The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-06
TO REPLACE LII
ON THE THRONE
Sensation Caused by Report OF Steps to Re-
store HaWaii'S Sovereign.
HOW Willis INSTRUCTIONS READ
Amnesty Being Assured, He Might
Set Up the Monarchy-Congress
viii Be Wroth-OnIY Restrained
Now, Supposing No Change Will
occur-If It Has, Woe to Cleveland
His Partisans Seek to Discredit
the Alarming Reports.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.
GPHE United States cutter Corwin
brings the latest news from Hon
o,ulu. The dispatches from
U Honolulu announcing that Mr..
Willis has demanded that the Provis.
isnal government surrender their au.
thority TO the queen has caused con.
siderable of sensation at the capital.
There is some difference of opinion
as to its accuracy, the friends of the
administration. especially those of the
foreign affairs committee of the house,
expressing doubt as to its truth, but the
general opinion is that, if it is true. it
will change the face of things in con.
gress and that there will be immediate
action in the matter. Apparently if
Mr.. Willis has requested tho pro-
visional government to step down and
out, the administration has been taken
by surprise.
STATEMENTS ARE DOUBTED.
The understanding of those men in
congress who have been acting for the
administration is that the instructions
sent by the Corwin. which arrived in
Honolulu on Dec. II. were for Mr..
Willis to take no further action pend
ing the consideration Of the question
by congress Upon this information
they are inclined to doubt the state
ment in the dispatch. These instruc
tions, however. were based on the re-
fusal of the queen to grant amnesty or
to ascend the throne without the sup
port of the United States to maintain
her.
Therefore, if the queen has changed
her mind aud decided to accept the Of.
fer OF Mr.. Cleveland to the conditions
imposed, it is entirely within the scope
Of possibility that Mr.. Willis would act
upon bis original instructions as apply.
ing only to conditions existing while
the queen was obdurate
CORRESPONDENCE WITH WILLIS
Revised, corrected and complete
copies of the Hawaiian correspondence
transmitted to congress with the
presidents message Of Dec. 1S. have at
last been laid before the house commit
tee on foreign affairs. The volume in
its completed and corrected form, con.
tains number of interesting and i'm
purtant communications from and to
Minister Willis heretofore unuub.
lished. A confidential dispatch from
Mr.. Villa to Secretary Gresham
dated Nov. II. 1898, reads as follows:
Nov. at II o'clock presented to the
provisional government Mr.. Blount's
letter of recall and the letter accredit ing
me US his successor. The time since then
has been occupied with the reception OF
executive, judicial and diplomatic repre-
sentatives of the provisional and foreign
governments. l have not, therefore, bad
an opportunity Of executing more fully
your instructions, nor was fuller action ad
visable while this excitement was 81
great. expect next Monday morning, Nov
l3, to have an interview with the queen
which If satisfactory, Will be followed
Immediately by one with the provisiona
government. l have therefore enclosed
te:egram TO your dispatch agent at Sar
Francisco az follows: Report can be sent
to congress Nov. 10, it being my under
standing that you desired to have all the
facts presented before any decisive actor
here. The Alameda, the next vessel leav
inS here after next Monday will not reacl
San Francisco until Nov. %, during which
interval it is hoped some definite result
may be secured
The interview with The queen, frs
mad was evidently not "sati 'factory.
for Nov. 16 Mr.. Willis telegraphet
Secretary Gresham as follows
Views Of first party so extreme as to re
quire instructions.
This was doubtless the dispatcl
which called forth from Secretary
Gresham that reply which has beer
published, but without being accom-
panied by the message to which it wa
an answer, and is as follows, undel
date of Nov. "a;
The brevity and uncertainty of your tel
egrams are embarrassing You will insis
upon amnesty and recognition of obliga
tions OF the provisional government ms es
sental conditions Of restoration. All in
terests will be promo ted by prompt &C
tion.
TO PROTECT THE QUEEN.
Mr. Willis in his confidential dispatcl
of Nov. II intimated that the question
as to whether the United States val
prepared to protect the person of tn,
queen has been officially asked Of hin
by the British minister, Major Wood
house Mr.. Willis says;
Ireplied Ito the British minister tha
without reference to her royal claims, th
queen stood in such relations to the Unite
States that she was Untitled TO and woul
receive the amplest protection at thei
hands. AS n matter Of act l had alread
ascertained that at present, she did no
desire our protection. After next Monday
and earlier if necessary, shall insist o
coming to the legation.
The domiciling of Queen Liliuokalan
in the American legation appears t
have been another Of Mr.. Willis orig
inal Intentions which he left unexe
cuted. The why and wherefore of thi
change of mind opens up wide fisl
of conjecture, which the correspond
ence, even as now extended, fails t
oftaf,