People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1893 — THEY WILL RESIST. [ARTICLE]

THEY WILL RESIST.

Annexationists Won’t Submit Peaceably to Restoration. San Francisco, Dec. 14.—The steamer Oceanic arrived from Honolulu shortly after 10 o’clock Tuesday evening. The United Press correspondent at Honolulu writes as follows under date of December 5: The 24th uIL the Warrimo brought from Victoria our earliest knowledge of the Gresham letter and Minister Willis’ probable instructions to restore the queen by force. The Monowai, from San Francisco the same day, brought full details. No great surprise was felt The royalists were greatly elated. The Americans were also much inspired by the vigorous dennneiations j of Cleveland’s course by the American press and by the delay of Minister Willis in stating or executing I his instructions. One thing became . clear, that the ex-queen and her ■ supports had been since early in i March supplied with accurate informa tion from Washington of the president’s policy and intention to restore her. T. A. Davis has also evidently been in the president’s confidence from the beginning. All the confident boastings of the royalists, so long derided by the annexation party, prove to have been based upon reliable secret information from Washington. The Oceanic’s China mail on the 27th greatly increased the excitement by giving Mr. Blount’s report as well as the sensation created at Washington by the Australia’s news. It was at first believed that Minister Willis’ delay in acting would result in the entire postponement of the intended restoration until congress should be consulted. On the 29th, however, the royalists became very active and exultant, and it began to leak out from them that the restoration would take place Saturday, December 2. There is now no more derision of the royalist rumors and great calm is prevalent. It was surmised that Minister Willis had by the China received urgent orders to act The government trusted, his assurance of the 24th, but strengthened their defenses and increased their guards as a precaution against a possible outbreak of the royalists in their excitement On the 30th united and vigorous demands were made on the government, by representative men of all classes, to adopt a permanent policy of resisting the United btates forces, to the utmost One committee was headed by the marshal The ministers felt severely burdened by their responsibility to maintain their government ;.s firmly as possible on one hand and save the people from the ruinous consequences.of restoration i of the queen and on the other the duty to avoid useless slaughter either of United States forces or of their own ' citizens, of whom their leading ones ■ would be foremost in the conflict. The united demand of the citizens ’ terminated all indecision, and the government became prepared to resist all attacks to the last extremity. The people are intersely aroused and mean tight all over. A report also emanated from the royalists and was widely believed that alter the queen had been restored by the United States forces forces were to be landed from the British warship Champion and assume the task of protecting and maintaining the queen upon the- throne. Vancouver, B. C., Dec. 14, The Australian ship Arawa arrived at Victoria Tuesday. She left Honolulu Monday, December 4, and was a fraction over seven days making the run. The queen has not been restored, and there has been no trouble. Since the arrival of the last reports there have been but two things of a significant nature. The annexationists held a. mass meeting ou Saturday, November 25, and adopted resolutions in effect appealing to congress over the address of President Cleveland, Secretary Gresham and Mr. Blount Probably l„OoO people were at the mass meeting, which on the call was stated to be for “citizens favorable to annexation.” The royalists claim the meeting : was packed by representatives of the provisional government and that all enthusiasm was arranged to order. Mr; Castle moved the following resolutions, which were passed without dissent! “Resolved. That we have read with surprise, and regret the recommendation ot the secre.tarwot state of the United Stales to the president to restore the monarchy lately existing in Hawaii. “Resolved, That we condemn the assumption of. the secretary that the right of the provisional. government to exist was terminated by his- refusal to resubmit, to the senate thK treaty of union pending between the two countries, and also his assumption that the j provisional government at that very time sub- • mittod the question of its, continued existence i to the arbitrament of the- president or oS any ; ether power. | “Resolved, That we support to the best of i our ability the provisional government to re--1 sist any attack upon it which may be- made contrary to the usage of nations.” On the fovir days preceding the sailing of the Arawa the troops of the provisional government were busy fortifying and barricading the govern ment house, or the castle, as formerly called. The work was being done with sandbags principally. As the Arawa sailed from the harbor troop* could be seen from the deck of the steamer busily engaged in heaping up the breastworks. Minister Willis is pledged to the government to take no action before the return of the Alameda December 21. His instructions are still concealed.