Evening star., 1895-08-22
we defended ourselves successfully against
a nest of bitter conspifators.

United States would hold out protecting
hands," ''The Nicaragua affair should have
furnished warning enough" There can be
little doubt that the Independent is par
ticularly well informed, and takes a cor
rect view of Mr.. Cleveland's policy toward
US.
1t would be the blindest faulty for us to
ignore the past two years record of the
Presidents hostility TO our republic. That
hostility has proved Itself implacable, and
such as to impel him to methods of attack
conduct that has usually been imputed to
him. The most conspicuous Instance of
this was at the time when he sent Mr..
Willis to restore the queen He then adopt
ed, in order to justify his interference with
the internal affairs of this independent
state, the wholly untenable hypothesis that
he was enforcing his decision as the arbi-
traitor of the case between Mr.. Dole and the
queen, which he claimed both parties had
referred to him to arbitrate. He claimed to
have tried the case and decided 1t In favor
Of the queen. Mr. Willis declared himself
instructed to announce that decision, and
demanded that in accordance Herewith
Mr. Dole and his colleagues should step
down and put the fallen queen in their
place.
The Case of LiliuOknlanf.
Now 1t Is conceivable, although with much
difficulty. that the President did actually
persuade himself that both parties agreed
to refer the case between them to his de-
cision Liliuoka1ani did specifically claim
his interposition, in letter sent by Paul
Neumann In surrendering her throne to
Mr.. Dole and his colleagues. she interpolated
clause invoking the arbitration of the
United States Not very astutely, Mr.. Dole
accepted and fled the paper, without par
ticularly noticing what afterwards proved
to be clause of great significance. Mr..
Cleveland made 1t significant, although no
act or expression Of Mr.. Dole ever gave
countenance to the idea that he would sub
NIT the rights of the provisional govern
ment to foreign arbitration. His whole
procedure in going on to negotiate the
treaty of annexation with President Harri-
son forbade such conception. Still 1t re-
mains conceivable that Mr.. Cleveland did
persuade himself that he had been made
the referee of the question between the
parties.
But he went so much further than that
as to assume that he had actually tried
the case so referred to him. 1t was at once
letter of protest which Mr. Gresham never
deigned to acknowledge the receipt of. that
an arbitration necessarily involved
formal adjudication by a regularly con-
stituted tribunal before which, at an ap-
pointed time and place. both parties should
be fully notified to appear. with full cross
examination of each, others witnesses. AS
matter of fact, the, only inquiry made by
the President was the. secret and ex parte
investigation of Col J. II. Blount. who was
supposed by Mr. Dole and his colleagues
to be Investigating the expediency and pro-
priety of completing the treaty of annexa-
ton. The provisional government had
never received the remotest intimatfon at
any time that it was proposed to try their
right to exist as against Liliuokal It
seems impossible To conceive that Mr.
Cleveland, a sane man, could really have
imagined that he hati actually adjudicated
that case, as he instructed Mr.. Willis to
announce. What is the true solution Of
this strange assumption by the President
ic hAxynr itA' 's ny inna nT
capacity to determine. Nfr
What is plain-what we never can over
look or forget-is that We are dealing with
an enemy who uses strange and unlikely
one might say irrational-methods of pro-
cedure. Added to this Is an evident de-
termination to act against us at seasons
when Congress is not in session to inter-
fere This was done when Mr.. Willis was
sent out in october, 1893, on his errand to
destroy us before Congress could assemble
for its regular session. He failed through
the queens obstinacy to make his demand
in time. Congress interposed and saved
u.s. One year ago again the Philadelphia
was withdrawn, and, for the first time in
twenty years. Honolulu was left without
United states naval protection. We be-
lieved. and our royalist enemies all be-
lfeved, that this was done to afford them
the opportunity of wrecking the city with
out hindrance. This also was done some
months before Congress should assemble.
but again the royalists were dilatory, and
did not move until January. Now. again
in the interim of Congress- the President
initiates his third move against us.
We have given President Cleveland no
cause for his deep and implacable hostility
toward u.s. We well know how it originat-
ed. 1t was because our revolution and the
organization of our government was at
tended by the friendly sympathy of John
L. Stevens, who was the intimate friend of
James G. Blaine 1t was, further because
our appeal for annexation was most heart
lily accepted by President Benjamin Harrl-
Slni nd Ia r.fc
rivals whom he hated above all other men.
Therefore he hates the republic of Ha-
wall. and desires to destroy it. Mr.. Cleye-
land is good hater. He has great fixity
OF opinion and tenacity of purpose. He is
in some respects a formidable enemy. We
are sorry that this is so. Mr.. Cleveland
three years ago had many friends and ad-
mirers in Hawaii, who now only wonder at
the spirit which possesses him.
Brltain's Ex-Commfssfoner RebufYed.
The late representative of her British
majesty. Maj. ]. H. Wodehouse. now on the
eve Of departure for England, has just re-
ceived rebuff from this government. He
requested permission to visit the ex-queen
in her place of confinement. He was de-
nied, on the ground that he appeared still
to hold an official position. 1t is learned
that he had never communicated to this
government his withdrawal from office.
I1iS vile Was dlSO ueIlleu dH INTERVIEW Will
Mrs. Dominis. and a letter she sent to her
was returned because addressed to her
majesty
This is very grievous to the royalists, of
whom Maj. and Mrs. Wodehouse have al
ways been very active partisans. OF course,
the imperative reason for refusing the in
terviews desired was the fact of that
strong partisanship. It is notorious that
prior to and during the late insurrection
Mrs. Wodehouse, If not her husband, gave