Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-26


sent another big lot of Hawaiiana to
congress today.
Il transmit herewith dispatches re-
ceived yesterday from our minister 1T
Hawaii he said, with certain cor
reSpondence which accompanies the
same, including the most extraordinary
letter dated December. -, 1893, signed
by Sanford &. 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
tbe matters contained i'll your conmll-
nication of Dec. 10. and my reply to
the same. dated Dee %, | desire to
call your eXcellency's most serious con
sideration to the dangerous and crit
cal condition of this community, arts
ing, J. 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, and 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
tentionllly 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 fierce Is fire.
1uently informed of conSpiracieS to
. create disorder. Aged aud sick persons
Of all nationalitieS have been and are
! in a state of distress and anxiety.
Children in the schools are agitatcd by
Tic fear of political disturbances. The
wives. sisters and daughters of resi-
dents. including many Americans, have
been in daily apprehension of civic dis
Cs'der, 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 OF in
directly from such conflict. Persons
have begun to pack their valuables with
view of immediate departure. Large
quantities of bandases have been pre-
Jared. Unprotected women have re-
ceived the promise of asylum from the
Japanese repI esentatives against pos
sibIe disturbance arising in consequences
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
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
no opportunity to show by his testi-
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 consutu-
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
ary terms the reflections made by the
president and Reconnaissance 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 most at
tentive audience during it's recital.
Altoona, Pa, Jan. 20.-AIinister
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 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
| nr.iyv council and that tho nuppn'S act