The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-20
WILLIS TO MIR. DOLE
Another Batch of Hawaiian Mat
ter Transmitted to Congress.
The American Minister'S Answer TO the
Provisional Presidents Letter Con-
corning the Formers Attitude.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-The President
to-day transmitted TO Congress another
chapter in the volume of Hawaiian CORE
spondence, including the dispatches which
arrived from Hawaii at San Francisco, Feb.
10. and reached the State Department last
Saturday morning. The Presidents message
of transmittal read: 81 herewith transmit
copies of certain dispatches recently re-
ceived from our minister at Honolulu" The
correspondence is given in detail. save those
portions already printed. The first dispatch
is from Mr.. Willis to Mr.. Gresham. 1t
reads: -
"Sir-The first anniversary of the pro-
visional government was celebrated last
Wednesday. Jan. IL, in accordance with the
programme set forth in dispatch No. 2S, OF
Pan. 10, by public reception, military pa,
rade, Nominations or executive building and
a mass meeting at night None of the for
eign representatives participated in the OBJ
SerVance of the day. No salutes were fired
from the American, English or Japanese
war vessels In port. The day passed with
no disturbance. The representatives of for
eign governments acted upon instructions of
their governments and upon their own re-
| sponsibility, with the distinct avowal on the
part of the representative of. the. United
states that its action was either intended
or desired to control theirs. Frequent ed
itorials, similar in character to those in
closed, many of them severely rejecting
upon the President of the United States
and his Secretary of State and also upon
Mr.. Blount, have appeared in the daily
press. AS the Hawaiian question is now
pending before Congress, and as the feeling
here has been very intense. L have not
thought proper thus far TO take any official
notice Of them. l would be. glad to have
instructions from you upon the subject"
The Enclosures relative to the celebration
have been fairly anticipated in the press
dispatches from San Francisco, but from
the additional details furnished it appears
that there are ample grounds for the min
ister's complaint that the Hawaiians have
been INDUCING in severe criticisms on the
minister and his government. The reports
of the speeches made show that everywhere
they abounded in talk OF annexation, which
they the ou eSonSsh"s Of ed fhe present cone SS
dltiop his For speec ins'as seid;: i 1--WE wish Gas' me-
permanent government nor anything else
which does not lead to annexat6n; no
republic but the great republic" President
Hosmer said: Annexation is our manifest
Even the Portuguese contingent had ban
ners with the motto. America is our goal"
WILLISS REPLY TO DOLE.
The second letter in the correspondence
is dated Jan. 10, and Is merely a letter
from Minister Willis to Secretary Gresham
transmitting President Dole's letter and
his reply, without further comment than
that sit will. on my part, end correspond
ence on the subject" The Dole letter Gin
ICBdIo ~ NIL iii . a-IANoaS AAS
the intention to use force has already been
published. Minister Wilis's reply to it
bears date of Jan. 10, and is as follows:
"Sir-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt Of your communication OF the
the LIST. The only question Of practical
importance arising out of the present cor
respondence was whether the United states
war vessels were, at the time your let
ter was written, Objectionable to your gov
eminent. Certain language which seemed
to convey that idea was, In a subsequent
note Of Jan. Is, withdrawn, thus, as l am
pleased to know, leaving their peaceful
and friendly purpose without question. In
addition to the above. there were state
ments which were, as / bought, unjust,
in that the sole responsibility for the re-
cent disturbed condition OF this commu-
nifty was attributed to me, the diplomatic
agent OF the United States: In your last
communication you expressly disclaim any
ment with intent to produce the results
or conditions described in the communica-
tains a similar assurance, coupled with the
statement that your government is reluc-
fairs was contemplated or expected by
yourself or by the President of the United
States.
I'm view Of the above, a reply to your
last communication may not be necessary,
nor would one be made, except from the
will and friendship of the people for whom
you speak, which result, will, In my opin-
several matters therein referred to. With
the hope that / may be able to convince
SSG TienS OF co m : ml the augmentation T Tnrnis ho%
by you which refer to my attitude Ian
guage' and public communications since
show that l intended to use force Your
last communication embraces many topics
that are not irrelevant to the above inquiry,
but are not proper for me to discuss.
Referring to matters tiers before 10 my arrival va
further than to say that they were not
at the time given the unfriendly c%onstruc-
ton you imputed to them. nor do they,
except in a very remote degree. bear upon
your statements as TO my purpose to use
force L come TO the paragraph which
quotes certain expressions >from an inter-
view in a local paper of the 10th of last
| November. AS this does not involve my
attitude 1 have this to say: The subject
stances out of which it arose were known
to you at the time.
INTERVIEW WITH DAMON.
ION the forenoon of Wednesday. Nov. IS.
Hon. S. NJ. Damon, Minister of Finance,
notified me in person that there were ru-
mors of an attack that night or the ensu-
ing night upon the executive building. The
| government did not credit these rumors,
but there were many people who had ap-
prehensions on the subject, in consequence
OF which. as he informed me-, the regular
guard had been increased and one of the
volunteer companies had been ordered un-
der arms for the night. / remarked: The
Japanese cOnSul-general, the English minis
ter and other foreign representatives have
already called TO say that their people are
apprehensive of mob violence, and had asked
me, as the only representative whose gov
eminent had war vessels now In port, 10
protect their people. The friends of the
Queen also are apprehensive as to her safe
ty. 1 do not wish to interfere in any way
with your domestic affairs, except with your
approval. If you do not object, however, I
will publicly announce that the United
States will cooperate to prevent mob vio-
lence. 1 will also state that there will be
no communication 10 your government from
the President of the United States for sew
eral weeks
"Mr. Damon replied. thanking ms for the
offer. and saying that he could see no OBJ
lection to il whatever; that such an an
nouncement would go very far toward allay-
ing excitement and relieving general anXi-
ETY.. In reply to the question as to whether
the order calling out the volunteer company
could be rescinded, he said that he would
! go Immediately to the executive building,
but was afraid 1t was too late 10 make any
change for that night.
THE following evening i met MIR. Damon
at a dinner given by Captain Parker on
board the United States flagship Philadel-
phia, when he expressed his hearty appre-
citation OF my action. and said that the eff
been to grea tly relieve the apprehensions of
the community as 10 mob violence. On the
following morning you called at this lega-
ton. and was informed of the preceding
facts, and, rs stated in your letter, you ex-
pressed your satisfaction and approval of
what had occurred. The representatives of
the foreign governments and many prOnli-