The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-15
UPHOLDS MINISTER WELLS

IN aissyourse-Iatcr Correspondence
ontains Little Not already Known
totheP bltc--A Dispatch Withhold.
1910 Instructions Sent to Willis
aturd ay-The Answer of the Pro-
The Queens Restoration.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 14.-The
resident yesterday transmitted to Con-
gresa additional. correspondence relat-
ing To- Hawaii since his last message.
aemessage is as follows:
CongTe8s:
transmit herewith all dispatches
from our minister to Hawaii except
auchSas have been heretofore transmit
ted tos Congress. I also send copies OF
insIuctions sent on January II, 1892,
being the only instructions sent to him
tiiathave not been sent to Congress. In
my former messages to Congress 1
withheld dispatch No. 3, under date of
oYember 10, 1898, and also dispatch.
80. 10, under date OF October s, 1898.
Inasmuch as the contents of dispatch
are all referred to in dispatch of
81nQf65S TecenG uate, anu ludSnuCnH az
there seems to be no longer reason for
ithholding it, the Same lis herewith
omitted. Dispatch No. 70 is still
With held for reasons that aecm justif-
ableand proper.
'GRovER CLEVELAND"
INSTRUCTIONS TO WILLIS.
The latest instructions to Minister
willis referred to in the Presidents let
lions not sent to Congress are dated
Yesterday. They were sent under cover
la telegram to w. a. Cooper, the dis
patch agent at San Francisco, instruct
ing him to forward the following tele-
gram to Mr.. Willis by the steamer Mari
posa yesterday:
Wallis, Minister Honolulu:
g = our Nos. Il to IS inclusive show
that you have rightly comprehended
tile scope of your instructions, and
have, as far as was in your power, dis
enlarged the onerous task confded. The
President sincerely regrets that the pro.
yisional government refuses to acQuiesce
In the conclusion which his sense of
right and duty, and due regard for our
National honor, constrained him to
reach or submit as a 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 until the islands
were annexed to the United States, and
chat the queen finally but re.
luctantly surrendered to an armed
force of this government illegally
quartered in Honolulu, and repro
sentatives OF the provisional govern
ment, which realized its impotence and
was anxious to get control OF the queen 9
means of defense, assured her that If
gsshe would surrender, her case would be
subsequently considered by the United
States, the President has never claimed
that such action constituted him an
ar bitrator in the technical sense or
Eau thorized him to act in that capacity
between the queen and the provisional
government. You made no such claim
when you acquainted the provisional
government of the Presidents decision.
The solemn assurance given to the
@queen has not been referred to as au-
8thority for the President to act as arbi-
traitor, but as fact material to q just
determination of the presidents duty in
the premises.
RIGHT TO INTERFERE.
ss :; Gin the note which the matter of for
eign affairs addressed to you on the 23G
ultimo, it is stated, in effect, that even
& if the constitutional government was
subverted by the action of the Ameri-
can governments minister and an in
vasion by q military force of the United
States, the Presidents authority is
limited to dealing with our own unfaith-
full officers, and that he can take no
steps looking to q correction OF the
{ wrong done The President entertains
different view of his responsibility
and duties. The subversion of the Ha-
waiian government by an abuse of au-
thority by the United States was in
plain violation of the international laws
and required the President to disayy!ow
and condemn the act of our offending
officials and within the limits Of his
constitutional power to endeavor to re-
store the lawful auth GRITTY.
son the 18th ultimo, the President
sent special message to Congress,
communicating copies of Mr.. Blount:s
reports and the instructions given to
him and to you. On the same day,
answering resolution OF the house of
representatives, he sent copies of all
correspondence since March +, 1889, on
the political affairs and relations of
Hawaii, Withholding, for sufficient rea-
sons, only Mr.. Steyens's No. 20 of Octe-
Der, 1892, and your No. 3, OF NoVem Der
l5. 1898 The President therein an
nounced that the conditions OF restora-
ton suggested by him to the queen had
not proved acceptaOle TO ner: ana tnat
since instructions sent to you to insist
upon those conditions he had not
learned that the queen was not willing
10 assent to them, the President there
upon submitted the subject to the more
extended powers and wide discretion of
Congress, adding the assurance that he
would be gratified to cooperate in any
legitimate plan which might be devised
for solution of the problem consist
ent with American honor, integrity and
morality. Your reports show that on
further reflection thel queen gave her
unqualified assent, in writing: to the
conditions suggested, but that the
provisional government refused to
acquiesce in the Presidents decision.
..The matter now being in the hands
OF Congress, the President will keep
that body fully advised of the situation,
and will lay before tfrom time to time