The record-union., 1893-11-14

his credentials when we left:
"Opinion is divided on the main ques-
ton, and if it is true that the Queen is to
be restored there will, no doubt, be some
sort of an uprising. The crews from the
Adams and Philadelphia will undoubt-
edly prevent, if possible, all breaches of
the peace. If Minister Willis has the
authority to restore the Queen, she will,
no doubt, again preside over the Ha-
Waiian Islands,"
The fact that the intention of Minister
! Willis was not known to the population
did not have tendency to disturb mat
ters and, as above stated, when the China
started for this port a peaceful state OF
affairs prevailed.
Lieutenants Wilson and Fox and En-
/ sign Williams accompanied Admiral
! Skerrett.
| Consul Wilder said to-day that he had
no official communications by the China S
mail, and his personal correspondence
! left him as much in the dark as any one
else regarding the course of events on the
| islands.
suppose" he was asked, Minister
! Willis should request, on the part of the
| Cleveland Administration, that the Pro-
visional Government step down and out.
What would be the answer?'
1.-The answer would be that the request
could not be granted. The Provisional
Government would decline to entertain
any such proposal"
"But if Mr.. Willis should threaten the
employment of force, what then?"
''In that case the Hawaiian Government
could have but one course to pursue. 1t
would reply that resistance To the mill
tary or naval power of the United States
would be useless. But it would protest
with all its moral force against such
high-handed outrage. ii compelled to
submit to the restoration Of the Queen it
would have but one request to make. It
would say to Minister Willis: When
you have by compulsion put Liliuokalani
again upon the throne stand aside and let
events take their course
~ Mess the Government of the United
States backs up the Queen with show of
force the restored monarchy could not
last day. The only way the monarchy
could be kept up would be by the mill
tary and naval power of this country"
IF the Government at Washington
should be satisfied with restoring the
monarch, and should then let it stand or
fall, would there be bloodshed?'
"Unquestionably, the next revolution
would not be peaceful, as was the last.
There would be an end of monarchy,
once and for all. And such revolution
would be sure TO come just as soon as the
United States protectorate of the mon
Al
of the eX-Queen would not be endured
one day longer
81 have talked to a number of Hawaii
ans here to-day" continued Mr.. Wilder,
''and they are all of one mind. They
agree that if the monarchy be restored it
cannot last. No one has any respect for
Liliuokalani.
"Her character is notorious to all Ha-
WaiianS. Her relations with her eX-
a
ernment was simply wasteful, extrava-
CANT and worse than useless institution.
Since it went out of existence the Pro-
Yisional Government has vastly i'm
proved the condition of affairs. 1t has
paid out 100000 in settlement of debts of
the monarchy, paid its own running eX-
Denses, and had at last accounts over
$500, 900 in the treasury. Hawaiian bonds
are at par, or not less than SO.
"The business community at Honolulu
is almost unanimous for annexation.
There are no natives in business. The
natives, as q rule, own nothing. They
pay less than 2 per cent of the taxes levied
on the islands. They are assessed at less
than 100000 all told, while the assess
ments of the foreign elements amount to
S23, 100000.
''Talk about the natives owning the
islands! They don't own Hawaii. The
foreigners own it. By foreigners, mean
not only the foreign-born, but also the
natiye-b born Of foreign descent.
1.-The foreign element is the only one
worth taking into account. The natives
count for nothing in an industrial or
commercial sense. They are fast dimin-
ishing in number.
"They will not work if they can help
it. Those that own little pieces of land
known as taro patches lease them to
Chinese and live in idleness themselves.
1T would be mistake to suppose that
the natives are anxious to see the Queen
restored. The average Kanaka doesn't
care a copper what the Government is.
He is perfectly Indifferent.
The only class of people who want
the monarchy restored are the hangers
on of the late Queens Government, who
hope to gain some personal benefit from
the return of the old corrupt and extrav-
agant order OF things"
CONGRESS WILL TAKE THE MATTER IN
HAND.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The State De-
partment received a communication from
Honolulu, telegraphed from San Fran
cisco, written in the Navy Department
cipher. Securing the substance of the
official communication, Secretary Gresh-
am took a copy for a conference with
President Cleveland. Nothing was given
out as to the substance of the dispatch.
The plan of the Hawaiian Representatives
is evidently to stand rigidly TO the rights
acquired by the recognition of their Gov
ernment. Congress will undoubtedly
take up the Hawaii matter Immediately
upon assembling in - December. The
fight, it is said, will be made by the Adj
ministration on the ground that it de-
clared war without the consent of Con-
gress. If the present Government will
peacefully yield to the persuasions of the
I
is whether so peaceaDle proceeding
could be regarded as an act of war. 1t is
argued that it would be an act of aggres-
sion on a sovereign power none the less
because the power peacefully yielded TO
the threat of an Overwhelmingly superior
force. The shrewd sGrmise in Washing
ton is that the restoration of Queen Lili-
uokalani may not be followed by the
withdrawal OF the entire influence of the
United States, but that with the work of
the last Administration once undone a
protectorate may be established over the
monarchy. One clear and certain result
of the present incident would seem to be
that annexation never will be proffered
by the Hawaiians again.
MAGUIRE SUPPORTS CLEVELAND.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Representa-
tive Mcguire has an interview in to-
nights .Stag that greatly surprises his
friends. He has been supposed to SYM
pathize with the Coast people In their de-
sire for Hawaiian annexation, or at least
recognition of the Provisional Govern
ment, but now he has halfa column in
terview in which he is quoted as saying
that after carefully reading Gresham
letter to President Cleveland he fully
agrees with the Secretary OF State. and
that because the revolution was brought
about as asserted by Blount, the Queen
/ should be restored to her throne. Sew
eral days ago, when informed by But
| tetfR correspondent that the Adminlstra-
ton would like to see the Queen again on