St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-13
we're fortified with three tiers of sand
bags. The roof was similarly treated.
Companies of sharpshooters,


ALL TRAINED MEN,
will occupy the four corner towers from
basement to roof. The preparations
thus far made will allow the govern
ment to handle with great resistance a
force of from $50 to 800 troops in the
executive buildings, and ammunition
and stores have been provided to
withstand continuous attack for
one month or more should hostil-
ties break out. The water supply can
not be cut off, as the executive building
is supplied by an artesian we'll on the
grounds. The government claims that
with the support of the Annexation
club and citizens reserve, backed up
by the present formidable battery of
Gatlings. MaXims and Austrian field
pieces now on hand, an aggres-
sive movement could be made if neces-
sary that would clear Honolulu of the
aggregate forces of all the men-of-war
vessels at present in port should a
landing be made. In case collis-
ion comes further aid will at
once rally around the provisional gov
ernment from the other islands. In
case it is the intention to carry out the
instructions for the restoration of the
monarchy, Minister Willis has promised
to give the provisional government
thirty-six hours notice before acting.
''In case such notice comes" said a
prominent man yesterday to the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent, ''should
Cleveland attempt to carry out his
policy against the Americans in Hawaii,
500 men will be at once put to work and
before
THE TIME EXPIRES
the executive building will be surround
ed on all four sides with rifle pits hun
dred and fifty feet from the building.
which will defy attack and be absolute
ly safe from the guns of the ships"
Careful inquiry has put the Associa-
ted Press in possession of the fact that
in case of defeat the revenues of the
government have already . been Sc
creted, and the government will be re-
organized at other headquarters,
defying Cleveland and the re-
stored monarchy, until the resident
Americans are swept by superior
first action by the authorities here after
the arrival of the text of Blount's report
was to remove Fred Wunderberg from
the clerkshlp he holds in the supreme
court. 1t has been learned upon the best
authority coming directly from royalist
sources. that British minister resident
Wodehouse has lately stated to different
persons in Honolulu that there was an
understanding between President
Cleveland and the English government
that the monarchy should be re-
stored. In private political cir
cles here on the anneXationist
side, the opinion has been freely
expressed that the presence of the
British cruiser Champion here at the
present time was owing to the fear of
the English foreign Office that Presi-
dent Cleveland would not be able to
carry out his policy. This theory
reached the executive and an
ADVISORY COUNCIL
special session was held, in which Mr..
Brown introduced the following resolu-
ton. which was unanimously recon-
mended by the councils to the execu-
tive:
Resolved, That the executive council
inquire of the American minister
whether his instructions were covered
by and in harmony with the letter of
Secretary Gresham to President Cleve-
land. If so, whether he was instructed
to use force.
In the affirmative, these councils recon-
mend that Mr.. Willis be Immediately
given his passports, and the eX-queen
be made prisoner of state.
The fear of the councils seems to be
that the British will offer protection to
the eX-Queen in case Cleveland fails to
restore her. This is the chief reason
the notice stated has been given
foreign officials not to land troops with
out permission of the provisional gov
ernment. The provisional government
will send important dispatches to Min.
lister Thurston either by steamer Arawa
today or by the Oceanic. which sails
Dec. 5. These dispatches will contain:
First-The present status of Hawaiian
affairs, including the determined policy
of the provisional government, as
stated.
Second - The determination of the
government to hold the situation against
any attempts to overthrow it, either by
revolt or foreign interference.
Third-That the only proposition SUBJ
mitted by the provisional government
to the United States was proposition
for annexation.
Fourth-That throughout President
Dole has refused in all diplomatic mat
tiers to commit The provisional govern
ment to a policy binding upon Hawaii
in case OF adverse action by the United
States congress.
The fact is to be emphasized that no
question of
ARBITRATION
has been submitted by the provisional
government. as assumed by Secretary
Gresham. Mr.. Thurston will be In
structed that the position taken by him
is the correct one and the one upon
which the government will insist,
with force, If necessary. 1t is
learned that as Blount interviewed but
two OF the original committee of safety,
the government will also forward to
ThurstOn for use affidavits from the re-
naming eleven members as to the facts
happening from the date of the pro-
mitigation OF the new constitution to
the time of the raising of the stars and
stripes by eX- Minister Stevens.
In view of the attitude assumed by
President Cleveland, the American citi-
Zens yesterday presented a protest to
Minister Willis which has been numer-
ously signed,in which they claim, as citi-
zens of the United States, that they have
done nothing whereby they forfeit or
waive their full legal and constitutional
rights as such citizens. The document
contains six typewriter pages of reci-
tation before the signatures, and closes
with the following words:
land the undersigned hereby SOL
EMMY and respectfully protest to your
eXcellency and to Grover Cleveland.
president of the United States, and to
Walter Q. Gresham, secretary of state.
to Hilary A. Herbert. secretary of the
navy, and To Rear Admiral John Irwin.
commanding the United States naval
forces now in Hawaiian waters. and to
all concerned, that any such acts of
WAR OR HOSTILITY,
If taken, attempted, or announced in
time of the profound peace now exist
ing between the United States and Ha-