The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-19
Tuesday. December -. lsq3.
NOT THE PRESIDENTS EAIIT.

From Honolulu Admiral Irwin sends
t. the navy department at Washington
this brief telegram: "Ireyls!onal gov
eminent has LOCO men under arms. Pal.
ace prepared for defense"
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald. which from the START
has been the administrations chief sup
port in its Blount mission and Hawaiian
policy in general. comments upon the
above dispatch and the. Forthcoming
message of the president as follows.
This is an Official continuation of the
dispatches printed this morning. which
show that the provisional government
was well prepared TO maintain itselffrom
a military standpoint up to Dec. 4. 1t
as sufficient to convince the administra-
ton officials that Minister Willis was
correct when h. reported Immediately
after his arrival in Honolulu that it
would not be practicable to accomplish
the restoration Of the queen without re-
sort to force. The presidents message
will plainly slow that failure to restore
the queen has been no fault of the adj
ministration
Vhe central point upon which the adj
ministration policy has hung was the
statement Of Blount that the provisional
government was not strong enough to
support itself and had to be sustained
by United States forces. 1t was on the
cfranrth of Riarpt.c o,,,eapfnI;a that
Gresham relied his bluff about restoring
the queen. and that the president in his
message relied in seconding Gresham's
position. The facts as disclosed both
by Minister Willis and Admiral Irwin
show that Blount's representation was
false. Thus. as the Herald states.
-.through no fault of the administration.
the restoration of the queen falls fiat.
Messrs. Cleveland and Gresham first
got the idea that if they simply hauled
down the American flag and withdrew
American forces from Hawaii the proyis-
ional government would fall. But that
experiment failed. The provisional gov
ernment was not affected. The admin
istration then thought that If American
troops We're sent upon the scene TO keep
the peace and intimidate hat the pro-
Fisional government. the queens crowd
could get possession. But the queen and
her crew We're weak and afraid. Even
when Minister Willis assumed the role
of dictator and announced that no vio-
lence would he allowed on the island.
the queen and her mlnlons did not dare
act upon the hint.
But the provisional government did
take the hint. 1t Immediately mar
shaled It's troops. bffleaded its build
ings. mounted guns aud instructed for
eign representatives Juat no foreign
troops would be allowed 10 land in Tia.
waii without the written pei mission of
President Dole. What then did Minis
ter Willis do: He sent a note acquiesc-
ing in President Dole's instructions. on
the part of the United States govern
ment. Inc administration is therefore
now in position of having promised to
land no troops in Hawaii except with the
consent Of the provisional government.
That etfectually blockades the admins
fration from all possibility of carrying
out It's policy as outlined both in Gresh-
am S letter and in the presidents mes
sage. even if it longer should so desire.
The provisional government has gained
IN popular support from the hour Gresh-
report reached the island. Presi-
dent Dole has tine support not only of all
citizens d American descent but Of a
respectable and increasing body of citi-
port gives the government 900 troops
200 to draw upon. The people of
Hawaii do not propose to allow a foreign
power to select a ruler for them. They
by the courageous and patriotic I
government in w~ithstanding for I
interference and aggression. The
queen has respected and recognized the
provisional government and its popular
strength 80 far that she has .petitioned ,
The government for protection against !
danger. She has accepted the
Of a subject OF the provisional
II is maintained, indeed,
hat she refuses to accept the crown at
he hands Of President Cleveland unless
v will guarantee to support it with
United States troops after he has tended
She recognizes that her throne could
lot stand a day without the support Of
United States arms. The people Of Ha-
vaii would not endure it.
Thus far the throne building project
a broken air ~casfie-simply that
nd nothing more. But as the Her
Id, the administration organ well states. Z
he failure to restore the queen has q