Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-12-22
THEY'LL NOT GIVE UP.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF
HAWAII
Prepared to Resist with Force all At.
ten,pts to Restore the Queen to the
Thorne. --latest News.

can HaWaliaDS when they received
from the steamer Warrimoo, on Nov.
"a, the first knowledge of the ex-
pressed intention Of President Clcve-
land and Se"".tary Gresham to restore
the queen To the throne.
The royalists became very jubilant
and the anneXationi7ts at once began
preparations To rosist either internal
or external force. Over 600 deter
mined anneXationists assembled and
rousing speeches were made by Presi-
dent f. NJ. Hatch, of the Annexation
club, and others, and resolutions were
adopted. The trend of the speeches
was wholly in the direction of resist
ance and defiance. Secretary Gresham
had said in his letter TO President
Cleveland that the monarchy must be
restored. President Cleveland had
pretended to act as a judge, but his
acts do not Justify the assumption.
His first move had been TO strike down
the American flag in Ilawaii; he had
not given notice of any judicial investi-
CATION. 1t had been asserted that
there has been submitted TO arbitration
to the President of the United States
the question whether or not we had a
right TO establish a government in this
country. Gentlemen l challenge that
assumption. The assumption is false
in every respect
Gentlemen, il can hardly be con-
tended that the provisional govern
ment and we, representing the sup
porters of that government, have sub
mitted our rights to exist 20 Colonel
James Blount, of Georgia.
1--WE are a power de facto we were
recognized by certain great powers OK
the world which made us a power de
jure and we were a power having
treaty relations with the United
States of America. A treaty had been
negotiated when President Cleveland
took his seat. That treaty awaited
ratification to make it final, but it
nevertheless was treaty binding the
executive. Now, gentlemen, l chal.
lenge the right of the chief executive
of that nation, of his own motion, to
undo the act of any of his predeces-
Eors. Great applause Congress may
do it, Congress has full power, but
Grover Cleveland had no right, legally
or otherwise. "
Orders have been given to those
governments having, or TO have here
after warships in Honolulu harbor that
no nation will be allowed to land
troops without the written consent of
the provisional government. This no.
tice was served upon the foreign diplo-
matte corps in writing. Two hundred
and fifty men were put TO work forti-
flying the executive building. In case
ii is the intention to carry out the in
structions for the restoration of the
monarchy Minister Willis has prom
Used to give the provisional govern
ment 30 hours notice before acting.
In case such notice comes, 500 men will
be at once put to work and before the
time expires the executive building
will be surrounded on all four sides
with rifle pits $50 feet from the build
ing, which will defy attack and be alb
solutely safe from the guns of the
ships.
1t has been learned upon the best au-
thority coming directly from royalist
sources, that British Minister Resident
Wodehouse has lately stated to differ
ent persons in Honolulu that there was
an understanding between President
Cleveland and the English government
that the monarchy should be restored.
This theory reached the executive and
an advisory councils special session
was held in which the following reso-
luton, was unanimously recommended
to the executive:
Resolved, That the executive council
inquire of the American minister
whether his instructions were covered
by and in harmony with the letter of
Secretary Gresham to President Cleve-
land. If so, whether he was instructed
to use force; and. that, should the an
swer be in the affirmative, these coun-
ellis recommend that Mr.. Willis be inn
mediately given his passport and the
ex-queen be made prisoner of state.
The fear of the councils seems to be
that the British will offer protection to
the eX-queen in case Cleveland fails to
restore her.
Immediately upon the arrival of the
Australia the council held a special
session to hear official dispatches from
Thurston. These strongly advised the
provisional government to hold the
fort. The idea is growing here that
Minister Willis will refuse to act and
will probably resign before he will
carry out Cleveland's restoration
policy.
Hon. Mackenzie Bowel, minister of
trade and commerce, of Ottawa, Ont,
addressed the Honolulu chamber of
commerce. Mr.. Bowells speech con-
sisted mainly of an appeal for aid from
the Hawaiian government TO encourage
the Canadian-Australian steamship
line. He told of the market in Canada
for Hawaiian products, and spoke of
the necessity of cable communication
between Hawaii and Canada and
Australia. The members of the cab
met were seen shortly after the meet.
ing the next morning, and even their
guarded expressions of opinions con-
corning the intent and purpose of Mr..
Bowells proposition showed that the
real scheme behind his speech, as re-
ported, was preliminary to proposal
for new treaty to be entered into on
the part of England, through Canada,
with Hawaii.
Cobbs & Mitchell have two camps in
onaration at Acme on East Raw and