Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19

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formed. The other two on the 10th and
18th Of December last, were the following
day reported by me- IN person. to your gov
eminent. and their subject matter fully
explained The sole purpose Of these nego-
tiaslons Were as you know. to secure prop,
er guarantees from the queen as to life and
property Of all connected with the over
throw OF the monarchy. These having been
secured, l thea. under the instructions Of
the President Of the United States presented
his decision, setting forth the reasons there
for and submitting IT to your government
.or Its voluntary action.
Mr. Carter was invited by me to the last
interviews With the queen December &c
and is. He knew nothing until then Of the
interview Of November L. Al IL native
Hawaiian OF American parentage. whose
acknowledged in the commAniiy, l cons,i-
cred him q prop9r person to be present.
his counsel to his nephew was. to use his
own language, based entirely upon Sec
Rotary CreshaIn's published letter and cur
rent newspaper comments. 1t was
rot warning in ;he sense the letter OF
Minister Dole conveys"
You state 1T was the almos: we'll nigh
universal belief L. the city that you were
about TO attempt to Land the naval forces
Of the United STATES to enforce the eXecu-
ton OF the Presidents policy.
My answer Is that my government. one
month prior to the tine referred to. had
given you Information negativing the idea
Of using force. and had authorized the pub
such apprehension" Furthermore, as
frankly admitted by you in this correspon-
dence, your government did not itself en-
tertain this apprehension"
As to the crowds Of people, among them
many prominent royalists." at the wharves
Tor several days" you will recall the fact
as set forth in your subsequent paragraph
(23) that the British minister and the
| II "a ANAL \.
cember Is. asked permission to land
troops" As much publicity had been
given these facts In the daily press,
respectfully suggest that the crowd was
most probably assembled out of harmless
curiosity to witness the anticipated landing
OF the English and japanese troops and not
that of the United States Ito enforce the
execution OF the Presidents policy"
Refused to Forward Dispatches.
Touching the statement in paragraph %
that your government was refused permits
sion to forward Hawaiian government dis
patches" by the dispatch boat Corwin it Is
only necessary to remind you that the na-
val onicers of the United States and the
public generally were denied such privileges
anu tLat no interference or unfrtendly feel
ing should. therefore, have been drawn
moreover, at the time your letter was writ
Ten You were aware OF the fact that for the
accommodation of your government the
Corwin had been delayed over half a week,
As TO the requests referred to in para
graph - OF the British minister and jap
anese consul general. for permission to
iand troops, they were, am Informed pre-
cautionary measures against possible mob
violence This permission is still outstand-
ing, ana Is not now and was not then In
my Judgment. proper evidence Of hostile
purpose on the part OF our government
In reply to paragraph "a. and also in q
clause in your letter of the 18th, 1 have the
nonor to state upon the authority or a let
yer now IN my possession from the diplo-
matte agent of Japan that it is a mistake
IN supposing that his offer OF protection
was confined to prominent American SUP
porters OF the provisional government" or
was based upon the fear Of american in
vasfon." Mr.. Full saws in his letter.
Many of my neighbors were nervous and
excited, being afraid of some sudden acts of
lawiess people. and / deemed 1t proper to
say 10 them that In case of immediate need
tnis residence being in q somewhat distant
part or the city, my consulate was always
bor." N --e'e"-
My answer to paragraph C25) is set forth
IN my reply to paragraph 09 which shows
tnat all the communica lions with the queen
were fully, and. trust, satisfactorily ex-
planned to your government.
In paragraph C20 you quote from nv ad-
dress of December 10. submitting the views
or the President upon the Hawaiian oues-
ton. respectfully suggest that there is in
TINS address no intimation as to the use
or force and that even had there been no
prior information to you upon the subject.
there Is enough in Its tone and terms to
Of the address itself. 1.-The Presidents ac-
ton is now, and has been from the be-
ginning, absolutely free from resentment
and entirely consistent with the long es-
tablished friendship and treaty ties which
have 50 closely bound together our respec-
tive governments
Your paragraph CD states upon the 23d
December / replied to the foregoing COM
munication in the negative. Up to the time
of sending you my communication of De-
cember % no further communication had
been received by me from you. and no as
suranCe had been received that force was
not to be used, nor what your further in
structions were concerning this govern
ment.''
that at the time your answer was delivered
/ notified you that 1 would forward it to
Washington. and that nothing would be
done by me until further instructed TO
this your reply was that will be very
satisfactory to our people.
Your paragraph IS states: During your
nearly two months residence In this city
YOU and your family have declined the GUS
| tomary social courtesies usually extended
| to those occupying your official position.
on the specified ground that 1t was not
deemed best under existing circumstances
| to accept such civilities."
| In reply. permit me to say that the course
/ of conduct referred to was prompted by the
friendliest motive. had no official sisnih-
/ canoe, was adopted not toward the pro-
| yisionai government alone, and was intend
! ed to leave all persons after the disclosure
| OF the views of my government free and
unembarassed, to determine for themselves,
the relations they desired to hold to me and
my family.
Thus, without unnecessary comment. I
! have considered and endeavored to explain
] those portions Of your correspondence
| which bore upon the question of the ''pur-
/ pose to use force and the responsibilities
arising therefrom.
While duly respecting the doctrine of
on-interference by the representative of
another government with your domestic
affairs, / shall rejoice to know that any
thing / have done or said now or hereto
| fore, has tended to a better understanding
of recent events In your history and of
motives and intentions as to which there
may be. as you state. mutual misappre-
| tension"
Thanking you for the courteous and ap-
preciated terms which you have been pleas
ed to express and which are cordially re-
ciprocated. and trusting that there may
| be speedy, honorable and satisfactory
adjustment of all pending questions, have
the honor, with renewed assurances Of high
consideration, to be. sir.
| Yours respectfully,
| ALBERT S. WILLIS.
| Another inclousure in this letter Is q
| note dated January Is, addressed by Min
| lister Willis to President Dole, calling at
| tention to an error in stating the date OF
an interview, and also bringing to the
| presidents attention extracts from his
| Dole's) letter of December p and January