The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-08


YOU are in communication with Liliuo-
kalani, the ex-Queen, with view of re-
establishing the monarchy in the Ha-
waiian Islands and of supporting her
pretensions to the sovereignty. VIII
You inform me if this report is true or if
YOU are acting in any way hostile to this
Government You viii pardon
me for pressing you for an immediate
answer"
%. On December 10 you called upon,
and made verbal address to me, fur
nishing me with manuscript copy Of
YOUR remarks. from which | 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. L 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. x *
Upon the facts embodied in Mr..
Blount's reports, the President has ar
rived at certain conclusions and deter
mined upon certain course of action
with which it becomes my duty to &C
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-
sent y =
"In view of these conclusions l was in
structed by the President to take adj
vantage of an early opportunity inform
the Queen of this determination and of
his views as to the responsibility of our
Government.
Il was instructed at the same time TO
inform the Queen that when reinstated
that the President expected that she
nv
granting full amnesty to all who part1cl-
pated in the movement against her.
in obedience to the command of the
President L have secured the Queens
agreement to this course.
ut 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 rehnqulsh to her her
constitutional authority. And now, Mr..
President and Gentlemen of the Provis-
ional Government, with deep and
solemn sense of the gravity OF the sltua-
ton. i: x * in the name and by the
authority of the United States of Amerl-
ca, submit to you the question:: Are
you willing to abide by the decision of
the PRESIDENT"
. 81. Upon the Odd of December l re-
piled to the foregoing communication IN
the negative.
Up to the time of sending you my
communication of DECEMBER 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.
%. 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 &C
cept such civilities
[ do not for moment intimate that
such a course is improper or that 1t 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
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 g attitude" of the
United States and its representative to-
ward the Provisional Government Is
and has been lone essentially and de-
sipnedly expressive of peace" 1t Will
give me the greatest pleasure to receive
assurances to this effect; but L submit
that under the circumstances and III the
absence of such assurances they are cap
able of another construction, to sut1-
cient extent, at least to warrant the ques-
ton which I have asked yon in my COM
munication of December 9th. Your
second request for information IS as fol-
lows
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 d1sor-
der. Will you inform me what connec-
ton this statement has, or Is designed to
have. with the Government of the United
States, or with the future action OF It's
| representatives"
/ reply that their are two reasons Tor
the said statement. First, that already
stated in my letter of December 18th,
| that '.in consequence of your attitude the
enemies of the Government believing IN
YOUR intentions to restore the monarchy,
! by force have become emboldened, etc,
and second, that by reason of my inabll-
ity to ascertain whether your Govern
ment proposed to use force III support OF
| its policy of restoration was oohged 10
! act as though it did so intend; as result
| of which this Government has been
/ obliged to increase its forces and has
| been subjected to the necessity of IN
creased watchfulness and large addition
| al expense, but which for such attitude
would have been unnecessary.
| The effect which I had hoped this
! communication might have upon the
future action of the representative OF
| the United States was that he might give
such assurances that such additional
watchfulness and expense might be
| avoided.
| Your third request is for the time,
| ,,Iooo auI c1111ioot matter of the Ian