The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-09
QUEEN LIS DEMAND.
Give Her One Million Dollars and
She Will Get Out.

i've arrivals from Honolulu with
out news of importaucs. except
the negative fact that no
steps bave yet been taken by Minister
Willis to carry out his instructions, lead
Senators and others here who are in
position to receive from different sources
fragmentarv intimations of actual facts.
to construct out of these intimatious
as dropped from time to tinle y counsct-
Ell resume of the situation. which, In the
absence OF any direct news TO the con.
trsry. is accepted AS highly probable. 1t
runs about as follows:
Minister Willis unquestionably left
Washington imbued with the belief that
the result of communicating 20 the
authorities In Hawaii the instructions
with which ne was burdeued would be the
Immediate and pescstul restoration of
Q ieep Liluokalini to the throne. He
permitted inIimations TO that effect to
escape him as he left the White House at
the close OF one OF his interviews with the
President aud Secretary Greaham, aud
thev were published in p Washington
dispatch to the Baltimore Sun of the fol-
lowing day. Mr.. Willis instructions
contemplated the publication in Homo
lalu of Secretary Gresham's summary of
Mr.. Blouut's reporG. as afterwards made
public here, copy of which was fur
nished him two days before his final de-
pArJure from Washington.
WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED.
It WAS anticipated that on the mere
announcement of the attitude of the
United States Government, as disclosed
in this report from the Secretary of
Stale to the President. the Provisional
Government, which announced. when
it came into existence, that 1t was
established to exist uutil terms of uuioa
with the United States Of America have
been negotiated aud agreed upou'' would
ipmediately step down and out on being
officially adviser through the PresidenG
of The United States that the govern,
msut of the United States desired neither
toaunex the Islands nor to establish
protectorate over them, It was assumed
that The abdicatioD of the Queen. which
distinctly stated that it was to CONTINUE
'uutil such time as the Government of the
Uni ed States should: uDou the fact being
presented to 1t, undo the action of It's re-
preventative would be considered as
having been terminated by the announce
ment of the Presidents conclusions on
the Biount report: that Mr.. Willis
would recognize he Queen, that his no-
iion would DE followed by the diplomatic
representatives Of the other powers and
that there The Incident would end.
THE USE OF FORCE.
Statements have bseu repeatedly made
OF late that Mr.. Willis instructions did
not contemplate the use of iorcs. These
Statements are quite consistent with
the theory of his expectations, as above
put together and comport with the
Presidents. s.declaration in his message TO
Congress that Mr.. Willis had received
appropriate Instructions" To undo the
wrong that had been done by those repre-
senting us. and to restore, as far as prac-
ticable. the status existing at the
time of forcible intervention" SO far as
this could be effected swithin the con-
stitutlonal limits of executive power, and
recognizing all our obligations and re
sponsibilitfes growing cut of any changed
condition In tAe islands" breughs about
by the revolution.
WHAT WILLIS FOUND.
What changed eendiJlocsn Mr.. Willis
found Is perhaps less 4 matter Of conjsct-
ure than the nature of his fnstructisas
Hs found all the arms and all the best
fighting eiements of tho island a. the
command ofthe Provisional Gevernmenv.
and body of rugged and dertermined
men OF Anglo-Ssxon stock. who declined
to relinquIsh what they had gafnea
without fighting for its reteation.
This was sometning not contsR-
plated by his Instructions and some-
thing which he could not over
cnme without going beyona tha &C snstt-
tutional limits Of Executive power,n and
committing an act of war Without the
authorization of Congress.
Just here another and almost cemical
element of difficulty came In. The sx-
Queen, surrounded as she Is by all ae-
coupts with willy advisers. not particularly
burdened with conscientuous acruplss.
saw an opening TO give a new turn to
affairs. Having obtained q fiual admis,
sion from the Chief Executive OF the
United States that great wrong had
been done her. she came to the
conclusion that 1t was her privilege
to have voice as to the manpsr
hot l.
rightet. Shs accordingly came 10 the
conclusion. SO 1t is said. that instead Of
taking back the empty hoaor of the
QieenshiD without adequate funds
10 CRAFTY her expensive tastes, and
with her powers so shern by
the obnoxious Constitution or
1857, which ste had tried to overthrow,
she would rather take a lump sum IN
cash and give up her little, together with
The valuable crown lands and all the
other belongings.
WHAT QUEEN LII WANTED,
Half q million dollars is tine sum
mentioned as having been suggested by
her as adequate compensation for the
wrong done ner by she Uaited States and
for her rights reliuqulStisd The prospect
of having this suug sum In bank TO
do with as she pleased and of thus being
! made independent OF the necessity of con-
stantly asking Mr.. SDreckeis or
Banker Damon for temporary loans.
as Mr.. Blount's report disclosss
that her constant habit has
been, WAS much more attractive
to the sister of kalakaus than ths re-
sumption of an empty dignity which she
might not hs able to retain three months
nniess the United States guaranteed the
stability of her government which Mr..
Willis was unable to promise. This
proposition, IL is asserted. is an ong the
matters which Mr.. Willis has laid Eefore
Ihs s. ate Department and asked instruc-
lions uoon, In Urief. 1t Is said Mr.. Willis
reports:-
WILLIS CONCLUSIONS
"A condition of tninQs In the Islands
which make iJ impossible for him 10 re-
tore the status quo without a direct re-
purt to force, whtcn is forbidden him.
g. An inaisposiIion on the cart Of the
. seen 10 resume the government without