The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-14

ing diplomatic relations with it, cannot be
destroyed by II for the sake of discharging its
obligations to the ex-queen. Upon these
grounds. Mr.. Minister, in behalf of my govern
ment, / respectfully protest against the
usurpation OF its authority as suggested
No man can correctly say that the queen
owed her downfall to the interference
OF the American forces. The revolu-
tion was carried through by the rep
resentatives, now largely reinforced,
of the same public sentiment which forced
the monarchy to its knees in 1887, which sup
pressed the lnsurrectiOn OF 1889, and which
for twenty years has been battling for
representative government in this country.
II the American forces had been absent, the
revolution would have taken place, for the
sufficient cause that it had nothing to do with
their presence.
THE LAST INSTRUCTIONS.
The last instructions to Minister Willis
referred to in the Presidents letter trans
mitted as the only Instructions not sent
to congress are dated yesterday. They
were sent under cover of telegram to
w. A. Cooper, dispatch agent at San
Fransisco, instructing him TO forward the
following telegram to Minister Willis, by
the steamer Mariposa to-day:
Jan. II, 1S94.-To Willis, Minister, Homo
lulu;-Your numbers fourteen to eighteen in
elusive, show that you have rightly compre-
hended the scope of your instructions, and
have, as lar as was in your power, discharged
the onerous task conhded to you. The Pres
ident sincerely regrets that the provisional
government refuses to acquiesce in the con-
clusion which his sense Of right and duty and
due regard for our national honor constrained
him to reach and submit as measure Of JUS
tiee to the people OF the Hawaiian islands
and their deposed sovereign. While it Is
true that the provisional government was
created to exist only until the islands were
annexed to the United States, that the queen
finally, but reluctantly, surrendered to an
armed force OF this government Illegally quar-
tered in Honolulu and the representatives of
the provisional government(which realized its
lmpotency and was anxious to get control of
the queens means OF defensel assured her
that II She would surrender, her case would be
subsequently considered by the United States,
the President has never claimed that such
action constituted him an arbitrator in a
technical sense, or authorized him to act in
that capacity between the provisional govern
ment. You made no such claim when you ac-
qua1nted that government with the PreSi-
dents decision. The solemn assurance given
to the queen has not been referred to as au-
thority for the President to act as an arbi-
traitor. but as fact material to a just deter
mtnation OF the Presidents duty in the
premises. In note, which the minister of
foreign AFFAIRS addressed TO you on the 23d
ultimo, it is stated in effect that even If
the constitutional government was sub
verted by the action of the American
minister and invasion by military
force OF the United States, the Presi-
dents authority is limited to dealing with our
OWu Ltklul OulCidlS, anu UuaG ne can take
no steps looking to the correction of the
wrong done. The President entertains diff
ferent view of his responsibility and duty.
The subversion of the Hawaiian government
by abuse OF the authority of the United States
was in plain violation Of international law,
and required the President to disavow and
condemn the act of our offending officials,
and, within the limits Of his constitutional
power, to endeavor to restore the lawful au-
thority. On the 18th ultimo the President
sent special message to congress, communi-
eating copies OF Commissioner Blounts re-
ports and instructions given TO him and to
you. On the same day, answering q resolution
of the House of Representatives, he sent copies
Of all correspondence since March 4, 1889. on
the political affairs and relations of Hawaii,
Withholding for suffcient reasons only Minis
ter Stevens No. 20, of Oct. s. 1892 and your
No, 3, OF Nov. 10, 1898. The President therein
announces that the conditions of restoration
suggested by him to the queen had not proved
acceptable to her, and that since the instruc
tions sent to you to insist upon those condi
tions, he had not learned that the queen was
willing to assent to them. The President
thereupon submitted the subject to the more
extended powers and wide discretion OF con-
gress, adding the assurance that he would be
gratihed to cooperate in any legitimate plan
which might be devised for the solution of
the problem consistent with American honor,
integrity and morality. Your reports show
that, on furtherrehectton, the queen gave her
unqualified assent in writing to the conditions
suggested, but that the provisional govern
ment refuses to acqu1eSce in the President S
decision. The matter now being in the hands
OF congress, the President will keep that body
fully advised Of the situation, and will lay be-
fore it from time to time the reports received
from you, including your No. 3, heretofore
withheld and instructions sent to you.
In the mean time keeping the department
informed of the course of events, you will un-
til further notice consider that your special
instructions upon this subject have been fully
complied with. GRESHAM.
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
Copyright, 1894, by the United Press)
San Francisco, Jan 18.-The following
Honolulu advices of Jan. arrived here
this morning by the steamer Australia:
Since our last news went per the War
rimoo, on Jan. /, all has been quieter
The government has removed all the
sand bags from the verandah of the ex-
ecutive building, where sharpshooters
were to pick off the attacking naval forces.
Should congress order the queen restored
by force no resistance would be attempted
The sandbag defenses on the ground are
left against possible royalist insurrec-
tion. The government have small fear of
such an attempt, but they remain on the
alert.
''V. P. Hatch has resigned and he and
Minister Thurston sail for the United
States on the Australia"
THE QUEEN TO ASK INDEMNITY.
Iu6 hhobIdlld DIOuBHO d SUdbculenb from
a correspondent in Honolulu to the effect
that ex-Queen Liliuokalani has abandoned
all hope of ever regaining the throne of
Hawaii, and is now perfecting arrange
ments for bringing a claim against the
United States for a large amount of
money The correspondent says that
this information comes from q source
which makes it trustworthy that agents
of the ex-queen now in the United States
have informed her that American senti-
ment generally is against her restoration,
and in favor of annexation of the islands,
and that all further efforts on her part to
regain her lost position will be utterly
useless.
1t is stated that acting on this informa-
tion, and in view of the stubborn stand
taken by the provisional government, the
ex-queen has concluded to abandon the
struggle to restore the former conditions,
and will seek pecuniary solace in a claim
for heavy damages against the American
government