The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-29

! dulged in all the more because up TO $50
| this afternoon it was denied at the
| state department that Minister Willis
! had made any communication to the de-
| partment on the steamer Alameda. 1t
| was believed, however, that some off,
| cial Information was received, the nature
| of which it was not possible to obtain.
The information contained i'm the As
| ISOLATED Press dispatches of the precau-
! tions which the provisional government
/ was taking against being surprised and
| the determination which the members
seem TO have that royalists shall not
again succeed to power, has given the
/ friends Of the government much hope
I that the queen can never be restored
| The dispatches today seem to indicate
! To the officials of the adminstra ton.
| what they have heretofore asserted, that
| the provisional government still stands
because it feels that 1t is backed by the
moral support of the United States and
| thus far its acts have been approved by
i this government. This is asserted TO be
| the case because the dispatches say that
members Of the provisional government
! do not credit the report by way of New
| Zealand that President Cleveland in
tends to restore Queen Lii At the
same time it was plainly evident that
] the armed resistance to the royalists
which the provisional government was
making gave the officials of the admin
| istration no little concern.
There was a notable lack of the ex-
element which characterized the arrival
| of news from Hawaii by the Australia
/ last week in the reception of the news
! by the Alameda today. There was an
abundance of interest, but Secretary
| Gresham was content to hear the news
without rushing over to consult with
| the president in regard to it. The copy
. vic lats ,1,,1rr
! him by an Associated Press representa-
| tive in the diplomatic room Of the state
| department. At the portion where Min
lister Willis is reported to have said he
should be glad to see the American flag
| over Hawaii and every other island IN
! the Pacific the secretary said:
II don't believe that"
Even as subsequently modified by Mr..
| Willis with the additional clause, "un-
der proper conditions" the secretary
said the minister may have been incor-
| rectly reported.
Mr.. Willis is a capable man." he
said He ought not to have talked on
that subject at all, and 1 don't believe
| he did"
| Upon the reading of the statement
! that Admiral Skerrett had been recalled
for attending a ball given by the An
neXation club, Mr.. Gresham said:
| Absurd"
The statement contained in the letter
received in San Francisco from private
| correspondent in Honolulu that the pro-
visional government was under arms all
| night preceding the departure of the
| Alameda, attracted the secretary's spe-
| cial interest
eff that was true" he said cit is not
| likely that your correspondent would
| have failed TO know of it in his letter.
1 think there are many inaccurate state
| ments in the letter. You will find that
the report that Minister Willis made any
| such speech as that is a mistake
| Regarding the assertion that Minis
ter Willis had said that he would do
nothing after the Alameda left Honolulu
| until he heard from the state depart
ment further he declined to say any
| thing.
The statement reported as coming
| from the Philadelphia that some action
was to be taken during the week fol-
| lowing the departure of the Alameda is
| regarded as significant. tallying as it
does with the well defined rumor cir
| culated in Washington on Tuesday that
the queen had been restored on that
| day.
! At the Hawaiian legation, Minister
| Thurston was glad to read the letter of
| the Associated Press, but said he had
nothing to say on the news that was
| reported. The strain of the uncertainty
that has surrounded them for two weeks
| now is beginning to tell on those at
/ tached to the legation Their doors are
| always open to all who call The pres
| sure upon them for information has been
! constant and though men Of strong
| physique, their appearance begins to
| show that they have borne burdens.
! w II. Armstrong was looked to by
| callers to voice the opinion of friends
! Of the provisional government on the
news by the Alameda. 1t was unex-
/ pected and grateful news. he said, TO
| hear that the provisional government
| was already aware Of Mr. Cleveland's
| intention to restore the monarchy and
| were still standing firm and were pre-
| pared to defend themselves. OF course,
| the news had not reached them that
there was a widespread expression of
| public sentiment for them in the United
! States. This can only have reached
them today by the Warimos from Van
| couver. But the friends of the provis-
! ional government feel that every delay
! that brings nearer the time when the
| provisional government shall receive
| news Of the reception accorded by the
| public 90 Secretary Gresham's letter
! gives added assurance that the plan to
restore the ex-queen will be frustrated
| For this reason the news of the past
week in Honolulu will be looked for
| with special interest.
Passing of the Steamers.
| The earliest date at which this news
| can reach the outside world by ordi-
| nary channels is Dec T. The Warimos
is due i'm Honolulu today and will steam
| from there on to Auckland. New Yea
| land, a two-weeks trip. This would
| bring her to Auckland on Dec. Z, and
| there is a cable thence to Australia, and
| from there to India and around the
/ world to the United States. The steam
/ er Miowera was scheduled to arrive at
Vancouver from Honolulu Dec 9. The
| MiOwera is on the rocks at Honolulu,
| but it was intended to secure a vessel
| to take her place. If this has been done
| news may be received at Vancouver
| Dec. 8. The steamer Australia COM
| ing back from Honolulu is due in
| San Francisco Dec. 16. The next will
! be the Mariposa. due in San Francisco
Dec. q. A steamer is due in San Fran
! cisco from China on Dec IL. This line
| has been touching at Honolulu while the
| worlds fair was i'm progress. but ii is
| said that they will no longer touch at
| Honolulu. From this the opportuni-
| ties of getting news of events at Homo
| lulu in the near future will be under
| stood.
MIR. Castle Talks.
Henry r. Castle of Honolulu is i'm
the city. He was in Honolulu during
| the revolution last January, hav-
ing been a member of the legislature.
! "Supposing" said Mr.. Castle, the pro-
visional government should have been
| 1ag4 IL