Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-11-24
WILLIS WANTS TO WAIT
RESTS ON HIS OAR AND AWAITS
INSTRUCTIONS.
Minister Willis said not Word About
His Instructions to Restore the Mon
arohy IN the Island Republic.

expecting. 1t was almost generally
believed that the eX-queen would have
been restored to the tnorne by the new
minister TO Hawaii, Willis, and that the
provisional government had been over
thrown. This anticipation was well
grounded upon the recently published
letter of Secretary Gresham which
showed the present administration
feeling that it would be but justice TO
give the eX-queen her throne.
1t was therefore with considerable
surprise that il was learned that Min
lister Willis had merely presented his
credentials to the provisional govern
ment and had not even mentioned his
instructions from President Cleveland.
There were several Hawaiians on
board the Australia and they expressed
great surprise when they heard of the
letter of Secretary Gresham and init
mated that Minister Willis had found
affairs in a different state than he had
anticipated, and, seeing that the pro-
visional government was well pre-
pared to hold their own against any
unaided action of the royalists, had
concluded TO await further instructions
from the United States.
The steamer China had arrived at
Honolulu with Minister Willis oyer
week before the Australia sailed for
San Francisco and but little of a definite
nature had occurred in the islands.
Among the passengers on the Austria
liza were the eX-United States consul at
Honolulu, III. Nj. Severance. In an in
terview eX-Consul Severance said: "No
one at Honolulu has heard anything
about the restoration of the queen be-
ing intended by President Cleveland.
There was no talk of bloodshed or re-
sistance. In fact, so far as have been
able to learn, all the recent excitement
over Honolulu affairs appears to have
been stirred up in this country"
The dispatches from Honolulu de-
failing the reception of Minister Willis
by the provisional government give
President Cleveland's letter introduce
ing Mr.. Willis, which reads;
To is EXcellency sanford Il. Dole. Presi-
dent OF the rovi~ional Government of
the Hawaiian Stands.
Great ana GOOD frlend-l have made
choice or albert :. Willis, one OF our dis
tinguished citizens, to reside near the gov
crnmcnt OF your eXcellency in the quality
OF envoy extraordinary anu minister pleni-
pOtentiary of the nited states OF America
lie Is well Informed OF the relative Interests
or the two countries and OF our sincere de-
sire TO cultivate to the fullest extent the
friendship which has 80 long EXISTED be-
tween US. Y kuOwledge of nis high char
acter and ability has given me entlre conf
dence that he viii constantly eudeavOr TO
advance the interest and ro,perity of both
governments ana 50 render himself accept
able 10 your oXcellency ! therefore request
YOUR e&CilencY 10 receive him fayora uly
and to give fui, credence TO what he shall
say on the part OF the United tales and the
assurances which / have charged him 10
convey TO you OF the Lest wishes Of this
government for the pro perity of the Ha-
waiian Islands. ay .tod have your excel
lency in mis- wise keeping.
u our good friend,
GROVER Ci.E, BLAND.
The Honolulu papers were in costa
sizes over the evident good will expressed
toward the provisional government.
The passage in President Cleveland's
letter: He will constantly endeavor
TO advance the interests and prosperity
of beth governments and so render
himself acceptable TO your eXcellency,"
is one which calls forth especial editor
ial comment, and one OF the papers,
the Hawaiian Star, prints the sentence
for several days at the head of its
editorial column in bold type, under
the heading, "Good Cheer from Cleve-
land" Other papers were equally full
of the same tone of rejoicing. In fact
it can be accepted without question
that the provisional government up to
the hour of the sailing of the Australia
had no knowledge of the purpose of
Minister Willis to restore the queen.
Washington dispatches say that it is
believed by some naval officers that
Minister Willis has found things SO
different from what his instructions
led him to expect that he has assumed
the authority TO refer operations until
he received further instructions,
Blounts Report.
Secretarv Gresham has at last given
out u synopsis of Commissioners
Blount's report which shows that
Minister Stevens landed the troops
from the Boston long before there
was any valid excuse for their
presence on Hawaiian soil; that he de-
clined to remove them when requested
TO do so by the government and in
formed that the authorities were will
ing and thoroughly able to preserve
order and protect American interests;
that these troops were stationed across
the street from the government build
ing in which Minister Stevens knew
the revolutionists were about to read
their proclamation and that the revo-
lutionist committee relied upon the
American troops to protect them in
this act of rebellion; that Mr.. Stevens
recognized the provisional government
according to preconceived program
before that government had obtained
possession of the departments and mill
itary power at Honolulu, and that the
military power of the United States
was used to install the provisional
government.
1t was Commissioner Blount's report
which induced President Cleveland TO
take steps toward the restoration of
the Hawaiian monarchy. 1t is well 20
say, also, that Minister Stevens denies
every imputation cast upon himself
and the officers of THE Boston. 1t is
now simply question of veracity.
DIR. Lucius Merriam, instructor in
political economy at Cornell university,
and Miss Mary l., Wearing of South