Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-09
AN EXCITING WEEK.
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by the Americans that the reports Of action
taken in Congress up to the 18th upon the
Hawaiian question were likely to alter the
situation here and perhaps entirely re-
move the danger OF the restoration OF the
monarchy.
The royalists, however. continued ex-
ultant and assured. On the 18th and 2Uth
they carried tone Of authority and began
to speak of themselves as already IN power.
There was some dispute as to who should
constitute the cabinet, and various men
of their party were talked of. These specu-
lations were soon sat down on by the as
surance that the queens last cabinet had
never resigned, and were still the only law
full cabinet.
The Americans continued firm in an in
dignant determination to make all the MILL
tary resistance in their power, and to die
where they stood before allowing what
they call a rotten royalty to be set up over
their proud American colony.
There has been a general volunteering
of the old veterans Of the civil war, some
of them much disabled. to fire upon the
flag they once fought under, II employ ed
in the restoration of the old kanaka mon
archy. One old officer. with both legs shot
off, has asked for a stool behind the sand
bags where his rifle will do good work at
500 yards. The queen has been extremely
confident of an immediate return to power.
and during the week after the arrival of
the Corwin assumed q very imperious tone
toward her own adherents, some Of whom
felt outraged by her department toward
them.
There was much talk among the support
ers Of the government about the propriety
of seizing the person Of the queen in order
to stop her negotiations with the Ameri-
can minister to overthrow the government
1t il not probable that the government
have themselves entertained such plans
She is under quasi protection Of both the
British and American ministers. and 1t Is
hard to see how possession of the person
of the queen or of other royalists could
strengthen them in defensive action against
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desires to act with as much moderation as
Is consistent with firmly maintaining their
position.
Altogether. the week succeeding the ar
rival of the Corwin was the most agitating
and alarming one since the four days of last
January. The strain on people of all classes
was extremely severe. The general belief
is that it was a part Of the design of Min
lister Willis to hold the community upon a
rack of apprehension In order to unsettle
their resolution and enable him to secure
consent to his demand for the restoration
of the monarchy. Such. however. was as
far as possible from being the result.
Arrival of the Alameda.
The early morning arrival OF the Alameda
on the 22d created an immediate change In
the state of feeling of both parties. A
number of leading adherents of the pro-
visional government who arrived on her,
reported all going all right for their side in
were Minister Thurston. ex-Minister Mott
Smith, Editor H. n. Castle and w. n. Arm
strong.
On the afternoon Of the sd the advisory
council assembled to hear the draft of Mr.
Dole's reply to Minister Willis. 1t was ap-
proved without ma terial changes. Mr.
Willis was notified that the answer would
be delivered to him In the course OF the
night. Steam was at once gotten up on the
Corwin and the anchor hove short. The
final typewriter copies occupied eighteen
pages. The reply in duplicate reached the
minister at am.
Sailing of the COrwin.
The Corwin sailed at $50 with a copy for
President Cleveland. The text of the reply
was kept secret for reasons of diplomatic
courtesy.
The following points were brought out in
an interview had on the 18th with a royal
list of superior intelligence. He said:
Having submitted our cause to the decis-
ion of the President, we will make no at
tempt to attack or to resist BY advice We
remain passive. The restoration Of the
queen by United States force will be purely
an executive act which does not fall within
the scope of congressional control. The
correction of executive wrong doings be-
longs solely to the executive. Minister
Stevens having dethroned the queen, Presi-
cent Cleveland reinstates her purely by ex-
ecutive authority, with which Congress cam
not interfere. The provisional government
was created by Stevens, and with rectinca-
ton of his act IL ceases to exist The force
used will not be a war upon q really exist
ing government. and hence does not need
to be authorized by Congress"
The theory In believed to have come from
Washington some time ago, and to have
been the one under which Willis was pre-
pairing to act before the Corwin came MIR.
Willis peculiar expression to the American
League about his having come to exercise
executive functions seems to find explana-
ton in the above. .'.
The speaker went on to say that he
thought Congress would not be unreason-
able when in possession Of the facts. They
would like 20 have the monarchy restored
under some mild form of protectorate, which
would prevent future revolutions. In re-
turn they would grant the United States a
naval station and other advantages.
The a raw n,ne ar5 dsys faom Victoria
b. C. BY the activity OF the
agent of the United Press at Victoria the
largest part of the Presidents message on
lished. 1t contained the very important fact
that the President left the whole subject
entirely to Congress, thus definitely termi-
mating the last shade of apprehension in
Honolulu of fOrcible or any other restOra-
ton of monarchy.
In the same paragraph the United Press
was the means of making known the sur
p-ising revelation to most persons at Homo
y,
spoken of by Mr.. Willis as delaying his ac-
ton for further Instructions, was no other
than the ex-queen's absolute refusal to ac-
cede to President Cleveland's conditions of
granting amnesty, etc. Few had adopted
this solution of the condition" conundrum
and none were SO greatly COMPOUNDED as Lii
liuokalanfs own adherents. To the Ameri-
can party 1t was a rich morseI Of news 1t
was already known that the Corwin had
been on the point of sailing on the 18th, but
was suddenly delayed to take Dole's an
swer on the oath.
When the Queen Yielded.
The ex-queen stubbornly refused Mr. CIeve-
lands absolute condition OF amnesty for
four days after the Corwin had arrived
After the anchor was hove short, j. o. Car
ter made a last effort with her and she
yielded. But for that President Dole would
never have got his coveted opportunity to
give to Willis an impressive mo-"
In an interview on the 18th Hawaiian Min
lister Irwin OF Toxic asserted positively that
Japan has not the slightest idea Of seeking
control in Hawaii. He has lived In japan
twenty years, has a Japanese wife and has
long been intimate with several leading
Japanese statesmen. AS to the intima tivns
by Sir Edwin Arnold that Japan cove,ed
Hawaii. he derides Arnold as ignorant of
Japan. having spent his time there in gross
debauchery. Mr.. Irwin is enjoying here the