The evening world., 1893-12-05
Assuring Hawaiiaus Of No Present
Change in the Situation.
Conditions Force the Minister to
Seek New instructions.
cutter Corwln Sails, Probably with
h Desired Communications.
(By Associated Press.)

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. Dec. g.
The b]arkentine klickitat, Capt. Cutler,
arrived to-day from Honolulu with ad-
vices to Nov. 90, four days after the
steamer Alameda sailed for San Fran
cisco. In an interview published in The
Evening Star, Minister Willis is report
ed to have said:
you are authorized to state that no
change in the present situation will take
Mace for several weeks. ! brought with
me certain instructions from the United
States Government on the Hawaiian sit
uatlon.
Since my arrival contingencies have
arisen about which neither the United
States Government nor myself was
aware when l left Washington. 1 have
thought best In exercising of the dis
erection allowed. to submit those matters
to Washington before proceeding further
to carry out my original instructions"
This statement gave the annexation
lists much satisfaction and the royalists
were much displeased.
on account of the many rumor cur
rent Of contemplated action OF the
Queens supporters, the Provisional Gov
eminent found it necessary to keep two
companies of soldiers under arms for
several nights after the Alameda sailed.
The editor of the Evening Star re-
quested Minister Willis to submit a
statement to the public to allay the gen
eral feeling of uncertainty. and 1t was
then that Mr.. Willis made the statement
quoted above. lie added:
II forwarded my dispatches to WASH
receive in answer to them nc, change
will take place in the present situation,
nor will any be allow d."
What do you mean by the expression
Nor will any be allowed|'
Il mean Just this-that until the time
comes for us to carry out my instruc'
lions the peace and good order or TINS
community will be kept undisturbed In
the interests tof humanity; that any at,
tempt made by any person or persons tc
make trouble will be promptly checked
more plainly. and say that even Il tht
Provisional Government discharged al
its troops to-day. no lawlessness Wou!C
be allowed for one uhder 'h'
The whole Hawaiian question Is now
in allegiance. and nothing that the news
papers can say or do vii alter the situa'
ton one iota. l make this, statement or
my own responsibility n in the hope
that it will allay the present excitement
No one need fear trouble and no law
l~essness will be permitted
After this statement JUNIORS began to
fly about that the Queens supporters
would make a final rally in her behalf.
The crews of the United States men-of.
war Philadelphia and Adams were held
in readiness to be landed on a moment
notice. The Queens advocate came out
the next day with a denial of the Wills
interview, saying he was misquoted, ana
by Inference gave announcement TO tht
idea that Willis had received an I'M
perative order to restore the Queen.
The newspapers containing Biounts re
port had not reached the islands when
the Klickitdts sailed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-Hawaiiar
Consul Wilder, when he read the news
which arrived last night from Honolulu
via Port Townsend, was naturally
pleased. When asked what unexpected
contingencies Minister Willis had prob
ably found in Honolulu he said:
II think he found hat the men com
posing the Provisional Government O
Hawaii were high-minded, ~law-abidint
citizens, instead of fnibusters such as IN
had been led 10 believe them to be. Thi!
news will nave a great effect on the PEG
pie of the United States, and | hope thu
administration will be forced by popula
opinion to change its view on the Ha
waiian question.
president Cleveland's statement II
his message to Congress that he had re
ceived no definite news from Willis |
corroborated by what Minister Will
has said in the interview published II
the Hawaiian paper