The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-13
Another Batch Of 1t Laid Be-
fore Congress.
Two Recent Dispatches From
Minister Willis.
Feeling of Uncertainty in Honolulu
Needlessly Prolonged.
Gresham's Evasive Reply to q Question
Asked by Minister Thurston.
Hawaiian Debate in
tho Senate.


By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE president
late this afternoon transmitted to con-
gress additional Hawaiian correspond
ence. The presidents message follows:
To the Congress:
| transmit herewith two dispatches
received few days ago from our minis
ter at Hawaii. and the reply to one OF
them from the secretary OF state, in
which current version is given of the
interview which occurred November IA,
1893, between the secretary Of state and
Tnurston, representing the Hawaiian
provisional government at Washington.
(Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND.
The first of the correspondence sub
mitted is q letter from Willis to Gresham
January 10th, reciting the formers
action in declining to recognize or par
ticipate In the celebration of the first
anniversary of the provisional govern
ment. In second letter, same date,
Willis writes Gresham:
''In q letter from Dole, dated January
11th, the statement is made that No.
vember 14th Thurston called on Gresham
and inquired whether Gresham's letter
of October 18th YVES authentic and was
informed it was. Thurston then asked
Gresham il it was the intention of the
United States government to employ
force in restoring the queen. Gresham
declined to answer the question, saying
he would speak to the president and talk
more fully.
"Later in the afternoon Gresham
informed Thurston all he was at liberty
to Ltate was that Willis had no instruc-
tion to do anything to cause injury to
fife or property. Thurston said to
Gresham: Your answer does not con-
yey the information requested. What
| desire is to obtain information which
will guide my government in it's action.
II they know force is to be uHed by you,
their course of action will necessarily
be different from what it otherwise
would be. Definite information that
yon intend to use force may be the
means OF preventing you from using
force and saving bloodshed.'
ITO which Gresham replied: Our
relations in the past have been pleasant
and want them to continue to be 80 in
the future and be perfectly courteous to
YOU, and cannot at present answer you
more fully than l have done.'"
Willis. after quoting the above state
ments from Dole's letter, says to Gresh-
am: II do not know whether Thurston
made this statement public in the
United States at that time, but l do
know the first intimation this community
had upon the subject is contained in
Dole's letter of the 11th inst. Had your
statement to Thurston been made pu bic
here at the time November 24th) when
it was received, the excitement resulting
from the warlike preparations of the
provisional government would have been
allayed and critical and dangerous con-
diton avoided"
Replying to this letter, Gresham writes
Willis, February 7th, substantially cor
roborating Thurston'a version Of the
interview of November 18th, except that
he did not say in either interview that
he was not at liberty to answer Thurs.
toms question, but did say: II cannot
be more explicit at this time"