Morris tribune., 1893-12-20
ANOTHER MESSAGE.
TINE PRESIDENT DEALS WITH HA-
WAIlAN MATTERS.

He Gives Full Statement of the Causes
and Conditions Which, According to
His Judgment, Led Up to the Recent
Hawaiian Revolution, and Tells What
Has Been Done Since That Time by the
Administration.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-The presi-
dents special message, with. all the
accompanying correspondence, has been
laid before congress. The first part of
the message rehearses the presidents be-
ief that the overthrow of the queen was
directly traceable to the active efforts OF
ex-Minister Stevens.
Having asserted that the United States
was responsible for the revolt, the mes
sage then deals with the moral obllga-
ton of this government to right what it
regards to be wrong. Mr.. Cleveland
says he much mistakes the wishes OF
the American people if they desire inter
national questions settled on any other
than the
Highest Standards Of Morality
and justice. The president then out
lines the steps which he regarded as
essential in pursuing this course of jus
tice. In doing so he discloses for the
first time the exact nature of the in
structions given to Mr.. Willis. The
latter was. instructed to advise the
queen that this country desired
to repair the wrong done her by
restoring her to the throne. But Mr..
Willis was cautioned to be explicit in
the fact that the restoration must not be
followed by the punishment of those
who had taken part in the revolution,
and in the formation of the provisional
government, or by the reputation of the
governmental obligations regularly made
by the provisional authorities.
Clears Up Mystery.
This last feature of the message clears
up the mystery of the long delay in
Minister Willis action, and it also
makes public for the first time that
Queen Liliukokalani has been the obsta-
Gle in the way of the accomplishment of
Mr.. CleveIand's purpose. The message
6GdlCo I11dO U11C dCO1ILCNA w oSNOuO
to the condition of amnesty. She was
repeatedly informed that it was the only
basis of influence on the part of this gov
ernment, and that unless she acceded all
effort toward her restoration would be
abandoned. But Mr.. Cleveland says that
as yet he has no information that she
will accept the terms.
In concluding the message Mr.. Cleve-
land says that the question has now as
sumed such form that he regards it de-
sirable to turn the whole subject over to
the broader authority of congress, and
he adds that he will be glad to cooper
ate in any legislative solution Of the
question which is based on morality and
justice.
The Instructions of Willis.
The confidential instructions to Minis
ter Willis, under date of Oct 19, which |
elucidate the presidents position, go |
carefully into the grounds upon which |
the administration decided that the rev.
olution of January was accomplished by. |
the intervention of the armed force of |
the United States and the efforts of Mr..
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mands that reparation shall be made by
the restoration of the status quo existing
prior to the revolution. He is instructed I
to inform the queen that the annexation
treaty withdrawn by Mr.. Cleveland from
the senate March 8 will not be again
sent to the senate and that Mr.. Cleve-
land regrets the reprehensible conduct
of the American minister which made
the revolution possible.
Amnesty Condition Precedent.
Mr.. Willis, however, is instructed to
make the granting of a general amnesty
to the members and supporters of the
government and the assump-
tion Of the obligations of that govern
ment condition precedent to her res
toration. No instructions to use force
are included, and it is evident from the
supplementary instructions sent Mr.
Willis under date of Dec. 3 that the
1ueen declined the condition contained
n his first instruction.
The mass of correspondence accom-
oanying the message is SO great that few
If the best informed men in congress
nave as yet been able to analyze it. The
naval correspondence sheds little new
light on the subject.