The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-24

- francisco, IL the story OF diplomacy run
10 absurdity II Secretary Gresham's letter
meant anything. In brief the advices are
hat Immediately after his arrival at
Honolulu Minister willis-accreditcd to
/ government which Secretary Gresham's
sttsr discredited--called on the head OF
hat government aud automatically fell
IN its neck.
NJ Were Worry Sweet ON Each Other.
Butter would not have melted In the
mouths OF either Minister Willis or An.
hsxsr Dole. They roarcd each other
R'ssntly ~ sucking doves" Uncle Sam
j hssured the annexers that he had their
Nearest intsre In next his heart, and Dole
responded In kind. The presidents letter
81 credentials to Willis said that the min
..... ister will constantly endeavOr to advance
the interests and prosperity Of both gov
brnmsnts" aud 20 "render himself accept.
ably to your cxcellency," which the same
10 President Dole. the head Of the govern.
ment that Greshan,'s letter says was es.
ltabliahcd by fraud and conspiracy and
should to unceremoniously bounced. And
~ sthese facts make the average, unpreten.
ftious "un.wiseacre" and ungrammatical
U~TuSeitisen ask, where are we aty'
An Incident Of Significance.
usyin So much for tho diplomatic news. 1t
should be understood, however, that the
only man in the Sandwich islands who
can possibly know about Gresham's letter
......is Minister Willis. The letter was pub
" 1ished In the United States after Willis de-
parted from San Francisco and no ship has
reached the Sandwich islands since the
publication, nor will until about Thurs
-day next. Willis presented his credentials
on Nov. T. On the night Of the 9th the
boats OF the Philadelphia were dropped
Into the water, armed with Calling gun.
and small arms and manned. There they
stayed until 4 n. m. the next day wher
they were all taken on board again. And
= much speculation obtains both here and
n At Honolulu as to the significance Of thiI
~ mAn4uvre.
Some say that the movement was til,
arst step in the forcible removal OF th,
annexers. . step abandoned because tn,
provisional governments army OF 400 mel
49,. 10 we'll armed with repeating rifles, ant
UT was understood to he ready to fight an,
one who attempted to interfere with Tn,
annsxers; that the instructions to Willi
did not authorize him to use actual force
eco, and that all he could do was to make
blum" Others say the crews were ready 4
put down an expected attempt OF the roy
Alists to overthrow the nnnexers, Will
= having orders to maintain the status quo
l. for awhile. The ~royalists say there IL no
and never has been any danger Of tina
sort.
Secretary Gresham Surprised.
Ono thing IL certain and that 10 tina
Secretary Gresham was surprised at tn
"a news OF the continuation Of the provision
al government. There was q good deal c
running to and fro In the department
after the news was received, and whe
things settled down the order OF the da
was silence" At any rate nothing-nc
even an o~pinion-could be gotten out Q
nUV dpnArtmant nhcial nna ayplon,
ton OF the peculiar situation is that Nil
lister Willis had something for the priva,
ear OF President Dole after they had G,
changed the sugaryc compliments demanS
cd by diplomatic usage and that he ",
expected to be quiet about the bushes
and negotiate for the stepping down
sunexers Sub rosa" as it were.
Another explanation Is that the instru
MI lions to Willis did not involve the use
force and that when he found DO
" "loaded for interferers" he concluded
wait and send home for more instruction
N landing troops at Honolulu with unkin
ly thoughts intent regarding the Cover
ment which we have and do recogni
would be . very serious matter and mig
take on = phase in which other powe
4 would take a hand. There is another G
N PLANTATION; Willis may have found it il
practicable TO put the queen back In pow
because she refused to 20 back witho,
che armed protection Of the United Stat
4 against the annexers and he could u
guarantee this protection.
None OF the congressman In the ci
would say what they think. Senat
- Morgan aud Senator Sherman are equal
sO r~sticent, because for one thing specuI
tion on an uncertain basis is not prot
able, and the extraordinary difference |
'6f tween Gresham's letter and Willis actio
has made the uncertain in this case mo
!. uncertain. All that Secretary Herbe
: would say was: "When the Americ'
] . people come to thoroughly understand I
"a position OF this administration iowa
Hawaii they will indorse IL as entire
III patriotic and just, and the administrati'
will IN the emu receive the conmendatio
gather than the criticisms 0t the count
At lafsA