The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-21
Admiral Walkers Reports from Ha-
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It Is we'll hat the Senate made q peremp-
tory demand upon the President for the
papers throwing light upon his recent atti-
tude toward Hawaii. II was time that the
American people should know whether
Mr.. CLEVELAND was obeying, or seeking
to evade their order, that nothing
should be lone to weaken or imDeril
the present Honolulu Government pending
the annexation Of the islands to the United
States. A careful inspection of the instruc-
tons given to Admiral WALKER, coupled
with the refusal Of the Administration to
heed his warning not to leave American
interests at Honolulu unprotected by a
single war ship, will convince patriotic
citizens that their chief executive
agent has secretly endeavored to thwart
their wishes, and by acts of commission and
omission has tried to encourage instruction
against a friendly republic, and to further
the supplanting Of American by British in
fuence in the Hawaiian group.
The country will applaud the sturdy IN
willingness Of Admiral WALKER to recog-
nize the suspicious suggestion that may be
read between the lines of his ambiguous
instructions, or to make himself a party
even indirectly or by premature de-
parture from his post, to a revolt Of the par
tisans of the dusky and bloodthirsty ILL
UoKALANI. The instructions given to him
last March were a~rtfully worded, because
the Trainer Of them dared not openly defy
the declaration Of Congress, as to what our
relation to the Hawaiian commonwealth
should be. To perceive. however, what con-
struction IL was hoped would be put upon
the words by an astute and subservi-
ent naval officer, 1t Is only needful to re-
call the situation in Honolulu at that time.
The Americans residing in the Hawaiian
Islands were to a man in favor of
the Provisional Government headed by
Mr.. DOLE. In fact. hey constituted Its most
trustworthy anu powerful supporters. II
they could be coerced into Withdrawing
their support, and substituting n cold
neutrality, the provisional republican
government would at once lose It's
principal props. That such coercion was
aimed at by Mr.. CLEVELAND, will be evident,
II we consider The curious statement in
jected into the Instructions to Admiral
WALKER, that an American citizen who,
during an insurrection in a foreign country,
participates In an attempt to maintain the
existing Government, canno claim from
the United States Government protection
from the consequences Of his act. The
rest or the sentence, declaring that
an American has NJ right to take part
In an instruction against a foreign
Government, was mere surplusage in
serted as n matter of form for that funda
mental principle of international law is as
familiar RI aVary naval nfin.H NJ IL Il, 4.
every d~.plomatist. The part of the injunc-
ton which Admiral WALKER was expected
TO single out for special note, and TO COM
TO all Americans In Homo
lulu, was that they must cease 10
the Provisional Government,
and observe a strict neutrality, In
the event OF a monarchist revolt, under
of bclng left at the mercy of the
~sanguinary LHIUOKALASI, should she re-
cover power. We say that Admiral WAL
KER was expected TO make known this in
junction, in spite Of the p~erfunctory state
that all his instructions were conhden-
tial; for otherwise there would be no sense
In laying stress upon the admonition that
Americans would at their peril help to
the existing Government.
We have no doubt that the oral instruc-
lions, subsequently given 10 the Admiral, to
Ofer asylum 10 the refugees from either the
or the republican party in tie
OF an instruction, were intended TO be
kept s~tudiously concealed from all b
OF the Provisional Government. We
nave no doubt, also, hat Admiral WALLER,
the ~Perfunetory letter rather
han the secret and dishonest ain of
he injunction, kept this part Of his
Instructions hidden from all persons at
honolulu, without regard 20 their party
But, should a rigorous in
.'estigation prove that from some source at
Washington this part OF the Admiral's
Instructions was, as a matter Of fact, nu4Ie
InOwn 10 the partisans OF LILIUuKALAEI, It
5 obvious that the OHer ~ asylum would
'perate As 4 strong incentive 70 insuTTection.
The animus Of the CLEVELAND Aiminis-
ration Is not only disesTnible In the tenor
I the instructions above quoted, but il il
~onclusiVely established by It's stubborn re-
ugal 70 reDlace the recalled p~hilad.lnhIa "a