St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-19
of the great republic of restoring the

OF the great republic of restoring the
dethroned queen to power by force or
otherwise"
!. The Star, in commenting on the Roy
allst party. says: 1.-The brains and
strategy of the party, it is needless to
say. are supplied by British subjects
whose hatred of Yankees inspires their
Zeal quite as much as does the wish to
Keep the Islands for such contingencies
as may favor British jurisdiction here.
AS Minister Willis stays in Honolulu
and studies the recent history Of Hawaii
: lie will recognize in the British minis
ter an able and intrepid toe of American
progress, and firm friend of the lost
cause"
The Commercial Advertiser says ed
itorially: "Ihe presentation by Hon.
"A. s. Willis of his credentials as envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipO-
tentiary of the United States to the
provisional government of Hawaii was
an event which is the forerunner of a
much-desired end to the unrest which
has obtained during the absence of
diplomat from our greatest friend and
nearest neighbor.
Minister Willis has already estab-
lished himself firmly in the good opin-
ION of all well-wishers of
STABLE GOVERNMENT,
and his acts i'll the future will be II
doubtedly in cOnSonance with the
friendly feeling: of which he has proved
All able exponent.
"Only one construction can be placed
ien the letter of President Cleveland to
President Dole, and that is of the most
cordial friendship and good will be-
tween the existing government of
iAmerica and the existing government
iof Hawaii, coupled with desire to per-
spetuate the harmony now established
between the two nations as at present
administered. 1t is hoped by all that
this may be still further cemented by a
convention which shall bring to us in
some permanent form the protection of
the government of the q nited States,
and thus restore business confidence
which has been unsettl ed during the
past few months"
Secre tary Herbert declined to discuss
the present Hawaiian situation. but
said. referring to the question in agen-
eral way: "When the American peo-
pie come to thoroughly understand the
position of this administration toward
Hawaii, they will indorse it as entirely
patriotic and just, and the adminiStra-
tion will i'll the snd receive the COM
lamentations rather than the criticisms of
the country at large. The people of the
United States,'' lie said, "may be relied
3 upon at all times to be fair and to
favor justice when they know all the
faets i'll any given case"
An effort was made to find Secretary
Lamont for the purpose, if possible, of
asce raining his views, but the an
.nonneementw was made in his office that
ne had left for New York and would
probably be absent until Monday.
Senator Morgan. chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, was
requested to express an opiuion upon
the state of airs in the Sandwich
ISLANDS as developed by the dispatches
today, but declined to disc uss the ques-
tion, especially in vie W of the fact that
the dispatches do not indicate that any
Change has taken place, or. that the
status is in any way changed.
''Fhe official facts given to the pub
tlic," said the senator, ''are so mea ger
thatit Is difficult TO form an opinion,