Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-14
TO TELL CONGRESS.
Ihs Presidents Hawaiian Message
May Be Ready Soon.
AWAITED WITH MUCH INTEREST.
Some Speculation as to What 1t
Will Say.
THE DOCUMENTS READY.

Interest in the Hawaiian question Is now
directed toward the Presidents promised
II essage on that subject. Copies of all the
correspondence called for by the Senate
resolution are now in the Presidents posses
sion and await only the preparation of his
message of transmission. The message was
to be communicated on the receipt of def
mite information" in regard to the condition
of affairs in Hawaii. Whether any such
Information was brought to the President
by the Oceanic. which arrived at San
Francisco yesterday, will only be known to
a certainty by the public when his message
is sent to the Senate. The principal point
of interest to be established by the message
Is an exposition of the policy of the admin
istration in the treatment of the Hawaiian
question now that it is known that the res
toration of Queen Liliuokalani can be ac-
complished only by force and In no other
way. in the present temper Of the people of
| the islands.
| 1t is almost as difficult to get satisfactory
| information as to the time of transmission
| or the message as 1t Is to learn its con-
tents. There are. however, unmistakable
outward indications at the White House
and State Department that 1t will not go
to Congress today No one at either of the
places named will say that much, but 1t
may be accepted as a safe assumption, nev-
ertheless. Whether it will be sent in to-
morrow, or Saturday. or next week. or not
until after that, is matter of pure specu-
lation. Many people believe, however, that
the correspondence at least, will not be
w1thheid from the Senate many more days
Inc message. 1t is said, will be long and
VIII review the whole question. The fol-
lowing was published today as the sub
stance of the contents of the message:
The President will show that the queen
was overthrown by acts sanctioned by
Minister Stevens and that as they received
the approval OF the United States and are
considered by the present administration
un1ustihed and unfriendly. they must be
undone The President will probably say
that Minister Willis was instructed to first
aecHne formally the proposition for annexa-
tlon and to then announce that the United
States demanded that the queen be re-
stored TO power, peacefully, but that IL
she vas unwilling to be seated without the
assurance of this government that she
would be protected from harm and retained
in power by United States force then TO
take no steps, but await instructions from
the United States.
The President will say that the minister
has found the provisional government much
stronger than has been stated, or that the
administration had been informed and that
its power was increasing each day.
There was strong sentiment among the
| better class or people against the queen s
| return to power and there were the strong.
est evidences that the existing government
would use force to defeat any move that
diiinns gm, De & made s, TO thus end Al Of the con-
I
out Of his instructions, and now, as the
| President has exhausted the prerogatives of
MS office to bring about a settlement with
Hawaii without calling upon the naval force
! to assist 1t, there was no other resort for
| the President but to leave the question of
| further action to Congress
| 1T Is believed that the President will not
diverge from his present policy. 1t is Ger.
| tain. however that he will hardly urge that
force be resorted to in seating the queen"
Nothing to Defend or Excuse.
1t Is said that the President, when speak.
ing on the Hawaiian situation recently to a
gentleman holding close personal relations
| TO the administration, and whose official
position in Congress entitled him to receive
confidential information on foreign affairs,
said that his 0he Presidents) position was
entirely tenable; that he had nothing to de.
fend or excuse and that he was more than
willing to lay all the correspondence touch
ing the complications with that country
Defore Congress whenever the legislative
| branch or the government demanded it,
The action of the House in calling for the
correspondence was anticipated by Secre-
| tary Gresham Some days ago all the COM
munications between the State Department
and our representatives in Hawaii were or
dered to be copied in duplicate and when
the correspondence is sent to Congress- il
viii be laid before both houses stimuli
| taneously.