The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-29

make the way ~ clcar to him to carry
out his wishes to repair the wrong done
~ she possibly cau--not giving way 10
any personal feelings in the matter;
that she must leave out of consideration
in the question any idea OF revenge.
told her that took II as the wish OF the
President that she should grant amnesty
us to life and property"
| Then the report OF the interview goes
on to show how Mr.. Carter pleaded with
! her to abandon her idea OF killing by the
wholesale.
MIR. Carter-Is your Majesty satisfied
wi h the statement have nader Is it
correctP
| The Queen-Yes.
Alr. Carter-Is it your wish?
The Queen must think moment.
Mr.. Carter-But you said that you
are not seeking the lives of these people.
The Queen-Not their lives. | am
wi ling their lives should be spared.
Mr.. Carter-And their property
I The Queen-Their property should be
contiscated to the Government, and they
should not he permitted to remain in
| the kingdom.
Still Mr.. Carter continued to plead
with her in the presence of Mr.. Willis.
| He asked her to give the agreement of
amnesty her prayerful consideration; to
read 1t over, to consider it, and, il pos
| sible, reach another decision before a
| final answer was given President Cleve-
land as to her position in the matter.
When Mr.. Carter had ended his plea
Minister Willis had few words to say
Mr.. Willis-I understand then. that
you said that the first interview / had
with you embodies the views OF the
leaders OF your people, with whom you
have been in consultation in the present
Srisis2
1SThe Queen-They do.
Mr.. Withstand you have no with
drawal to make this morning?
The Queen-Although | had never
stated to them what had decided per-
sonally, still | feel there may be some
clemency, and that clemency should be
that they should not remain in the
country.
Mr.. Willis-That is the extent of the
clemency that they should be removed
from the country instead of being pun
ished according to the laws of the coun-
try with death
The Queen-Yes.
Mr.. Willis-In the limitation which
you now make as to your clemency, dc
you include the children, or just the
parents Last Saturday you said
They and their children" Do YOU still
adhere to that judgmentP
The Queen do.
Mr.. Willis-Both parents and children
should be permanently removed from
the country and their property confs-
Gated?
The Queen--I do, and their property
confiscated.
1. Then Mr.. Willis read to the Queen the
instructions given him by the President
saying that it would be expected that
the Queen would grant amnesty to
all who participated in the movement
against her, and also quoted from q
cipher despatch to the effect that if the
Queen would not assent the President
would cease interference in her behalf
The Queen wanted to know whether
President Cleveland would protect hel
from any trouble in the future if she
should grant the proposed amnesty, but
Mr.. Willis very automatically replied
, THAT is question of domestic policy
OF the country which you have to decide
came to close.
Under date of Dec. 20, 1898, Minister
, Willis in confidential despatch to Sec
-
OF his action as follows
WILLIS GETS THE PLEDGE FROM TIL
QUEEN.
"My despatch No. 3 of Nov. IA Sc
:, forth my inability to secure satisfactor,
guarantees from the Queen upon tn,
points indicated. Until that was don
t YOU had directed me to take no furthe
: steps, but to inform you of the result
4. which j did by cipher telegram, a
: by the despatch referred to-. You
K cipher instructions, in reply thereto
e dated Dec. 2, and received by me Dec
+. IA by the revenue cutter Corwin, re
:, iterated the duty which had been al
n ready enjoined upon me TO secure thes'
e guarantees.
: l accordingly renewed my efforts il
e that direction, and finally, at last Tues
e day morning at 8 O'Clock, as hereinbe
o fore stated, / secured from the Queer
II the written pledge and agreement, whicl
Z was the prerequisite OF my furthe
y actions.
l. "Having received this pledge, | wa
r then for the first time in position t
make known to the Provisional Govern
If ment the decision of the President upol
ID the question that had been submitted t
1T protest had been acknowledged and &C
al cepted by the Provisional Governmer
u through its President, Mr.. Dole, the in
mediate effect of which was, accordin
ge to the statement of Mr.. Damon, anotht
De honored member of the Provision;
I'd Government, the Queens Temporal
s. surrender of her throne.
"You will observe that, in presentir
IN the decision of the President | ha'
)n used the language employed by yourse
in your instructions to me upon the SUI
ject. In my opening statement
e. thought proper to explain what W
a known to you and doubtless the Pr
nd visional Government, that the secre
which had been observed by our Go
if eminent was in the interest OF the pea
err and safety of the community.
,ir "The Presidents attention had be-
called by you to the evidence contain
ed in M. Blount's report, showing the e
ce traordinary complications and DANCE
surrounding this community. amo
ey which were the racial prejudices, the
nd tense feeling consequent upon the q
thronement OF the constitutional sOvt
III eign = Chinese, japanese, Portuguese
IL Americans and English-in such lar
IL numbers and with such diverse ira
he and interests that the possibility til
ay the Japanese, now numbering more tn
at one-tifth of the male population OF t
"a, Islands, might take advantage of t
he condition OF affairs to demand suffras
and through it obtain control OF t
he Government, together with the disco
us tent of the native Hawaiians at the l.
IA OF their Government and of the rigl
be secured under it,
tn 'In addition to these facts was fu
no apprised by you in your personal conv,
We sations OF the presence here of ma
W lawless and disorderly characters, o
Tot ing allegiance to neither party, W
would gladly take advantage OF the c
for element and general arrangement
affairs to indulge in rapine and m
m violence, and also the conflict betwe
m the active responsible representati'