The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-21

81 eclhce tlons requested. L VIII be ready TO
furnish them.
with assurances of highest consdera-
tion, ETC., SANFORD B. DOLE,
Minister of For eign Affairs"
Under date Of December %, Willis writes
to Dole:
81 received your note of this date In
answer to one from me OF the 9th inst
Am / to understand that your communi-
cation of the latter date is Withdrawn? If
this is your intention. as / hope it is. 1
would, for the best interests of all, sug-
gest that the whole correspondents on the
subject be withdrawn, with the under
standing that the original letters be re-
turned to their authors and that no copies
be given to the public or made of record
by either Government
with sincere regard. L am, ETC.,
ALBERT S. WILLIS"
The following was next sent, without
signature, TO Willis:
DEPARTMENT or FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
HONOLULU, II. l..
January /. 1894.
"Sir: Your Excellency's communica-
tions of December 90 inquiring if my note
amounted to a withdrawal of my commu-
nication on the subject referred to, has
been received. it was not my intention
to withdraw any of my letters. but merely
to inform you that the arrival of news
paper copies of the special message of
the President of the United States on the
Haw allan matters made 1t unnecessary
for me to press you for further answer
to my question. With the highest appre-
citation of your kindly interest have the
honor. etc.
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS"
Under date of January 1 Willis writes
TO Dole:
ION the 9th ult., at o'clock in the
afternoon, received a lengthy communi-
cation from you, containing statements
which l am fully prepared to show were
not warranted by the facts. seriously
affecting the President of the United
States and the representatives of the
United States In this country. These
charges and statements, if accepted as the
official views Of your Government. demand
ed a prompt answer and equally prompt
action on the part of the Government OF
the United States, 10 the end that the con-
dition of things therein described
should be removed by the removal
of the alleged causes. In order
ulUIc Lu dubW6E yOuI
communication / Immediately, in a letter
written on the same day, requested more
specific statements on seven points. l have
the honor now to acknowledge the receipt
Friday. December %. at P. NJ. of letters
from you stating that the last message Of
the President of the United States salts
factorily answers your question as to the
future action of the American administra-
tlon toward this (your) Government. You
further say: If, however. you still desire
the specifications requested l will be ready
to furnish them
In reply to This last letter ] beg leave
most resneettasss So state that IL your first
Communication on this subject had been
confined 90 the single question above men,
toned an immediate aud satisfactory an
swer would have been given. That diff
ierent course was adopted has been q
source of sincere and profound regret to
myself. as it will be. know, to my Govern
ment, and this for several reasons, among
which not the least is that it brings for
the first time official Information that the
warlke preparations described by you
were caused by and intended for the
diplomatic and military representatives of
the United States. Your communications
on this subject, being official in character,
have become a part of the permanent rec
ords of this legation at Washington.
I'm view of these facts and in the conf
dent belief that upon fuller consideration
you would realize the great injustice of
your statements, | wrote you a brief note,
which was delivered at your residence on
the night of Friday, December 90, ex-
pressing the hope that your letter of the
q IN inst was intended as a withdrawal of
your first comm municatian and stating that
il such was the case | would, for the best
interests OF all, suggest that the whole
correspondence on the subject be with
drawn, with the understanding that the
original letters be returned to their au-
thors and that no copies be given to the
public or made of record by either Gov
ernment.
Having received no reply to this note,
took occasion last night. December 81,
to explain in formal way to one Of your
Ministers Damon) that my note TO you
was prompted by no improper or un-
friendly spirit but was intended to con-
tinue the amlcsble relations heretofore
existing. There was in your letter of De-
cember % no withdraw or modification
Oh tue StalemeuIS anu charges com piall6d
of, but on the contrary an expression of
your readiness implying ability to furnish
the specifications requested"
II am just in receipt of your letter.
which bears no signature. of this date. in
reply to my last note. in which you say it
was not my intention to withdraw apy of
my letters, but merely to inform you that
the arrival OF newspaper copies of the
special message of the President of the
United States on the Hawaiian matter
made it unnecessary for me to press you
for further answer to my question:
Accepting the above as your decision.
have now to ask you to furnish me at
your earliest convenience with the desired
specifications. as l wish to make an i'm
mediate answer. With renewed assur.
ances. etc, etc., ALBERT S. WILLIS"
The correspondence ends here with the
matter apparently brought up to the point
of Dole's reply furnishing the specifi-
cations desired.
ADMIRAL IRWIN'S REPORT.
Willie Hac Nauar Co;d