St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-20
MORE HAWAIIAN HISTORY.
CLEVELAND SENDS CONGRESS- A ZIG
BATCH or LETTERS.
A FEW EplsrLEs FROM WILLIS

The Minister Says That He Had
No Unfriendly Feeling Toward
the Provisional Government,
and Had Done Nothing to
Arouse a Feeling OF Uncer-
tainty Among the People.
WASHINGTON. Feb. I9.LTbs presi-
dent today transmitted to congress an
other chapter in the volume of Hawaiian
correspondence, including the dispatches
which arrived from Hawaii = at San
francisco, Feb. 10, and reached the
state department last Saturday morn
ing. The first letter is from Minister
Willis to MIR. Gresham, in which he
says:
"Ihe first anniversary of the provis-
lonal government was celebrated last
wednesday, Jan. II, in accordance with
the programme set forth LII dispatch
No. 2S, OF Jan. 16, by public reception.
military parade, illuminations of ex-
ecutive building, and a mass meeting
at night. None of the foreign repre-
sentatives participated in the observ-
ance OF the day.
NO SALUTES WERE FIRED
from the American, English or Japan
csc war vessels i'll port. The day passed
with 10 disturbance.
1.-The representatives of foreign gov
ernments acted upon the instructions of
their W governments, and upon their
OWL responsibility, with the distinct
dlsavowal en- the part of the representa-
tive OF the United States that its action
was either intended or desired to con-
troll theirs. Frequent editorials, similar
In character to those inciOsed, many of
them severely rejecting upon the presi-
dent OF the United States and his secre-
tary of state, and also upon Mr.. BlOunt,
have appeared in the daily press. AS
the Hawaiian question is now pending
before congress, and as the feeling here
mas been very intense. l have not
thought proper thus far to take any
official notice of them. | would be glad
TO have instructions from you upon the
subject"
lie enclosures relative to
THE CELEBRATION
have been fairly anticipated in the
Associated Press dispatches from San
francisco, but from the additional de-
tails furnished it appears that there are
ample grounds for the minister's COM
plant that the Hawaiians have been in
duiglng III severe criticisms upon the
minister and his government. The re-
ports OF the speeches made show that
everywhere they abounded in talk of
annexation, which they confidently eX-
pect Is to be the outcome of the present
conditions. For Instance, j. D. Castle,
Ill his speech, said: I'VE wish no per-
manent government, nor anything else
which does not lead to annexation; no
change which does not make for that;
no republic but the great republic"
And President aosmer said: "An-
neXatlon is manifest destiny and we
are bound to have it." Even the Por-
tuguese contingent have banners with
the motto: America is our goal"
H SECOND LETTER
in the correspondence is dated Jan. 10.
and Is merely a letter from Mr.. Willis
to Secretary Gresham, transmitting
President Dole'S letter and his reply,
without further comment than that lit
Will on MY part end correspondence on
the subject" The Dole letter, in regard
to MIR. Willis attitude showing the in
tentlon to U.S. force, has already been
published. Mr.. Willis reply to it bears
date of Jan. 10.
LII this letter Minister Willis reviews
all the specifications contained III Mr..
Doie'S letter, explaining each so far as
his w acts are concerned, his purpose
being to convince President Dole that
he had no unfriendly feeling toward the
provisional government, and has not
done anything intentionally to arouse a
FEELING of uncertainty among people OH
the Islands. The action OF the naval
officers Is also reviewed, and the letter
closes with the following paragraph:
"Thus, without unnecessary comment,
l have considered and
ENDEAvoRED TO EXPLAIN
those portions OF your correspondence
which bore upon the questions of the
purpose to use force and the RESPONSE
bilitleS arising therefr0m."
On Feb. 2 MIR. Willis writes Secretary
Gresham as follows:
''In my dispatch No. 10. of Dec. Q
1893, transmitting an interview with
Col. c. B. Wilson, formerly marshal OF
the kingdom, reference Is made by him
to a list of special and supplementary
advisors whom he had selected, and
among whom were many of the most
prominent and Influential citizens. 1t
was not claimed by Mr.. Wilson, as far
as l am informed, that the selection by
him was with the knowledge or consent
of these gentlemen, some of whom i'm
the daily press and others to me in
person, have so stated. Among these
are Hon. Rich F.. Bickerton, first asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court; Hon.
w. Austin Whiting, first Judge circuit
court, and Hon. +. a .Schaefer, who
explicitly disavows an acknowledge of
the said list. and states that the use of
their names was entirely unauthorized
aDd unwarranted. The same disayowal
is made by Hon. A. &. l.. Robertson,
Hon; PaulN eumann, Messrs. James b.
Boyd, Henry Smith, Thomas r. Lucas.
w. NJ. Cunningham and others. 1t is
doubtful whether any of those whose
names are on the lists were informed of
the fact"