The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-08

| ton through the Hawaiian Minister at
Washington of the contents of MIR.
Gresham's letter to the President and of
his statements concerning the same,
and his refusal to state whether it was
| the intention of your Government to
carry out its policy by force, L called
upon you, in company with the At
| tOrney- General, stated to you the sub
stance of my information, and asked you
what the intentions of your Government
were in relation to Mr.. Greshams recon-
| mendations. You replied that you were
not at liberty to tell us, but would do so
as soon as you could.
ID. Immediately thereafter / ad-
| dressed a communication to you re-
voking the general permission thereto
| fore granted to the United States forces
| to land for drill, and further communi-
cation formally stating to you the in
| formation received by me concerning
| said letter of Mr.. Gresham and asking
| you the following questions
| Il desire to inquire of you whether
| the published reports of such letter of
| Secretary Gresham are substantially
correct? If they are i feel that it is
| due this Government that it should be
| informed of the intention of your Gov
eminent in relation to the suggestions
contained in the said letter of Gresham"
On December 2nd you replied to
such letter stating that, las to the letter
of Mr.. Gresham, / have the honor to
call your attention to the fact as shown
| by you, that it is communication from
a member of the Cabinet to the Presi
dent of the United States, and being
domestic transaction is not the subject
| of diplomatic representation. Answer
ing your note further, / must express my
sincere regret that it is not in my power
at present to inform you of the views or
| intentions of the United States"
| Is. On December 4 last, President
| Cleveland transmitted his annual mes
sage to Congress, in which the following
| language was used concerning Hawaii:
Referring to Blount's report he said,
upon the facts developed it seemed
to me the only honorable course for our
| Government to pursue was to undo the
wrong that had been done by those
representing us. and to restore as far
| as practicable, the status existing at the
| time of our forcible Intervention. With
a view of accomplishing this result with
in the constitutional limits of executive
| power, X = = our present Minister
at Honolulu has received appropriate in
| structions to that end"
| IL. On Dec. LIST last the United
| States despatch boat Corwin arrived in
Honolulu from San Francisco, bringing
| dispatches to yourself. No mail was
allowed to be brought by her, but the
| press of Honolulu obtained from persons
on board of her and published the above
extract from the Presidents message.
But for such accidental information, no
information concerning the same would
have been obtained by this Government
until the arrival of the Alameda on Dec.
22nd.
| Up to the time of the arrival of the
| Corwin the United States naval officers
in port were in the habit of coming
ashore in citizens dress. The crews
received the usual liberty on shore and
no unusual warlike preparations were,
| visible ON board.
Immediately upon the arrival of the
Corwin the liberty of the crews was
stopped. and SO was that of most of the
officers. Those who came on shore were
in service uniform. Rifles were stacked,
| cartridge belts were filled with ball cart
| ridges and knapsacks packed for imme-
| date use were conspicuous on the decks
| of the ships, and were seen there by visit
ing citizens who, in reply to inquiry as
to the meaning of such preparations,
were informed by the officers that they
were ready to land at a moments notice.
! When asked If the landing would be to
| protect or fight us, the reply of the
officers of the Philadelphia was that no
one on board knew what orders would
| be received.
IS. II was known at this time that
several of the wives of the United States
naval officers temporarily in Honolulu
were packing up their baggage prepare
tory for immediate removal in view of
possible hostiEties
10. It was also known that you were
| i'm frequent communication with the eX-
Queen, and leading royalists were con-
stantly reiterating that you were going
to Immediately restore the Queen by
force.
AS a sample of the innumerable asser-
tons of this character is the following,
made by Mr.. J. O. Carter, the ex-Queens'
most trusted councillor and confdant, a
gentleman who was then known to be
in consultation with you and with the
ex-Queen, and who appears as the attest
ing witness, to the exclusion of the former
members of her cabinet, to her PROPOSE
ton of amnesty hereunder referred TO.
Mr.. Carter warned his nephew, Mr.. &.
l.. Carter, supporter of the Provisional
| Government, that restoration was GER
tain, that force would be used by the
| United States for that purpose, and that
he ought to consider the rights of his
family and not risk his life In opposing
the inevitable.
This information was from one of the
sources from which numerous prOphesies
of future action ON the part of the
United States had emanated, with almost
invariable correctness.
20. 1t was the almost well-nigh uni
versal belief in the city that You were
about to attempt TO land the naval forces
of the United States to enforce the exc
cution of the Presidents policy.
In anticipation thereof, for number
of days, the wharves were lined with
crowds of people, among them prominent
| Royalists. waiting to see the United
States troops land to restore the Queen.
81. On December 18th Mr.. ii. f.
Glade, Consul for Germany, called upon
you and in substance asked if you could
not speak ont and relieve the public from
! the state of extreme tension they were in,
which was becoming unbearable, to
l which you replied in substance that you