The sun., 1894-12-27
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Washington, Dec. 21.-In answer to
o resolution, Secretary Herbert has
sent to the senate the correspondence
between the navy department and Ad-
miral Walker relative to bis mission
to Hawaii last summer.
The correspondence makes a volume
of considerable size, covering about
sixty typewritten pages, and while
much OF 1t Ii purely formal, some
chapters are of great interest. It be-
gins on March % last with the formal
order Of the secretary detaching the
admiral from duty as president OF the
inspection board and ordering him To
Honolulu to relieve Admiral Irwin as
c0mmander-ln-chief of the Pacific sta
tion. and closes with q notice from
the admiral dated Mare Island, Cal,
Aug. "a, announcing his relinquish-
ment OF that command to Admiral
Beardslee. Four days after the issue
of the first formal order the admiral,
while In Washington, received instruc-
tions from the secretary, marked "con-
fidential."
The instructions contained the fol-
lowing:
"Your purpose as commander OF the
naval forces of the United States will
be the protection of the lives and prop.
erty of American citizens. In case OF
any civil war in the islands, whether
growing out of an attempt to restore
the queen or an attempt to establish
permanent government or out of
any election, or arising from any
cause whatever, you will extend no
aid or support, moral or physical, to
any Of the parties engaged therein, but
you will keep steadily In view that 1t
is your duty to protect the lives end
property of all such citizens of the
United States as shall not by their
participation In such civil connections
subject themselves to local laws and
thus forfeit their right in regard to the
protection Of the American flag. An
American citizen who, during a revo-
luton or insurrection In foreign
country, participates In an attempt
by force Of arms or violence to main
tain or overthrow the existing gov
ernment, or who aids in setting on
foot revolution or insurrection in
such country cannot claim, as matter
of right of the government of the
OhAtC0 CtdtcS, plObSIllOhf dSdlhSL tAc
consequences of such act. II you shall
observe at any time any effort or at
tempt on the part of any foreign pow
er to interfere in the political affairs
of the Hawaiian islands, or IL you
shall perceive any circumstances
pointing to such interference, you will
promptly report the same to this de-
partment."
Admiral later reports that the re-
public has been firmly established,
but the royalists still hoped that the
United States would restore the queen.
81 am satisfied" said the admiral,
''that clearly formulated assurance
from the United States of non-inter-
ference wit.I the political affairs of
Hawaii and of the disapproyal of in
reference upon the part of any other
nation would rest the situation clearly
upon it's local merits in the estimation
of all classes without hopes or fear
OF outside pressure, and would tend
to speedy settlement of all troubles. +"
When, however, the action of the
senate was learned in Hawaii the
royalists concluded to no longer OPP
pose the new government Admiral
Walker concludes his correspondence
with detailed statement of the In
trigues Of the British government to
gain foothold in Hawaii and, if pos.
sible, to restore the queen to power
but which came to naught