The morning call., 1893-11-19


Sunrise is manifested on all sides In
| Government circles at the intelligence
| that affairs remain unchanged in Homo
lulu. 1t is evident that different news
was expected. and this will continue
| the interest and suspense until the ar
rival of the mex steamer from Honolulu.
After the first bulletin stating that the
Provisional Government was still In power
was shown Secretary Gresham he has
tened over to the White House and did not
return until after 3 o'clock. In the mean
| time the copyrighted letter IT the Asso-
clated Press from Honolulu was sent up,
and copy was also taken 10 Secretary
Herbert at the Navy Department. Satur-
| day is always the Secretary's busy day,
but he laid aside the important business
on hand and had his secretary read him
the whole dispatch
When Secretary Gresham returned from
the white House he was offered copy of
the letter. but he had already read the spe-
cial copy sent to the White House.
When the bulletin announcing that the
provisional Government was still in power
was first shown TO Secretary Gresham he
declined emphatically to believe it.
ut Is no WONDER" said State Depart
views the announcement with incredulity.
Compare 1t with his letter to the President
and 1T will be seen how inconsistent this
reported conduct on the part of Willis
would appear to Gresham. The depart
ment Is on tiptoe of expectation for news
Ut an official char acter detailing Willis
actions. As anxious as the public 2ener-
ally Is upon the question there is no one on
the GU side whose concern Is more than
faint compar' d to that felt in the depart
mtnt from the Secretary down.
1T is more apparent than ever that there
will be extreme disappointment il Willis
dispatches do not convey information of
some positive step upon his part working
to the restoration of the Queen"
As going to explain the apparent mere
dulity of the Secretary OF State concerning
the report that Minister Willis had pre-
| sented his credentials 10 President Dole
without referring to the wishes of this
Government regarding the Queen, it
should be stated that Willis was not ex-
| pected by the Department of State to
make his instructions public or disclose
| the Intentions of our Government from the
houset6p. 1t is considered probable that
| upon being presented to President Dole he
| read the written address of formal charac-
ter for the public, leaving the negotiations
| concerning the official affairs of the islands
| to subsequent private negotiation. 1t is,
| therefore. probable these negotiations
| might have taken a definite shape and that
] the preparation for important movements
might have been made BY Willis without
he facts becoming generally known. This
is evidently what Gresham expects to
| learn from Willis, and this view of the
situation explains his doubt as to the cor
| rectness OF the report or the opinions
which he evidently entertained that it
does not cover the entire situation.
On the other hand, there is a feeling
gradually gaining ground that there has
been failure on the part of the Minister
to carry out his instructions to the letter.
1t is pointed out that ten DAYS have
elapsed between the sailing of the China
and the sailing of the Australia, and il is
believed If Willis had made any attempt
to put in force his instructions his move
ments would have of necessity become
public and the facts known. In view of
the facts so far made public, 1t would seem
more than proba bic that he Minister, upon
acQuainting President Dole with his In
structioDs. found the head of the Provi-
sional Government obdurate in mis- deter
minatinn to hold his G ',vernment in power
and resist any effort at his displacement
even to the extent of resorting to force,
Ii. then. Will g. instructions did not con.
template resort to arms, he would find
himself at the end Of his line. and it would
be necessary for him to ask additional in
structions before proceeding further. IF
this should prove to be the case, the ad-
ministration will find itself face to face
with an awkward predicament
Certainly disappon tment and excite
ment were evident throughout the State
Department, and though the department
has dispatch from Honolulu that az
| rived by tie Australia. no conjecture can
be formed of what is in ii. Secretary
Gresham said pleasantly at 4:3O O'Clock:
You have all the news to-day and l
have nothing to give you"
w. n. Armstrong. formerly Attorney
General of the Hawaiian Islands, thinks
| that Paul Neumann, who was the Queens
counsel and is still her rieht-hand adviser
would convince her that she ran great
risk by accepting the throne without guar
anteed protection. 1t 10 not presuma BILE
| that Minister Willis Is equipped with
authority to give such a guarantee, and T.
is doubtful whether President Cleveland
has 1t in mind to go on protecting the
Queen after she shall have been restored
The administration evidently has not
AIKEN into consideration serious opposi-
| ton to the restoration Of the Queen or any
hesitancy on her part to resume the throne.
The Hawaiian legations only private
advice was the following dispatch from
the Hawaiian Consul at San Franrisco
sent after he had talked with persons on
the Australia:
'SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Is.
IL. a. Ihurston, Ha,1aiidn Legation,
Washington: Willis has said or dune
nothing. Gresham letter s not known.
"CHAs. WILDER"
MORGAN AND SHERMAN.