Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-08
She Not Only Brought Mr.. Willis
Demand for Surrender,
BUT PRESIDENT DOLE'S REFUSAL.
The Administration Filled With
the Gravest Anxiety.
TALK OF PEACHMENT

The statement that the dispatches from
Willis brought by the Corwin confirm the
Auckland dispatches as to Willis demand
upon the provisional government to retire
is not "a matter of speculation. but is abso-
lutely accurate. The situation as disclosed
by the Corwin dispatches is even more
grave than has been stated and there is
the keenest anxiety on the part Of the ad-
min.stratiop. There is no satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION given for the action of the ad-
nlinistration in not permitting any COM
munIcation with the revenue cutter, ex-
cept that MIR. Cleveland desires to keep
from the public as long as possible knowl-
edge of the real gravity of the situation
iE the hope that the mail steamer leaving
Honolulu after the departure OF the Corwin
may bring more favorable news, which can
be put out at the same time with the Willis
dispatches, II they are given to the public
at all. While it is possible that there may
be some one on board the revenue cutter
to conceal, there is no Information which
warrants this statement and 1t Is q mere
matter of conjecture.
President Dole's Refusal.
The dispatches from Mr.. Willis. besides
stating that the queen had accepted the
terms of the United States, and that he,
Willis, had notified the provisional govern
ment 'of the decision Of the United States"
and demanded the surrender Of authority
to Liliuokalani, also convey to the State
Department the reply Of President Dole 10
this demand, which is a very vigorous and
emphatic refusal to comply. The depart
nlent is further informed of the probability
of royalist uprising, under the encour-
agement of the action of Mr.. Willis, for the
purpose of overthrowing the provisional
government. That uprising had not oc-
CURED at the time of the departure of the
Corwin, but it was expected and the great
est anxiety of Mr.. Cleveland now Is lest
there should be a revolution and bloodshed
before anything can be done on the part of
this country to prevent 1t. If the Corwin
has coal sufficient for the trip she may be
sent back Immediately with dispatches TO
Willis, or, what is more probable the Mo-
hican, which is practically ready, may be
dispatched at once for Honolulu 1t is nc
knowledged by the administration that IL
the uprising of the royalists has occurred
the administration will be placed in a po-
sition from which 1t will be difficult to ex-
tricate it.
Talk Of Impeachment.
Talk of impeachment is heard in a good
many quarters and it is entirely probable
that IL the royalist uprising occurs articles
OF Impeachment against Mr. Cleveland will
be introduced in the House The RESPONSE
bic foreign affairs authorities in the House
who have been holding back the Hawaiian
ma tier. In the hope Of being able to srnoth-
er IT. confess now. that action must be
taken. Under the decision however. thar
the resolution fixing the time for the con-
sideration Of the tariff question has prece-
oence over everything else. the Hawaiian
matter cannot be taken up, but IL is stated
on the highest authority that action must
be taken. and that as soon as this tar;ff
hgnt is out OF the way the whole question
wlii be taken up and disposed of. 1t is
hoped that by that time complete informa-
tion will be had.
Retfcence mt the Department..
1t is asserted at the State Denartment
that no official news concerning the situa.
ton at Honolulu will be made public until
after the arrival of the packet sent by Min
lister Willis on the Corwin. This packet is
expected to reach Secretary Gresham by
mail Wednesday next, and the likelihood is
that publicity win then be given only
through the medium of the Presidents ex.
pected message to Congress. The arrival
OF steamers from Honolulu will throw light
on the situation long before that 1t is said
at the State and Navy Departments that it
Is by no means certain that the City of
Pekin, due in San Francisco tomorrow
stopped at Honolulu.
During the summer she made that point
stepping place on account of the worlds
fair traffic. but this schedule was merely
temporary. AS for the Monowai. IL is likely
that she will bring the next batch of news
She is expected today or tomorrow.
Reticence the subject of Hawaiian
matters is consistently maintaine ed at the
State Department. Secretary Gresham win
not talk and 1t is said that even those who
would ordinarily have his confidence are
as much in the dark as the general public
on what the Willis telegram contained.