Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-19
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His loss will be almost irreparable to the
community in which he lived.
No Action by the President.
Secretary Gresham was in consultation
with the President up to IL o'clock. re-
manning there half alt hour after the de-
parture Of Secretary Herbert. 1t is difficult
to learn the result of the conference be-
yond the single fact that the administra-
ton officials are specially pleased at Min
lister Willis statement that the Hawaiian
authorities were gratified that there were
no national war ships in the harbor during
the trouble. The main question under con-
sidsration by the President and his two
ministers was as to the advfsabilty OF dis
patching warship to Honolulu at once for
the protection Of American interests In the
event of further trouble.
Efforts to ascertain the conclusion
reached in this regard were generally un-
successful Secretary Gresham. when asked
the point blank question. rs a ship to De
sent to Hawaii?' invariably replied: you'll
have to see Secretary Herbert about that.
Naturally this turned the inquiry toward
the Secretary of the Navy. Secretary Her
bert would not talk about Hawaiian af-
fairs in general, much less speak about
naval representation there. To all news
paper men who approached him on this
subject he said: You'll have to excuse
me, but haven't a word to say"
Some Unofficial Statements.
AItnOuSn the secretaries were 50 HOIi-
committal on the subject, some of their
subordnates ventured upon a feeble argu-
ment to show that there was no occasion
for action on the part of this government,
for the allie ged reason that the revolution
had been suppressed and American in
terests in the islands were not in jeopardy
One State Department young man said
why should we send ship to Hawaii,
any how? Didn't the authorities ask us
to withdraw the Philadelphia. in order
that they could demonstrate their ability
to protect themselves, and haven't they
ROW expressed their qualification at the
absence of foreign. ships of war during the
latest trouble? American interests do not
appear to be i'm danger. Why. then, should
we send a ship to the islands,?
There is strong impression that the
above language expresses the real senti-
mentS of the President and secretary
Gresham on this subject. and consequently
that there is no probability of an inme-
date change in their policy Of keeping
American warships as far away from the
island republic as possible. At any rate,
SO far as can be learned at this writing,
no steps whatever have been taken to in
dicate that any of the six idle ships on the
Pacific coast Is destined to Hawaii. The
semi-official explanation of this policy CT
non-action is that 1t is in accord with tie
wishes of the Hawaiian government.
This theory is founded on the report of
Minister Willis, that the Hawaiian gov
ernment thought the absence of all foreign
warships would enable the republic to
show it's ability to maintain itself against
all internal enemies Admiral Walker
agreed that the republic was fully able
to take care of .tSelf, but made
strong recommendation that the United
as Great Britain and other powers main
tanned fleets there,