Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-12
ARE VERY RETICENT
Facts About the Hawaiian Affair Are Very
Hard to Get Hold Of,
BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED
Difficulties in the Way of Carrying Out Sec
rotary Gresham's Policy.
DIPLOMATIC STUMBLING BLOCKS ARISE
Much Speculation as to What the Ultimate
Outcome Will Be,
AMERICAN WAR VESSELS AT HONOLULU
Force Sufficient to Garry Out Any Instruc'
tons from the Government OF the
United States-Minister Willis
Has His orders.

WAsu1NGToN, Nov. 1.-THE State and
Navy departments are extremely %reticent
regarding the action TO be taken in carrying
out the policy announced ON the Hawaiian
question. The Navy department processes
to know nothing of any order issued to carry
out the restoration of the queen. If the
United States minister has instructions to
carry out such n policy he can call on the
navy to help. But in that case 1t would de-
volve upon Minister Willis the duty of pre-
senting his credentials 70 the present govern
meut and then proceeding to depose 1t from
power. This embarrassment is pointed out
by persons conversant with diplomatic
methods as sufficient to preclude that method
Of procedure.
There are embarrassments in another pos
sible course that has been suggested, which
is that Minister Willis may have been accred-
tied To Liliuokalani herself and the former
government. Secretary Gresham argues
that the provisional government expires by
it's w limitation, and might involve the ig-
noring of the present government, but the
present government has been equally recog-
nizea by the United States as the govern
ment de jure. These are only speculations,
but are suggested By persons well versed in
the possible course of such a question.
instructions to Minister Willis.
1t is probable that the instructions of Min
lister Willis will te found TO be to ascertain
if the provisional government in Hawai- will
consent to retire peaceably and make Il
for the restoration of Queen L~iliuokalani,
yielding to the employment only of such
moral suasion rs this Official request from
the United States minister may carry. If
it refuses to yield to this pressure Minis
ter Willis is probably empowered only TO
wait for further instructions.
A steamer sails from Honolulu today and
will arrive in San Francisco, according to
schedule time, a week from today, Novcm-
Der Is. Minister Willis was due to arrive
in Honolulu last Saturday, November 4.
He will therefore have been there q
week when the steamer sails from San Fran
cisco today. This would give time for Min
lister Willis to have taken some action in
accord with his Instructions before she
sails.
Frank p. Hastings, secretary of the Ha-
waiian legation, declines to express an
opinion, as he had received no official notif-
cation of any change between the two gov
ernments. If instructions have been given
to Minister Willis to depose the government
he represents he points out that there is
nothing in Secretary Greskam's letter TO
show the fact.
United States Vessels at Honolulu.
The United Statos is now represented in
Honolulu by the flagship Philadelphia and
the corvette Kearsarge, They are regarded
as sufficient TO enforce any contention OF
this government. So far as known no steps
nave been taken by the Navy department &c
reinforce them in anticipation of trouble fol
lowing the execution of the new policy Of
the United States. In case more ships are
needed, which is regarded by some peoplea al
n strong probability, the Yorktown is
ut Callao, the Alliance at La Libertad
and the Monterey, Mohican anc
Ranger at San Francisco, all of which
vessels could be concentrated at Honolulu in
from two to four weeks time. AS already
said, however, the authorities do not seem
to think it necessary TO increase our fight
ing strength at Honolulu. All told, thu
force of blue jackets and marines, will
commissioned, noncommissioned and war
rant officers, numbers SOS men, Thu Phila
forty marines; the Adams thirteen Officers
139 men and eighteen marines. For activ,
land operations it is understood tina no
more than 300 officers and men would b.
available, but this numoer, with accessions
from the royalisU ranks, would certainly bt
more than ample 10 cope with the presen
small force of the provisional government.