New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-11
TO RESTORE THE MONARCHY.
THE POLICY IN HAWAII.
FLAG OF TIE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
TO COME DOWN.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS SHOWS ITS HAND
SECRETARY GRESHAM. IN 4 REPORT To THE
PRESIDENT, FAvoRs THE RESTORATION OF
LIIIUoKALANI TO POWER" PARA
MOUNT BLOUNTs BRAvADo
MADE GOOD.
sry TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE.J

1BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBCSEJ
Washington. Nov 10-After eight months OF
mysterious burrowing here and In honolulu 'he
Cleveland Administration has at last been drive"
to announce, though somewhat shameiaceu's
and indirectly its definite policy on the Ha-
,yaiian question No one who has closely
watched the devious wndings of the state
Departments course toward the Hawaiian fro-
visionaI Government and noted its sinister zeal
n discredit at every point the policy of the pre-
ceding Administration, which had leu 10 'he
signing Of the treaty Of annexation. doubted
that the disclosure of the Presidents intentions
would show more or less decided reversal vi
the friendly and helpful attitude taken oy this
country toward the Provisional Government
and a refusal, perhaps, to carry out the ahheHa-
ton treaty except upon conditions oherous "
the Hawaans and in a spirit OF reluctance anu
hesitation on the part Of the United States
Few observers. however. would have hazarded
the prediction that in eight months the present
Administration could have drfted so far from
the traditions and precedents of all recent amer
lean diplomacy. and so completely lost touch
with the American policy so vigorously i""'''
toirod nv the Harrison Administration, as TO
propose programme which violently ana WIFI
inexcusable abruptness, repudated every act
of the treaty of February. To make good the
hravado of it's Paramount Commissioner III
bauline down the American flag at Honolulu,
the Administration wants to pull down the nag
Of the Provisional Government also, and TO
h,s. tho, of the reactionary and discredited
| Hawaiian monarchy. 1t is no wonder that TO
ooh ord nromuleate such conclusions a long
and tortuous diplomatic burrowing was found
recessary and that the publication OF so re-
nupnant unpopular and unpatriotic pro-
oromre was postponed with cautious appre-
| bension until after the elections Of 1893 had
| been held.
THE PRESIDENTS EyAsIVE POLICY
The remarkable announcement or the fresi-
dents policy made tonight bears on Its face the
traces of indirection and evasion ana Oh
wholesome dread Of it's effect on popular and
noIit,cal sentiment The President does not
boldly and frankly assume responsibility for the
nroaramme OF monarchical restoration. as he
| could have done and should have done by DEAL
inc with the question in its usual course.
| The statement Of the policy Is not con-
| tained in a message to the Senate, nor even as
| a report or inclOsure to that body from the
| STATE department The President. indeed.
figures simply in the matter as tne auu, $50,
! of A more or less informal communication from
! Secretary Gresham, in which the Secretary re-
| views the history of the Hawaiian revolution
and Of the treaty of annexation, and after en-
| deavoring TO implicate the former American
| Minister at Honolulu. Mr.. stevens In a SEEM
| ing conspiracy to overthrow the Queen 3 Govern
ment blankly condemns the present HaWailaI
Government as revolutionary ana lllegai, au-
vises the permanent withdrawal OF the an
nexaton treaty and virtually declares the
| United States morally bound to overthrow Pres
! ident Dole by force and to restore queen Lllluo-
kalani to her former sovereignty
| CONGRESS AND PEOPLE KEPT IN THE DARK.
This extraordinary document is dated Oc-
toter 49, Congress was in session at that
| time but the new programme was carefully
withheld from the treaty-making power in the
Senate 1t was also kept back with equal eau
ton from the public, although several weeks
| intervened between the date Of its receipt by
| the President and the November elections. To-
| day finally when nothing could any longer be
| apprehended from indignant public, at a
| meeting of the Cabinet it was declared safe to
lift the veil of mystery from the Administration S
reactionary and royalistic programme.
The project Of repudating the treaty. over
throwing the Hawaiian Provisional Government
and restoring the Queen will go to the country
under Secretary Greshams name. Of course
Whether the memorandum published tonight
will be sent to the Senate later with the Presi-
dents formal approval, remains to be seen
| MIR. GreSnam CdUnot, Oh course, cOHpIdili H. uH-
der the pressure of public disapprova his resto.
ration programme. in whole or in part, has to
| be dsavowed later on He will only be sharing
the fate in that case of another colleague In
the Cabinet who was understood to have con-
spicuous part in framing the recent Carlisle-Gor
man silver compromise. OF Secretary Gresham's
note little need be said in detail 1T Is. OF
course q lawyers plea throughout and the
citations chosen are all massed with view tc
making an extreme case against Minister Ste
vens. How forced and unjust such proceduIs
is may be Judged from the fact that Minister
Stevens has been allowed to say nothing foi
himself. His dispatches are still withheld. as
are all the others even Paramount BlOunt' $
II is to be hoped in the interest of fairness
that these and all other Hawaiian dispatches
will be given to the public without delay.