Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
NOT PLEASED WITH WILLIS COURSE

| A0ioHouce Vi INC HuuJecb TO SOnErasN-
Summary of the situation, as Brought
| by the --latest ndvicos.
VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. 9.-The follow
ing is summary of the situation at
Honolulu January LIST, 1894, when the
steamer Warrimoo left that port.
DEMAND MADE AND REFUSED.
The Warrimoo arrived hero last night.
Minister Willis, in reply to commune
cation from President Dole, demanded
| OF the provisional government that il
| surrender to the Queen. President Dole
replied, refusing to consider this de-
mand.
| A week of terrible fears ensued after
the arrival of tho revenue cutter Cor
win. Minister Willis held the menace of
using force with the provisional govern.
ment, and the citizens got in readiness
| to rush to arms, though it was generally
| believed the minister was blufiing. All
fears were ended by the receipt of the
United Press dispatch per steamer
Arawa, December eth, announcing
that President Cleveland had left the
whole subject to Congress,
QUIET REIGNED AGAIN.
All is quiet. The provisional govern
ment have force of men under arms
and the palace strongly fortified. Minis
ter Willis received bulky batch of dis
| patches. He Immediately entered upon
renewed intercourse with Liliuokalani.
Houses were being searched for con-
cealed arms.
On the 18th the alarm was revived by
the British minister receiving permits
sion from the government to land
marines from Ii. M. ). Champion, for
the protection of British interests.
Captain Rookie of the Champion stated
that he expected the Queen would be
restored by the American forces, and
that he would land 50 marines.
AN ALARMING WEEK.
The week succeeding the arrival of
the Corwin was the most agitating
and alarming one since the four days Of
last January. The strain on people of
all classes was extremely severe. The
| general belief is that it was part of
the design of Minister Willis to hold
the community upon a rack of appre-
hension in order 10 unsettle their reso-
luton and enable him to secure consent
to his demand for the restoration of the
monarchy. Such, however, was as far
as possible from being the result.
The early morning arrival of tho
Alameda on the 22d created an i'm
mediate change in the state of feeling
of both parties. A number Of leading
adherents of the provisional govern
ment arrived on her, who reported all
going right for their side in Congress.
DoLE's REPLY APPROVED.
| Nm tbn az tarpp,, - tha oDl
visory council assembled to hear the
drift OF Mr. Dole's reply to Minister
Willis. 1t was approved without ma
terial changes. Mr.. Willis was notified
that the answer would be delivered to
him in the course of the night Steam
was at once gotten up on the Corwln
and the ancher hove short. The reply
in duplicate reached the minister at . a.
M. The Corwin sailed at $50 with a
copy for President Cleveland. The text
of the reply is kept secret for reasons Of
diplomatic courtesy.
THE GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED.
| BY the arrival Of the Oceanic encour-
aging Australian news came of Con-
| gressional proceedings, which also en-
couraged to the government party and
proved depressing to the Royalists. The
chief sensation was produced by the
| published instructions to Willis, which
make it certain that during the week of
| fear in Honolulu, from the 18th 10 the
22d, when fighting with the naval forces
of the United States was almost daily
felt to be imminent, he had in fact no
| power to use those forces.
WILLIS COURSE DEEMED CRUEL.
From one of the highest sources it is
learned that the feeling of the govern
ment is that willis course has been
cruel and virtually holding over the
city the threat OF landing the naval
forces" While the Presidents Ian
| guage seems to imply that Willis never
had orders to use those forces, he seems
to have had original instructions to use
the menace as q bluff, for which pur.
pose he has always kept the admiral in
| ignorance of his intentions, while from
time to time causing preparations for
landing to be made.
| President Dole is suffering somewhat
from the reaction from the recent ex-
element and tension and labor OF pre-.
pairing the reply to Willis demand, the
full text of which is promised the public
before the 9th.
Minister Thurston will return to
Washington at once, where his services
will be much needed
SUMMARY OF DoLE's REPLY TO WILLIS.
The government is keeping the an.
swer of Dole to Willis demands secret
until it shall have had time to reach the
| President. The following summary,
| however, has been obtained from good
authority.
Dole begins by noting that this is the
first official communication this govern
ment has had intimaIing in any way the
policy Of President Cleveland towards
Hawaii. BY no action Of this govern.
ment has any matter connected with the
late revolution been submitted to the
authority of the United States. This is
carefully argued.
An exhaustive resume is given OF the
series of political struggles leading up
to the revolution, including the acts Of
kalaiua before 1887, and his obstruc-
ton and debating legislation by filling
the Legislature with office holders. The
climax was reached in the opium scan
dial when Kalakua took bride of ST.
OOO previously prepared for the Legisla-
ture. The citizens then united TO over
throw the monarchy.
This was averted by submission to a
new constitution, which took most of
his arbitrary power away. Thence on
till his death he constantly chafed and
sought to evade those restrictions.
The inside history of the attempted
revolution of 1889 is then recited, and
Of i4iliuokalani's participation therein
The events of the last week of her reign
arc recited, the resuscitation of the de-
fnnct Lottery bill and the revival of the