Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-16
DID WILLIS USE FORCE?
He Was Given the Authority to
 Do So, It Is Said.
PERSUASION TO BE TRIED FIRST,

The Restoration of LIIIuokaIanI Was on
 Condition That She Should Grant Full
 Amnesty to the Revol lutiouists-Pres
 dent CIevelAnd's MysterIous Trip.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. l6.-The chief inter est in the Hawaiian situation now sur rounds the instructions given to Minister Willis and the contents of the cipher mes sage which was received after the arrival of the China While the same answer re garding instructions to foreign ministers is made at the state department-"that in- structions are never made public''-yet it seems that from time to time something does come out. A number of people are now quite familiar with some important features of the instructions. There is no doubt of Minister Willis being instructed to make the restoration of Liliuokalani conditional upon full amnesty being grant ed to the men who engaged in the revolu- tion and overthrow the queen.
 Minister Willis, it is understood, was in structed to insist upon this because the president felt that the revolution would not have occurred had it not been for the assistance and cooperation of this govern ment through the late Minister Stevens.
 Mir. Willis was instructed to say to these members of the provisional government lulI the pTCSlutul lelI lliI IS OuSul u protect them to this extent because he be lieved that had it not been for the authori- ty of the United States, used by Minister Stevens, they would never have been led into revolution.
 Must Pardon RevolutIonIsts.
 The instructions, 1t is thought, requested the minister to first call upon the queen and tell her the president believed a great wrong had been done her, and after insist ing upon amnesty declare it the intention to again place her in control of the govern ment. She was also to be informed that it was the desire of the president that she should placate those who had been instru- mental in her overthrow and sustain her self in authority without the assistance of the United States. From the cipher dis. patch it is believed that the state depart ment has been informed that these condi tions are satisfactory to the queen and had been accepted by her at the time the China sailed.
 To President Dole, it is understood, Min ister Willis was instructed to say that the president felt that in protecting the noninterference policy of the government he felt it necessary to decide the matter as if dispute had been referred to him and restore the queen, and in sustaining the queen the president hoped to have the hearty cooperation of the members of the Dole admin istration, which he felt was en- titled to commendation for what it had done to maintain peace on the islands since it had been in existence. After having righted what it considered wrong done by this government, the United States would assume the policy of noninterfer ence in affairs of other powers.
 The Administration's Defense.
 It is anticipated that there will be wara debates upon the subject when it comes be fore congress, which will bring out all the facts. The information upon which the letter of Secretary Gresham was based will then have been made public, and while it is anticipated that the statements made will be disputed, it is claimed that they will be substantially such overwhelming evidence that the people who are disposed to look at the matter fairly will be com pelled to acknowledge that the admins tration could do nothing else but restore the queen.
 There is DO doubt but what the admin istration feels that it is on the defensive and that there is a tendency, especially among Republicans and among many Democrats, to criticise its action. It is said that time will show beyond all doubt that it took the proper course with such per. sistency in various quarters as if with the intention of creating the impression that
  cation purposes.
 Those best qualified to speak for Presi dent Cleveland and Secretary Gresham who have been willing to speak at all, have expressed great confidence that ex-Queeu Liliuokalani had already been restored to her throne no later than last Wednesday The equally confident assertions of those best acquainted with the character and resources of the provisional government that she certainly could not have been re stored without the use of force has made no difference apparently in the confidence of those who claim she has been restored This has led to the inference that Minister Willis instructions were to employ forct if necessary to accomplish the purpose fol which he was sent. and that marines were probably landed in Honolulu on Wednes day if any objection was offered by the pro visional government to the programme proposed.