The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-21
TaE GOVERNMENT Has NOT
REPLIED To WILLIS.
To Yesterdays CaIm.-NoIh-
ing New In The
Situation.

Yesterday Was quiet day in
politics. All that had been done
the day before was thoroughly
talked over and digested, and vari-
Gus views of Minister Willis action
were taaen by various parties.
The royalists all seem jubilant,
and scout any idea except the one
that the ex-queen is to be imme-
diately restored, as soon as the
Provisional Government gives it's
answer to Willis request. They do
not think, or, at least, will not adj
NIT, that there is the slightest
possibility of this Governments
answer being sent to Washington,
and claim that the only reason the
Corwin is held here, is to enable
Minister Willis to send to the Pre-
sident notice of the full restora-
ton of Liliuokalani to her former
power.
Annexationists, on the contrary,
are equally as certain that no
demonstration of any kind will be
made by the United States, but
that all the documents in the case
will be sent to Washington for the
perusal of Congress. This certainly
seems the most reasonable plan,
and the one most generally be-
lieved in By the majority of citi-
zens. That this is the object of
the waiting of the cutter Corwin is
the generally accepted opinion.
1t is also generally believed that
although the Government has as
yet made no formal answer to the
request of Minister Willis, yet that
the answer has been decided upon,
and will be a refusal to accede to
the Minister'S demands. This is,
Of course, only conjecture, yet it
may be relied upon, from certain
words that members of both Coun-
ellis have said. What Minister
Willis action will be is, of course,
totally unknown except by few
high officials, but it is not gener-
ally believed that he will employ
the force of the United States men,
of-war now in port.
Well authenticated rumors were
ahcat yesterday, to the effect that
the Government had some inten-
ton of chartering a steamer to
carry a protest to the Coast. Sew
eral steamers of the Wilder fleet
were mentioned, and also the Milo
vera. Captain Wawn, who is in
charge of the latter vessel, is salts
fed of the seaworthiness of the
Miowera, and thinks he can beat
the Corwin to the Coast by at least
three days. 1t is said that the
amount of money asked for chart
ering one of the inter-island steam
ers, is $1,000. -,
The men on the warships are all
prepared for action in case they
are called on. It is said that il
Minister Willis should order their
coming ashore, they could land all
their men at very short notice.
Neither the English nor Japanese
war vessels have taken advantage
of the permission asked and OBJ
tanned to land their men. One
English marine is on duty at the
residence of British Minister Resi-
dent Wodehouse, and two of the
Naniwa's men are at the Japan
csc Legation on Nuuanu street.
None of those who ought to
know something about the situation
will give any clew as to the steps
the Government intends to take In
the matter. That their policy is
already decided upon seems to be
the generally accepted opinion,
however. One of the Advisory
Council limited yesterday that to-
day was the time set for answering
Minister Willis communication:
The gist of Minister Willis
communication to the Government
will be found in the editorial col.
umns. 1t contains the substance
of the document that he presented
stripped of its unnecessary VERDI
age. 1t will be seen that he claims
that Cleveland has been virtually
appointed as arbitrator in the Ha'
waiian matter, and that he has
given his decision against the Pro
visional Government and demands
that it should step down and out
and surrender the Government "tC
her to whom it has been decided
rightfully to belong
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