The Helena independent., 1893-12-06
ALL AG0G ABOUT Hawaii
The Unexpected News Received on
the KNckitat Revives tho
Dropping Subject.
Promptly Construed to Mean That
Willis Does Not Agree
With Blount.
Reported Hesitancy In Executing Sup
possdiy Positive Orders Cited In
support Of That Conjecture.

support Of That Copjsoture.
WARRINGTON. Doe. 5.-Ths state depart
ment has received no advloss from the
barksntins Kiickitat. which arrived Al
Port Townssnd, WASH. yesterday. They
are inclined to question the ACCURACY Of the
reported interview with Willis in the Hon
olulu Evening" Star. They SAY II would
have been improper for Willis 10 thus ex-
press himself. and they do not believe hs
has. The Associated press telegram from
Port Townsend. giving tho news received
BY vessel from Honolulu. caused surpHire.
Willis had apparently not thought IL worth
while to intrust . dispatch to the vessel.
Gresham was engaged this morning with
ssA negotiation. and would not be seen. The
improprietv Of Willis expressing himself.
as he was reported to have done. was the
only reason advanced by other officials for
discreditina the reported interview. The
portion Of tho interview causing surprise
was the following:
Tho editor Of the Evening Star requested
Minister Willis to submit a statement to
The public to allay the general feeling Of
uncertainty. In published interview
Willis said: eyes. believe that the time
has como whom IL 10 right and proper for
brought with me certain instructions from
the United states government on the Ha-
waiian situation. Since my Arrival contin-
oencies have arisen about which mother the
United states government nor myself were
informed when left Washington. i have
L. ~9 h..
discretion allowed me, TO submit theSe
matters to Washington before proceeding
further to carry out my original inatr1e-
tions. ] forwat ded my dispatches to Wash
inRton by to-day's steamer, and until re-
ceivs answer to them no change will take
place in the present situation. nor will any
"What do you moan by the expression.
Nor will any be allowed2'''
II mean just this: That until the time
comes for me to carry out my instru uetions
the peace and good order of this oommun-
ity will be kept undisturbed in tho interests
of humanity; that any attempt made by
promptly checked and punishsd. You may
put the matter more plainly and say that
even II the provisional government dis
charged all its troops to-day no lawless-
ness would be allowed f.. one moment
under the present situation Of affairs. The
whole Hawaiian question II now in absy-
ance, and nothing thaS the newspapers can
say or do can alter the situation one iota.
make this statement on my own response.
bllity. and in the hope that it will allay the
present excitement.''
After this statement rumors began to fly
about that the queens supporters would
make anal rally in her behalf. The
Philadelphia and Adams vess hsid id read
mess to be landed on snomsnts notice.
The queens advocate came out next day
with a denial OF the Willis interview. saying
he was misquotsd. and by inference gave
encouragement to the idea that Willis had.
or would receive. an imperative order to
restore the queen,
Newspapers containing Blount's report
had not reached the islands when the Kick
itat sailed.
An Associated press representative re-
ceived to day from reliable sou 90 an in
timatlon OF tho Eolisy it Ia intended to
pursuo in Hawaii. The extent of the active
half Of ressatinR Liliuokalani on the throne
has probably been exaggerated. Tho pur-
pose of the administration. 1t 10 believed,
will be rather to act a. arbitrator between
tho two parties in dispute and endeavor to
prevail on them to agree between them-
selves. This was contingent upon the con-
tident belief, based on the explicit asser-
ton contained in the last letter from
Blouns, that the p DIVISIONAL government
would fall to pieces when notified that an
ne1ation was impracticsble. In that letter,
which has not been published. blounA,
under dnte Honolulu, July 81, said:
"Ihe action OF the Unitsd States ID
This condition, it can be assumed. will re-
main until the proposition TO annex 10 ao-
cepted or rejected. In the latter contin-
gen0y no sudden moyenent 10 likely 10
| occur. The present government can only
rest on the use of military force. possessed
of most of the a, ms on the islands. with Z
small white population to draw from to
strengthen it. Ultimately it will fall
without fail. II may p; eserve it, existence
for year or two. but not longer"
Enough is known Of Niniste: Willis i'm
pressfons, Rnipsd sinos arrival at Honolulu.
to make it certain that he does not agree
with Blount in this.
late news from Hawaii was read at cabinet
meeting to-day from an Office copy. in ad-
vance OF publication. 1t was the subject
Of consultation in the cabinet. but prob
ably caused no change in the plan decided
on after hearing from Minister Willis BY
the Alameda.
Hawaiian Minister Thurston was not a
home this morning. bat the little group ot
Hawaiians at tho same hotel were glad u
hear the news by way Of Port Townsend
aud expressed the opinion that II CAV.
cause for encouragement to friends of th.
provisional government.
SAN FnANcIsco. Dee. 5.-The United Statei
revenue cutter Corwin sailed At midnight.
Her destination 10 4 secret. but IL IL sup.
| possd to he Honolulu. with Instructions foI
Minister Willis. IL 10 fepo.te that one OF
the sailors on the Corwin had been bribed
to take dispatches from Minister Ihurstou
i to the provisional government. The CAP
tain refused to take letters from Hawaiian
Consul Wilder, saying that he did not know