The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-20
'THE HAW WAHAN PUZZLE
Provisional Government Still in
Control at Honolulu,
NO EFFORT TO RESTORE THE QUEEN

n n
That the President Never Intended That
Force should be Meantime willis
Real Instructions Arc stilI AN Enigma
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov co. Minister Willis
had not exploded the Hawaiian bombshell
up to- noon of Saturday, Nov II. Indeed,
the people of the isatds did not know
positively that there was such an engine
among them.
The steamer Australia arrived in this
port from Honolulu Saturday with advices
only seven days old, which said that Min
lister Willis had presented his credentials,
couched i'm formal and non-committal
| terms of diplomacy before she left, and
! had handed over the customary notes from
/ President Cleveland. President Dole had
| responded in the same styleof set phrases,
and there had been no public intimation
/ of the trouble.
| All the same, Hawaii was troubled, for
the very air was heavy with rumors and
| suspicious. The people would not know
! the truth until the next steamer arrived
| from the United States unless Mr.. Willis
| decided TO unbosom himself. 1t was
| pretty certain the provisional government
| knew, but 1t was not going TO give the
| signal for action by the royalists.
| Most sensational of the many rumOrs
/ flvinR about the island capital was one
that Minister Willis would soon begin
his work of unsaddling the provisional
government. No date was set, but it was
said in some quarters that the Monday
| following the Australia's departure
would witness the opening scenes Of the
new chapter of Hawaiian history
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.-rhe state de-
partment is less disposed now than ever
to take the public into its confidence on
the Hawaiian question In considering
the news by the Australia IL should be
understood that much that has been pub
lished during the past two weeks has
/ been pure conjecture and surmise. The
fact is that those in the confidence of the
administration have felt and expressed
the utmost assurance that the Australia
, would bring news that ex- Queen I4ili-
= uokalani had been restored to the throne.
Il is possible that Minister Willis has
. become convinced to his entire satisfac-
! ton, without having laid the matter be-
fore President Dole that the provisional
( government cannot be displaced without
force and so has determined to wait for
further instructions 1t seems certain at
all events that President Dole had no sus
picion when the Australia sailed that il
was the purpose of Minister Willis to re-
store the eX-queen 1t is not possible that
: Mr.. Thurston Hawaiian minister here
q could have given him warming, for Sec
retary Greshams letter astounded and
a disconnected him when it was published
and left no opportunity for him to warn
his government.
1t has been the chief fear of the friends
of the provisional government in thit
n country that in its ignorance of public
d sentiment here, and the first shock of The
L threatened action by the United States, il
g would yield its authority. IL is true, how
v ever, that for some time past the provis
L ional government has abandoned all hopr
n OF favorable action by the present admin
istration toward annexation, and has beer
considering means to put itself ON a per
manent footing
1t may be that the public and the pres
Ii have come to a wrong conclusion as Il
n the extent of Minister Willis instructions
r They have supposed that Secretary o
q State Gresham's letter declaring what Ia
e thought ought to be done, and Presiden
i. Cleveland's declaration teat he agreed
with the secretarys opinion, meant that
they had determined to proceed with wha
n they declared ought to be done. Som
+ | people believe that the publication mus
k have been intended as an appeal to publit
e opinion tor information as to the cOurs
e to pursue The choice seems to lie be
tween this opinion and the one that Min
lister Willis has found it impractlcable tt
carry out instructions to restore the queer
3 without using means he was not prepared
Il to employ
Is By the regular steamers the first new
Ia of Secretary Gresham letter would reacl
] 3
couver on Thursday or the one which lef
San Francisco on Friday, But on the 12tl
" inst chartered steamer left San Fran
IS cisco for Honolulu having on board news
i- paper men and doubtless some communi
,, cation from Minister ThurstOn to his GOV
| ernment. This chartered steamer shoul
arrive at Honolulu today or tomorrow
This would be after the next steamer t
arrive at San Francisco had left for Homo
lulu. IL is considered that the chances @
action by Minister Willis to restore tn
queen will be much lessened after the new
of the reception accorded Secretar
Gresham's letter in this country is rea
in the island
prominent Democratic senator,
member of the foreign relations commit
tee, who declined to permit the use Of hi
name, said this morning: 1T seems yer
clear to me that Mr. Willis has encouI
tered state of affairs which he has no
been led to expect and which his instruC
tions did not cover. ! have private aG
vices of the best character thai Presiden
Dole has a well equipped force of 400 o
. 500 men who viii stand by the presen
government TO the utmost limit. Now
think the inference is justified, that whe
Minister Willis found this well equippe
and IaIaVrniUa1 f0rra and J.-h4r ha faggy