The herald., 1894-01-14
THE LATEST INSTRUCTIONS.
willis Informed That He Has Performed
His Full Duty.

Willis Informed That He Has Performed
His Full Duty.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l3.-The last in
structions to Willis, and the only ones
not heretofore sent to congress, are
dated yesterday. They were sent by
telegraph to W.. A. Cooper, dispatch
agent at San Francisco, to be forwarded
to Willis by the steamer Mariposa to-
day. The dispatch is as follows:
Your Nos. IA to Is. inclusive, show
that you have rightly comprehended
the scope OF your instructions. and
have, so far as In your power, discharged
the onerous task confided in you. the
president sincerely regrets that the pro-
visional government refuees to acquiesce
in the conclusion which his senee OF
right and duty. and due regard for our
national honor, constrained him to
reach and submit as measure Of
justice to the people OF the Hawaiian
islands and their deposed sovereign.
While it is true that the provisional
government was created to exist until
the islands were annexed to the United
States, the queen finally. but reluct-
antly surrendered to an armed force Ut
thie government, illegally quartered in
Honolulu, and representatives of the
provisional government which realizing
it's impotence, was anxious to get control
of the queens means OF defense, assured
her that ii che would surrender. her case
would be considered by the United
States. The president never claimed
such action constituted him an arbi-
traitor in q technical sense, or authorized
him to act in that capacity between the
queen and the provisional government.
You made no such claims when you
acquainted that government with the
presidents decision. The solemn as
surance given the queen has been re-
ferred to, not as authority for the presi
dent to act as arbitrator, but as a fact
material to the just determination OF
the presidents duty in the premises.
In note which the minister of for
eign affairs addressed to you on the Esd
ultimo, it is stated in effect, even if the
constitutional government was subverted
by the action of the American minister
and an invasion by military force OF the
United States, the presidents authority
ia limited to dealing with our unfaithful
officials, and that he can take no stepa
looking to a correction of the wrong
done. The president entertains diffsr'
ent view of his responsibility and duty.
The subversion OF the Hawaiian gov
ernment by the abuse OF the authority
OF the United States was in plain viola
ton OF international law, and required
that the president disavow and con.
denim the act of our offending officials,
and within the limits of his constitu.
tional power endeavor to restore the law.
tul uihoIity.
On the 18th ultimo the president sent
q special message to congress communi-
eating copies of Mr.. BlouEt's report and
the instructions given MIN and you. On
the same day, answering resolution oi
the house Of representatives, he sent
copies of all correspondence since March
4, 1859 on political afairs and relations
with Hawaii, withholding for sufficient
reasons only Stevens No. 70 OF October
g. 1892, and your No. 3 of Noven ner 10.
1898. The president therein announces
that the conditions OF restoration sug-
gested by him to the queen did not prove
acceptable to her, and that Instructions
were sent to you to insist upon thoee
conditions. He not learning that the
queen WAS willing to assent to them,
the president thereupon submitted tile
subject to the more extended powers aud
wider discretion of congress, adding tne
assurance that he would be gralitied to
cooperate in any legitimate plan when
might be provided Tor the solution oI
the problem, consistent with American
integrity and morality.
Your reports show that on further
ref ction the queen gave unqualified
consent in writing to the conditions sng.
gested, but that the provisional govsrn.