New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-05
INS1RUCIIONS FOR WILLIS.
HE CORWIN READY TO SAIL FOR HON
OLULU WITH DISPATCHES.
FURTHER ORDERS HAD BEEN ASKED FOR BY
THE MINISTER. WHO DID NOT FIND THINGS
As THEY WERE REPRESENTED.
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Washington. Dec. 4.-The report from San
Francisco that the revenue cutter COrwin has
been turned over by the Treasury Department
for the use of agents of the State Department
and that the destination of the vessel is Homo
lulu is confirmed. 1t was admitted at the State
Department to-day that the Corwin would sail
Immediately for Hawaii. In fact, some sur
prise was expressed by officials that the vessel
had not already taken her departure. 1t was
said that her mission was important ard that
no delay in weighing anchor should have oc-
CURED. Orders to The cutter were issued by
Captain Shepard, Chief officer Of the Revenue
Marine Service. at the direction Of Secretary
Carlisle. Most probably the orders were the
result of a conference held on Saturday between
Secretary Gresham and the Secretary of the
Treasury.
The Corwin is to proceed directly to Honolulu.
A special agent Of the State Department will
go with the ship. He will bear important mes
sages to Minister Willis from Secretary
Gresham. What these messages are is not
definitely known. 1t said at the State
Department to-day that they. related TO the
Hawaiian situation. To inquiries to the tenor
of the dispatches, it was stated that it was sur
fcent to say that they did not in any man
ner indicate a change of policy on the part
Of the Administration. The Corwin is ten
knot steam cutter. she can cover the 2,oS5 miles
between San Francisco and Honolulu in about
ten days
1t is generally believed that the dispatches
of the State Department contain new and more
specific instructions to Minister Willis Very
probably they in answer to requests from
him which arrived by the last steamer from
Honolulu. There few persons here who
are familiar with the Hawaiian situation who
do not believe that the latest adviccs from
Minister Willis informed Secretary Gresham
that moral suasion would not be sufficient to
overthrow the existing Hawaiian Government
and re-establish Liliuokalani in power. and
that if the Queen was restored by force, ana
it desired to avoid bloodshed thereafter II
would be necessary for this Government to
maintain her in power 1t is known that Minis
ter Willis has fully acquainted the Administfa-
tion with the actual conditions he found al
Honolulu. These conditions were unlike those
which he was led to think existed. The opinion
is general in well-informed circles here tonight
that the Corwin's dispatches direct Minister
Willis to all the arts of diplomacy to carry
out the wishes Of the Administration without
San Francisco. Dec 4 (speciaD.-Captain
Munger. of the revenue cutter Thomas Corwin,
angry to-day over the pubhcation OF
the news that his vessel was bound for IN"
Hawaiian Islands on special mission Ihe
cause of his anger was that ne feared repri-
mand from the Treasury Department. which
made big kick last spring zen the secret
orders to the revenue cutter Rush were prena-
turely given to the public. Then II was an
nolnced that If official secrecy were violated
again il would go hard with the offenders. The
truth is that the news Of the Corwlns destina-
ton was obtained from one of the outiitters, ana
not from any officer OF the vessel. No boat can
be prepared for at forty hours notice
without the event causing talk in the supply
department. and II from a chance remark
dropped by a clerk that the news or the IN
tended departure Of the Corwn was learned
She takes several long cipher dispatches
which have been received from washington To-
day She would have sailed early this alter
noon had II not been for a warning that another
clpher message was the way. The CoIwlh
left the wharf about o'clock and dropped down
into the stream ready to sail as soon as thls
belated message appeared. She may take on
passenger before she sails. but up To $50 no one
appeared to occupy the quarters in the ward
room which was prepared ,,
Shipping men on the water front to-nghl are
laughing over the clever device by when con
sul-(;eneral Wilder, who represents the hawaii
AN Government here. was able to use the
Corwin TO take his own dispatches to Honolulu
AS soon as he learned that the Corwin was
hound for Hon )lulu he telegraphed 10 minister
Thurston and received long cipher dlspa'cn
for President Dole, which, with late mes 81
newspapers and his reports. were maze
IN into a package and delivered TO sailor on
the Corwin who is warmly in sympathy WIN
tho Provisional Government. This man is 10
deliver his dispatches into President Doles
hands The humor and audacity OF USING
Government vessel for this purpose pleases Hd'
Franciscans who are not partial 10 breshd"
Hawaiian schemes. - o,h
Early this evening those who had beeh Wat'!i-
inc tho Corwin saw her lights shut down As
revenue cutters have this privilege or putuhe
out their lights when leaving poTt Soc!SI''
is thought Captain Munger aaop,en LIE s, "o
vice to go TO sea tonight, as 1t Is very darh