The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-19
HERE 1T IS IN BRIEF.
An Intelligent Resume of the Mass
of correspondence.

AN AntelHgenf Aesume of the Mass
of Correspondence.
Washington, Dec 1S.-The state de-
partment correspondence on the Ha-
waiian question. transmitted today. is
an immense volume OF official Dispatch
es, part of which has already been pub
lished.
Under date of July &c. 1889, Minister
Merrill gives confidential information
of a plot of the half-caste natives to
depose King Kalakaua. and proclaim
Queen Liliuokalani. This is what af-
forwards developed into the abortive
Wilcox revolution in the same year.
! Under date Of November 6. 1889. Sec
retary Blaine transmitted to Minister
Stevens report Of Admiral Kinber-
iy, on the uneasiness Of the natives.
VINO were dissatisfied with the new con-
lStltutiOn and the fear of future ae--
greSsion by the whites The admiral
recommends that man-Of-war be keDt
at Honolulu during the February cleo
lions.
On the same date, Blaine asks Tracy
to have a force ON the Hawaiian wa
tiers.
Under date of March 2, $780, Stevens
begins series Of arguments for some
oeclSlYe steps to be taken by the United
states TO insure an influence over the
duty. anu
In February, 1891, Stevens reports
having gone to the British commits
sion, 10 advise the king against the
eHorts making to change the eonsti-
tuition The advice was effective.
Succeeding portions Of the correspon-
dence We're transmitted to the Senate
by President Harrison with the annex
published
After Stevens dispatch of March g.
!o5z. IN which he asks for Instructions
IN the event Of another fnsurrectfon nv
| wilcox, the party then threatening. is
this dispatch"
In dispatch of April 2, 1892. Stev-
eHs sdld- Inc annexation sentiment
is growing rapidly and would carry ali
before 1t. provided we could get anv
eLc2Iul,ragsment that the United States
WOulu take the Islands as a territory >,
November s, 1892, Minister Stevens
reported to Secretary Foster thar thas
american party had won the ascend
ancy after a prolonged struggle. A
portion OF the correspondence detail
ling the events of the revolution of last
january and Stevens arguments for
tSrantlng the request of the provisional
government for annexation are al
ready public property. as is also that
OF President Harrison to President
! Dole, acknowledging the provisional
March "A, Stevens reports to
EGresham on the efforts of the Japanese.
Ito control tia government
The correspondence from Blount,
the substance of which has areaay
lbeen published, is also transmitted
November 6. 1898. Willis reports his
arrival, and on November II. trans
mits a confidential letter to Gresham.
He expected to interview the queen
and has assured the British commits
m 60 hn h.
tected from any attempt at assassina-
ton, and on next Monday he would
insist upon her coming to the legation.
He reported the town in a state Of
excitement
The telegram of November Is, which
Icalled out changed instructions in the
Estate department reads:
"The views of the first party are so
extreme as to require further instruc-
ltions'
The first party. OF course, referring
to the ex-queen.
On November IS. Minister Willis re-
lports that Damon, minister Of finance.
lhad called to say there were rumors
of trouble on the morrow, Kalakaua's
birthday.
'I thought it proper, in an informal
way, to make public the fact that
there would be no decisive action
taken by our government for three
or four weeks, or until had heard
from washington. I also thought 1t
lproper. with the private knowledge and
consent of all factions, to say that
mob violence would not be allowed
lduring the interval
The last enclosure of the correspon-
ldenee is a letter from ThurStOn TO
! Gresham on Dec 3. ThurstOn claims
for the provisional government that
it is duly organized and q fully recOg-
niZled and Independent government;
Iden1es that the provisional government
has submitted to the president power
to arbitrate the case as between them
selves and Liliuokalani; complains that
his government has raceiVed no notice
THAT it was on trial for it's life, and
has had no chance to bring witnesses
to refute those of Blount; argues that
the provisional government, in its pro-
clamation. has fixed no termination for
itself. but annexation to THE United
States, and denies 1t can be said 70
terminate with the refusal of annexa-
ton. IF the United States representa-
tive exceeded his powers in the is
lands, that cOnfers no power on the
United States government to again do
the same and if the ex-Queen abdi-
lcated under the belief that the pro-
visional government would submit to
the arbitration of the United States
that does not confer Jurisdiction on
the United States without the consent
of the provisional government
In transmitting the Hawaiian CORES
lpondence to the House OF Representa-
Itives, President Cleveland said: In
compliance with the resolution Of the
House, I hereby transmit q report with
copies Of instructions given to Albert
S. Willis, representative of the United
States, now in the Hawaiian islands,
land also the correspondence since the
, 4th day of March, 1889, concerning the
, relations Of this government to those
; lof the Islands. In making this c0mmu-
lnicatiOn, 1 have withheld only one dis
ipatch from the former minister to Ha-
wall. No 70, under date Of October 8,
1882, and a dispatch from the present
minister, No. g, under date of Novenl-
Der 16, 1893, because, in my opinion,
THE publication of these two papers
would be incompatible with the public
| interests
| The dispatch of November 16, 1898,
: is, without doubt, tine detailed informa-
, ton of developments, which promDtsA
Willis telegraDhSc dispatch on the safns
date to GreshaI-, on which was baseS
: the order to suspend instructions.
4 Secretary Herbert submits mass OF
correspondence from the naval officers
lin command of the United States naval
forces at Hawaii He goes back to
: July, 1859. and. brought down Admiral
E l1rwin's brief confidential dispatch Of
/ Dec. 4th. to Herbert, telling him the
: provisional government had a thous-
: land men under arms.
- November ], 1892, Captain Wiltse re-