Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-18
At the Negative Character Of the
Hawaiian News.
STATE And NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Gresham Takes Documents te
the President.
N o OF f ICIAL NEW VS.

that nc hdo iounu the state OF Things IN
Hawaii 30 different from what had been
supposed that he withheld positive action
until he could further communicate with
this government. 1t is now believed that
Admiral Skerrett on his arrival here on
the China, forwarded to the State Depart
ment a dispatch from Mr.. Willis ANNOUNCE
ing that In the three days that had elapsed
between his arrival and the sailing Of the
China he had discovered enough to con-
vince him that the restoration Of the queen
could not be accomplished without difficult
ty. On the basis Of this, II Is thought he
asked for further instructions. which were
sent by the Monowai which sailed yester-
day, one day late.
Administration Course Uncertain,
In this event It is problematic Just what
course the administration has sent in the
way OF further orders to Mr. Willis 1t
may have told him to go ahead-"willy.
nilly"-or 1t may have realized that pre-
caution Is always the better part Of valor,
and called still further halt 1t would
seem that the administration has what may
be termed the bulge" on Mr.. Willis, as far
as knowledge of the state Of sentiment
In this country IL concerned, and that Mr.
Willis has similar bulge on the admin
lstration in respect to the state Of Hawaii
an sentiment. These two "bulges," com.
ing together now. by the grace of the steam
power, has possibly produced an era of COM
mon sense and discretion.
Those First distractions.
Whatever may be the outcome. the nature
OF Mr.. Willis first instructions will always
be matter Of great interest. There is Just
enough doubt as to their character to give
the color OF credence to the claim made by
the State Department officials that the
ho late
mately be approved by popular sentiment
There was very general belief today.
after the first news came that the queen
cannot now be restored without serious
trouble. Naval officers say that the golden
Opportunity has gone. If nothing could be
done In the lapse Of ten days between the
arrival of Mr.. Willis and the sailing Of the
China nothing could be done in a month or
year, especially after Mr.. Dole receives
word OF the sentiment in this country In his
favor.
The State Department Feeling.
The State Department oficials today
seemed to take a certain amount of satis-
FACTION on the basis Of the news that came
BY steamer. They refused to talk, but
chuckled among themselves at what they
termed the discontinue of the sensation
alists." Whether their glee came from a
verification Of their original position or
from 1udictous realization Of the trend of
opinion. is only to be surmised Secretary
Gresham responded to q query from The
Star that there was nothing at all today
nothing at all-nothing at ALL"
He remained In his office nearly all day
In close conference with Assistant Score
tary Adee and other officers Of the DEPART
ment, and about l:30 o'clock gathered a
packet Of documents and went out to visit
the President, who. like himself, had been
promptly advised Of the news brought by
the Australia.
Statement Of the situation,
1t is believed that one OF the papers car
ried by the Secretary for the Presidents
approval was a statement OF the situa ton
for the press from an administration stand
point.
1t was said at the State Department at
O'Clock that no word had yet been re-
celved from Minister Willis.
Secretary Gresham was apparently less
interested In the expected news than any
other person. and this fact gave rise TO a
suspicion, In advance of actual informa tton
from the steamer, that he had no expecta
ton that anything of moment had occurred
M ma a~a a,;,,p pres1ming that the program
ance had been carried out To be sure. the
Secretary heard the press bulletins with a
languid show Of interest. but otherwise he
was apparently engros1ed in the work of
reading state papers and in receiving visit
ors who called to say something about ap-
pointments.
No Omcial News Received.
1t was an hour after noon when the news
came that matters were quiet in Honolulu
and that Minister Willis had made no omen
movement toward the restoration of Queen
Liliuokalani.
There was general expression of surprise
from everybody except Secretary Gresham
and the few employees at the State Depart
rt1,-
to the plans Of the administration SO far as
they have taken form in official communica-
TONS This news however. came from the
press bulletins. and officially the State De-
partment was not even aware Of the arrival
OF the steamer. This was accounted for by
the fact that the departments communica-
tons from Minister Willis must pass
Cooper at San Francisco These communi-
cations. or, at least, the essential one would
be In CIPHER, for Mr.. Willis was prepared
TO use this. probably through the help Of the
naval officers on the Philadelphia or the
Adams. These CIPHER dispatches must
necessarily be transmitted slowly to insure
accuracy, and thus the delay was accounted
to las o'clock. Secretary Gresham put on
ms nat and left the department for
luncheon. He declined to say whether ne
was surprised to hear that nothing un-
satisned manner gave the impression that
pectations. ~
The General Impression.
The general impression Of those who
heard of the news from Hawaii this after |
noon was that the fact. Of the queen not
having been restored before the steamer
sailed was an evidence that the admins |
tration's policy had miscarried and 1t is
believed that the information brought is
extremely unsatisfactory to the admins
tration.
The belief is that Mr.. Willis. having fail |
ed to secure the restoration Of the queen
promptly, her restoration will now become |
an impossibility, since the Hawaiians will |
be informed on the arrival OF steamers |
which sailed from San Francisco several |
days ago Of the condition Of public senti- |
ment here and the provisional government |
feeling itself sustained by the American |
people will resist any attempt on the part |
Of Mr.: Willis to restore the queen. Among |
the few who had heard of the re-
ports from Hawaii members Of Congress |
and others, is an almost universal express |
sion of satisfaction that the great wrong |
which they feared has not yet been &C. |
complished.
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