TO he Unit d
States, AMI aid her government could
b. m de sim ie and EASY by constituting
the part If the state OF California.
Nothirg 10 Give Out.
Tire state departne II Is less disposed
nov than. eve 10 take he public iuto is
confidence on thr iap aiin question. In
CONSIDERING tue news 10y The Australia It
sho lld lie uuders, ood tnat nue. that has
been publ shed during the p Ist two weeks
has b en- que co jecture an surm Sc.
The ( ct j. thai TIA Sc in he confidence
( the adni i~tr,;io ion have felt and ex-
preset the utmost assurauce that the
Au.lr LA would hring news that ex Queen
L,liuokalani had already cen restored to
the throre As.er ions as to Minister
Willis instructions have b'rn almost
wholly inie enc $ ON this and from the
expressions in S, cretary Gresnan's pub
lished letter
The information ~ to these instructions
WIS recriv.d fro n wha was he level t. be
thoroughly trustw rthy authur,ty. This
was tht, Minister Willis " : To seek to
induce the pr vi>ioual governm mt to give
way To the restortt!o OF The rx-queen, but
was TO empl NJ fbrce. va ting for fur
ther i s,ru,t ons IL he una it uecessary
1t Is lssibl- that Minister Willis has
become convinc ID 10 h rntire satisfaction,
without hniIg liid the mhtter before
President Dole, that the provisio ial govern
men, anuo be di.placei without force,
aud 20 has de ermhed e. wait for further
instruct L. seems certain, ut all
evrnte, that Pr sident Dole had no sus-
pic on when the Australia sailed that il
was he purp, Sc of Minister Willis to re-
store the gu tn.
Public May Have Been Mistaken.
IL has been H. chief f, ar of tie FRI. n In Of
the prov isional COVER IN ut in ths coun-
try that, IN its noranCe ~ pu bile senti-
mtnt here a. the first shock Of me
thr.a ened act ON 10y the Uniud States, it
would lid its authority. IL Is true, how
ever, that for some lime past the provi-
sional guverbm ment has aband ned all hope
Of favorable e act by the present admin
istration tow IDS n nrxaLion aud has b en-
considering IN, aus t. put self on per-
maneut footing.
II may be hat the public aud press have
come t. "A wrong conclusion ~ to the ex
tent of Minister Willis instructions
They have su pposed tn 4 Secretary Gresh-
ans letter d, clariug what he thought
ought to be done aud President Cleve-
lands declaration that he agreed with the
secretary's oI in on meant that they had
determined O proceed with what they de-
clared ough to be done.
Some reopie believe that the pu blication
must have b en- intend, d AS an appeal to
public opinion for iufoFmstion as TO the
course 20 pursue. The choice seems TO lie
between this opinion and the one III It
Minister Willis has found il imprscticaUle
to carry out instructions TO restore the
queen without using means hr was not
prepared To- employ.
1t l. conf cred thnt the chanc"s Of ac
iiou by Minister Willis to restore the queen
will be i sseied after the ~ vs. of the re-
ceptiou acc ried Secre airy Gresham's let
ter in this country l. read IN the islands
stevens Did Wrong.
New YORK. Nov. 0.-The Herald this
morniug PRINTS, under Washington date,
what purpur 20 BE- lsrge portion OF the
reports OF Commissioner BlOunt II sums
up as follows:
Commi >soner Blount's report will show
that Minister Stevens landed the troops
from the Brston long b fore there was
any valid excuse for their presence on
Hawaiian soil; hat he declined 10 remove
them when requested TO do 40 by the
kov.rnment ad inror ned that the
authorities ere willing and fully able
TO preserve order and TO protect Ameri-
can interests: that these troops were
station across the street from the
government building In which Miuister
3 evens kue tue rvolutionists were
about ad h-ir proc amttion, AMI that
the r,vou ouist c. u'ni e. relied upon
American n ops to protect them in this
hct OF reb Hon; that Minis er Stevens
recogniz the proyi>ioual government sc-
cording to - precon ceived program be.
fore that gove, nmen, hti obtained posses
Sion of tie departments aud mi Hilary
power ut Hon lulu, aud tbat the military
DO er vas sufreuderrd n the queen sur
rrud red-only through awe Of the superi
ority VI the United States