The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-18


trust which is the cause of Christian civ
iliNation in the interests of the whole
peonle Of these islands.
with assurances of the highest con-
slderatlon, l have. etc. etc.
"-Sanford 3. Dole,
minister of Foreign Affairs
WILLIS AND ILL.
The Minister'S Private Conference
With the Dope scd Queen.
The dispatch from Minister Willis to
Sec, etary Gresham of Nov. 16, with cid
| by the president from enclosure with his
message Of Dec. Is, and included with
| this, is as follows:
| In the forenoon of Monday, the 18th
inst, by prearrangement, the queen, &C
| ccn'pa MED by the royal chamberlain, Mr..
Rot ertson, called at the legation. No
one was present at the half-hour inter
| view which followed. her chamberlain
having been taken to another room and
Gen. Mills, who had invited her to come
remaining in the front of the house to
prevent interruption. After a forma!
| president of the United States had i'm
portant communications to make to her,
and she was asked whether she was will
ing to receive them alone and in con-
tidence, assuring her that this was for
her own interest and safety. She an
swered in the affirmative. I then made
known to her the presidents sincere re-
greet that through the unauthorized in
PREVENTION of the United States she had
been obliged to surrender her sovereignty.
and his hope that with her consent and
cooperation, the wrong done to her and
her people might be redressed. To this
she bowed her acknowledgements. / then
said to her: The president expects and
believes that when reinstated You will
show forgiveness and magnanimity, that
] will SSl, to Io +1,o ~ Ill ~
people, both native and foreign born,
that you will make haste to secure their
love and loyalty to establish peace, friend
ship and good government
TO this she made no reply. After
waiting a moment I continued: The
pathy but wishes to help you. Before
fully making known to you his purposes
[ desire to know whether you are will
ing to answer certain questions which it
is my duty to ask" She answered: 4
am willing I then asked her: Should
grant full amnesty as to life and prop
erty to all those persons who have been
or who are now in the provisional gov
: eminent or who have been instrumental
in the overthrow Of your government?
, She hesitated moment and then slowly
tain laws of my government by which !
!, shall abide. Ny decisions would be as
, the law directs, that such persons should
, be beheaded and their property confis
Gated to the government
II then said, repeating very distinctly
+ her words: 1T is your feeling that these
+ people should be beheaded and their prop
: erty confscated? She replied: 1T is.
: I then said to her: DO you fully under
. stand the meaning of every word which
= have said to you and of every wore
! which you have said to me, and if so
!. do you still have the same opinion? He1
= | reply was: I have understood and meal
. all I have said, but I might leave the de
. cision Of this to my Minister'S TO thi:
D I replied: Suppose it was necessary tt
Y make a decision before you appointed any
= ministers, and that you were asked tt
+ issue a royal proclamation Of genera
a amnesty, would you do it?' She an
swered: have o no a Legal right td to do o tina
u We're the cause Of the revolution and con
e stitution of 1887. There will never b.
Il any peace while they are here. The!
a must be sent out of the country or pun
s ished and their property confiscated.'
q then said: I have no further communi
i cation to make to you now, and will hav
II | none until l hear from my government
II which will probably be in three or fou
II weeks
# Nothing was said for several minutes
e ing to give me the names of four of he
v most trusted friends, as I might, within
# day or two, consider it my duty to hol
Al q consultation with them in her presence
N She assented, and gave these names
n Nawaihai and e. c. MacFarlan. the
" inquired whether she had any fears o
7e her safety at her present., residence
o. Washington square She replied that sh
D. did have some fears; that while she ha
7e every night, they were armed only wit
D. clubs, and that men stability dresse
1T had been often seen >prowling about th
es adjoining premises, a school house wit
" was authorized by the president to offe
n her protection either on one of our wa
e. ships or at the legation, and desired he
" to accept the offer at once. She declined
e saying she believed it was best for he
1e at present, to remain at her own res
IN dence. [ then said to her that at an
e. moment, night or day, this offer of OF
ly government was open to her acceptance
IN The interview thereupon, after some pc
Mt | sonal remarks, was brought to close.
he | Upon reflection, l concluded not
to hold any consultation. at present with IL
e. ! queens friends, as they have no ofhcl;
in J position, and furthermore because
on feared. if known to so many, her >declar
IL tons might become public, to her grei
to deriment if not danger, and to the int
ruption of the plans of our government
J. o. Carter is brother Of II. A. Z. Ca
ter, the former Hawaiian minister to Il
ne United States, and IS conceded to be
er- man Of high character, integrity and il
"a old. He has had no public experienc
he Mr.. Macfarlan, like Mr.. Carter, is
he white parentage, is an unmarried ma
CHI about forty-twO years old and is engage
nd in the commission business. John Ric
ng ardson is a young man of about thirt
lis five years of age. He is cousin of Sa1
ad uel Parker, the half-caste who was
We member of the queens cabinet at tt
or time of the last revolution. He is res
&c. dent of Maui, being designated in the {
w rectory of 1889 as 'attorney-at-law, stot
on raiser and proprietor Bismarck live
he stable. Richardson is 'half-caste.' ]
lie, seph Nawaihi is full-blooded natiy
to practices law, as he told me, in the natl
yill courts and has moderate English ed
he cation. He has served twenty years
the legislature, but displays very lit
is knowledge of the structure and philos
lid | ply Of the government which he SO lol
ed represented He is fifty-one years 4