Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22


Advices received frcm Honolulu by
steamer Alameda give the full text Of
President Dole's letter to Minister
Willis in reply to the latter's request
for specifications and statements made
in previous letter from Dole in re-
gard to the attitude of the United
States Government. Dole's letter is very
lengthy. He says: In compliance
with your request for certain specifica-
tions concerning my letter OF Dec. q.
| reply thereto as follows: You in
quire as to the meaning Of the word
attitude as used in my letter. l reply
that word was used by me in its ordi-
narily accepted sense, meaning bear
ing, posture, as indicating plrpose of
those referred to. You further say,
will you point cut whe and
when and how a represent itive of
the United States assumed any attitude
toward supporters of the Provisional
Government other than one essentially
and designedly expressive of peace"
In reply would say that the attitude
of a person is to be ascertained only by
inferences drawn from known words
and acts Of such person and conditions
and circumstances under which they
take place."
President Dole then cites the with
drawal of the treaty of annexation from
the Senate by President Cleveland
without any notice to the Hawaiian
representative; the appointment of
Blount and his visit as secret ennis
sary of the United States and the re-
fusal of Secretary Gresham to explain
to the Hawaiian representative the
object of Blount's mission or even
that he had been commissioned. He
also criticised Blounts actions while in
Nthe country and the report which he
subsequently made to President Cleve-
land.
President Dole next refers to
Gresham letter to President Cleve-
land last October, and says: You
have intimated that the foregoing let
ter, being a domestic transaction, is
not a sub 'ect of diplomatic corre-
spondence. l must submit, however,
that a communication from the chief
of the Department OF State to the
President, in which he charges this
Government and its officers with con-
spiracy, weakness, timidity and fraud,
and recommends its subversion, which
letter is officially furnished to and pub
lished by the public press, without any
Information concerning the same being
afforded to this Government, is not a
domestic transaction, and is pre-emi-
nently proper subject for inquiry on
the part of this Government as to the
intentions of your Government con-
corning the subject matter.
"On Nov. IA Mr.. Thurston, the Ha-
waiian Minister at Washington, called
upon the Secretary of State and in
quired If the above letter was authen-
tic, and was assured by Mr.. Gresham
that it was. Mr.. Thurston then said:
Il wish. then, to further ask whether
it is the intention of the United States
Government to carry out the policy
therein indicated by force. or, in other
words, whether, II the Provisional
Government decline to accede to the
request of the United States Govern
ment to vacate in favor of the Queen,
United States troops will be used to
enforce the request Do we need to
state that Mr.. Thurston received no
satisfactory reply to this question:"
President Dole then recalls the ar
rival of the United States dispatch
boat Corwin at Honolulu last Decem-
ber with private copies of the Presi-
for Mr.. Willis. and says:
up to the time OF the arrival Of the
Corwin the United States naval officers
In port were in the habit of coming
ashore in citizens dress, the crews re-
ceived their usual liberty on shore, and
no unusual warlike preparations were
visible on board. Immediately on the
arrival Of the Corwin the liberty of the
crews was stopped and 80 was that of
most OF the officers. Those who came
on shore were in service uniform.
Rifles were stacked. Cartridge belts
were filled with ball cartridges and
knapsacks packed for immediate use
were conspicuous on the decks of the
ships and were seen there by visiting
citizens, who in reply to an inquiry as
to the meaning Of such preparations
were informed by the officers that they
were ready to land at a moments no
tice. When asked II the landing would
be to protect or fight us the reply Of
the officers of the Philadelphia was
that no one on board knew what orders
would be received"