The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-02-09

your remarks, from which i make the
following extracts:
"The President also regrets, as do L,
that any secrecy should have surround
ed the interchange of views between our
two Governments. may say this, how
ever, that the secrecy thus far observed
has been In the interest and for the safe
ty of all your people.
Upon the facts embodied in Mr..
Blount's reports, the President has ar
rived at certain conclusions and deter
mined upon a certain course of action
with which it becomes my duty to ac-
quaint you:
1.-The Provisional Government was not
established by the Hawaiian people or
with their consent or acquiescence, nor
has it since existed with their con-
"In view of these conclusions l was in
structed by the President to take ad-
vantage of an early opportunity inform
the Queen of this determination and of
his views as to the responsibility of our
Government.
II was instructed at the same time to
inform the Queen that when reinstated
that the President expected that she
would pursue magnanimous course by
granting full amnesty to all who partici-
pated in the movement against her.
In obedience to the command of the
President l have secured the Queens
agreement to this course
'It becomes my further duty to advise
you, Sir, the Executive of the Provisional
Government, and your Ministers, of the
Presidents determination of the question
which your action and that of the Queen
devolved upon him, and that you are ex-
pected to promptly relinquish to her her
constitutional authority. And now, Mr.
President and Gentlemen of the Provis-
ional Government, with a deep and
solemn sense of the gravity of the situa-
ton, x in the name and by the
authority of the United States of Ameri-
ca, submit to you the question: Are
you willing to abide by the decision of
the PRESIDENT
27. Upon the 23d of December re-
piled to the foregoing communication in
the negative.
Up to the time of sending you my
communication of Decemcer 9th no
further communication had been received
by me from you, and no assurance had
been received that force was not to be
used nor what your further intentions
were concerning this Government.
2S. During your nearly two months
residence in this city you and your
family have declined the customary
courtesies usually extended to those oc-
cupying your official position, on the
specified ground that it was not deemed
best under existing circumstances to ac-
cept such civihties.
do not for moment intimate that
such course is improper or that it is a
subject for criticism 1t is simply re-
ferred to by me as an existing fact bear
ing upon your relations to this Govern
ment and germane in considering the
question of your attitude thereto 1t
would not have been referred to by me ex-
cept in response to your inquiry
In the absence of specific, definite in
formation as to the intentions of your
Government, the foregoing are some of
the facts from which this Government
has been obliged to infer what such in
tentions were, and which, considered as
a whole, constitute the attitude" to-
ward this Government.
1t may be that the proper logical de-
duction and inference from the fore
going facts is that the attitude" of the
United States and its representative to-
ward the Provisional Government is
and has been lone essentially and de-
expressive of peace" 1t will
give me the greatest pleasure to receive
to this effect; but I submit
that under the circumstances and in the
absence of such assurances they are cap
able OF another construction, to a suffi-
clent extent, at least to warrant the ques- !
ton which / have asked yOn in my com
munication of December 9th. Your |
second request for information is as fol- |
ows:
you assert that at the time of my |
arrival in this country the forces of this |
Government were organized and amply |
sufficient to suppress any internal disor- |
der. VIII you inform me what connec-
ion this statement has, or is designed to |
have, with the Government of the United |
States, or with the future action of its |
representatives.
L reply that their are two reasons for /
he said statement. First, that already |
stated in my letter of December 18th, |
hat in consequence of your attitude the /
enemies of the Government believing in
'our intentions to restore the monarchy,
1y force have become emboldened, etc."
md second, that by reason of my inabil-
ty to ascertain whether your Govern
nent proposed to use force in support of
is policy of restoration / was obliged to
Ict as though it did so intend: as a result
# which this Government has been
obliged to increase its forces and has
,een subjected to the necessity of in
reased watchfulness and large addition
j expense, but which for such attitude |
would have been unnecessary.
The effect which l had hoped this
might have upon the
uture action of the representative of
he United States was that he might give
uch assurances that such additional
and expense might be
voided.
Your third request is for the time,
lace and subject matter of the Ian
uage' used by yourself in public and
4 communication to this Government.
The answer to this is covered by my
eply to your first inquiry.
Your fourth inquiry is as to what par
Icular words in the published letter