The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-26
MORE SECRETS ARE OUT.
LILUOKALANI TO RE HOUSED BY
MIR. WILLIS.

lions to Put Down Trouble i'm
This city.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.-Rcvised, cor
rected and complete copies OF the Ha-
waiian correspondence transmitted to
Congress with the Presidents message
OF December 18th have at last been re-
ceived from the Government Printing
Office, and have been laid before the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The volume, in its completed and cor
rcCted form, contains number OF inter-
esting and important communications
from and to Mr.. Willis, which were
searched for in vain in the voluminous
and confused batch of correspondence as
laid before both houses, in typewriting,
with the message.
now THE couP WAS TO Re WORKED.
Many side-lights are thus thrown on
the situation. For example, conf
dental dispatch from Mr.. Willis to
| Secretary Gresham, dated November II
understanding that information was to
be withheld from Congress until Just be-
! fore Mr.. Willis was in position to take
decisive action. He writes.
Honolulu, Nov. II, 1893.
Sir: On the 18th inst. at II o'clock,
presented to the Provisional Govern
meAt Mr.. Blount's letter of recall, and
the letter accrediting me as his sue
paaepr Tho titpp since tban hos baan
occupied with the reception of execu-
tive, judicial and diplomatic representa-
tives of the Provisional and foreign
Governments. | have not, therefore
had an opportunity of executing more
fully your instructions, nor was fuller
action advisable while the excitement
was SO great. | expect on next Monday
morning November l3) to have an
interview with the Queen. which, if
satisfactory, will be followed immedi-
ately by one with the Provisional Gov
ernment. l have, therefore, inclosed "a
telegram to your dispatch agent at San
Francisco as follows: Report can be
sent to Congress ON the 10Th of Novem-
ber." it being my understanding that
you desired to have all the facts IRE
scented before any decisive action here.
The Alameda. the next vessel leaving
here after next Monday, will not reach
San Francisco until November 90. dur
ing which interval it is hoped some
definite result may be secured.
FIRST HITCH IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
The interview with the Queen first
had was evidently not satisfactory"
for on November 10th Mr.. Willis tele-
graphed to Secretary Gresham as fol-
lows:
Views of first party so extreme as to
require instructions. WILLIS.
This was doubtless the dispatch which
called forth from Secretary Gresham
the reply of November 24th, which has
been published, but without being nc.
companed by the message to which it
was an answer. 1t is as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a, 1893.
The brevity and uncertainty of YOU
kilograms are embarrassing. You vii
insist upon an amnesty and recognition
of obligations of the Provisional Gov
eminent as essential conditions of resto
ration. All interest will be promoted
by prompt action. w. Q. GRESHAM.
MCQUEEN TO BE TAKEN TO THE LEGATION
Mr.. Willis, in his confidential dispatcl
of November 18th, intimated that tn,
question as to whether the United
States was prepared to protect the per
son of the Queen had been officially
asked of him by the British Minister
Major Wodehouse. Mr.. Willis says:
replied (to the British MINISTRY tina
without reference to her royal claims
the Queen stood in such relation to til,
! United States that she was entitled to
and would receive, the amplest protec
ton at their hands. As matter of fac
/. had already ascertained that at presen
y she did not desire our protection. Ate
: next Monday, however, and earlier il
!, necessary, | shall insist on her coming
to the Legation.
The domiciling of Queen Liluokalani il
the American Legation appears to hav,
been another OF Mr.. Willis original in
: why and the wherefore of this chang,
of mind opens up wide field of conjec
4 ture, which the correspondence, even IA
now extended, fails to supply.
. PREPARATIONS FOR SURPRISING RIOTS
q As to the danger of the public peac
4 of Honolulu the precautions taken l.
preserve order by the use of the Unite'
States forces, il necessary, and the char
acter of the Provisional Government
MI. Willis, also under date of Novem
n Der II, 1893, make the following inter
: esting report not heretofore published
II The United States steamships Phila
delphia and Adams are connected wit
. Honolulu by telephone, but in the even
a of riot Admiral Irwin, now in command
Il has made arrangements for rocket sig
! mailing.
IS There is undoubtedly in this Govern
ment, as in all governments, "a class q
reckless, lawless men, who, under tn
# impression that they have the mora
support of some of the better class c
=. citizens, may at any moment brin
~ about serious condition of affair
Fortunately the men at the head of tn
% Provisional Government are acknow
7, edged by all sides to be of the highei
N integrity aud public spirit, which con
bined with the large material interest
n they represent will it is hoped caus
ir them to stand firmly and successful
l. for peace and good government.
The japanese Consul General, NJ
10 SUBURB fujii, has just called to say thu
l. his people, who now number nearly on
third of the male population, are vel
apprehensive of immediate disturbance
III He desired to know whether | wou
advise him to send for man-of-war.
declined to give him any advice.
a. then inquired whether his people cou
Of expect protection from the United Stat
troops. | told him that If it was his I
no quest, and that If his people were no
participants IN any trouble, that
could probably rely upon the protect,
III of our Government. The American /
terests here are so extensive, and all i
re terests are so close that it is impossib