New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-15
THE HAWAIIAN SITUATION.
STILL DISCUSSING MR. CLEyELANDD
POLICY.

PRisING AND DANGEROUS MINISTER
rHuRsTON GETS NO SATISFACTION
A CABINET COUNCIL
(BY TELEGRAPH TO TEBrsEl
Washington, Nov. 1.-THE Admnstrat tons
programme Of monarchical restoration in Hawaii
is still the subject Of profoundest interest In
political circles here, and the general amaze
ment caused by the publication OF Secretary
Grcshams extraordinary memorandum made
public on Friday last is yet undmnished.
The Cabinet az it's regular meeting to-day, had
another long discussion over the proposed mill.
| tary invasion and forcible upsetting OF the
! Hawaiian Republic and to allay all suspicion
of division inside the Presidential council the
! Information subsequently given out that
/ the Cabinet was unit in support or Mr..
/ Clevelands purpose to undo the supposed wrong
done in Hawaii by the Harrison Administration
at whatever cost of violence to international
equity or constitutional restrictions.
1t is understood that the Cabinet considered
very seriously the expediency Of issuing some
| supplementary statement to stay If possible.
| the increasing volume Of hostile criticism now
! directed from every quarter against the Ad-
| mnstration for its arbitrary and hlgh-handed
assumption Of power to overturn recognized
|
monarch in spite of the united protests of the
progressive and enlightened classes Of her for
mer subjects. Secretary Gresham Yesterday
seemed to intimate that the Administration had
card Of greatest value still up its sleeve
In the report of Paramount Blount, which
! would be played to-day or tomorrow to the
CONSERVATION of the critics of the restoration
! programme
The Cabinet, far could be learned. has
prudently decided that the time is scarcely ripe
to publish Paramount" Blount's discoveries In
/ Hawaii. and it is said that they will be
kept under lock and key until Congress re-
assemblies. when OF course, they will be in
stantly called for by a vote in one or both
branches BY that time, however the Presi-
| dents secret orders to restore Queen Luo.
J kalan by force will have been carried out. and
the findings Of his commissioner, on which this
| programme of violence was ostensbly based.
will have little more than a historical value.
Whatever testimony Mr. Blount may have
collected in Honolulu, it can have little or MOTH
! ing to do with the real issue raised by Mr..
! Cleveland's extraordinary policy. Congress
and the country will be far less concerned about
! the circumstances surrounding the Hawaiian
! revolution. however that apparently praise
worthy revolt against the rule of dissolute
and corrupt monarch may have been accom-
! plshed than they will be about the Presidents
assumption Of arbitrary power to upset rec
ognized and independent friendly sovereignty
and his apparent infringement. in his eagerness
to carry out his secret restoration project Of
the war-makng powers connded exclusively to
the houses of Congress I. would be furi.e IN
this view 10 attempt to allay just criticism on
this essential feature of the Hawaiian pro-
gramme by producing history. however biassed
and vindictive. of the political ntrigues which
led up to the dethronement of Luokalani and
Mr.. Greshan's sleeve card perhaps
judged at its proper political value to-day when
the Cabinet could find apparent profit to
suit from playing it.
MNIsTER THURsTON STILL IN TIE DARK
Minister Thurston called on Secretary Gresham
to-day. both before and after the Cabinet meet
! ing. but came away as much in the dark about
/ the ADMINISTRATORS plans in Hawaii he has
been studiousy kept from the day Of his ar
| rival the Provisional Governments Minis
| ter in Washington No further developments
| of Importance can. indeed be looked for until
! the next steamer reaching San Francisco brings
word of the result Of Mr.. Willis's effort to carry
out his instructions
| Much comment has been made in diplomatic
circles here the evident fact that Great
! Britain is likely to be the only gamer by the
| Presidents proposed restoration policy 1t IL
an open secret among diplomats that next to
| having Hawaii directly under British rule Great
Britain desires to have indirect control OF the
/ islands through the sovereignty Of the Princess
Kaiulani, niece Of Queen Liuokalani and the
| her-apparent to the throne. The Princess was
educated in England. and has spent the best
part of her life there under the guardianship
of Mr. Davies. an English subject. who is finan-
| cially interested 10 a large extent in the Gov
ernment of the Hawaiian Islands He has inn
portant property holdings there. and il was
! through his personal influence with the Queen
that he was selected as the guardian OF the
Princess. The latter became a member of his
household in England and was educated under
his supervision.
The Princess is now In her eighteenth year
and. as those who saw her here durin, the last
spring will acknowledge, she is a young woman
of many charms and unusual intelligence Mr..
and Mrs. Davies accompanied her on her visit
to the United States. and were very eloaucnt
in their claims for recognition of her rights bv
the United States 1t will also be recalled
that President and Mrs. Cleveland treated the
Princess with great consideration while she was
in Washington. Mrs. Cleveland going so far
De
vices, Mr.. Davies is in Honolulu having ac.
companed Minister Willis on his trip from San
Francisco. and the Princess is in England anx
iously awaiting results in Hawaii This IA
natural, as the Queen is getting old and fee.
bic. and Kaiulani is the next in line OF success.
sion. AS Mr.. Davies came to Washington to
look out for her interests it is natural to as.
sumo that he has gone to Honolulu for the
same purpose, and there is a belief atioat thar
Mr.. Davies when here received a Tip" as to the
Presidents policy OF restoring the Queen
ENGLAND THE COUNTRY BENEFITED.
The feeling in diplomatic circles Is strong
that Great Britain will be the only country to
benefit by the so-called coup d'etat" OF Pres,.
dent Cleveland in bringing about the restora-
tion Of Queen Liliuokalani. She has alwavs
affiliated with the English party in Homo.
lulu and prior to her ascent to the throne wa.