The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-26
CREATES A STIR.
Lodges Resolution of
Inquiry.
NAVAL MEN ARE AGITATED.
Withdrawal of Our War Vessels
From Hawaii.
NAVAL MEN ARE AGITATED.
"CUCKoOS" CAN'T EXPLAIN 1T.
Was 1t Part of a Conspiracy to
Favor EngIand's interests at
the Islands?

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-It is rumored
that the Navy Department will take action
within the next few days that will be in
its way an answer to the resolution OF
Senator Lodge inquiring why no United
States war vessel is at Honolulu. The in
PRODUCTION of the resolution has caused
CONSERVATION in administration circles, as
its discussion promises to bring out some
very pertinent remarks with regard TO the
policy of the administration in leaving
American interests entirely unprotected
in the Hawaiian Islands, despite Admiral
Walkers emphatic warning that England
was waiting to grab ali advantages that
another revolution might make possible.
1t is now rumored that Secretary Her
bert is plating the ordering Of yes-
sci to those islands.
The character OF the latest news re-
ceived from hawaii is such as to arouse the
gravest apprehensiOns. A dispatch re-
ceived last Saturday announced the
arrest of several parties in Honolulu
charged with couspiring against the
Government. The chief OF these was
said TO be an En- glishman. This would
seem to indicate the condition of
affairs there, such as Admiral Walker
predicted in his con fidential letter to the
Navy Department, in which he urged that
United States yessel-0f-war be kept in
those waters. That thi: prediction and
warning that England was on the lookout
to get the better OF the United States in
the islands should be ignored is beyond the
explanation of the most versatile
cuckoo" in Congress, and the Lodge res
olution was intended to compel an explain
alton and to repair the blunder. if posi-
BILE. Walker seemed to be thoroughly i'm
bued with the idea that England was plot
ting for the overthrow of the existing
Government there, and that she would not
hesitate to take advantage of the absence
Of United States naval force to bring
about a change in the Government that
would be useful to her. With his fears
placed emphatically before the admins
tration his advces were ignored and his
reports kept secret.
A member of Congress said to-day: 81
confess that do not ike the character of
the Information that comes from Honolulu
with regard to the arrest of conspirators.
How can we tell how far that conspiracy
has extended, before we receive another
dispatch that a revolution has occurred
II such should be the case there is no
power under the sun that could make the
American people believe that Grover
Cleveland was not party to the conspir-
acy in order that Great Britain might get
the advantage in those islands. The de-
liberate calling away of the United States
man-of-war and leaving Hawaiian waters
completely in control of an English vessel
would be a policy hard to explain to the
people of this country if the conspiracy
of which we have heard, and which Ad-
miral Walker warned the administration
against. should happen to be successful.
81 believe that the withdrawal of Amer
lean vessels was done deliberately with the
idea of letting England have every oppor-
tunity she might desire to further her in
terests in Hawaii"
1t is considered rather significant that
the conspiracy of which the news has been
received should have been started after
the withdrawal Of tho Philadelphia from
Honolulu. The necessity of withdrawing
the vessel has never been made manifest,
and even IL she needed repairs there
were three or four other vessels on the Pa
cifc Coastswith nothing particular to do,
any one Of which could have relieved the
Philadelphia. Ii Secretary Herbert
should at this late day send a vessel to
Honolulu it may only be to discover that
the revolution or conspiracy anticipated by
Admiral Walker had taken place.
Tie whole affair has created great inter-
est here and future developments are
awaited with anxiety.