The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-06

while Hit. the Republican leader of the
Foreign Affairs Committee. said that if
Willis had taken the action reported it
would precipitate a tempest. The Presi-
dent had turned the whole subject over to
Congress. and yet before Willis had
learned of this course he had executed the
policy already abandoned. This would be
particularly serious if the Ministers action
had led to bloOdshed.
There was intense anxiety in Cougres-
sional circles for further news of the re-
ported course of the Minister, and this led
TO the circulation of wild and groundless
rumors on the floor OF the House that
rioting had begun in the streets of bono
lulu. The State Department was not in
clned 20 credit the statements as to VIII
lis actions. Such action. it was said there,
was totally contrary to the instructions
sent to Willis by the COrwin and received
by him On December II. That he could
have written to the Provisional Govern
ment after he received those instructions
requesting that they surrender Office is
denied with strong emphasis at the State
Department, and the expressions in the
Presidents message in this connection are
pointed to as refuting the statement.
McCreary. chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, was very doubtful
when the House opened to-day on the
prospect of taking up the Hawaiian Ques-
ton. Il have not been able to secure
time from the Ways and Means Commit
tee" said he, "as they are anxious TO push
the tariff bill TO vote without Interrupt
tion."
docs that mean that Hawaii will be
retired from the House at PRESENT."
Probably" said McCreary. II have
done my best to secure consideration for
1t, and having done that much | don't
know as l am called upon to push the
question, when from current sentiment
among the House leaders it appears as
though it would not have a hearing in the
House for some days or weeks to come"
The statements contained in the Auck-
land dispatch seemed TO cause no uneasi-
ness or excitement at the Hawaiian lega-
ton. The members of the legation were
not inclined TO believe that Willis had
taken further steps TO restore the Queen.
The Hawaiians don't think the ex-Queen's
agreement to grant amnesty to the Pro
visioDal Government would make any
difference in the status of things. They
have information which leads them to be-
lieve Lilioukalani would fear to accept
restoration without a guarantee of protec-
tion and feel confident that such guarantee
is now impossible.
1t will beremem bered that in Gresham's
instru ctions TO Willis the following occurs:
Should the Queen accept the conditions
and the Provisional Government refuse TO
surrender you will be governed by your
previous Instructions" 1t will be seen
from this that if the Provisional Govern
ment has refused to yield without force.
Willis latest instructions prevent his
going further. In the event that the
Queen should accept the conditions, how
ever, Willis is to be governed by previous
instructions. His previous instructions
were TO notify the Provisional Govern
ment. which had not yet been done, if the
Queen acceded to the conditions, and so
far as the public is informed there ia moth
ing IN his instructions 10 preclude Willis
having proceeded on these lines toward the
Provisional Government