The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-04-04
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND IN.
PRESSED BY ENGLISH
INTRIGUES.
MIR. DAVIES AND THE CANADIAN
PACIFIC RALRoAD-oNE OF
THE ENJOYS CON-
ING HOME.
Hawaiian Matters.

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WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Hawai-
ism matters were again discussed AZ
the Cabinet meeting. The result took
the form of two typewriter pages OF
additional instructions TO Commits
sioner Blount. The most that can be
made out of it is that additional in
struetions were made necessary in the
light of the last news from Hawaii.
1t is believed the reports indicating
increased activity on the part of the
English have prompted 4 change in
previous instructions, so as 10 offset
any inro2ds that may be made upon
the influence maintained up 70 that
time by the American representatives
in Honolulu.
1t is reported to-day that the in
| Structions which Blount was expected
10 convey TO Minister Stevens contem-
plated the withdrawal of the Boston'S
! battalion from their station on shore,
and explicit dtSapproval OF Minister
Stevens act in establishing n tenn
/ poTary protectorate.
! CHICAGO, March 1S.-A Washing
ton special says: English intrigues
| in Hawaii may cause q change in the
administrations policy. There was
raising Of eyebrows in official circles
over the dispatches which told how
the royalists were looking for support
from English interests, and how Maj
or Wodehouse, the British Minister,
was seeking TO discredit the ProviS-
iOnal Government. His meddling was
natural enough, for he all along has
been in favor of the Queen. 1t does
not seem to have occurred to some
officials here that there was any med
ding by another Englishman.
Davies, the guardian of Princess
ksiulani, in coming to Washington
on self-appointed mission, has been
gwen plenty of unofficial encourage
ment here, and has shown his delight
at the apparent unfriendlinesS of
Cleveland's administration to annex
alton. Davies is the agent at Homo
lulu of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
It was he who secured the rejection of
the treaty negotiated by Blaine, but
his present intrigues are not so dan
gerous as those of the British Minister
in Honolulu, and the administration
seems TO recognize this.
The Hawaiian ENJOYS.
WASHINGTON, March I7.-Castle
and Thurston of the Hawaiian Com
mission and Paul Neumann, attorney
for Queen Liliuokalani, left Wash
ington tonight. Mr.. Castle is en-
route home, intending to sail from
San Francisco for Honolulu on the
3lst. The others will return 10 Wash
ington and await the outcome of
Blountis visit 10 the Hawaiian ISL
ands.
Calls on Mrs. Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-Princess
kaiulani, with q chaperone, paid q
social call on Mrs. Cleveland.
oleveland's Hawaiian Policy
The somewhat extraordinary INTEL
Iigenca comes from Washington that |
President Cleveland has discovered |
that his Hawaiian policy is blunder,
saws the San Francisco Call of the 10th |
inst. He is even said to have added |
two pages OF instructions 10 the origi- |
nal amount thought necessary for the |
guidance of Commissioner Blount. |
The secret OF ali this is that the Eng |
lish party exulted somewhat too open |
". They counted Cleveland as, ire |
on their side as If he had been |
in birth an Englishman. All the ex-
Queens retainers extolled Cleyeland's
sagacity in sending commissioner TO
the islands. It was exactly what they
wanted. In fact it was the policy they
had marked out for him. There are
business as well as political interests
to be served. Davies, the guardian
NJ the Princess kaiulani. is the |
agent of the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad. It is
luite natural that the Canadian Paci-
dc Railroad Company should prefer
to see the islands under an English
orotectorate than TO see them part
Of the United States. Davies cannot
be censured in working for his COM
PAW, but there are q good many
Americans who do not see why Cleve-
and should assist. The appointment
If commissioner, says Davies, is the
very thing we want OF II 600 votes
N Hawaii he does not think that
more than 400 will be cast in favor of
After the snub Mr..
Cleveland has administered it is quite
likely that the majority will be
against annexation. What then?
suppose under the native and Eng
ISL combination the vote should be
diverse TO annexation. Suppose even
hat il should favor an English pro-
Does Mr.. Davies suppose
hat England viii be allowed to take
possession OF the islands without pro-
est?