Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20

written with no unfriendly purpose, but
was. as by itself declared, for the best in
terests of ALL He Informed me that the
advisory council met the next day at II
o'clock and he thought the subject would
then receive attention.
At pm. of that day January ID 1 re-
ceived the letter from Hon. S. B. Dole here
was not my intention to withdraw any of
my letters This, Of course left every
charge and statement In full force as of
that date
Believing that these charges, whether so
intended or not, reflected very unjustly upon
the President. whose agent / was at O p.
m. of the same day monday, January ID /
replied in the inclosed letter, asking that
the desired specifications be furnished at
the earliest convenience"
No Reply Received.
Up to this hour Friday, January 81 no
reply has been received to this request nor
have 1 any intimation when one may be
expected. My request for specifications has
been in the hands of the minister of foreign
affairs since Monday, January 1. at 6
o'clock. i had hoped to receive il in time
to answer by steamer Pekin. leaving today
at O'Clock. especially Mr.. Thurston and
Mr.. Hatch. late vice president of the pro-
visional government, leave tomorrow on the
Australia for the United States. This delay
! in answering is a great surprise and regret.
/ am fully prepared to show that every
step taken by the representatives of our
government has been in the direction of
peace and good order and that the military
preparations of the provisional government
were in progress at the time of my ar
rival cases of arms. as / telegraphed you
on November 4. having been brought by
the steamer upon which arrived. AT that
| time and up to the morning of November
"a (Which was the day your letter to the
President first appeared here) IL will not be
claimed that there was the slightest appre-
hension as to the interference of the United
States forces. And yet on the 18th of No
vember as is we'll known here. the great
est excitement prevailed at the executive
building, the military forces We're increased
in number and the volunteer companies
were ordered on duty at night These
preparations were due not to any fear of
American Intervention" but, as Mr.. DAM
on. minister Of finance, called officially to
explain, resulted from the apprehensions
of many citizens, mostly women and chill
dren, that the following day the
birthday anniversary of King Kalakaua,
large numbers of natives from the adjoining
districts would be here and an outbreak
might occur.
The steamer leaves in a few moments and
I am unable to write more at length, but
will do so when the expected answer is
| received.
ALBERT s. WILLIS,
z. +. and NJ. p. L. S. A.
The full correspondence is inclosed in the
dispatch, as follows:
Mr.. Dole 10 Mr.. Willis.
Department of Foreign Affairs.
. Honolulu, H l., Dec. "a, 1898.
| Sir: Pending the further action of the
government Of the United States upon the
matters contained In your communica ton
of December ~. and my reply to the same
dated December gI, 1 desire to call your
excellencys most serious consideration to
the dangerous and critical condition of this
community, arising, l must respectfully
submit out of the attitude which you have
assumed. and the language which you have
used in public, and in communications to
this government, and also out of the pub
lished letter of the Secretary of State of the
United States and the Presidents message
on the subject of the restoration of the
monarchy.
1 DO not. however claim or intimate that
this unfortunate situation has been inten-
tionally created by you, or by the govern
ment which you represent, but arises from
natural construction of your attitude and
the ambiguous terms of the statements re-
ferred to.
At the time Of your arrival in this coun-
try. the forces of this government were or
ganized. and were amply sufficient to sup
press any internal disorder
Ambiguous Comm unica atfons
After your arrival you made communica-
tfons regarding your policy, which were
ambiguous. and for several weeks you fail
ed to disclose your intentions and have
only partially done SO UP to the present
moment leaving this government to infer
what they may ultimately be from the let
ter of Mr. Gresham and the Presidents
message. in which II has been declared i'm
very distinct language that the deposed
queen ought to be restored to the throne
by the government of the United States
and leaving us. further. to infer that this
assumed obligation would be discharged.
Your language, expressed in public de-
clared that you intended to perform
some act when the proper time ar
rived. without disclosing what that act
A General Feeling of Disautet.
Under these circumstances there arose
at once a general feeling OF disquiet. The
natural inference from your attitude. lam
guage and refusal to disclose your purpose
and from Mr.. Greshams letter and the
Presidents message was, and is, that YOU
intended to use force in maintaining your
policy. The fact Is well known that YOU. as
admitted by yourself in your communication
OF December 10, without the consent or
knowledge of this government have held
negotiations with the deposed queen for the
purpose of overthrowing this government.
The apprehension of both political parties,
as well as persons who remain neutral in
| these matters, Is that you hold Instructions
to use physical force for the restoration
of the monarchy. 1 am not prepared TO
! state that this government entertains this
opinion, although its want of information
to the contrary has compelled it to act
as If IL was correct.
In consequence of your attitude in this
behalf, the enemies of the government
believing in your intentions to restore the
monarchy by force. have become embolden-
ed.
Threats of assassination of the officers of
TINS government have been made The DO
lice force is frequently Informed of CON
spiracfes to create disorder. Aged and sick
persons of all nationalities have been and
are in state of distress and anxiety
Children In the schools are agitated by the
fear of political disturbances
The wives, sisters and daughters of resi-
dents, including many Americans, have
been In daily apprehension of civic disorder
many OF them having even armed them
selves in preparation therefor; citizens have
made preparations in their homes for de-
tense against assaults which may arise
directly or Indirectly from such conflict
Persons have begun to pack their valuables
with View of immediate departure; large
quantities of bandages have been prepared
Unprotected women have received the
promise of assistance from the Japanese