Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-01-25
ANOTHER BIG BATCH UNLOApED
on CONGRESS.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND EyI-
IDENTIFY RILED.
Doles Most Extraordinary Letter
Proyokes Special and Significant Al
fusion on His PaSt-MiniSter Willis
Tries to Withdraw Correspondence
But EailS-TnurSton Talks

Seul luoIueI biS Iol OK ttaWaudDa TO
congress today.
Il transmit herewith dispatches re-
ceiyed yesterday from orr minister at
Hawaii" he said. with certain cor
respondence which accompanies the
same, including the most extraordinary
letter dated December, ~, 1893. signed
by Sanford b. Dole, minister of foreign
affairs for the provisional government
addressed to our minister, Mr.. Willis,
after the arrival of my message.
Grover Cleveland"
The letter the president thus refers
to is as follows:
Pending the further action of the
government of the United States upon
the matters contained ii your conmu-
nication of Dec. 10, and my reply to
the same, dated Dec %. | desire to
call your eXcellency's most serious con-
sideration to the dangerous and crit
cal condition of this community. arts
ing, L must respectfully submit, out
OF the attitude which you have as
Sumed, and the language which you
have used in public and in communi-
cations to this government, ard also
out of the published letter OF the
secretary of the United States and the
presidents message on the subject of
the restoration of the monarchy. [ do
not, however, claim or intimate that
the unfortunate situation has been in
tentiOnally created by you or by the
government which you represent, but
arises from a natural construction Of
your attitude and the ambiguous terms
of the statements referred to. In con-
sequence Of your attitude in this be-
half the enemies of the government,
believing in your intentions to restore
the monarchy by force, have become
emboldened. Threats of assassination
of the officers of this government have
been made. The police force is fire.
Quentiy Informed of cOnSpiracieS to
create disorder. Aged and sick persons
of all nationalities have been and are
in a state of distress and anxiety.
Children in the schools are agitated by
tie fear of political disturbances. The
wives. sisters and daughters of resi-
dents including many Americans, have
been in daily apprehension Of civic dis
order, many of them having even
armed themselves in preparation there
for; citizens have made preparations
in their homes for defense against as
saults which may arise directly or in
directly from such conflict. Persons
have begun to pack their valuablcs with
view of immediate departure. Large
quantities Of bandages have been pre-
pared. Unprotected women have re-
ceiyed the promise of asylum from the
Japanese representatives. against pos
sible disturbance arising in consequence
of American invasion. RumOrs of the
intended landing of your forces for of
fensive purposes have agitated the
community for many days.
Willis replied demanding to have the
language made more specific. 1t comes
out in the correspondence that Willis
wanted to withdraw all his letters
but that Dole declined to permit him
to do so.
Warrington, Jan. 2O.-EX-Minister
Stevens was before the subcommittee
of the senate committee on foreign
relations today. Senator Gray Del.),
examined Stevens very closely upon
the points where he had been charged
by Commissioner Blount with abetting
the revolution. The eX-minister stood
by the statements that he had pre-
viOusly made and gave the committee
nn finn tu tn oh hyv hi
mOny that the United States was in
any way responsible for the revolution.
Stevens was emphatic in the declara-
ton that the revolution would have
occurred in any event; that it was only
a question of time, and that the queen
by trying to overthrow the constitu-
ton, forced it at the particular time
it occurred. He defended his course in
the islands from the first to last and
found abundant opportunity to reply
to and characterize in no compliment
airy terms the reflections made by the
president and eX-Commissioner Blount
upon his policy. Stevens explained his
course from the time that he reached
the islands until the day of his de-
parture. The story was told in detail
and the eX-minister had a most at
tentiye audience during its recital.
Altoona, Pa, JAN 20.-Minister
Thurston, of Hawaii, said to an AS
ISOLATED Press reporter this morning
that he knew nothing of the reported
demand of Minister Willis on Presi-
dent Dole for the return of all cor
respondence on the subject of the
restoration Of the queen, as brought by
the steamer Monowai to San Francis
co last night, and declined to COM
ment on it. Even if the queen had
agreed to the amnesty proposition she
would without hesitation have violated
! it at any time she thought she had the
power to do so. As a matter of fact she
! finally agreed to it only when advised
| that her signature would not be bind
ing, as the constitution provides that
no pardon can be granted except with
| the consent of the cabinet and the
privy council, and that the queens act
was void unless countersigned by a
member Of the cabinet. Neither the
cabinet nor the privy council was a
party to the proposition.
Washington, Jan 20.-Secretary Her
bert has just received the following
Official report from Admiral Irwin, in
command of the United States nava
force at Honolulu:
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