The record-union., 1894-02-13
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The President
late this afternoon transmitted to Con-
gress additional Hawaiian correspond
ence. The Presidents message is as fol-
lows
"TO Congress: [ transmit herewith two
dispatches received few days ago from
onr Minister in Hawaii. and the reply to
one of them from the Secretary of State,
in which correct version is given of the
interview which occurred November II,
1898, between the Secretary of State and
Thurston, representing the Hawaiian
Provisional Government at Washing
ton. GROVER CLEVELAND"
The first of the correspondence sub
mitted was a letter from Willis to
Gresham, January 16, reciting the for
mer's action in declining to recognize or
participate in the celebration of the first
anniversary of the Provisional Govern
ment. In second letter of the same date
Willis writes to Gresham:
''In letter from Dole, dated January
1Ith, the statement is made that on No
vember I4th Thurston called on Gresham
and inquired whether Gresbem's letter of
October 18th was authentic, and was in
formed that it was. ThurstOn then asked
Gresham if it was the intention OF the
United States Government TO en-
pioy force in restoring the Queen.
Gresham declined to answer the question,
saying he would speak to the President
and talk more fully later in the afternoon.
Gresham informed ThurstOn that all he
was at liberty TO state was that Willis had
no instructions to do anything to cause
injury to life or property.
'ThurstOn said to Gresham: Your
answer does not convey the information
requested. What desire is to obtain
information which will guide my Gov
ernment in its action. If they know
force is to be used by you their course of
action will necessarily be different from
what it otherwise would be. Definite in
formation that you intend to use force
may be the means of preventing you
from using force and causing blOOdshed.'
To which Gresham replied: Our rela-
tiOns ia the past have been pleasant and
| want them to continue to be so in the
future, and, to be perfectly courteous to
you, cannot at present answer you more
fully than | have done | do not know
whether Thurston made this statement
public in the United States at that time,
but do know the first intimation this
community had upon the subject is con-
tanned in Dole's letter."
statement to Thurston been made public
here at the time November 24th) when it
was received, the excitement resulting
from the warlike preparations Of the Pro-
Visional Government would have been
allayed and critical and dangerous con-
dition avoided"
Replying to this letter, Gresham writes
Willis February 7th, substantially cor
roborating Thurston's version of the in
terviews of November 10th, except that
he did not say in either interview that he
was not at liberty TO answer Thurston's
question, but did say: Il cannot be more
xpIicit at this time"
HAWAII'S FUTURE.
Boston, Feb. 12-An evening paper
has a special from a Honolulu CORE
spondent of February Sd consisting of
an interview with President Dole, in
which that gentleman makes several
points not hitherto brought out. He
dwells with emphasis on the claim that
it was the Queen herself who was an in
surgent. ''She had rebelled against her
own Government. This revolt on her
part was equivalent to abdicatiOn. There
was then no Government at ALL" said
President Dole "AnneXatiOn or not, the
Provisional Government was built to
last, and was so looked upon from the
first. No reelection of President will
ever be allowed" AS to the plans for the
future, Dole would state nothing of
definite character till he was set at rest
on all questions in which the Washing
tOD f,OVarpnnuf NAV have an iptornSt