Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-01-26
HAWAII UP TO DATE
Additional Correspondence Sub
mitted TO Congress,
The PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Final instructions to Minister Willis
NO Interference Says Pres'-
dent Dole-The Queen Wanted
the President and Other
Revolutionlsts Beheaded.

dent DoIe-The Queen Wanted
the President and Other
Revolutionlsts Beheaded.
The President has transmitted TO Congress
all correspondence relating to Hawaii since
his last message All department estimates
of the length ofthe correspon lence were far
exceeded by the documents themseves-1O,-
900 or 12 900 words was the estimated limit
of their length. but the documents as laid
before Congress probably make from 10000
to 80 900 words when printed in full.
The most important feature or the cor
respondence was. of course. Mr.. Willis's dis
patch No. 3, of November 18th. 1899. which
the President had previously withheld from
publication Next to that in interest was
hIr. Doles reply to Mr. Wi!Qss demand for
surrender.
Between these two terminal points in the
correspondence, Mr.. Wlliss graphic history
OF current events, and his comments upon
the character of the Queens advisers and
tho kind of government she desired to retain
if established. form running thread OF aS-
sorbing interest.
Il was promptly noticed that the alleged
dispatches asserted had been brought by
the Corwin from Mr.. Willis TO Mr.. Gresham.
had no place in this complete CORE
spondence. and that Secretary Greshams
reneated assertions that the only advices
brought him by the Corwln were trans
mitted by mail were fully borne out by the
published details.
The Presidents message accompanying
the correspondence was very brief. It was
as follows:
To THE CONGRESS-
Transmit herewith copies Of all dispatches
from our Minister at Hawaii relating in any
way to political affairs in that country ex-
cept such as have been heretofore laid be-
fore Congress. also transmit a copy ofthe
last instructions sent to our Minister. dated
January II, 1894. being the only instructions
TO him not already sent TO the Congress
In transmitting a certain correspondence
with my message dated December IS. 1898,
withheld dispatch from our present Minis
ter numbered and dated November Is, 1893,
and also a dispatch from cur former Minister
numbered 70 and dated October 8, 1892
Inasmuch az the contents Of the dispatch OF
November 16 1898, are referred to in the
dispatches of more recent date now sent to
Congress, and inasmuch as there seems no
longer to be sufficient reason for withhold
ing said dispatches, a copy of the same is
herewith submitted The dispatch numbered
70 and dated October g. 1892, above referred
to. is still withheld for the reason that such
a course still appears to be justi1able and
proper. GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, January ID, 1894.
The voluminous correspondence which
accompanies the message gives details of
the negotiations which Minister Willis had
with the Queen and President Dole, looking
to the restoration of the monarchy and the
retirement of the Provisional Government
In the course Of one interview Minister Will
lis said to the Queen:
"Should you be restored TO the throne
would you grant full amnesty, as to life and
property, to all those persons who have been
or who are now in the Provisional Govern
ment, or who have been Instrumental III the
overthrow Of your GovernmentY
She hesitated a moment, and then slowly
and calmly answered
''There are certain laws Of my Government
by which l shall abide. My decisions would
be rs the law directs that such persons
should be beheaded and their property con-
hscated to the Government"
Mr.. Willis then said, repeating very dis
tjnctly her words "It is your feeling that
these people should be beheaded and their
property conhscated2 She replied ''lt is.
Subsequently, however, the Queen changed
her mind and agreed TO grant the desired am
nesty.
President Dole's reply TO Minister Wllliss
demand for the Provisional Government to
surrender to the Queen is long and care
fully prepared argument, in which the chief
point is that the President has no power Of
arbitration. as he was never given it by the
Provisional Government, but only by de-
throned and powerless Queen. President
Dole said, in part
"While we accept the decision of the Pres
ident of the United States declining further
to consider the annexation proposition as the
final conclusion of the Administration, we
do not feel inclined to regard it as the last
word of the American Government nponthis
subject
"We shall therefore continue the project
of political union with the United States as
conspicuous feature of our foreign policy.
We do not recognize the right OF
the President of the United States to
interfere in our domestic affairs. This | un-
derstand to be the American doctrine. con-
spicuously announced from time TO time by
the authorities of your Government. Upon
what, then, Mr.. Minister does the President
of the United States base his right OF inter-
ference2 Your communication is without in
formation on this point, excepting sucn as
may be contained In the IOIlOWlnS DIlol anu
vague sentences she Qhe ex-Queenl was
advised and assured by her Ministers
and leaders of the movement for the over
throw of her Government If she surrendered
under protest, her case would afterward be
fairly considered blythe President of the Uni
ted States. The Queen finally yielded to the
armed forces of the United States then quar-
tered in Honolulu, relying on the good faith
and honor of the President, when informed
OF what had occurred, to undo the action OF
the Minister and reinstate her and the author.
ity which she claimed as the constitutional
sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands
"Also, 1T becomes my further duty to ad-
wise you, sir, the Executive of the Provision
al Government and your Ministers OF the
Presidents determination of the question
which your action and that of the Queen dc
volved upon him, and that you are expected
TO promptly reiinquish to her her constltu-
tional authority ] understandthat the first
quotation is referred to in the following
words of the second, which your action and
tiat of the Queen devolved upon him the
President of the United States), and that the
President has arrived Mt his conclusions from
Commissioner Blount's report We have
had as yet no opportunity of examining TINS
document but from extracts published in
the papers and for reasons set forth here
after we are not disposed to submit the fate
of Hawaii to its statements and conclu-
sions. AS n matter Of fact, no MEM
Der of the Provisional Government mas
conferred with the ex-Queen. either verbally
or otherwise. from the time the Government