Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-27

Inc fresidents Hawaiian pollcy,
with all the accompanying CORES
pondence since March 4, 1889, with
a special message, was spread be-
fore Congress last week. The
message, in a vigorous manner,
presents to Congress the basis for
the Presidents belief that the over
throw of the Queen was the result
of the active efforts of ex-Minister
Stevens.
Having asserted that the United
States was responsible for the revolt,
the message then deals with the
moral obligation of this Govern
ment to right what it finds to be a
wrong. In forcible terms Mr..
Cleveland says he much mistakes the
wishes of the American people if
they desire international questions
settled on any other than the high
eststandards of morality and justice.
The President then outlines the
steps which he regards as essential
in pursuing this course of Justice.
In doing so he discloses for the
first time the exact nature of the
instructions given to Mr.. Willis.
The latter was instructed to advise
the Queen that this country desired
to repair the wrong done her by re-
storing her to the throne. But Mr..
Willis was cautioned to be explicit
in the fact that the restoration must
not be followed by the punishment
of those who had taken part in the
revolution and in the formation of
the provisional Government, or by
the reputation of the governmental
obligations regularly made by the
provisional authorities.
This last feature of the message
clears up the mystery of the long
delay in Minister Willis action,
and it also makes public for the
first time that Queen Liliuokalani
has been the obstacle in the way of
the accomplishment of Mr.. Cleve-
lands purpose. The message states
that the Queen declined to accede
to the condition of amnesty. She
was repeatedly informed that it was
the only basis of influence on the
part of this Government and that
unless she accepted, all efforts
toward her restoration would be
abandoned. But Mr.. Cleveland
says that, as yet, he has no informa-
ton that she will accept the terms.
In concluding the message Mr..
Cleveland says that the situation
has now assumed such form that he
regards it desirable to turn the en-
tire subject over to the broader au-
thority of Congress, and he adds
that he will be gratifed to coop
crate in any Legislative solution of
the question which is based on
morality and justice.
The confidential instructions to
Minister Willis, under date of Oc-
tober Is, which elucidate the Presi-
dents position, go carefully into the
grounds upon which the admins
tration decided that the revolution
Of January was accomplished by
the intervention of the armed force
of the United States and efforts of
Mr.. Stephens, and that the nation
al power demands that reparation
shall be made by the restoration of
the statu quo existing prior to the
revolution. He is instructed to in
form the Queen that the annexa-
ton treaty withdrawn by Mr..
Cleveland from the senate March 8,
will not be again sent to the Senate
and that Mr.. Cleveland regrets the
reprehensible conduct of the Amer
lean Minister which made the rev.
olution possible.
Mr.. Willis, however, is instructed
to make the granting Of a general
amnesty to the members and sup
porters of the provisional Govern
ment and the assumption of the
obligations of that Government
condition precedent to her restora-
ton. No instructions to use force
are included, and it is evident from
the supplemental instructions sent
Mr.. Willis under date of Decem-
Der 8 that the Queen declined the
condition contained in his first in