Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-17
WILLIS POWER
Naval Forces at Hawaii Arc
Under His Control.
ARMY OF PICKED MEN
Carefully Trained by the Pro.
visional Government.
attitude of President Dole 10 Now the Most
Absorbing Question.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-THE possibility
that Miuist.r Wills may not be able 10
carry out he program of peaceable restora-
tion of the Gu. en- )f Hawaii and the ANAL
gamation of the prov sipnal government
with her adm nistra'ion makes all
Interested in he Movement i'll at rase.
Ii j. realized at the state department
that ia restoration ovement would be
far nj r. p pular il 1t Is accomplished
with h Sc ming acquiesc-nce II the pro-
visioual guvrI nmrnt and IL the member
OF that govern ent endorse IL by entering
the on ems cabinet. G. frequently, news
OF the situation from Hawaii is awaited
by the z vernu'ent with IN re intere Z
than the general public, for IL feels that IL
has more at stake than is supposed.
The Evening Star says: IN anticipa-
tion # the condition of affairs which
would ar Sc should the provisional govern
ment give Mr.. Willis his pnsspor 3, the
admin stration adop ed the extraordinary
course of providing him with an iudepend
ent authori TO command the naval
fore of the har b,r of Honolulu. Under
o dinary Iu'es OF inierna ional law Mr.
Willis would not be minister IL his pass
ports were given him by the provisional
goveir ment and he wodld have no
authority To call on tie naval forces Of
this country for any purpose whatever.
ITO gua'd d against this contingency or
ders TO tn commanding officer Of the
naval forces were given him. sign.d by the
President of the United States, directing
the commanding officer to obey any or
ders coming from Mr.. Willis, regardl s. Of
his official relation to the Hawaiian gov
ernment"
Nuns the Word.
The sec rcy mai ltaned bv the state de-
partmrnt ON Ha allan affairs makes II
difficult e. judge |" " much that is prin ed
is true, AT d how much speculate Ion. The
requests for infurmati' grow more and
more impor unate, but without result.
Much that has been published on the
subject is speculation aud surmise and
made up by inference. II is sometimes
possible TO corroborate SO much OF a sur.
mise as ha pms to be accurately made.
Readers of III, ST dispatches on the subject
can reasonably rely upon the accuracy Of
the atement that Minister Willis is in
structed tn use all his powers OF persua-
SION to induce the Provisional government
to consent TO retire in favor Of tie queen.
He will try TO induce the queen 10 grant
amnesty 10 all the Ievolutionists and will
seek to induce members Of the present
queen, but he wi not employ any force to
secure he attainment OF his purpose With
out further il strdctions from this govern
ment
A point Of interest is: Has President
Dole yielded to the persuasions Of the
United ; ates minister or has he stood on
his rights and refused To yield without the
use of force'
From those who are in touch with the
White ii Use comes III" Intelligence that
| the sdmini,tIa ion l. d ppoini ed that the
CO sc ence OF the country has not been
| awakened to sympathy wit h the act which
| Is claimed hy tie administration to be one
| Of justice aud faIrn' -.
| Ready tn Fight
There h also crept into the department
| of state feeling 4 doubt as to whether
| the provisional government will yield so
readily to the mere suggestion OF the
minister Of the United Stat rs was
| hoped when he WIS dispat to Homo
| lulu. Ii l. learned that the forces Of the
| provisional government, though small,
are well organized and disciplined and are
most Of them sharpshooters.
1t Is said that there are 1000 picked men
| provided with arms in Honolulu and en-
| 70 led in drilled companies. They have
been trained for two months past as a
| safeguard gainst royaist uprising In the
| Islands, since | was realized that the pro-
visional government must depend on its
/, own resource without hope of aid from
| the United States.
| Thesr companies are made up Of white
men largely, aud their morals would prove
excellent. EiLhte.n rapid-fre guns are in
cluded In the militia equipment, the arms
being Winchester rifles. This force would
b. surerior to what the men-of war at
Honolulu could put on shore. But no one
seems TO believe that any resistance wou Il
be made should the marines actually b.
LANDED.
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