The San Francisco call., 1898-01-18
D0LE 10TH TO TALK
 UP0H HIS MISSION
 TO THIS COUNTRY.
Says at Honolulu He Is Going to Flashing ton to See President Mckinley. but De-
 Mes That He Has Been LNfted.

HONOLULU, Jan. 7.-Before depart ing from Honolulu President Dole courteously broke through an accepted understanding controlling high digni- taries and accorded to The Call cor respondent a brief interview this after noon.
 T do not desire" said Dole, ito talk to the newspapers here or in the States about my mission. I am going to- morrow most certainly, and when once l have arrived in California I shall de- cline most positively to talk to the gentlemen of the press. Good-by shall not be away long"
 This was said in that pleasantly paternal style of God bless you, my dear boy, be good and you'll be happy, for MT Dole's gray hair and full WhlSkers give him grendfatherly appearance scarcely coinciding with leisurely life of only fifty three years.
 Don't you think, MT. President, that 1t would be advisable and pleasant for you to let The Call publish the fact and motive of your mission. It might, you know. aid in relieving you from embarrassment and annoyance on your journey, for of course when our ire pressible friends abroad learn that you are not to be interviewed they will leave you severely alone It is their invariable custom in California"
 Well" said he, "I don't know but that l might say to The Call that I am going to Washington to see and talk to President Mckinley and his ad- ministration as the representative of the Government of the republic of Ha- waif and of this community"
 He laid great stress on the expres- sion ''of this community" and at the suggestion of the words "annexation icrc- aF. 1 community. l go to discuss matters connected with the annexation of this country to the United States. and to place before the President our views and to show him very good reasons why we should be promptly annexed. I shall further discuss with him the con- duct of affairs and arrangements to be made after we are annexed. That is about all. Of course I shall do my best to make my mission successful. as I thoroughly believe it will be-. Please say to The Call, and it applies to all newspapers, that I shall firmly decline to speak to their representatives. If would not be quite proper for me to talk on this matter when once on my journey. Good by"
 There is an impression in town. Mir. President, that you go to Washington as sequence of an invitation or a suggestion from President Mckinley. uleIHpeIS UT ms SaDlnet or persons so closely allied to him as to anticipate his wishes. Is this so?"
 Very forcibly, and with slight show of feeling, Dole promptly answered:
 Most absolutely not. Please contra dict that impression. I have received no communication from MT. McKinlev whatever, nor have l had any corre spondence with him or any one con nected with his administration. 20 at the request of the Council of State the Cabinet and of those who. with us believe that annexation is for the best interests of Hawaii. My Governnoent and those associated with us think that 1t will be advantageous for me to thor oughly discuss the subject with the President in all it's bearings, conse- quently I shall go. Please state that this action emanated in Honolulu and not in Washington. It is entirely our own policy and free from any sugges tfon from the administration I do not expect to be away from home more than two months, but I cannot tell how long 1t may be. Mrs. Dole may accom- pany me for part of my journey. And now good-by until tomorrow"
 Be this as it may, the annexation camp is fairly divided on the expedi ency and policy of the Presidents de- parture. It is now well known that while his mission was sanctioned by tacitly unanimous vote. this was ob- talned only through deferential sac rlnce or opinion to the personal wishes of the President, and the necessity in the present crisis of the conflict of pa-