Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-27
OUR TROUBLE.
Hawaiian Affairs
in Congress.
Much Newspaper Talk
Only.
MINISTER WILLIS and
MINISTER DOLE.
Some W,thhelc. But Desired,
Explanations.
LATEST DEVELOPMENT

Hr6SluSbI, Ill Il OIlcl HOtc VI tIdHS-
initial today submitted to Cong
ress the latest correspondence
relating to Hawaii. 1t comprises
some brief notes of Minister
Willis to Secretary Gresham,
which are unimportant, but the
chef features of it are the letters
which passed between Minister
Willis and president Dole, IN one
of which the Minister complains
of the utterance of Dole, as re-
fecting on the President of the
United States, and letter from
Dole In which he spec fically
inquiries if Willis instructions
authorized the use of force. Both
these matters appear to have
been settled by the receipt of the
last massage of the President to
Congress and the last instructions
of Gresham to Willis.
The most important part of the
correspondence consists of a long
letter from Willis to Gresham
containing Enclosures of the cor
respondence between Dole and
himself. The letter to the Secre
tary says, under date of January
5, 1894.
"On Wednesday. the 9th ult.
at II p. m., the steamship
Oceanic arrived, with newspapers
containing the Presidents special
message in full, together with in
structlons to Blount and myself.
The message was reproduced in
the afternoon papers, under con-
spicuous headlines. At 4 p. IN.
the same day, I received four
pages of closely written letter,
which l enclose, from Dole. the
Minister of Foreign Affairs. ask
ing to be informed, with the least
delay, whether you Cd held in
structions to enforce your policy
with the use of arms in any event.
1.-The information desired. al
though fully embodied in the
Presidents message, might been
asked for, and except for the re
mdrkable Statements contained
IN the letter would have been
promptly and satisfactorily given
IN a few words. Confident that
the charges. SO surprisingly and
unjustly made, could not be sus-
tanned, an answer herewith
enclosed) was on the following
Thursday morning sent to
Minister Dole. asking that they
be made more direct and speci-
fic.
Friday morning, the Goth
ult., l received another letter
from Dole herewith inclosed).
in which be says; The special
message of the President of the
United States has rendered any
further correspondence on the
subject of my letter of the 9th
of December unnecessary, as the
message satisfactorily answers
the question: but, he added, if
you still desire the specifications
requested, / will be ready to
furnish them.
The instructions of the Pre-
sident to me have been strictly
followed. or if departed from at
all it has been in favor of the
benefciaries of our wrong doing.
/ felt, therefore, that the state
nents contained in the letter Of
Dole of the 9th ult. were direct
ed, not at me personally, but at
the President. and should be
qualified or absolutely Withdrawn.
Believing from the high char
acter and sense of Justice of Dole,
II he re examined his letter, such
would be the result. wrote him
the mute. which / inclose. This
note was delivered at his resi-
dence on the night of the same
day FRIDAY. December 29thl.
upon which his second letter was
received. Having no answer up
to Sunday night. December 3lst.
and having occasion to communi-
cate with his colleague, Damon
upon another matter, / called his
attention to the failure of Dole to
reply to the note, which | ex-
planned to him was written with
Tno unfriendly purpose, but was.
as itself declared, for the best
interests of all. He informed me
the Advisory Council met the
next day ut II o'clock, and he
thought the subject would then
receive attention.
AT 3p. M. that day, Jan. |
| received n letter from Hon. s
B. Dole, herewith inclosed IN
which he states: 1t was not nv
intention to withdraw any Of nv
letters. This. OF coarse. LEFT
every charge aud statement n
full force as of fhnf Hats