St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-06
THE AUCKLAND STORY
Discredited by Officials in Wash.
ington.

Discredited by Officials in Wash.
ington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The Assocl-
ated Press cable from Auckland, an
nOuncing that Minister Willis had notl-
fed the provisional government to re-
tire, AS the queen had agreed to grant
amnesty. has been am absorbing topic
in congressional circles today. Word
came from the state department to the
foreign affairs committee, but as no
mention was made Of the minister's re-
ported action. the information was
doubted by Chairman McCreary. Mr..
Raynor and others of the foreign affairs
committee. Mr.. McCreary said it would
give most startling turn to the sltua-
ton If 1t proved true.
Representative Hit, the Republican
leader of the foreign affairs committee,
said that if Minister Wills had taken
the action reported it would precipitate
tempest. The president had turned
the whole subject over to congress, and
yet. before Mr.. Willis had learned of
this course he had executed a policy
already abandoned. Mr.. Hit SAID this
would be particularly serious if the
minister's action had led to bloodshed
There is intense anxiety in congress
sional circles for further news OIL the
reported course of the minister, and it
led TO the circulation of wild and
groundless rumOrS on the floor of the
house that rlOting had begun in the
streets of Honolulu. The state depart
ment is not inclined to credit the state
ments as to Minister Willis actions at
Honolulu contained in the cable dis
patch from Auckland received by the
Associated Press yesterday. Such
action, it is said. is totally contrary to
the instructions sent to Mr.. Willis by
the COrwin, and received by him Dec.
II. That he could have written to the
provisional government after he re-
ceived these instructions requesting that
they surrender Office is denied with
strong emphasis at the state depart
ment, and the expressions in the presi-
dents message in this connection are
pointed to as refuting the statement.
The setting afloat of such report in
Honolulu is attributed to malign pur-
pose 10 impugn the good faith of the
president.
The statements contained in the dis
patch seemed to cause no uneaSineSs or
excitement at the Hawaiian legation.
They are not inclined to believe at this
time that Minister Willis has taken any
further steps to restore the queen.
Hawaiians in the city are not inclined
to think that the eX-queen's agreement
to grant amnesty to the provisional
government would make any difference
in the status of things in Honolulu.
They have important information that
leads them to believe that Liliuokalani
would fear to accept restoration with
out guaran tee of protection, and they
feel perfectly confident that such
guarantee is now impossible.
In connection with the Hawaiian
news from Auckland, the language of
Secretary Gresham's Instructions to
Minister Willis by the Corwin may be
recalled. These were dated Washing
ton, Dec. 8, and contained the follow
ing: Your dispatch, which was an
swered by steamer on the 25th of No
vember, seems to call for additional in
assent to the written conditions, you
will at once inform her that the presi-
dent will cease interposition in her be-
half. and that while he deems it his
duty to endeavOr to restore to the SoVer-
eign the constitutional government of
the islands, his further efforts in that
direction will depend upon the queens
unqualified agreement that obligations
created by the provisional government
in proper course of administration
shall be assumed, and upon such pledges
by her as will prevent the adoption of
any measure of prosecution or punish
ment for what has been done in the
past by those setting up or supporting
the provisional government. Should the
queen ask whether, ii she accedeS to the
conditions, active steps will be taken by
the United States to effect her restora-
ton or to maintain her authority there
after, you will say that the president
cannot use force without the authority
of congress. Should the queen accept
conditions, and the provisional govern
ment refuse to surrender. you will be
governed by previous instructions"
1t will be seen from this that if the
provisional government has refused to
yield without force, Willis latest in
structiOns prevent his going further. In
the event that the queen should accept
conditions, however, the instructions
are to be governed by previous in
structlons. The previous instructions
were to notify the provisional govern
| ment, Which has not yet been done, if
| the queen acceded to conditions. So far
as the public Is informed. there is moth
ing in the instructions to preclude Min
lister Willis from having proceeded on
these lines towards the provisional gov.
ernment. -