The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-28
GRESHAM SURPRISED.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-Secretary
Gresham was furnished a copy of the
Associated Press bulletin announcing
that Minister Willis had presented
his credentials TO the Provisional gov
eminent of Hawaii without making
any reference to the restoration of the
queen.
He seemed greatly surprised, but
absolutely refused to express any opin-
ion upon the news thus conveyed.
His entire manner indicated that he
did not consider the news reliable or
that he entertained an opinion that it
did not cover the entire situation.
In view of the facts so far made
public it would seem more than prob
able that the Minister upon acquaint-
ing Dole with his instructions found
the head of the Provisional govern
ment obdurate in his determination
to hold his government in power
and to resist any effort at its displace-
ment even to the extent of resOrting
to force.
If, then, Willis instructions did not
contemplate resort to arms he would
find himself at the end of his line and
it would be necessary for him to ask
additional instructions before proceed
ing further.
If this should prove to be the case
the administration will find itself face
to face with an awkward predicameut.
STEVENS ON BLoUNT.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Nov. 2O.-A reporter
of the Kennebec Journal called on eX-
Minister to Hawaii Stevens at his
home this evening regarding Com
missioner Blounts report. Stevens
said he firmly adhered to all his pre-
vious statements. He expressed great
surprise at the language of Blount.
AS to his (Stevens') unwillingness to
show him the records of the Legation,
Stevens says he feels himself at Hber-
ty to expose BlouDt's remarkable con-
duct toward himself, commencing
Immediately after Blount's arrival in
Honolulu. The statement, Stevens
says, will astonish all honorable
minds, bringing to Stevens no censure
unless it be that he tolerated such in
sulting treatment without at once re-
senting it by refusing all intercourse
with the offending person. Stevens
two weeks ago made an imperative
engagement out of the State, which
will occupy the next two or three
days. With reasonable promptness
he will be heard in his defense. 1t is
sufficient to say now, Stevens adds,
to the public, is ex parte and Il shame
less perversion o facts.
The following extracts are from the
San Francisco Chronicle:
"I.iliuokalani must leave the ISL
ands," says morning contemporary
i'm very large and very Hgly type. Oh,
no, she mustn't. If President Dole has
n level head, and all his acts have
hnc 10 Cfn nf
good common-sense, he will never
consent to depOrting the ex-queen.
At present she has very few sympa-
thizers. She proved herself vain,
yenal, licentious, arrogant and dam
oerous to the decent white community
of Honolulu. Because of her open war
fare on the rights of all citizens she
was deposed. She has been almost
lost sight of during the last few
months, and it was only Blounps
partiZan actions and Gresham's silly
letter that once more brought her to
the front. To deport her would be to
make her a martyr and to raise up a
strong sentiment in her behalf. We
saw the same thing in Samoa. Old
Malietoa is a weak man, with not
one-tenth of the ability of Tamasese
or Mataafa, yet the fact that he was
exiled to Jaluit gave him fictitious
popularity and insured his return to
power. No, it would be suicide for
the Provisional Government to exile
Liliuokalani. If any one desired to
restore her to the throne deportation
would be the best means to assure it.
The unanimity of the arrivals on
the Australia in declaring that annex
alton was opposed only by ignorant
natives and interested whites in Homo
lulu is something which cannot fail to
impress any unprejudiced reader
Where all the decent people are a
unit for one policy the inference Is
that that policy is the best.
SENT THE WRONG MAN.
Probably the chief reason why
Blcunt was determined to find Il con-
spiracy in Hawaii was that the ma
iority of the revolutionists came of
New England stock. They were Yam
KEGS or descendants of Yankees, whom
Blount, as an eX-Confederate and q
bitter partisan, hated. Certainly this
theory is borne out by the ex-Minis-
ter's curious discourtesy TO prominent
Honolulu people and his marked in
civility to Stevens. 1t was a huge
mistake to send such man on a mis-
sion of this kind, but it is only one of
many similar plumbers which Cleve-
land has made in selecting people for
important duties.
HARTwELL's OPINION.
The point made by Judge Hartwell
that Liliuokalani cannot be legally
restored is one of the most ingenious
that has been suggested during the
Hawaiian complication. The Judge
is we'll versed in Hawaiian law and
precedent and he declares positively
that the queen violated her oath of
office when she tried to abrogate the
constitution under which she took of
flee. That really vitiated her title to
what was purely an elective office, as