Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-05
THE HAWAIIAN AFFAIR.
Secretary Gresham Sends the Correspondence to the House.
THURST0N WANTED A WAESHIP

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 WASHINGTON, Feh. 5-The following correspondence touching Hawaiiam affairs was sent to the house uf representatives:
 The Sc retary of state to whom was referred the resolution O. thl house of rep resentatives, dated Feb. |, requesting the president to transmit to tho house of r. D. resentatives if not Incompatible with The public interests, all correspondence docu. ments or other information. if any, in the possession of tho government in regard to arms having been furnished by British subjects to prrsoCs in rebellion against the government of the Hawaiian Islands or in regard to any intcrV entiOn by represent Rtives of Great Britain to prevent the ap- plication of martial law as proclaimed by said government to those concerned in said rebellion who claim to le British sub jects. has tho honor to report that the de. partment has no information in regard to arms having con furn shed by British subjects to persons in rebellion against the government Of the Hawaiian Islands. but in a telegram from the nitei States min iSter at Honolulu on Jan. il, forwarded by way of San Francisco Mir Willis says Arms reported to have been brought from Vancouver ly Norma. This telegram and MT, Willis dis atCh No el of the same date wore given to the press on their re- ceipt Copies are also hero appended.
 Although not directly responsive to the resolution, copies are submitted of correspondence oSchau Ccd with the Unit ed States legation at Honolulu in regard ffNp prehended shipments of arms from san Francisco in November last.
 The department of state has no infor, nation in regard to intervention by rep resentatives of Great Britain to prevent the application OS martial law GS proclaim cd by the Hawaiian government to those concerned in thO rccent rebellion who claim to bo British subjects. or any foreign rep resentativcS whatever in tho case, other than a statt!n>n mt contained in a note of the Hawaiian minister to the undCrsi gned, under date of Ian. .u, that the British commissioner at Hon1Iulu. Mr. Hawes has called upon the government of Hawaii to give him assurance that no capital pam ishment will hr inflicted upon the inSur- rectionists there boing lI Englishnlcn un. der arrest which requested asSurancu he government hrS refuSed to give
 Copies u! this note of Mir Thurston and of the rrpiy of the undersigned aro also annexed Respectfully submitted,
 w. q. GRESHAM.
 The Request For n Wnrship.
 Following this Corres srondenco with Mir Willis there Was an exchange of notes tc- tween Secretary Gresham and Mir. Thurs ton, tho Hawaiian minister here which Is interesting mainly because of tho inSinu- ation by tho latter that tho presence of an American warship at Honolulu would be acceptable Mir. ThurStnn tt,r in part was:
 The sub,rpt ot tue presence of an American man -of-war at Honolulu has been recently the suEjelt of discussion in the press and elsewhere It does not lie within my irr..ln,,' To suggest any course of action Uu I.'' art Ot the United States concerning s.r h subject Cerl. however. that it is Gu- tn your government and 10 the large Ainrrlcan population and prop erty interc-t- iu Hawaii to state thai a. though the G'N lnmrut of Hawaii is and will continue i'. the fI.:Urr as it has been in the past. fuiiy ;.hlo tu maintain itself against tbC a'tAc,S of all domestic enc mics, in view ,t the serious nature Uf the charges now N"HGing against large mum bor Of ho;h s"rignCrS and natives and of other com! IC.!irg conditions the tat of affairs at Ihr islands i, critical m the event of further iisurreCiion ur comylic,,- tion, although the government will use every eRLelNur tu rrolrcI foreign citi ors and their proper ', it i> not inn puSsi hlc that sudden contingencies may arise ur isolated acts of viulrTc2 take place against which tho gOvernu cut, with its limited vnlico and miiitavt fnrcc may temporarily be unable to aN F: r '0;tJtiun.
 Secretary Gre. um s !rniy tO this was.
 SIE-I have the hourr 10 acknowledge the receipt Q. you" note of this date, in which rctorrinE tn he uprising in lia wnii, you SAY that althou;. h your govern ment iS and will continue ;n the future as it has in tie pas. fully able to main tain itself against tho attacks of all do. nNstic Cncni s in view u( the serious ma turc of tho harECS now ? nding against n large number nt uth foreigners and na. tive and of uthc, v"mp}icating conditions the state Of affair Ut tho islands is crit. ical, and that owing tu its limited police and military force you" government may not bC able in sudden contingencies to af- ford protC"tinn t foreign citizens and thoir property fer the timo being
 On receipt of dispatch from Mir Will lis yesterday morning on the subject of the uprising which was immediately given to the press. a warship was at onco order ed to proceed from san Francisco to Hon olulu to aICc'i needed protection to any Americans entitled to it. That fact was also announced hy the press saturday aft. | ernoOn and thi- m0: ming, and naturally supposed that the announcement had at l tracted your notice