Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-21
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. THE AFFAIRS AT HAWAII Secretary Gresham Gives
 Out Correspondence. COMMISSIONER BL0UR1'S STAND. He Gives the Results of
 His investigations. OF IMPORTANCE TO RAILROADS. Judge Townsend Decides
 the Air-Brake Case.
OF IMPORTANCE TO RAILROADS,
MIR, RLOUNT WAS FIRM.

MIR. BLOUNT WAS FIRM.
 Secretary of State Gresham at Las,
 Makes Public His Correspo ndencs
 With the Former Commissioner ol l the United States to the Hawaiian l Islands-Mr. BlOunt Forestalled the Visit of Paul Neumann to the U nited
 States-He Also Told the ex-Queen ! That No Person Was Authorized to Place the Government of the United States in Favor of an Adj ustnent o1 the Difficulties on the Island. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Secretary Gres- ham to-day made public the correspond ence between the secretary and MT. Blount, late commissioner to the Hawaiian Islands. MT. Gresham in giving this voluminous matter to the press explained that 1t in- cluded everything connected with MT. Blount's mission to Hawaii with the excep- tion of some statistical tables relating to the islands. In his letter of instructions to MT. Blount, MT. Gresham says:
 "In the judgment of the president your authority, as we'll as that of the commander of the naval forces ia Hawaiian waters, should be, and Is limited in the use of physical force to such measures ss are necessary to protect the persons and prop erty of our citizens. and while sustaining from any manner of interference with the domestic concerns of the islands you should indicate your willingness to intervene with your friendly offices in the interest of peaceahls settlement of the troubles within the limit of sound discretion.
 "Should 1t bs necessary to land sn armed force upon Hawaiian territory on occasions Of popular disturbance when the local authorities may be unable to give adequate protection to the life and property of citi zsns of the United States the ascent of such authority should first be obtained, if it can be done without prejudice to the interest involved.
 "Your power in this regard should not, however, be claimed to the exclusion of similar measures by the representatives of other powers for the lives and property of their citizs sns or subjects residing in the islands. While the United States claim no right to interfere in the political or do- mestic affairs or in the internal conflicts of the Hawaiian islands otherwise than as herein stated or for the purpose of main taining any treaty or other rights which they possess, this government will adhere to its consistent and established policy in relation to them and 1t will not acquiesce in domestic interference by other persons"
 In letter dated April MT. Blount an- nounces his arrival at Honolulu and tells of his refusal against the strong urging of Minister Stevens to accept house and the use of servants, carriages, horses, etc., furnished by the provisional government saying whatever I wanted for 1t from noth- ing up." He also notes the refusal of ten ders from the ex-queen and others.
 Appended to a letter of April 8, in which MT. Blouut deplores the perverted influ- epce of Minister Stevens and Consul Gene ral Severance, to which he sscribes the a representative of an interview between MT. Blount and Admiral Skerrett. Admiral Skerrett stated that he called at the navy department. On April 24 Mir. Blount was called on by MT. Spreokels. Mr. Blount for the eecond time disspproved of re- quest of the provisional government for forces be landed for drill. "The landing of troops, pending negotiations between the queen and President Dole," the commissioner says, "might be used to i'm press the former with fear that troops were landed to lend force to the provis- ional government in bringing her to an ad jastment of matters"
 MT. Blount, in a subss quent letter forestalled the visit of Paul Neumann to Washington In stating that he 'Is general ly regarded here as bright, plausible, un- serupIlous person." aud suggests that If the administration should receive any proposition in connection with contrast between the queen and the provisional government in the matter of her abdication it would be far better to decline to enter tain anything. MT. Blount says ke called on the ex queen and informed her that no person was authorized by President Cleve- land nor himself to place the government of the United States in the attitude of de- string an adjustment between herself and the provisional government. The queen replied she did not intend to enter into any negotiations until the Washington govern ment had taken action on MT. Blount's re- port.
 On May 4 MT. Blount wrote "at this time the indications are unmistakable that large majority of the people are utterly opposed to annexation. I do not look for any change from this situation through future information. There is @ strong disposition on the part of the annexation element to suppress expressions sgsinst annexation by means of social and busi- ness hostility" The correspondence con- dains statement of Volney v. Ashford, dated March 8, 1893, in which he refers to Queen Liluikalani ss "a reigning sovereign who had at lesst twice striven to supplspt her brother even at the expense, If nsces- ssry, of walking over his strangled corpse | to the throne," and calls her "a woman notoriously loaded with the grossest social vices"
 MT. Ashford also says: "Wileon's spulp on the queen consisted in the fact that for l many years he has been her fsvorite para ! mour (she has severaD The pair | openly lived together la the queen's cot | tsge at Wskaikai, 8 suburb of Honolulu, l during and succeeding the 'saud bag cpl code at the palace, just preceding the de- scent upon the league. This place was formerly an designation house, built by the queen, and openly used for that purpose, l under the personal charge of her business manager, formerly her nstive coachmsn. All these and many other equally scandal
 ous acts are matter of public notoriety at l the capitol"
 These statements against she=dsposed queen are dscredited by MT. Blount.
 Mir. Blouut's conclusions of fact are em
 bodied in his report to Secretary Gresham
 dated July F. It Is 8 very long docu
 ment, filling thirty-seven large printed
 pages and indicates clearly that he under
 stood that he was to confine himself to
 plain statement of facts. Refusing sl
 proffers of hospitality on his arrival on thu l islands, he says ne LOOK up nls quarters O
 the Hawaiian hotel, where he passed sev
 eral days in receiving calls and soon beeam
 aware Shat all minds were quietly ant
 anxiously looking to the action of tn
 United States. The troops of the Bostol
 were doing military duty for the provision
 sl government with the American fla
 floating over the government building an,
 "within it the provisional government con } dueted its business under an Americsl
 protectorate, to be continued according
 the avowed purpose of the American mir
 ister during negotiations with the Unite
 States for annexation"
 Mir. Blount says: My instructions al
 rected me to make inquiries which in tn
 interest of candor and truth could not done when the minds of thousands (
 Hawaiian citizsns were full of uncertaint
 as to what the presence of American troop , 1 the American flag and the American pro t tectorste implied. It seemed necesssr | that all these influences must be witl l drawn before those inquiries could prosecuted in manner befitting the dil | nity and power of the United States. Il ! spired with such feelings and confident I
 disorder would ensue I directed the I
 moval of the flag of the United Stat @l from the government building and the r
 turn of the troops to their vessels. Tn
 was accomplished without demonstrate
 of joy or grief on the part of the peopl !. The afternoon before, In an interview wi
 President Dole, in IespoDss to my inquir E. he said that the provisional governms