The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-19

returned to the Department OF state. He sale
briefly to tbs waiting newspaper men that h,
had received no news. and passed into thu
diplomatic room. where he was Joined In tn,
course Of half an hour by Sir Julian Paunce
fote the British Ambassador. The Secretary
emerged from the diplomatic room ut abou
4:30. and taking his seat in the Secretary's GAL
chair remarked that he had no news. that the
press had IL all to-day.
Up to the close OF office hours not scrap OF
line Of Information from Hawaii has reached
the State or the NAVY Departments. according
to the statement OF the officials. save that
contained In the press dispatches.
Tho newe from Hawaii was read with pro.
found astonishment In general official circles
and on every handIwas heard an interrogation
as toits meaning The general expectation was
that the news would have been that Minister
Willis had carried out the suggestions con-
tained In Secretary Gresham's letter to the
President OF Oct 18 Everybody was prepared
to hear that the Queen had been restored to her
throne and that tho Provisional Governm ent
| was thing OF the past. That these things
had not come to pass. Notwithstanding the
fact that Mr.. Willis had been ten days on the
ground was difficult OF comprehension, and
tion OF this Government had not been wholly
! mismnderstood by the newspapers and tho
pn6l n,;o which had assumed. and IN this as;
| sumption had been encouraged by official
hints, that Secretary Gresham's recommends:
tio ton s had been approved BY the Prssident and
81 t Il they had been 50 misunderstood the
rotary voluntarily publish to the world docu-
ment containing an argument and set OF REQ
By Tho FL Ct thew had S.rss
cevahe that this should be the case; and tho
p III "e s e@ had i no sa.n o GS s.
minister WlIliss purpose was correctly under
| stood In the first instance but that there had
toration. and that further time must elapse
Dni"r f , hls AIMS became apparent to the peo-
In SOM, quarters the theory was advanced
arrival that the Provisional Government was
act within his contemplated programme and
direction until further orders from Washing
ton, Whether this was a correct hypothesis
the State Department officials. who seemed to
have enshrouded themselves in still another
news as was brought 10y the wires from San
Iranclsco was not unexpected by the few per-
to-day natu,ally read the news With much In
cross his face, Mr.. Thurston was, asked ii, he
lieved not: that in view Of ali the conditions
that existed he deemed It wiser to refrain
opinions whatever He had. up to that time.
ne sad, received no communication fI3m HE
G"veInm nn th and after readipg Mr. Wiss
on TIE Australia he did not expect anything. :,
tbsss ,b can oSS he confined from all
H Hon i1 20 that there is really nothing to
before the reporter took his leave despatch
was Received from Hawaiian Consul Wilder.
had ss' a4 s hsf nt @ G Ms
ans letter was not known on the islands.
,ol mr. W; Il armstr2ng: native Of HonGuu
his opinion of the situation on tho islands.
that Minister TWiliss Instructions were
Of general rather than specific charac-
Judgment with regard to Ne restoring the The
monhrchy after having presented his letters
hs o wth
DOUBT he received some information as to the
" on his arrival he found the situation such as
To- r" !uire him to write for further instruc-
And from all Indications" Mr. Armstrong
said said "t w is about what Minister Willis has
had been there for more than a week and,
ss p OF tine s o the and
into her place Of authority and power"
1t Ia evident that whatever Is done In tho |
tween VIII. and the Provisional Government.
Personally. donbt very much that Liluoka- |
lani would go back on the throne and expose !
herself to the dangers that would inevitably |
surround her IN that position unless a salts |
factory guarantee was given her that her per-
son and her position would be protected by |
the United states forces. and such guaran- |
tee We all know. cannot be gwen"
Clnu. spreck.l. sny-."I Told You &c."
SAN Francisco. Nov. 1a--CIaus Sprecke els |
was in placid mood this morning after read
ing his letters from Honolulu
Il told you." he said. that there wasn't any |
reason to believe that there had been any
trouble down there. My correspondence says
that everything is quiet on the islands. There
is not any news at all. It's the papers that !
have been making all the fuss There's moth
ing In it."
Have you any information about arms
being landed on the island 2"
Arms? No, How, could they get any arms |
without everybody knowing about it hero?
wouldn't manifcsts at the Custom House show |
it, stun: it's all poppycock."
II Is said that Minister Willis called on tho
II he did haven't learned anything about
II that were true"
out OF the difficulties at Hawaii %
, l haven't anything TO say about II. Let |
them light it out to suit themselves. It's all
the same TO me. When went down there last
summer told them what | wanted. and they
republic would have been the best but now l |
s S the Queen will have to go back to tho
The Queen Confident OF Her Rsstorat,o. to
the Throne.