The morning call., 1893-11-17
THE MINISTER'S INSTRUCTIONS.
1t Is Not Likely That He Has Used
Force.

fOTCts
WASHINGTON, Nov. l6.-The close Sc
crecy main tanned by the State Depart
ment on Hawaiian matters makes it diff
cult to Judge how much that Is printed as
fact is true and how much Is speculation.
No wordIhas been given by authority up Ito
this time as to what the actual instructions
to Willis are.
1t is sometimes possible to corroborate so
much of surmise as happens to be accu-
rately made. The readers of the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches can reasonably
RELY on the accuracy of the statement that
Willis is instructed to use all his powers of
persuasion to induce the Provisional Gov
ernment to consent to retire In favor of the
Queen.
He will try to induce the Queen to grant
amnesty to all the revolutionists, and will
seek to induce the members of the present
Government to accept Office under the
Queen, but he will not employ force 70
secure the attainment of his purpose with
out further instructions from this Govern
ment.
1t is learned that the forces Of the Pro-
visional Government of Hawaii, though
small. are well organized and disciplined,
and that most of them are sharpshooters.
II is said that 1000 picked men are pro-
vided with arms in Honolulu and enrolled
in drilled companies. They have been
trained for two months past as a safe
guard against any royalist uprising in the
islands. These companies are made up of
white men largely. Eighteen rapid-fire
guns are included in the militia equip
meut, the small arms being Winchester
rifles. This force would be superior TO
what the men-of-war at Honolulu could
put on shore, but no one seems to believe
that any resistance will be made should
marines actually be landed.
The possibility of Minister Willis not
being able TO carry out his programme for
the peaceable restoration Of the Queen and
the amalgamatlon of the Provisional Gov
ernment with her administration makes all
In terested in the Government i'll at ease.
and consequently news from Hawaii is
awaited with more earnesiness by the
administration even than by the general
public.
Upon being asked by an Associated
Press reporter for his opinion upon the
attitude of the present administration to-
ward Hawaii. Senator Dolph said he did
not wish to be quoted as criticizing the
ad administration because Of his membership
of the Committee oD Foreign Relations.
FL e called attention to the fact that he had
fully outlined his position upon the sub
ject in speech in the Senate toward the
close Of the Fifty-second Congress, soon
after the receipt of the news of the revo-
luton in Hawaii, in which he advocated
annexation and said he would again. at the
first opportunity alter the assembling of
-, har to1~ -.
press his views upon that question.
1.-THE present Government of Hawaii" :"
he continued, ''is an existing Government
recognized by foreign po wers. and it would
appear as though an attempt to overthrow W
it would be an act Of hostility on the part
of the administrator toward a friendly
Government unexampied in our history
and unwarranted by the constitution. If
the policy of this administration should
give the control of these islands to a
European power it would be scarcely les 5
injurious to our commercial interests than
the action of President Cleveland eight
years ago in withdra wing.from the Sena te
the Nicaragua canal.treaty."
Doiph is of the opinion that the
Hawaiian question will demand consider.
able attention from Congressl.at the ap-
preaching session. and thinks it will come
up in the shape of resolution of inquiry.
Congress, could, he says. pass an act, di-
recting the President to open negotiations
for annexation.
William II. Armstrong of lam pton, Va.
formerly Attorney General of the Ha-
waiian Islands. is in the city. His parents
were missionaries to Polynesia and his
mother died in Honolulu only year ago.
Arm strong was member Of Kalakaua's
Cabinet. BE expresses the opinion that
President Dole will not capitulate to
Minister Willis unless the latter has au-
thority to absolutely guarantee the safety
of life and property of the members of the
Provisional Government and its followers
against the natives and royalists