The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-24

subject at ALL and 1 don't believe he
1 did"
miral Skerrett was recalled for attend
ing a ball given by the Annexation
club, Gresham said: Absurd"
The statement contained in the letter
received in San Francisco from a pri-
vate correspondent in Honolulu that
! the provisional government was under
arms all night preceding the departure
of the Alameda, attracted the secre-
| tary's special interest. IF that were
true" he said, lit is not likely your
correspondent would have failed to
know it and speak of it in his letter.
l think there are many inaccurate
statements in the letter"
Regarding the assertion that Willis
said he would do nothing until he
heard further from the state depart
ment. he declined to say anything.
| The statement reported as coming
! ton is to be taken during the week
| following the departure of the Ala
media, is regarded as significant, tally
| ing, as it does, with the well-defined
rumor circulated in Washington on
Tuesday that the queen was restored
on that day.
At the Hawaiian legation, Minister
Thurston had nothing to say on the
news reported.
w. N. Armstrong, of the Hawaiian
legation, said:
1.-THE friends of the provisional gov
eminent feel that any delay that
brings nearer the time when the pro-
| viSional government shall receive the
news of the reception accorded by the
public to Secretary Greshams letter
gives added assurance that the plan
! to restore the eX-queen will be fruS-
trated. For this reason, news of the
past week in Honolulu will be looked
for with special interest. The earliest
date at which news can reach the out
side world by the ordinary channels is
December I, when the steamer Wari-
mos Will arrive at Auckland, whence
the news will be cabled. The news
may be received via Vancouver on
December g.
1t was largely a day for speculation
at the Capitol regarding the situation
in Hawaii. 1t seems the report which
came by way of New Zealand. that
lCleveland was determined to restore
the queen was a surprise to the adj
ministration. The manner in which
Willis had been performing his mis-
sion only adds more mystery to the
situation. 1t has been the theory that
it would be the policy of Willis to al
low the tension to become SO great
that the supporters of the queen would
organize and establish her government
and before there could be clash be-
tween the queens supporters and the
forces of the provisional government
but upon demonstration being made
the marines from the Philadelphia
would be landed for the purpose of
protecting American life and property
and when the queen had accumulated
sufficient strength to warrant it, he
would recognize her.
Theories and speculations are in
dulged in all the more because up to
$50 this afternoon it was denied at
. the state department that Willis had
made any communication TO the de-
partment by the Alameda. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that some official in
ture of which it is impossible to OBJ
tain. The dispatches today seem to
indicate to the administration what
|, they have heretofore asserted, that the
: provisional government still stands be-
cause it feels it is backed by the moral
support of the United States, and thus
/ far its acts have been approved by
this government At the same time it
is plainly evident that armed resistance
, to the royalists which the provisional
government is making gave the
officials of the administration no little
concern.
; Secretary Gresham received a cipher
message this afternoon from Minister
Willis, giving complete report of the
Hawaiian situation UP to the time OF
the departure of the Alameda. AS tc
: the exact contents of the message, nc
lone outside the president and the
cabinet know The fact that the mes
: sage was received, was given out, how.
: ever, and it is also announced that its
contents were highly satisfactory
] This is interpreted by officials outside
l the cabinet to mean that Willis has
2 completed all arrangements for the
l restoration of Liloukalani to the
Hawaiian throne. 1t is also claimed
: that should Minister Willis continue
to be as successful in carrying out the
: instructions as he had been up to the
iday the Alameda sailed vast majority
of the American people will take sides
with the president and sustain him in
Z the course he has pursued when they
become apprised Of the facts