Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-02
N OTHtNG FFtCIAL
Hawaiian Commission Has Taken No Steps
to Disclose Its Mission.
May, However, Have Seen the Secre.
tary of State and Communicated
with the President.

The visiting representatives of her very
royal hishness, Liliuokalani, have not vet
made public admission of the real object
of their long journey from their far-away
home in the Pacific. So far as the public
Is aware. none Of the commissioners has
yet secured an audience with the President
or the Secretary of State. and 1t is said
at the State Department that none of them
has even been there, either to see the Sec
retary or to arrange for an interview with
him. Inasmuch as Secretary Gresham and
the commissioners are domiciled in the
same hotel, the statement that the latter
have not been at the State Department
doesn't go very far to show that they have
not already met and come to an understand
ing In regard to the business on hand. 1t
would be a very simple matter for the
Hawatian3 to see Judge Gresham at the
hotel, that is, of course, providing he We're
willing. He is there all the evening, and
most of the afternoon. and has more time
10 nlmSelr than he has at the department
The royal commission was sent here nv the
late queen, with the evident belief that the
administration having failed to secure her
restoration. could naturally be expected to
favor her interests In another direction
Her commissioners undoubtedly brought
a message from the queen TO the Presi-
dent on the subject nearest her heart and
they have undoubtedly secured its delivery
President may not be an essential feature
or their mission, as the business can be
transacted almost equally as we'll through
the medium of unofficial notes or by some
great and good friend having the entree
or the administration circle That some
such course as this Ia being followed in the
negotiations of the royaiist commissioners
Is evidenced by the statement confidently
made at the State Department today shat
the commissioners are not expected 10 go
there at all or to the White House either
but will confine their efforts to emil, ing
the sympathy of Senators ana Representa-
tives.
1t Is almost beyond belief that they can
even hope to prevent the approval of Min
lister Willis action In recognizing the new
Hawaiian republic in the name of the Pres
ident Of the United States. or that the Pres
ident will long delay official notice of his
approval. So long as the action of Minister
Willis is not actually disavowed it will
stand as the act of the government he rep
resents. In this view of the case the con-
clusion Is almost Irresistible that all the
emissaries of the queen are hopeful of is
that the great government responsible for
her overthrow according to Messrs. Cleve-
land, Gresham and BlounO viii make proper
provision for her care and maintenance in
her declining years.
Mr.. Samuel Parker, one of the commits
sion, called at the Navy Department today
and held a pleasant interview with Secre-
tary Herbert. to whom he bore q letter of
introduction, presumably from Admiral
Walker. Secretary Herbert subsequently
said that the call was purely social and had
no political significance whatever.