The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-15
Monday. January II. 1894.
DOIE'~ REPLY.

The reply of President Dole of the
Hawaiian government to Minister Willis
demand that the provisional government
surrender itself TO and permit the rein
statement of the queen on the terms
proposed by President Cleveland and ac.
cented by the queen. is. as was expected.
an emphatic. but dignitied refusal. In
his communication to Mr.. Willis. o
made public. Mr.. Dole expresses the dis
appointment of the provisional govern
ment at the refusal of Mr.. Cleveland's
administration to accept the treaty OF
annexation, and cites the record of for
mer illustrious secretaries of state OF
this nation-Marcy Seward, Fish and
Blaine-in favor Of such a policy. but
expresses his qualification that he
United States government, has at last,
after an unsatis factory silence of nine
months. made k lown to him and his as
SOCRATES. its POI cy concerning Hawaiian
affairs. Toucf ng then upon the pecu
liar features Of this policy. Mr.. Dole
says:
The additional portion of your COM
muncation. referring to our domestic
affairs. with a view to interfering there
in, is a new departure in the relations of
governments. Your information that
the president of the United States eX
poets this government promptly to re-
linquish to her meaning the queen, her
constitutional authority. with the ques-
ton. Are you willing to abide by the
decision of the presidents: might well be
dismissed in a single word. but for the
circumstances that your communication
contains as it now appears TO me. mis-
statements. and an erroneous conclusion
based thereon so prejudicial to this gov
eminent | cannot permit them to pass
unchallenged. Moreover. the impor-
lance and menacing character Of this
proposition make it appropriate for me
to discuss somewhat fully the questions
raised by it.
We do not recognize the right of the
president Of the United States to inter
fere in our domestic affairs. Such rights
could be conferred upon him by act Of
this government. and by that alone. or
,it could be acquired by conquest. This
| understand to be an American doc
trine. conspicuously announced from
time TO time by the authorities Of you
government.
The fact that the president Of the
United States recognized the provisional
government without qualification, and
received two of its accredited ENJOYS
successfully. however. granting all that
President Cleveland claims. must be
taken as conclusive that the president
Of the United States had adjudicated
and determined upon the queens claims
adversely 10 her. Moreover. il appears
that the queens attorney was refused
passage on the government dispatch
boat sent to San Francisco with the an
nexatIOn commissioners. less than two
days after the government was declared.
If an intention to submit the question
of the Reinstatement of the eX-queen
existed. why should her attorney have
been refused passage IN the boat: Fur
thermore. the queens letter tOthe presl-
dent. two GAYS after the new govern
ment was proclaimed. makes no allus-
ion to any understanding between her
and this government for arbitration. III
such understanding had existed some
reference thereto would naturally have
been made. The government sent its
commissioner 10 Washington for the
sole purpose Of entering into negotia-
ton for political union with the United
States"
Proceeding further Mr.. Dole denies
that the revolution which overturned
the monarchy was in any way assisted
by the Americaaforces then present and
declares that it would have occurred
successfully, had there beer no such
contingent present. But even were this
charge true he asserts that it is a mat
ter between the deposed queen and the
States The provisional govern
ment cannot be destroyed for the sake
of enabling the United States to dis
charge its obligation to tho queen"
Dole then closes by saying: Il am in
to inform you. Mr.. Minister,
the provisional government of the
islands respectfully. but un-
hesitatingly, declines to entertain the
proposition Of the president OF the
States that it should surrender
in authority to the ex-queen. This an
gWer is made not only upon the grounds
set forth, but upon our
soseo Of duty and loyalty to the brave
whose commissions we hold, who
have faithfully stood by us in the hour
q trial, and whose will is the only earth
b authority to be recognized. We can
mt betray the sacred trust they placed
. gu hands, q trust which lie the cause
Christion civilization, in the interests |
the whole DoOnlo NJ thaoa ialanda