The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-11-17
VOLUME VIII.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Restoration Of the Hawaiian Queen
Would Please England.
IT CAN ONLY BE- DONE BY CONGRESS.
Before the Seignoirage Can Be Coined il
VIII Require Legislative Action
An Important Land Decision.

VIII Require Legislative Action
An Important Land Decision.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington says:
Special to The REPUBLIC:
WAsHMaToN, Nov. is There is an
entire dearth of any real news from
Hawaii or about the Hawaiian matters.
The speculation as to what has been oc-
curing In the past week is, however, by
no means abated. Nearly every one has
taken one side or the other and is either
an earnest wisher for the prompt sue
cess of the effort to restore Queen Lii
uokanlani or is vainly hopeful that
something may intervene to balk the
purpose announced by this government.
The fear of the friends of the present
government is that Minister Willis will
push President Dole TO an immediate de-
cision and demand prompt surrender Of
all his authority on the ground that the
provisional government itself put
limit on the duration of its own author
ity and that limit expires when Minister
Willis announces to him that there is no
possible chance of annexation to the
United States.
Proposal to Call It Commonwealth.
It is fact that for several months
past the provisional government recog-
nized that there was no hope of securing
annexation to the United States and to
have felt fully the obligation upon them
under those circumstances of providing
a permanent form of government for
the islands. The form Of the proposed
government has been discussed and it
has been proposed to call it a common
wealth.
It is expected that President Dole
will advance these facts as arguments
against the contention of Minister VIII
lis that his goverment-the government
to which Willis is accredited-has ex-
pirsd by its own limitation. Should
Minister Willis decline to recognize the
validity of this argument, and President
Dole determine to follow his contention
SO far as lay in his power, his next step
is expected to be to formally notify the
United States minister that he would
not yield without the employment of
force, and that he would regard the
landing Of troops from the men-of-war
to enforce his deposition as an act of
war.
Always Looked to With Eagerness.
The diplomatic representatives of
foreign countries in Honolulu are al
ways looked to with eagerness in civil
emergency, and opponents of restora-
ton assert their belief that these would
formally protest against the act of the
United States minister with the excep-
ton of the representatives of Great
Britain and Japan and possibly Russia.
There have been rumors that the state
department of the United States has not
entered upon the attempt to restore the
queen without thorough understanding
with all the powers, and it is said the
government has received assurances
that no objection would be raised to its
plan. With regard to Germany, France
and Portugal, opponents OF restoration
say that citizens of all these powers
recognize the necessity to good order
and preservation of property and con-
stitutional rights of the overthrow of
the queen. These governments, they
believe. would decline to approve her
restoration.
1t Would Please Great Britain.
Great Britain would unquestionably
welcome the restoration ofQueeu Liliuo-
kalani and the prospect of the early
raising of Princess Kaulani as the best
hope of a government distinctively in
the British interest. By a convention
with France in 1843. England agreed to
refrain from ever annexing the Ha-
waiian islands or taking them under
protectorate, but she has never ceased
to try to influence and control the local
government to her own interests and to
the exclusion of others.
There is a good deal of interest in the
statement put forth by one near the
president that there is much in the way
of evidence in the Blount report that
has not hitherto been suggested to the
public, and that it would, if published,
work a revolution in public sentiment
in favor of the administration policy.
Has No Authority to Do So.