The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-21

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 The interest
felt in Hawaiian affairs was manifested
in striking manner this afternoon
transmitting the latest diplomatic cor
respondence on the subject was laid
before the House of Representatives
After the reading of the brief message
the speaker stated that, without objec-
ton, the message and accompanying
papers would be printed-the usual
form.
But Immediately Mr.. Hit (Rep. Ills.)
requested the reading OF the communi-
cation to which the President had re-
ferred, which was done. Its reading
was received with applause on the Re-
publican side of the chamber.
President Cleveland's letter of trans
initial was as follows:
ITO the Congress: l transmit here
with dispatches received yesterday
from our minister at Hawaii with certain
correspondence which accompanied the
same, inc iuding a most extraordinary
letter, dated December 81, 1898, signed
by Sanford B. Dole, minister of foreign
affairs of the provisional government,
and addressed to Minister Willis, and
delivered TO him number of hours
after the arrival at Honolulu of a copy
waiian question with copies of the in
structions given to our minister.
"GROVER CLEVELAND.
"EXe cutive Mansion, Jan. 90, 1894"
In the letter to which tho President
refers, Mr.. Dole calls Mr.. Willis atten-
lion to the dangerous and critical con-
dition of the community arising out of
the language which Mr.. Willis had used
and the attitude which no had main
tanned, which arises from natural
construction of the attitude and the
am biguous teruS in the statements
made.
AFTER your arrival" he says. and
continues in part, you made commu
nications regarding your policy which
were ambiguous, and for several weeks
you failed to disclose your intentions,
and have only partially done so up to
ernment to infer what they may ulti-
mately be from the letter of Mr.
Gresham and the Presidents
message, in which it has been de-
clared in worry distinct language
that the deposed queen ought TO be
restored TO the throne by the Govern
ment of the United States, and leaving
us further to infer that this assumed
obligation would be discharged. Your
language, expressed in public, declared
that you intended to perform some act
when the proper time arrived, without
disclosing what that act would be-"
I'm conseq- ence Of your attitude in
this behalf the enemies of tho govern
hllinulnn n INF
restore monarchy by force, nave become
en- boldenod. Threats of assassination
Of the officers of this government have
been made. TIE police force is ire
quently informed OF conspiracy to create
disorder.
"rhis government has most earnestly
sought from you and through our repre-
sentative in Washington from your
government some assurance that force
would not be sed, and has failed to
obtain it. Your action has unfortun-
ately aroused the passions of all parties
and made it probable that disturbances
may be created at any moment.
"l have, therefore, to ask you to in
you hold instructions to enforce your
policy with the use of arms \ in any
event.
Il trust that you will be able to reply,
to give assurances that will tend to
allay the approximations existing in the
community"
In the further correspondence it ap.
pears that Mr.. Willis asked Mr.. Dole to
be more specific in his charges. Mean
time the newspapers arrived at Homo
lulu containing the Presidents special
message in full, together with the
Instructions TIC Blount and Willis.
Dole then wrote to Willis saying:
"The special message of the President
OF the United States has rendered any
further correspondence on the subject
of my letter of December 81 unneces.
sary, as the message satisfactorily an
swers the question but" he added, 'if
you still desire the specifications re.
quested 1 will be ready to furnish
them
Willis then gave Dole an opportunity
to withdraw his offending letter, but
Dole replied CURLY that it was not his
intention to withdraw any OF his letters.
There the matter rests so far as this
batch of correspondence goes.