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WILLIS HAS OBEYED ORDERS.
THE REPORT THAT HE CALLED ON
THE PRoyTsIoNAL sorERNmENr
TO RESIGN CoNFIRMEn

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WASHINGTON Jan. Q. To-day President
Cleveland and Secretary OF State Gresham,
although they would not publicly admit IL.
were compelled to say to the members Of the
Foreign Affairs Committees Of the two Houses
who called upon them. that Minister Willis
had actually called upon the Provisional Gov
eminent Of Hawaii In the name OF tho United
States. to resign and make way for the restora-
ton OF Queen Liliuokalani who had. upon re-
Election. consented to be restored to the
throne. This information came to the State
Department this morning In a long cipher do
spatch from Honolulu brought to San Fran
cisco by the revenue cutter Corwin. which
arrived at that port last night The despatch
has been translated at the State Depart
meDt. but Its contents will not be given
out for publication. It Is now the intention
Of the Administration to inform Congress OF
this latest phase OF the Hawaiian situation as
soon as the mail advices brought to San Fran
cisco By the Corwin are received at Washing
ton which will be on Thursday or Friday next.
The Administration officials say that IL will
not be necessary for Representative Hit to
press the resolution which he introduced to-
day. aud which was sent to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, as Congress- will be promptly
put In possession Of all tho facts without
compulsioa- Mr.. Hits resolution reads as
follows:
R,sored That the President be requested to comma
nicate to the House Of Representatives 10 not incon
sstent with the public interests. all Information re-
ceived since his message of Dec IL 1898 trans.
mttted Herewith and now In his possession touching
recent reported events in tho Hawaiian isands and
any attempts to ovsrturn tho republican Government
thereof aud erect monarchy In its stead. aud esps
cisly whether any representatives officer. vessel or
armed forces OF the United states took part
cent attempts to subVsrt friendly Government
Secretary Gresham feels very much humill-
ated by this latest turn Of affairs. and. after q
long conversation with President Cleveland at
the White House this morning. he intimated to
several Of his callers that Minister Willis had
placed the Administration In a most embar-
RAISING situation by proceeding without any
authority. This intention to make Mr.. Willis
the scapegoat OF tho Administration is based.
1t Is understood. upon the allega alton that whom
the Corwin sailed from San Francisco on Dec.
1 1t carried definite instructions to Minister
Willis TO suspend further proceedings until the
| Administration could obtain the coo peration
OF Congress In some plan OF action These in
structions to Willis. 1t is asserted at tho de-
partment to-day. are SO clear aud positive that
II was believed ne would take no step In the
restoration policy after the arrival OF the Cor
win
Yesterday the Administration. through the
few newspapers that remain loyal to It. boldly
rushed to tho front with the assurance that 1t
was too absurd for any belief that Minister
Willis had called on the Provisional Govern
mont, to resign. and Secretary Gresham re-
peatejly said that he had such great conf
dence In the Minister that lie did not believe a
word Of the Auckland dispatches. Now. after
being compelled to admit that the Minister
has proceeded to do what he was first told to
do. and then told not to do the friends OF the
Administration say. e Well what OF it2 He
has simply notified the Provisional Govern
ment that the Queen wants to be restored aud
made q periunctory demand upon them to alb
dieate Having done that. he refers the whole
matter to the President and Congress-" This
sort OF talk is only laughed at In Congress-
The Republicans are bsolutely iubilant at
the mess which the Administration has made
and as for the Democrats. there are very few
OF them who do not privately admit their deep
sense Of humiliation. OF course. nobody
thinks for moment that any proceedings fol-
lowed Minister Willis's request for the resiGna-
ton OF the Provisional Government. That
Government Is too strongly intrenched now to
listen to ANYBODY request to resign. and as
Minister Thurston is on the ground. he Is per-
sonally able TO communicate tho state of feel
ing existing in the United Statos and advise
tho officials OF his Government to stand Arm,
and treat the effort OF the Cleveland Admins
tration TO upset them with the contempt that
it deserves
Congress will await with great interest the
receipt OF the Presidents message ANNOUNCE
ing the new phase OF the Hawaiian situation.
and the hope Is expressed that the President
will learn q lesson by his past experience and