Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-02-22
REPLIED TO DOLE.

Some More of the Hawaiian Contro-
WASHINGTON, Feb 2O.-The president
yesterday transmitted to congress an
other chapter of Hawaiian correspond
ence, including the dispatches which
arrived from Hawaii at San Francisco,
February 10 and reached the state de-
partment Saturday morning.
The following is the correspondence
in part:
WILLIS TO GRESHAM
Sir: The frs anniversary of the provisional
government was celebrated last Wednesda-.
January Il. in accordance wit the programme
set forth in dispatch No IS OF January 16, by
blic ptiol. military parade illumination
of executive building and a mass meeting at
night None of the foreign representatives
participated in the observance of he day- No
saiutes were firs-d from the American, English
or Japanese war vessels in port The day
p Issed with no disturbance
The representatives of foreign governments
acted upon the instructions of their own gov
eruments and upon their own responsibility,
with he distinct disavowal upon The part of
the representative of the United States that
it's action either intended or desired to
control htirs. Frequent editorials, similar in
character to those inclosei !. of them
verely rejecting upon the president of the United
States and his secretary of state. and also upon
Mr. BlOunt, have appe Ired IN the daily press.
A. tn Hawaiian question is nov pending be-
fore congress and as the feeling here has been
very intenS', l have not thought proper thus
far o take any official not ee of them I would
be glad TO have instructions from yCu upon the
subject Yer rcsrecf fully,
ALaERT ) WILLIS. e. and NJ p
Details show that the Hawaiians
have been indulging in severe criti-
cisins of the minister, and that the talk
of annexation i continued as if the
people of Hawaii expected this as the
Ia. I II
speech said:
an hing else that does not lead to annexa-
tion chang which does not make for that;
republi bu the great republic"
And Fresid. Mt Hosmer said:
annexation is manifest d d-stinv and we are
bcu7d to have IL"
ven the Port guese antingent has banners
4 the motto America is Our Goal"
The second letter in the correspond
ence is dated January 10, and is merely
a letter from Mr.. Willis to Secretary
Gresham, transmitting President Dole's
letter and his reply, without further
comment than that tit will, on my
part, end correspondence on the sub
subject"
Mr.. Willis letter to Mr. Dole closes
as follows; Your paragraph 2S states:
During your nearl two months, residence
in this cItv and your family hive declined
the customary social courtesies usually ex-
tended o those occupying your official position,
the specified ground that it was not deemed
best under isting circumstances to accept
such civiliti-s.''
In reply permit me 10 say the course OF con
duet referred TO was prompted bv the friendli
est motive had no official significance. was
adopted not toward the provisional govern
menf alone, and was inten led to leave all per-
sons after the disc osure OF the views
Of my government free and unembar-
rAssed to declare themselves to the
reIati ms they desired to hold to azd my
family. Thus, without unnecessary C mment,
those portions of CORES oondence which
bore upon the QUESTION of the purpose to use
force, and the responsibilities arising there
from Yours most respectfully,
A. 6 WILLIS