The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19
INSTRUCTIONS
Mr.. Cleveland's Orders to His Rep
reSentative in Hawaii.
AS Intimated i'm Gresham's Letter, Will
lis Was to Restore the Queen
if Possible.
NO FORCE WAS TO BE USED
Alleged Wrongful Acts of Stevens
Were to Be DisavOwed,
And President Dole Requested to Step
Out OF Power i'll the Interest or
the Repudiated Monarchy.
MESSAGE TO THE EX-QUEEN
Mr.. Cleveland's Regrets Were to
Be Humbly Presented,
And Her Majesty Re-EnthrOned if She
Would Grant Amnesty to the
Late RevOlutiOnists.
SHE REFUSED TO ACCEPT
And Her Majesty Re-EnthrOned if She
Would Grant Amnesty to the
Late RevOlutiOnists.
SHE REFUSED TO ACCEPT
And the Provisional Government
Also Declined to Give Way.
One Important Letter from MinisterWil-
lis Not Made Public-The Core
spondence OH the Subject.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18-The confiden-
tial instructions to Minister Willis under
date of Oct. 49, which elucidate the PreSi-
dents position, as shown in his message
submitted to Congress to-day, goes care
fully into the grounds upon which the adj
minstration decided that the revolution Of
January was accomplished by the interven-
ton of the armed force of the United States
and the efforts of Mr.. Stevens, and that
national honor demands that reparation
should be made by the restoration Of the
status quo existing prior to the revolution.
He is instructed to inform the Queen that
the annexation treaty withdrawn by Mr..
Cleveland from the Senate March will
not be again sent to the Senate, and that
Mr.. Cleveland regrets the reprehensible
conduct of the American minister. which
made the revolution possible. Mr.. Willis,
however, is instructed to make the granting
of a general amnesty to the members and
supporters of the provisional government,
and the assumption of the obligations of
that government, a condition precedent to
her restoration. Having secured the acQui-
escence of the Queen to this condition, the
provisional government was TO be informed
that it was expected to relinquish to the
Queen her constitutional authority. In case
the Queen refused to accept the condition,
or the provisional government declined to
retire Mr. Willis was instructed to report
the facts and await further instructions.
The general tenor Of the instructions in
dicates that the President seemed confident
that no such contingencies would arise. No
instructions to use force are included in
this letter. the only discretionary power
lodged with the minister being in the con-
,icr, falls NJ
that. in the execution of his instructions,
he must be guided largely by his own good
judgment.
The letter of Nov 26 from Minister Willis.
reporting the condition OF affairs which he
found existing upon his arrival and the
difficulties which beset the path of restora-
ton, is not included in the correspondence,
Mr. Cleveland deeming the publication of
that letter incompatible with the public
interest. 1t is evident, however, from the
supplemental instructions sent to Mr.. Will
lis, under date of Dec. 3, that the Queen
declined the conditions contained in his first
instructions Mr. Willis was instructed that
in case the Queen refuses her assent, all
interposition In her favor was to be with
drawn, and that further effort in the direc-
ton Of her restoration must depend upon
her unqualified acceptance of the first con-
ditions. 1t is also presumed that Minister
Williss report indicated that the Queen
demanded that If restored the. United States
should agree to maintain her on the
throne as this letter of instructions di-
reefs Mr.. Willis in the event of such an
inquiry to say that the President cannot
employ force without congressional au-
thority In case the conditions are ac-
cepted Mr.. Willis is instructed to inform
tha nrovisional government that the Presi-
dent would use all his constitutional power
to compel the observance of the conditions
he imposed. The mass of correspondence
accompanying the message is SO great that
few of the best informed men of Congress
have as yet been able to analyze it.
The most striking feature of the diplo-
matte correspondence during the days of
Mr.. Blaine are the strong annexation senti-
ments expressed by Minister Stevens. But
for some reason there is a noticeable alb
sence of direct response from Mr.. Blaine
In the later correspondence between Mr.
Blaine's successor, Mr.. Foster, and Mr.
Stevens the former states that the minister
is writing too freely of personal intrigue,
and that such letters had better be sep
arated from the general reports. as these
matters Of intrigue could not we'll be placed
before Congress if the correspondence were
called for.
The naval correspondence sheds little new
light on the subject, and mainly con-
sists in showing every detail of the naval
movements up TO and during the revolt
The State Department submits every re-
port and letter bearing on Hawaii that has
been written during the last twelve years
This in itself makes formidable docu-