New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13
-v NAY BE DIFFERENT. BUT TO THE LAY
~ THEY SEEM MUCH ALIKE-MR.
WILLIS AND THE CELEBRATION OF
DA'

States Government on the quesuo" Va w 49,
ployment of force to restore the deposeu queen
and a statement Of Mr. Willis's course III oe.
c,nng the invitation to participate In the hrst
.,,,.orsorv ~ the establishment Of the present
government OF Hawaii President cleveland
o.. Oh. documents to Congress accompanied
by the following message:
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
To the Congress-
.rorsn,t herewith two dispatches received
ton, dovs ago from our Minister at Hawaii and
. ran,v 70 one of them from the Secretary Oh
c,,,a IN which a correct version Is gwen VI
= ,r,ar,,ew which occurred November ii, 1880
He,ween the Secretary Of State and Mr. dnui =,
ton representing the ProylS4na ~ TVEIAND
"Gan'tive Mansion Washington, Feb IL.
Confidential No. 29)
MR.. WILLIS TO Mr. GRESHAM
Legation Of the United states s;o.
Honolulu H. l., Jan. 10, 1894
Hon. w. Q. Gresham, Secretary ot H Hoie Min.
Sir. In letter from the Hon. D d. LUG Ia,
.s,ar Of Foreign Affairs. addressed 70 me unuel
date of January H. the i0
made: . ~, rhurston Hawaiian
Minister at Washington, called upon Tue 49, 49,.
Milnis os S,ate and INQUIRED if the above letter
fyours of october 1S) was authenuc, anu "a' as
s,,red by Mr. Gresham that IL was 49,, 90 fur
"Nr Thurston then said: I wish theh - t iui
,ar ask whether IL is the intention OF the iil.eu
states Government to carry out us pocS ha -
indicated by force; or in other Worus nncade -
n provisional Government decline 10 acceue ~
ne ne raorest of the United States government u
vacate in favor of the Queen Omeeu 0'"'e'
troops will be used to enforce ,, ene II am not at
s~so which Mr. Gresham repileo' am hot O. o.
,,x.,,. at nresent to answer that question. II Is
% natter concerning which will speak 10 ne
president and talk with you more lu"' 'A''
.Tn the afternoon Of the same day Mr.
Gresham further said to Mr., Thurston; ! nave
already answered your mrs, , enes'o Secretary
Gresham to the PresidenD was authentic ana
Correct statement of the policy or the ohteo
whatbar force Is to be used by the United states
70 restore the Queen all that am at hperty 10
state is that Mr. Willis has no Instructions 10
do anything which Will cause INJURY 10 ,,r
property of any at the Islands. tuI'n 1s
than this am not at liberty to state what ms
instructions are. You can draw your own III
ferences from my statement and ailay any ap-
nrehension which may have been caused by
what has beAn published . -,,.
"Mr. Thurston further said to MT Gresham:
Your answer does not convey the Information
which / requested. What I desire Is to OBTAIN
information which will guide my Government IN
their action. If they know that force Is 10 De
used by you. their course Of action Will neces,
.arily be different from what 1t otherwise would
be The definite Information from me that you
Intend to use force may be the means OF pre-
venting them from using force ana causing oioou-
she'd ,o,. .o,,u ro,a-
ffOns In the past have been pleasant, anu Wdht
them to continue to be so in the future ana 10 De
perfectly courteous to you but cannot at pres
emf answer you more fully than have done
do not know whether Mr. I'hurston mace t ms
statement public in the United States at the
time, but / do know that the first intimation
that this community had upon the subject Is
contained In Mr.. Dole's letter Of the 18th inst
Had your statement to Mr.. Thurston been
made public here at the time November "a
when 1t was received. the excitement resulting
from the warlike preparations OF the PROVISIONAL
would have been alldyeQ anu cTlll-
cal and dangerous conditions avoided
ALBERT s. WILLIS, E. L. and M. r.
Mr.. GRESHAM TO MR.. WILLIS.
Mr. Gresham's reply to this communication.
giving an authentic version Of the interview,
was as follows:
Department Of State,
Washington, d. c., Feb. Z, 1894
Sir: / have the honor to acknowieagee 'H ne
receipt of your number g. OF January TO- ~, IN
which YOU refer to letter received from the
Hon 6 II Dole Minister Of Foreign Affairs OF
the Provisional Government addressed 10 you
under date of January II. contairiLg statements
alleged to have been made by me in an lnter-
view with Mr.. Thurston. the Hawaiian Minister
On November IA, last ,.
It is true that had two interviews with MT
Thurston on the day mentioned. the nrst OF
which was very brief Immediately after the
second interview / dictated TO stenograPhei
a statement from which the following is quoted
1t being all that relates to the subject OF MI
Dole's communication TO you:
the forenoon Of November IL non. L. ~
Thurston Minister Of the Provisional Govern
ment of Hawaii called at the State Department
for en- interview with the Secretary or state on
the Hawaiian situation. The Minister was IN M
formed bv the Secretary that ii was about time
for a Cabinet meeting. and he was under the
necessity of requesting the Minister to cal
again at 8 o'clock in the afternoon lie re,
piled he would do so but before leaving oes"eo
to submit two questions to the Secretary
"First-Was the letter addressed by the Secre
tarv 10 the President about Hawaii ana the
Provisional Government and printed in me
papers a few days ago authentic and oiilciaI:
''Second-If II was. and he presumed 1t was wa
Il the Presidents intention 10 use force, u heee
be, against the Provisional Government III re
storing the Queen. 80
"The Secretary replied that the letter was au
thentc but as he had not time TO spend WIZ
he Minister just then he could repeat the ques
ions calling in the afternoon. - hour .n5
nc Secretarv informed him that the letter ad
dressed 10 the President was authentic ana ina
no action had been or would be taken by ou
Minister Mr. Wills when %Uu,a III t me Pro
visional Government. ana that II they suHert'
In any way 1t would be IN consequence o, ,mea
"Minister-Mr. Secretary, that answer Is no
satisfactory and would be glad if you would b.
more explicit ,,.,. -. .h,
time You can draw your own differences IRON
what have said, and correct any false impres
sons that may have been created by what ma
been published"
7 answered the second question in the under
scored language from slip Of paper which la
on my table in plain view before me. | dic no
say In either interview that was not at hpeft.
to answer either question. -
ABRoGATroN DAY INCIDENT. a
The correspondence with regard to the celebra
ton is as follows:
Legation Of the United States
Honolulu II. l., Jan. 16. 1894.
Sir: On last Thursday January II, by a vot
Of no Nth of January, DcuB the HE
anniversary of the Provisional Government wa
declared a pubic holiday. -
on Yesterday afternoon the representatives. o
foreign governments received invitations to par
ficinate in the observance OF the day.
Subsequently the British Minister. MAO
Wodehouse: the Portuguese Charge dAnalTe