The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-14

AFTER waiting moment l con-
tinued: The President not only tenders
you his sympathy. but wishes TO help
you. Before fully making known to
whether you are willing to answer Ger
tain questions which it is my duty to
ask? She answered, Il am willing
VI then asked her should you be re-
stored to the throne would you grant
full amnesty to life and property to all
those persons who have been or who
are now in the provisional government
or who havesbeen instrumental in the
overthrow Of your government She
hesitated moment and then slowly
and calmly answered. There are GER
tain laws of NY government by which
L shall abide. nv decisions would be
as the Jaw directs, that such persons
shall be behesded and their property
confiscated to the government
II then said, repeating very dis
tinctly her words; 1t is your feeling
these people should be beheaded and
their property confiscated? She re-
piled: 1t is.' then said to her; DO
you fully understand the meaning Of
every word which 1 have said to you
and of every word which you have said
to me, and IL so do you still have the
same opinion?'
and mean all have said, but l might
leave the decision of this to my minis
ters. To this replied; Suppose it was
necessary to make deolsion before you
appointed any ministers, and that you
were asked to issue royal proc anna
ton Of general amnesty, would you do
it?'
"She answeren; Il have no legal right
to do that and 1 would not do it
These people were the cause of the
revolution and constitut ton OF 1887
There will never be any peace with
them. They must be sent out of the
country or punished and their property
conhscated,' l then said; Il have no
further communication to mako To you
now, and will have none until l hear
from my government, which will prob
ably be three or four weeks. The in
terview thereupon, after some personal
remark, was brought to close.
Upon reflection l concluded not to
hold any consultation at present with
tho queens friends, as they have no
official position, and Furthermore, be-
cause I feared, If known to so many,
her declarations might become public,
to her great detriment, if not danger,
and to tho interruption of tho plaas of
| our government"
The rest of Willis report gives the &C.
coult OF mis- int; rview with Dole and
sketches Of some of the prominent men
connected with tt @ extinct govt rnment
q nd the present provisional government.
The correspondence concludes with
copy of the last inst ctions sent Willis
by steamer which sailed from San Fran
cisco to-day.
Dole's reply was delivered by himself
personally to Willis at midnight of
| a.
| cisco by the revenue cutter CorWin,
whose captain was enjoined to allow
no news of what had transpired to be-
como publio until Willis dispatch had
| reached the State Department. Dole's
| reply is about 4 600 words in length
and is remarkably vigorous docu-
mont. Its substance has been published.
AT it's close he says: mo man can
correctly say that the queen owed her
downfall to the interference OF the
American forces. The revolution was
carried through by the representatives,
now largely reinforced, of the same pub
lie sentiment which forced the monarchy
to its knees in 1887, which suppressed
the insurrection of 1889, and which for
twenty years has been battling for rep
resentatlve government in this coun.
try"
III
lis referred to in the Presidents letter
OF transmittal as the only Instructions
not sent to Congress are dated yester-
day They were sent under cover of a
telegram to w. A. Cooper, dispatch
agent at San Francisco, instructing him
To forward them to Willis by steamer
Mariposa.
These instructions say in part:
Your numbers, IA to Is inclusive,
shov that you have rightly compre-
honded the scope of your instructions,
ana nave, as far as was in your Lowe.,
discharged the onerous task confided to
you. The President sincerely regrets
that the provisional government refuses
to acquiesce in the conclusion which
his sense of right and duty and due re-
gard for our national honor constrained
him to reach and submit as measure
OF justice to the people of the Hawaiian
Islands and their deposed sovereign.
while it is true that the provisional
government was created to exist only
until the islands were annexed to tn o
United States; that the queen finally,
but reluctantly, surrendered to the
armed forces OF this Government ille-
gally CHARTERED in Honolulu and the
representatives of the provisional gov
ernment which realized its impotency
ana was anxious to get control OF the
queens means of defense, assured her
that If she would surrender her case
would be subsequently considered by
the United States.
THE subversion of the Hawaiian
government by abuse of the authority
OF the United States was in plain viola
ton of the international law and re
quired the President to disavow and
condemn tn act of our officials. and