The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19

Washington, Dec. lS.-The slatc ue
partment correspondence on the ha
waiian question, transmitted today,
IN Immense volume of oilicial DIS
patches rart Of which has already heci
published. Under date of Novembe'
Is, 1889. Secretary Blaine transmitted
TO Minister stevens the report OF Al
miral Kimberly on the uneasiness o
the natives, who were dissatisfied VIII
the new constitution, and the rear o.
future aggression by the whites Inc
admiral recommends that man-of-wai
he kept at Honolulu during the Fepru
airy elections. On the same dat'
Blaine asks Tracy to have a force OF
Hawaiian waters. Under date Of March
p, 1890, Stevens begins to search foi
arguments for some decisive steps tc
be taken by the United States to in
sure the influence over the islands
long considered TO be its right ard
duty. In February, 1891, stevens re-
rorts having gone to the British COM
missioners to advise the king against
the efforts he was making to change
the constitution. The advice was ell
fective. The succeeding portions of the
correspondence were transmitted TO the
senate by President Harrison with the
annexation treaty, and have already
been published After Stevens dis
patch of March s. 1892, in which he
asks for instructions in the event OF
another insurrection by the Wilcox
party, then threatening, is the note!
mo answer was found to this dis
patch" In a dispatch of April 2, 1892,
Stevens said: "The annexation senti-
ment is growing rapidly, and would
carry all before it providing he could
get any encouragement that the United
States would take the islands as
territory" November S. 1899, Minister
Stevens reports that Secretary Foster,
If the American party, had won the
ascendancy, after a prolonged struggle.
November 6, 1S9S Willis reports his
arrival and On November 18th trains
mits a confidential letter to Gresham.
He expected to interview the queen,
and had assured the British commits
sioner that the queen would be pro-
tected from any attempt at assassina-
ton, and next Monday would insist on
her coming to the legation. He re-
ported the town in a state of excite
nent.
A telegram of November 10th, which
called out changed instructions in the
slate department, reads: "The views |
Of the first party are so extreme as to
require further Instructions (the first |
party, of course referring to the eX-
lueen)
November 18th, Minister Willis re-
ports that Damon, the minister of fl
nance, had called to detail rumors of
trouble on the morrow, Kalakaua's
I'm view of these facts. I
hought proper in an informal way,
o make public the fact that there
would be no decisive action taken by
'ur government for three or four weeks
II until L heard from Washington. !
lso thought proper, with the private
and consent of all factions.
o say mob violence would not be al
owed during tn einterval"
The last enclosure of the cores
ondence is a letter from Thurston to
iresham, on December 9Th. Thurston
laims for the provisional government
hat 1t Is a duly organized and fully
ecognized and Independent government
enies the provisional government has
lhmitted to the president the power
arhitrate the case as between them
elves and Liliuokolani; complains that
is government has received no notice
is on trial for its life, and has no
nance to bring a witness to refute ,
hose of Blount He argues that the
roVlslonal government in q proclama-
on has fixed no termination for itself
ut annexation to the United States
nd denies il can be said to terminate
ith the refusal of annexation. If the
nited States representative exceeded 4
IS powers ~ the Islands, that confers {
2 power on the United States govern
ent to again do the same, and If the |
i-queen abdicated under the belief
lat the provisional government woulc
lbmit to the arbitration Of the United I
.ates government, that does not con- |
r jurisdiction on the United States
ithout the consent Of the provisional! G
'vernmeGt S
III transmitting the Hawaiian cores
to the house of representa-
'es' PRESIDENT Cleveland said:
mplance with the resolution of the 8
'use, ] hereby transmit the report =
plea OF instructions given to Albert :
Willis, representative of the United
ates now in the Hawaiian Islands, .
ID also the correspondence since the g
: Day 6f March, 1883 concerning the d
Iations Of this government to those
ands. In making this communica- n
N l nave withheld only dispatcl o
am the former minister to Hawaii, q
}; ~ under date Of October s, 1892. n
q dispatch from the present min =
er under date of November l6, 1893 :.
cause In my opinion, the publication :,
these two papers would be incom- c;
tible with the public interests" 81
The dispatch Of Noyembsr l6. 1893 a a
without doubt detailed information :
the DEVELOPMENTS which prompted
his dispatch on the same date to % -,
esham. On vfhtch a,a. 49,, a. y