New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-13
WILL FIGHT RESTORATION.
HAWAIIAN CITIZENS READY.
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT DE
TERMINED TO RESIST TO THE LAST.
FORTJryrNG THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
WILLIS PLEDGED TO WAIT FOR FURTHER
INSTRUCTIONS.

HIS ORDERS YET NOwN-REsoLUTIONs PRO
TESTING AGAINST PRESIDENT CLEvELANDs
POLICY ADOPTED AT MAssMEET1NG
-BLoUNTs COURSE SEVERELY
CRITICIsED-M DA-
MONS STATEMENT.
Vancouver B. c.. Dec 12-The Australian
steamer Arawa. which brings Honolulu news
lid to December A. arrived at Victoria at a. m
to-day.
The United Press correspondent at Honolulu
| writing or December 4. says:
"At the unanimous and urgent demand or the
American citizens, the Provisional Government
has decided to resist to the utmost extremity
any attempt to overthrow it by the United states
| forces without authority from Congress Lead
| ing citizens generally have announced their III
tention % be foremost in the defence I"elVe
| hundred volunteer rnemen are ready at can
with large Maxim and Gatling batteries. Min
lister Willis is pledged to the Government 10
take no action before the return Of the Alameda
on December 21. His instructions are still con-
cealed"
| From, the arrival of the last reports there
| have been only two things Of a significant
| nature in Hawaii The AnnexatiOnists held a
| mass-meeting on Saturday. November %, and
| adopted resolutions In effect appealing TO Con-
| gress over the address of President Cleveland
Secretary Gresham and Mr. Blount. On four
| days preceding the sailing Of the Arawa, the
| troops OF the Provisional Government were busy
| fortifying and barricadng the Government
| house or the Castle. as 1t was formerly called.
| The work was being done with sandbags. prin-
cipaly. As the Arawa sailed from the harbor
| the troops could be seen from the deck OF the
steamer busily engaged in heaping up the
| breastworks.
Probably 1000 people were at the mass-meet-
ing. which was held on a call stated to be for
| citizens favorable to annexation The Royalists
| assert that the meeting was packed by rep
| resentatlves of the Provisional Government, and
| that all enthusiasm was OF prearranged order
GRrsHAM's KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONED.
| r NJ Hatch Vice President OF the Provisional
| Government and president of the Annexation
| Club presided and made the opening speech
| lie appealed to Congress against the Executive
and held that Secretary Gresham does not
know international law He said that the Pro-
visonal Government had never submitted its
right to exist to the United States. and was
! therefore not bound by the policy of President
| Cleveland.
" II Castle one OF the Annexation Commits
sioners to Washington. made an argument TO
prove the authority of mass-meetings. He
luton OF 1916 was the work Of a minority. Ha-
| waii he said was surely tending toward the
! goal OF union with its mother country across
| the water "Can Secretary Gresham stop the on
| ward progress OF Hawaii" he shouted. MI
| Castle admitted that President Cleveland and
| Mr. Gresham We're trying to execute justice and
to do what is right but he said that the enemies
Of annexation had stuffed their ears with lies
The speaker said that the people Of the United
States were against the Presidents Hawaiian
polIcv TIL. President Of the United States was
nowhere authorized TO begin war. Mr.. Castle
attacked commissioner Blount. charging him
with twice inviting the supporters Of the Queen
TO revolt against the Provisional Government.
He assorted that the people of the country hao
established the Provisional Government. and
concluded by moving the following resolutions,
which passed without dissent
Resolved That we read with surprise and
regret the recommendation of the Secretary OF
state Of the United states to the President 10
restore the monarchy lately existing I'm Hawaii.
Resolved. That condemn the ass nmption Of
the Secretary that the right of the PROVISIONAL
! Government 10 exist was terminated by his re-
fusal TO resubm!t to the Senate the treaty OF
| union pending between the two countries, ana
also his assumption that the Provisional Govern
ment at that very time submitted the question ot
its continued existence 10 the arbitrament of the
President or of any other Power.
| Resolved That support to the best OF our
ability the Provisional Government in resisting
anv attack upon It which may be made contrary
TO the usage OF natluh".
H. : Spalding read a long speech In which ne
said he was an Annexationlst in 1868 lie con-
| tradlcted Claus Spreckels in saying that dcpres-
sion had resulted here from the rule of the Pro-
yls.onal Government and threw slur at A.
Jaeger for his opinion given in san Francisco.
He said thlt civilization had originated and
nourished here through the friendly irfiTences Of
the United States "evcn under the blightng In
nucnce OF an effete monarchy" As planter he
was willing to take his chances OF prosperity
under the Stars and Stripes.
CHIEF JUSTICE JUDDs SPEECH.
A. F.. Judd Chief Justice. said that for twenty
vears he had attended only ore political meet
ing before this. and that was when he took a
back seat at the demonstration against Morenco
held in Old Bethel In 1871. lie was a fIa-
waiian by birth. but American in blood. and
was proud Of his ancestry. dating back to 1884
when the first Judd came from England and set
tied In America. He loved this country 10
which his father had devoted his life. Had the
Queen taken the advice Of the Justices OF the
sunreme Court she would not be where she was
now He was loya' to the monarchy and SUP
ported the autonomy Of this country UNTIL the
afternoon OF January IA. when the occurrences
I'm the nalace converted him and made him feel
that 1t was impossible that such state OF
| things should last longer The Constitution
the Queen tried to promulgate would nave de-
stroyed the independence Of the Supreme Court
The Chief Justice said that Mr. Blount mad
/ talked with him in Honolulu. but never asked
him II the revolution had been accomplished by
the aid OF Minister Stevens and troops OF the
| Boston. He believed that the mass-meeuhg on
the 10th settled the question, and the HoVerh-
ment, having lasted year, had right 10 exist
They should all hang together or hahs sep
arately
" {; Smith Editor of "rhe Star" spoke. He
appealed to the revolutionary spirit OF 70, and
praised the German, British and Portuguese
flibusters. He spoke of the '1nfames Oh
1.raahan, q nd advocate ed "cnmnellng'' Cleveland