Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-25
BY SPECIAL MESSAGE
Probable TreatmentO Of the
Harrison Row.
THE ISLANDS ARE NUW FREE
A Prediction That Bloodshed Will Fol-
low Restoration Of the Queen.

wAsnINGToH, Nov 25-It President
q situation he did not show it yesterday. At
the close of long ,Din 1t me ting Secre
tary Lamont rem ruined wi h him o some
time. Tnen Secretary Gresham called
and remsined short time.
After bi. departure the pres dent and
Mrs Clevelard came down stairs and en-
tered carri, ge to enjoy n drive In the
crisp air. The presid ut 10 ked health
snd robust. His sniie TO thCse about the
Whine House doors indi, ell that there
was not hing that had been reported from
Che Pacific or any other place that dis
turbed him In the least.
TIL re uas been general belief that the
presid, mt would discuss the Hawaiian
question IL his message, and more interest
than Yer has beea mantle sted in the doc
um-nt on this occasion. No news can be
expected from Hawaii until after the mes
sage Is sent To congress, and IL was
thought In discussing the matter the
president necessarily would refer TO the
instructions hat hal been given Minister
Willis and inform congress OF what he
expected had taken place in the islands in
view Of the instructions.
But 10 was stated at the White House
that this matter can east y be avoided by
a. allusion t. the Hawaiian affair in the
regular message, with the statement Il at
II will he treated in a special message on
che subject. to be submitted when further
and expet ted informe ion has been re-
csived. This being the case, those who
are awaiting direct statement OF the
policy OF the administration further than
~ 4 i. t.,s H..
letter OF Secr etary Gresham TO the pres-
dent will be disappointed.
stevens sustained.
NEW YORK, Nov 25-The World today
publishes n let er rom Honolulu. brought
by the lie ,mer Aus rala. which arrived
in>San FIR nc SEQ on the 18th inst 1t WAS
written 10y Il vrr y Thomas, who has been
a rrsd mt OF Hawaii for number of years,
60 . friend living in New York Mr..
Thomas has lived Ia Honolulu over nine
years, aud II conversant with the Hawaiian
political situation. He says:
"You k rue To give yu a clear state
ment OF the situation I'm these isl inds and
to state nv unbiased opinion In regard to
what will b. he outcome of the struggle
10 ESTABLISH a repablic here. This j. a
hard thing to do at the present time, for
we AR all at ,et a. 10 what posi- ion the
Unite Stat government Is going TO as-
sumo Iowarls us
"Minister Willis has just arrived and
presented his credentials to President
Dole. All sorts of ru ,nors are afi Dat One
II that Willis is going TO assist Liliou-
kalsni to regain her throne. What len Is
color To this rumor waS the landing OF a
number OF mar nes from the man-of-war
Aaln I.aro 70 frnp
that warship filled with mes, all of whom
were heavily armed, were kept on the
water all one light. At daybreak these
boats were taken back Oh board the Phila-
d.lphia-
"No one can tell what the meaning Of
this NOV ment is. IL WAS said I, at the
quper's friends intended To make an at
tenn Il TO yet cnntr ! OF the governmt mt, and
that the ma ines were to assist them. 1t
was Il scovered that the secret OF their plan
had been made known; that the conspir-
ators were under survella ICE, and it was
decided At the last moment to give up the
attempt.
'Let me tell you that IL any attempt is
made to re. lace he queen on ths throne
there vii h b oods ned. We have now a
citizen>' guard numb 'riug nearly 500 men,
and th $ guard will ii hit TO the last to up
hold the new government We are now
enjoying fire., do u AID comparative safety,
aud il the UnIt, d > a es will orly annex
ais, and, II It won't do that, keep its hands
off, then We VIII COM prospr ous. Be-
fore the prov -io al gov rnmeut was
forme W. wer lik "A lot Of slaves, afraid
20 ope our mouths
IN mister Stevens urderst )od the situa-
tion here. He j. an honest man. ami his
report il truthful one. III Harrison bad
remained prrsid, mt few hs longer
view uld have been annex d long ago
The feeling here against President Cleve-
land il very butter, aud Willis is looked
upon with susp cion.
IL think permanent republic will be
established in a few weeks, aud the queen
will then he reed e leave the island. |
have Just time TO add few lines The
marshal mas called meeting II the citi-
sens' guard What is up, don't know. l
will let you know by the next mall Every
man has Remington rife, and is well
supplied with ammunition"
Mr.. Thorn declares he is Demo rat,
and refers to Claus Spreckels' power in
fha faland