New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-17
THE ROYALISTS ELATED.
DELAY AT WASHINGTON OVER HAWAIIAN
ANNEXATION PLEASES THEM.
L1rIUoKALANIs JoLIIFIcArIoN-THE TREATY
DISCUSSED BY THE NEW CABINET-PRESI-
DENT DOLE sANGUINE MINISTER
STEVENS CITES CLEVELAND
PRECEDENT - STIRRING UP
THE JAPANESE AGAINST
ANNEXATION.

PRECEDENT - STIRRING UP
THE JAPANESE AGAINST
ANNEXATION.
FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
Ironolulu. March 0.-On the morning of March
the Pacific Mail steamer Belgc, outward bound
from san Francisco hove TO off the harbor with
tho American flag at the fore. As everybody
thought she had brought news that the islands
were taken into the United States, the languid
town aroused itself and made ready for celebra-
ton. The bdg steamship did not come up to her
dock. but anchored in the oflng, and tho crowds
on the wharves had TO bdc their time until the
port physician, who had gone out to her in
tug, should return with the latest tidings. The
news he brought settled down on the anneXa-
tionsts like a cold gray fog. Incredible as 1T
seemed 10 the hopeful patriots of Hawaii, the
islands had not been snapped up by Uncle Sam
Instead OF that, there had been delay and mis-
giving in the Senate and the chances Of union
with the grat Republic had been left to tho
good or i'll will of new Administration.
Naturally the Royalist faction took heart.
The cx-Quecn was all bows and smiles when she
drove out on the palm-bordercd avenue that
winds along the curving snorc from the town
past her seaside villa at Waikiki. Samuel Par
kcr, whom she still calls her Premier, and who
has a special fondness for her company, hastened
TO her with congratulations and good wishes.
did some other mohbcrs Of the late Cabinet.
That night many of the old Court circle gathered
In the Queens lanai, which had been hung with
lanterns and Hawaiian flags, and between poi
and gutar-music the party had royal time of
IT, There was similar gathering at the Ha-
waan Hotel, the house carried on by Colonel
George MacFaranc. cX-Chamberlain to Kalakaua,
and by British subject named F. NJ. English,
who, for the liberal compensation Of scventy-iive
dollars a month, used to write Royalist leaders
for the Queens official paper
None Of the people who whisper in tho cor
ridors Of the Hawaiian have much use for the
United States, and when the news reached them
that the course of annexation was not running
smoothly they did not conceal their JOY. There
was a jolifcation meeting In the private dining
room Of the hotel, which lasted nearly all
night, and was made memorial lc by the amount
Of gin consumed and by the malice displayed
toward those who for the sake of honest govern
mcnt and Christian civilization, had put an end
10 royal misrulc in the Sandwich Islands.
At the Government building the news brought
hy the B.gc was considered in the Cabinet meet
ing. Tho treaty was taken up in detail and
the provisions critically examined. Re
erct was shown that the interests Of the planters
had rot been recognized III II ppHllN 'lhH~' ""'
that n permanent form Of government had not
bocn marked out: but as these are matters oil
detail. OF less moment than stable administration
OF the islands, the Ministry was content
to abide the result OF future compromises while
disappointmcnt was also felt at the delay In carry
ing out the anncxatonist programme. II was
argued that the Senate. as dclibcratire Dody,
could not be- expected to jump at conclusions IN
"A matter Of such moment as the absorption INTO
the United States Of a distant country hlied WIN
alien races. President Dole expressed the fullest
confidence in ultimate anneNntion nut sald ne
was prepared to await with patience the result
Of such debate and inquiry a. the American Tow
crnmcnt might conclude TO st on foot IL Is
common impression the Provisional side that,
before anything else is donc a commission VIII
be sent here 10 look into the state of affairs and
make report T. Congress.
Minister Stevens, while he had hoped for
quick settlement of the Hawaiian question. de-
clarcd his belief that the policy OF Nr. Cleveland
upon annexation would accord with its own
presidents - In taking the course we did,
.aid he Yesterday, Captain Wiltsc and myself
merely followed the instructions laid down by
Mr. Clcvcland's Secretary Of State in letter to
Minister Merrill under date Of May r. 1887.
The week which followed the Belsics arrival
Royalists hal formed 10 resist anneNation or, III
th. event Of ts success, TO make its terms sat
istoctorv 10 themselves. Stock in the Hawaiian
Civil Rights League, G.. W. Ashford's suffrage
society. went up several points. At an executive
session Of the League IL was resolved TO mcmori-
alizc the Prcsidont and Congress. in ease union
with America cannot De- avertcd, TO grant the
unrestricted voting privilege to all hawdiIan''
What W.. are going to dc:nard' said Ashford,
"is n voice in our own affairs and n controlling
one if We have n majority Of the voting element
We know of no reason why the missionaries shou"
have everything their own way simply because
they do most Of the business. The tnited States
does not recognize tho superior virtues oi '"c
mcncycd class in politics
Hcsidcs thc Civil Rights League there is So
called Patriotic League. The foreign e"'hc"' VI
Ills bodv i. larec,y English and is of the cotcrle
that surrounds Minister Wodehoise That iuhc-
tonary. though confcsscdly without instructions
from home As vet is loudly opposed "A, the annex
otion movement 1T would bc an outrage, lie
i accustomed to declare. /" for the United States
to annex tho Ilawaiian people against their Will
These are not barbarous islands, such rs Ens ana
po,,,ssed herself of by force The group Is
Cbristianized and civilized and its Government
has bccn favored by the United states with en-
vova of the first rank Common fairness, ana
the spirit of American institutions ought to per
NIT the matter of annexation to be referred to
tbosc affected by it. | hope 10 see the whole
thing end in plcbiscitc.'
Ui.content has been brewing in the rank and
fill. Of the Provisional party over various appoint
mo,is 70 Office which the new Government has
chosen 10 make and at the delay in Kidding the
civil Goy,rrmcnt OF its royalist incunbents
Having borne the heat Of the revolution, the men
who's, side has co,sc into power want 70 ENJOY the
fruits of victory They have made formal de-
mand. and say they have secured Il pledge that the
Offices will be filled US rapidly as possible with
men wh, are in sympathy with the annexation
cause. II is said the trouble Learly cnded in
crisis ~ grave as the resignation Of President
Dolc hut ASSURANCES come from all sides that the