The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-01-20
QUEEN LIL'
VIII Bring a Damage Suit Agains.
the United States
Fee = Large Amount She Will Use Cieve-
lands Championship OF Her as Proof
This Information Comes From .
Source That Ia Trustworthy.

SAN Francisco. Jan. 15--The Pacific
Mail Co.'S steamer City of Pekin, from
Hong Kong to Yokohama, via Honolulu,
and the Oceanic Co.'S steamer Aus
tralia, from Honolulu, arrived here
Saturday within few hours of each
other Both bring full advices in re-
gard to the political affairs on the Ha.
waiian Islands.
The Pekin brought no passenger Of
special prominence from Honolulu, but
the Australia had delegations aboard
representing both the provisional gov
ernment and the ex-queen. Among
them were E. G. McFarlane, A. P.
Peterson and Sam Parker, of the
queens advisers, and Minister L. A.
Thurston and E. M. Hatch, the latter
being vice-president of the advisory
council Of the provisional government.
| None Of the gentlemen had much to
| say.
From q gentleman on board the Aus
tralia it was learned that the cores
pondence between Willis and Dole 10
not yet over. The gentleman who gave
the information is intimately connected
with the provisional government. He
to the demand of Willis he addressed
another letter to the American minis
ter. In his latter communication he
pointed out that business was at a
stand-still, and the republicans and
royalists alike were not aware which
way to turn on account of the policy
pursued by the representatives of the
| United States. He, therefore, asked
Willis to give him definite information
as to what he proposed doing.
AS no answer was returned to this
letter, President Dole sent another and
more urgent one to Willis. This was
answered by brief note, iu which
Willis said he was drawing up a paper
which would definitely set forth his
intentions, and that he would transmit
the same in a few days.
The Australia also brought state
ment from correspondent in Homo
lulu to the effect that ex-Queen
Liliuokalani had entirely abandoned
all hope of ever regaining the throne
of Hawaii, and is now perfecting
arrangements for bringing claim
against the United States for an inn
mense amount of money. The corre-
spondent says that information. comes
from a source which makes it trust
worthy, that agents of the ex-queen,
now in the United States, have in
formed her that American sentiment
| generally is against her restoration and
in favor of annexation of the islands,
and that all further efforts on her part
to regain her lost position will be ut
terly useless.
1t is stated that acting on this in
formal ation, and in view of the stubborn
stand taken by the provisional gov
ernment, Liliuokalani has concluded
to abandon the struggle to restore
former conditions and will seek pc.
cuniary solace in a claim for heavy
damages against the American gov
ernment. It is understood that
her action will be taken upon state
ments made in her favor by President
Cleveland in his message to congress,
by Secretary of State Gresham in his
letter to President Cleveland, and by
Commissioner Blount in the report of
his Investigations and upon the further
fact that in recognizing the justice OF
her cause and acknowledging that a
wrong had been done her, the United
States endeavored to induce the pro-
risional government to surrender in
| her favor