The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-26
Eu7 weiaszday ; p4ily.l

. E---->@- - s--l.s Ian zen QO-S
the day before was thoroughly
talked over znd digez,si, an6 vsrii.
oas views q Minister Willis seton
were taken BY various parties.
The royalists all seem jubilsnt,
and scout shy idsz excsp, the one
Z thSt the sx-Qussn Is 10 be imme-
di2tsly restored, SIS soon IS the
Provisional Government gives its
snswsr to Willis request, They do
not think, o.. 81 le4st, viii not sd
NIT, thzt there Is The slightest
possibility Of this Governments
2nsEsr being sent 70 Washington.
ani claim that the only reason the
Z Co-Ein Is held here, Is 70 enable
Minister Willis 70 send 70 the Pre-
sident 5 notice Of the full resto4a-
! ton Of Liluokslsni to her former
/ power.
Annsxsto1ists, on the contrary,
2re equally IS certain that no
demonstration OF sny kind viii be
made by the United StStes, but
: thzt aIl the documents IN the c4se
VIII BE- sent 70 Washington for the
perrsal otC0ngrsss. This certainly
seems the most reasonable plan,
sud the one most generally be-
I lievsd in by the msjority Of eiti-
rens. Inst this Is the object Of
the Visiting Of the cutter Corwin is
the generally accepted opinion
L Is also generally believed that
sltbough the Government has IS
yet inside 10 fcrmzl answer TO the
request Of Minister Willis, vet that
The snswer hiss been decided upon,
and viii Be : refusal TO accede TO
the Minister'S demands. This Is,
q course, only conjecture, vet it
may Be relied upon, from certain
words that members OF both Coun-
els hzvs szid- What Minister
Willis action viii De Is, Of course,
totally unknown except by s few
high 0Ecisls, but It Is not gener-
SLY believed that he viii employ
the force Of the United States men
of-Esr now II port
Wei authenticated ruuoTs we're
sfozt yesterday, to the effect thst
the Government h&d some inten-
ton Of chsrtering s steamer TO
czry : protest to the Coast Sew
erzI steamers Of the Wilder feet
we're mentioned, znd also the Mo
vera Captain WsEn, who is IN
charge OF the latter vessel. Is salts
fed Of the sezEorthiness Of the
Mowers, and thinks he can beat
the Corrin 70 the Coast by st leSst
three days L Is said that the
amount Of money asked for chart
eing one Of the inter-islsnd steam
es, Is 5000.
The men Oh the Fsrships are al
prepared for sctio1 IN case they
are called o. It i said that if
Minister Willis should order their
coming sshoce. they could land all !
their men ss very short notice.
Neither the English nor japanese
war vessels have taken advantage
o. the permission asked and Oh
tanned 10 land their men. One
English marine L OF duty at the
residence Of British Minister Resi- |
dent Wodshouss, and two OF the
NaniEa's men are at the japan
csc Legation OF Nuaznu street
None q those who ought TO
know something about the situation
vii give any cleE as to the steps |
the Government intends to take In |
the matter. That thsir policy Is
already decided upon seems to De
the generally accepted opinion |
however. One Of the Advisory |
Council hinted yesterday that to
dsT was the tins set for answering
Minister Willis communication.
The gizt Of Minister Willis
communication 10 the Government
viii be found IN the editorial col
unnz. II contains the substance
Of The document that he presented,
Of its unnecessary Terbl-
age. II VII Dc Eesn that he claims
that Cleveland has been virtually
appointed IS arbitrator II the Hz-
#ziiian matter, and that he has
given his decision against the Pro
7izionzl Government and demands /
that It should step down and cut
and surrender the Government TO
her to whom 1t has been decided
righ tfully to belong