New-York tribune., 1893-12-10
AyXIETY IN WASHINGTON.
KEEN INTEREST IN THE HAWAIIAN
SITUATION.

REACHED HONOLULU-TiE EX-
QUEENS PROPOSED BARGAIN
TIE MINISTER'S REPORT.
r-osb,ngton Dec 9-At no time since the
,n,rv was informed that Queen Liliuokalani
was dethroned and that the new Provisional
Government desired to have Hawaii annexed to
,ho 1-nited states has interest in the Hawaiian
situation been so keen in Administration circles
os n ,s to-day The expected arrival of vessels
bringing news of what happened when the
ro,,cv of the President and Secretary Gresham
was known to the people Of Honolulu has placed
officials of the various Executive Departments
on the alert From the manner and bearing
of State Department officials it would appear
that they had merely languid interest In the
outcome of the whole affair But Naval ofncers
made no attempt to conceal their great desire
for information They made frequent inquiry
OF newspaper men as to the latest news ana
commented and prophesied concerning the out
come.
The dispatch from Auckland stating that news
of the Administrations policy had been received
at Honolulu and had created much excite
ment was read with interest by officials but 1t
was too meagre to afford satisfaction.
Monday next is the day when the important
news is expected to arrive The regular mail
steamer from Honolulu is due in San Francisco
on that day According to the Auckland dis
patch the steamer Monowai bringing informa-
ton Of what the President intended to do ar
rived in Honolulu on November %. while the
mail steamer due in San Francisco on Monday
sailed thence on Decefnber 4, leaving eleven days
TO be covered in the press dispatches. If those
eleven days did not develop something important
enough TO have prominent place in the history
of Hawaii. officials of the Government will be
greatly surprised. and not few Of them ex-
tremely disappointed. There is also chance
that something definite may be heard before
Monday through Yokohama dispatches The
mail steamer China, which is due in Yokohama
tomorrow by Chinese time. was scheduled to
leave Honolulu on November %.
Successive arrivals from Honolulu without
news of Importance, except the negative fact
that no steps have yet been taken by Minister
Willis to carry out his instructions lead Senators
and others here who are in position to re-
ceive from different sources fragmentary init
nations of actual facts to construct, out OF
these intimations dropped from time to time.
connected resume of the situation, which, in the
absence Of any direct news to the contrary. Is
accepted as highly probae. 1t runs about
follows
WHAT WILLIS EXPECTED TO FIND.
Minister Willis unquestonably left Washing
ton With the Denef tndt the result OF cOHlIiunl-
eating TO the authorities in Hawaii the instruc-
tions with which he was burdened would be
80 immediate and peaceful restoration of Queen
Liliuokalani to the throne. He permitted init
nations to that effect to escape him as he
lett the White House at the close of one of
his interviews with the President and Secretary
Gresham, and they were published in a Wash
ington dispatch to THE Baltimore Sun" Of the
following day.
Mr. Willis's instructions contemplated the
publication in Honolulu Of Secretary Grcshams
summary of Mr.. Blount's report afterward
made public here, copy of which was furnished
TO him two days before his final departure from
Washington. 1t was anticipated that the
announcement Of the attitude OF the
United States Government as disclosed in this re-
port from the Secretary Of State to the Presi-
dent. the Provisional Government. which an
nounced when it came into existence that 1t
was established to exist until terms of union
with the United States OF America have been
negotiated and agreed upon" would Immediately
step down and out on being officially advised
through the President of the United States that
the Government OF the United States desired
neither TO annex the islands nor to establish a
protectorate over them IL was assumed that
the abdication Of the Queen. which distinctly
stated that it was to continue until such time
as the Government Of the United States shall.
upon the facts being presented to it. undo the
action of it's representative" would be
sdered having been terminated by the an
nounceInent Of the Presidents conclusions the
Bount report that Mr.. Willis would recognize
the Queen. that his action would be followed
By the diplomatic representatives of the other
Powers. and that there the incident would end.
Statements have repeatedly been made of late
hof Mr. "a
Plate the use of force These stateme nts quite
consistent with the theory of his expectations. as
above put together. and comport with the Pres-
dents declaration in his Message to Congress
that Mr. Wills had received appropriate in
structons' TO undo the wrong that had been
Gone by those representing us. and TO restore.
as far as practicable. the status existing at the
time Of our forcible intervention far as this
could be effected within the Constitutional linn
lts OF Executive power. and recognizing all our
Obligations and responsibilities growing out Of
any changed condition in the Islands brought
about by the revolution
WHAT He REALLY DID FIND IN HAWAII
What Changed conditions" Mr.. Willis found
are perhaps less a matter Of conjecture than
the nature of his instructions He found all the
arms and all the best fighting elements Of the
island at the command Of the Provisional Gov
crnment, and a body Of rugged and determined
men of Ango-Saxon stock. who declined to re-
linquish what they had gained without fighting
Tor It's retention. This was something not con-
templated by his instructions and something
which he could not overcome without going be-
yond the Constitutional limits of Executive
power and committing an act of war without
the authorization Of Congress.
THE EX-QUEEN WANTED TO SELL OUT.
Here another and almost comical element OF
dihiculty came in The ex-Queen. surrounded as
she is by all accounts with willy advisers not par
uculary burdened with conscientious scruples.
saw opening to give new turn to affairs
Having obtained final admission from the
Chief Executive Of the United States that a
great wrong had been done to her. she came to
the conclusion that IL was her privilege to have
a voice as to the manner in which that wrong
should be righted. She accordingly decided.
u is SAID that instead OF taking back the empty
honor OF the Queenship without adequate funds
70 gratify her expensive tastes and with her