The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-01-09
THE HAWAIIAN MIDDLE
President Dole Asked to Step
Down and Out.
POLITE BUT FIRM DEcLlNATloN
Formal Demand Made by Minister
Willis that the Provisional
Government Retire.

Victoria B. c., Jan. s. Cop righ.ed
1894, by the Associated Press). ..-IytnoIu.
lu' H. l.. Jan lst, 1874 -Sinte the sailing
OF the Corwin at 1850 a. in. on the morn
ing of December "a, no advices have left
here for the coast. That vessei tock
press dispatches against the orders of
the United States legation, but it is
doubtful If all of Them were 'tnded, as
1t is understood a strltt watch will be
placed on the vessel as son as she ar
rives near the harbor, and that che will
be likely ordered at once on a cruise.
An application was made by The Asso-
ciated Press and a special correspondent
of the New York World for permission
to forward dispatches by he orwin.
This was in each case brusquely refLs.
ed, and the dispatches were only put
aboard afterwards through the courtesy
of those who shall forever be nameless.
The Corwin took the demand of Min
lister Willis on the provisional govern
ment to step down and out, which was
couched in the following words:
Foreign Office, Houolulu, Dec. 10, 1893.
President Sanford b. Dole, Hon. S. NJ.
Damon, Minister Finance; Hon. j. a.
King, Minister Interior; Hon. w y
Smith, Attorney General
Mr.. President and Gentlemen:-The
president of the United States has very
much regretted the delay in the con-
sideration of the Hawaiian question,
but it has been unavoidable. | need
hardly premise that the presidents ac-
tion upon the Hawaiian question has
been under the dlstates of honor and of
duty; 1t is now and has been from the
beginning absolutely free from preju-
dices and resentment with long-estab-
lished friendship and treaty ties, which !
have 50 closely bound together our re-
spective governments. The president |
deemed it his duty. to withdraw from
the senate the treaty of annexation, |
which has been signed by the secretary |
Of state ana the agents Of Your govern
ment, and to dispatch trusted repre-
sentative to Hawaii to impartially in
vestigate the causes of your revolution
and to ascertain and report the true
situation in these islands. Upon the
facts embodied in Mr. Blount's report
the president has arrived at certain con-
clusions and determined upon a certain
course of action of which il becomes
my duty to acquaint you. The provis-
ional government was not established
by the Hawaiian people, or with their
consent or acquiescence, nor has 1t
existed with their consent. The queen
refused to surrender her powers to the
provisional government until convinced
that the minister Of the United States
had recognized it as the de facto au-
thority and would support and defend 1t
with the military force of the United
States, and that resistance would pre-
cipitate q bloody conflict with Il at
force. She wa sadvisei ard assured ny
ner ministers, the leaders of the gov
,rnment, for the overthrow Of her gov
,rnment; that Is, she surrendered under
protest that her case would afterwards
De fairly considered by the president
If the United States. The queen finally
yielded TO the armed force Of the United
States, then quartered in Honolulu, In {
rood faith, and depending 1pon the
lonor of the president when informed q
Il what had occurred, TO undo the ac-
ion of the minister, and reinslate her ;
md the authority which she claims as
constitutional sovereign of the Hawa-
ian Islands. After patient examlna-
ion of Mr.. Blount's reports, the Iresi-
lent is satisfied that the movement
gainst the queen, If not !nstlgated vas
ncouraged and supported by the rep
esentative of this government at Hon
lulu. and that he promised In advance
o aid her enemies in an effort to over
hrow the Hawaiian government ana
ct up By force a new government. The r
residen. has therefore determined tl'at @