The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-09
which viii leave with you. | will now
read that writing. | will read from the
original, leaving with yol. a certified copy"
Mr.. Willis read as follows:

read that writing. | will read from the
original, leaving with yor, a certified copy"
Mr.. Willis read as follows:
l. Iiliuokaiani in recognition of the high sense of
United States and desiring to put aside all feelings
OF personal hatred or revenge and to do what Is pest
foreign born, do hereby and herein solemny declare
and pledge myself that II renstated as the co4sttu
tonal ts0verefgn EOf the Hawaiian Islands l VIII
Immediately proclaim and declare unconditionally
directly or ndreetiy participated IN the revolution
ofJanuary 1885, full pardon and amnesty Tor their
| immunities. under the constitution and the law;
which have been made In pursuance thereof and
measures Of prescription or punishment for what
has been done in the past by those setting up or
more solemny agree to accept the restoration under
the constitution existing at the time Of said revou
tion and that will abide by and fully execute that
constitution with all the guarantees as to person
and property therein s contained. =, s 49, .ouor,.
ment If restored to assume all the obligations ere
ated by the Provisional Government in the proper
course of administration Including all expenditures
for military or police service II being my purpose,
it existed on the day when it unlawfuiy over
thrown. -
Attest:&J. O. CARTER.
sit becomes my further duty to advise
you, sir,n Mr. Willis went on. ''as the Execu-
tive of the Provisional Government and
your ministers of the Presidents determina-
tion of the question, which your action and
that of the Queen devolved upon him and
that YOU are expected to promptly relinquish
to her, her constitutional authority, and
now, Mr. President and gentlemen of the
Provisional Government, with deep and
solemn sense of the gravity of the. situation,
and with the earnest hope that your answer
will be inspired by that high patriotism
which forgets all self-interest, in the name
and by the authority of the United States of
America submit to you the question:-Are
you willing to abide by the decision OF the
PreSidentW
President Dole-oThe Government will
take the matter under consideration and
answer you as soon as they are ready"
Mr.. Willis-'sYes, sir. Gentlemen, good
day"
WHEN THE CoRwIN ARRIVED.
The sequence of events after the alarm
created by the arrival of the Corwin, De-
cember IA, was as follows
Minister Willis received bulky dispatches
which were laboriously deciphered by the
secretary of Admiral Irwin. The Admiral
was not made acquainted with their nature.
Mr.. Willis Immediately entered upon re-
newed intercourse with Liliuockalani which
grew very active. Consul Mills was busted
therein and from the 10th forward j. c.
Carter was actively engaged as adviser to
the Queen. 1t became quite generally be-
lieved on that day that she was negotiating
for pension to abdicate, and the very SER
ious public disquiet somewhat abated. On
the night of the 10Th search warrant was
procured and the house of John Colburn was
thoroughly searched for concealed arms and
ammunition upon precise information that a
load of boxes had been delivered there after
dark that evening. None were discovered.
After one A. NJ the same night large box
was delivered at the house of A. Peterson
and heard to be hurriedly opened. Peter
son and Colburn are members of the Queens
for helping to organize the Committee of
Safety who dethroned her. The Marshal
considered his evidence reliable that the
Royalists have received about 300 rifles lately
with a good supply of ammunition. On the
afternoon of the 10Th, the public alarm was
revived by the British Minister asking and
receiving permission from the Government
to land marines from H NJ S. Champion for
the protection of the British Legation and
the property of British residents in case of
disturbance arising. 1t was believed that
Woodhouse had knowledge through the
Queen of Willis intention to attack the
Government On the same evening Captain
Rookie, of the Champion, stated that he ex-
pected the Queen to be restored by the Amer
lean forces and that he should land about
fifty men, who would remain entirely
neutral He also remarked, as is authenti-
cally learned, that he knew much more than
Admiral Irwin Of what was to be done. Such
is undoubtedly the fact.
Captain Rookie probably obtained much of
his information before he sailed from Esqui
malt While here he is kept informed by
the British Minister.
RESISTANCE DEPRECATED.
On the evening of the 10Th, Attorney
General W. O. Smith visited Minister Willis
for an informal interview. during which Mr..
Willis said to Mr.. Smith
What, are you to resist the wishes Of the
United States! Either of these japanese or
British ships could crush you. II they as
sumed hostile attitude you would be COM
PEELED to apply for our protection"
Mr. Smith intiinated that his government
could wait for a Republican administration
to grant annexation.
Willis declared that the Democratic party
was assured of twenty years of power, and
that the views of President Cleveland would
prevail. Except in these informal inter-
views sought by members of the govern
ment, Willis had no communication with
them whatever since he presented his Gre
dentials. Sunday, the 18th, passed quietly
although Mr. Carter visited the Qneen. At
forwards, being a trustee of the Central
Union Church, he made private search of
that building for concealed arms, but found
none. This was done by him at the ex-
Queens request as the towers OF the church
overlooked her residence at Washington
place across the street. The 10th opened
amid great and general excitement of all
parties 1t was give out by the Royalsts
that the Queen would be restored that morn
ing. The British troops were to land early,
but did not The American officers and men
were refused shore leave. The prisoners,
who come out daily at early morning to
labor upon the roads, were kept within their
prison walls Twenty-three of the native
policemen refused duty early in the morning
and their places were supplied by others
who were ready I'd stand by the Govern
ment From seven to ten o'clock A. M. the
wharves were crowded with natives and
others, who were expecting the forces OF the
Philadelphia and Adams to be landed.
Meantime Captains Nelson and Barker of
those ships drove up to Nunanu Palace be-
tween nine and ten A. M with Mr.. Willis,
returning at one P M. expressing surprise at
the expectations of the natives, At half
past nine the German Cousul Glade visited
Mr.. Willis and importuned him to say some
thing which would allay the extreme ten
sion Of the public mind. Mr.. Willis declared
that the existing fears were without founda-
ton. There would be no trouble. He was
laboring night and day and was progressing
toward a satisfactory result. happy for all
parties. The Minister would not say the one
word which would allay fear, namely, that
he would not employ force to restore the
Queen. At Mr.. Glades Importantly he
named 4S hours as the shortest time at which
conclusion could be arrived at. Other
leading men visited the Minister during the
day to set before him the distressing effect
of the disquiet upon all business, also the
daily increasing danger of plantations
manned chiefly by ignorant Asiatics who
were acquiring the belief that the Govern
ment was paralyzed by the Minister'S course
of action