The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-13
THE ASPECT OF WAR.
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has reached the executive and an adj
-isory council special session was held,
in which Mr.. Brown introduced the
following resolution. which was unani-
mously recommended by the council
TO the executive:
Resolved, the executive council in
quire of the American minister Wheth-
er his instructions were covered by, and
in harmony with the letter of Secretary
Gresham to President Cleveland. If
force
Resolved, thas should the answer be
in the affirmative these councils rec
omTnend Mr.. Willis be Immediately
given his passports and the ex-queen
be made a prisoner of state. .
The fear Of the council seems to be
the British Will offer protection to the
ex-queen in case Cleveland fails to re-
store her This is the chief reason, the
notice stated, has been given to for
elgn officials not to land troops with
out permission of the provisional gov
eminent
The provisional government will send
important dispatches to Minister
,Ihurston, either bSs the steamer Alawa
today or by the Oceanic, which sails
Dec 5. These dispatches will contain.
f1rst-The present status of Hawaii
an affairs, including the determined
police provisional government as stat
ed. Second-Ths determination of the
government to hold the situation
against any attempts to overthrow it,
either by revolt or foreign interfer-
ence. Third-That the only proposition
submitted by the provisional govern
ment to the United States was the
proposition for annexation. Fourth
That throughout, President Dole has
a n
commit the provisional government to
polcy binding upon Hawaii in case of
adverse action by the United States
Congress.
The fact is to be emphasized that no
question of arbitration has been sub
united by the provisional government,
as assumed by Secretary Gresham
Thurston will be instructed that the
position taken by him is the correct
one and the one upon which the gov
eminent here will insist with force if
necessary.
1t is learned that as Blount interview
| ed but two of the original committee
of safety, the government will also
forward to Thurston, for use, affidaVits
from the remaining eleven members
as to the facts happening from the
date of the PRONUNCIATION of the new
constitution to the time of the raising
OF the stars and stripes by ex-Minister
Stevens.
In view of the attitude assumed by
President Cleveland, American citi-
zens yesterday presented protest to
Minister willis. which has been
numerously signed, in which they set
| forth that. as citizens of the United
States, they have done nothing
whereby they forfeit or waive their
| full legal and constitutional rights as
such citizens.
The document contains six type
written pages. The recitation is be-
fore the signatures and closes with
the following words:
And the undersigned hereby sol
EMMY and respectfully protest to your
excellency, and to Grover Cleveland,
president of the United States. and
Walter Q. Gresham, secretary of state,
to Hilary Herbert, secretary of the
navy, and to Rear-Admiral John Irwin,
commanding the United States naval
forces now in the Hawaiian waters,
and to all concerned, that any such
acts of war or hostility, if taken, at
tempted, or announced in time of pro-
found peace, now existing between the
United States and the Hawaiian ISL
ands, or without any full formal, timely
announcement thereof, will and would
be cause for all concerned in authority
to be responsible for all consequences
that may ensue therefrom. not only be
fore Almighty God, but all sanctioned
rules and observances Of civilized ma
tons in their dealings with each other,
and will and would be in violation of
the rights of the undersigned, secured
and belonging to them as citizens of
the United States of America
Immediately on the arrival of the
Australia yesterday, the council held a
special session to hear official dis
patches from Thurston. These strongly
advised the provisional government to
hold the fort The idea is growing
here that Minister Willis will refuse to
act and will probably resign before he
will carry out Cleveland's restoration
policy. He refuses to be interviewed
and at present writing it is not known
from any hint or word he has dropped,
either to the provisional government or
elsewhere, what course he will pursue
after the arrival of the Alameda, due
here on December q, with Washington
dispatches in answer to his application
by that vessel for final instructions.
Blount's report raised furore of in
dignation in both the annexation and
| the royaliSt camps. The royaliStS de-
nounce both Wundenberg and Colburn
and the annexationists claim the re-
port is one-sided and garbled.
Minister Damon declares the only
direct questions Blount put to him
were ex parte testimony, and have
been published, and the entire bal
ance long and seemingly friendly
conversation, which could throw a flood
of light on the question, has been evil
IDENTIFY suppressed.
The fact has been commented upon
here, strongly, that one or two letters
were received from Mrs. Blount- by
! friends here asking them not to judge
Mr.. Blount and his adverse report too
severely, as he was in no way to blame
for his action
The financial condition of the govern
ment continues to improve. The sur
plus has risen to S16s 749. and the total
cash resources last Thursday were
S272,959
But while the governments finances
have not as yet suffered, and probably
will not, as taxes for this period are
now flowing in, great financial depres-
arrived of President Cleveland's I'M
friendly attitude. Both sugar and
commercial stocks have dropped in
value and business generally is stag
] mated. Investments have ceased. and
there is no money to lend on any secur-
iity. Capital is being withdrawn from
the banks and both local and foreign
commerce viii remain crippled so long
as the present crisis and political ex-
element continues.
| On Interference, either on behalf Of
the ex-qUeen, or of England, the re-
commentator of the advisory council
viii be extended at once and Minister
Wodehouse will also be handed his
passport. While this will probably be
the course the provisional government
will take, If an emergency arises, it
cannot, at present writing. be Of
ficially verified, as the cabinet refuses
! to answer further than the determines