People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1894 — DOLE’S DECISION. [ARTICLE]

DOLE’S DECISION.

He Will Not Comply with Mr. Willis’ Proposition. The American Minuter Prezentz the Demand for the Surrender of the Provisional Government and Restoration of the Queen. HIS ADDRESS. Honolulu, Jan. 1, (via Victoria, B. G, Jan. 8.) —Since the sailin;? of the United States revenue cutter Corwin at 8 a. m. on the morning of December 24 no advices have left here for the coast The Corwin took an official copy of the demand of Minister Willis upon the provisional government to step down and out which was couched in the following words: “Foreign Office Honolulu, Dec. 19, 1891 —Present, President Sanford B. Dole, Hon. M. Damon, minister of finance; Hon. J. A. King, minister of the interior; Hon W. O. Smith, attorney general; Hon. Albert S. Willis, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, United States of America. “Mr. Willis said: Mr. President and gentlemen; The president of the United States has very much regretted the delay in the consideration of the Hawaiian question, but it if unavoidable. So much or it as has occurred since thy arrival has been due to certain conditions precedent, compliance with which was required before I was authorized to confer with you. The president also regrets, as most assuredly do I, that any secrecy should have aurrounded the interchange of views between our two governments. I may say this, however, that the secrecy thus far observed has been in the interest and for the safety of all your people, I need hardly promise that the president’s action upon the Hawaiian question has been under the dictates of honor and of duty; it is now and has been from the beginning absolutely free from prejudice and resentment and entirely consistent with long-established friendship and treaty ties, which have so closely bound together our respective governments. ‘ The president deemed it his duty to withdraw from the senate the treaty of annexation, which had been signed by the secretary of cute and agents of your government, and to dispatch a trusty representative to Hawaii to impartially investigate the causes of your revolution and to ascertain and report the true situation in these islands. This information was needed the better to enable the president to discharge a delicate and important duty. Upon the facts embodied in Mr. Blount's report the president has arrived at certain conclusions and determined upon a certain course of action which it becomes my duty to acquaint you herewith. ‘The provisional government was not established by the Hawaiian people, nor with their consent or acquiescence, nor has it since existed with their consent "The queen refused to surrender her powers to the provisional government until convinced that the minister of the United States had recognized it as the do facto authority and would support and defend it with the military force of the United States, and that resistance would precipitate a bloody conflict with that force. “She was advised and assured by her ministers and the leaders of the movement for the overthrow of her government that it she surrendered protest her case would afterward be fairly considered by the president of the United States. i “The queen finally yielded to the armed forces of the United States, then quartered in Honolulu, relying on the good faith and honor of the president, when informed of what had occurred, to undo the action of the minister and reinstate her in the authority which she claims as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian islands. “After a patient examination of Mr. Blount's reports, the president is satisfied that the tnovement against the queen, if not instigated, was encouraged and supported by the representatives of this government at Honolulu. That they promised in advance to aid her enemies in an effort to overthrow the Hawaiian government and set up by force a new government in its place, -and that they kept this promise by causing a detachment of troops to be landed from Boston on January 16, 1893, and by recognizing the provisional government the next day when it was 100 feeble to defend itself and the ■constitutional government was about to be suc•cessfully maintained against any threatening force other than that of the United States, already landed. “The president has, therefore, determined that be will not send back to the senate for its -action thereon the treaty which he withdrew from that body for further consideration on the •th day of March last. In view of these conclusions I was instructedi by the president of the United States to take advantage of an early opportunity to inform the queen of this determination and of his views as to the responsibility of our government “The president, however, felt that we, by our original interference, had incurred a responsibility to the whole Hawaiian community and that it would not be just to put one party at the mercy of the other. 1 was, therefore, inetructed at the same lime to inform her that the president expected that she would pursue a magnanimous course by granting full amnesty to all who participated in themovementagainst her, including persons who are, or who have been, officially or otherwise connected with the provisional government, depriving them of no right or privilege which they enjoyed before the revolution oi last January, and that all obligations created by the provisional government in the course of administration should be Assumed. •In obedience to the command of the president 1 have secured the queen's agreement to this course, and I now deliver a writing signed by her and duly attested, a copy of which I will leave with you. •*i will now read that writing. I will read from the original, leaving you a certified copy. “’L Lllluokalani. in recognition of the high sense of justice which has actuated the president of the United States, and desiring to put aside all feelings of personal hatred or revenge, and «o do what is best for all the people of these islands, both native and foreign born, do hereby and herein solemnly declare and pledge myself that, if reinstated as the constitutional sovereigu of the Hawaiian islands, I will immediately proclaim and declare unconditionally and without reservation to every person who directly or indirectly participated in the revolution of January 17, 1893. a full pardon and amnesty for their offenses with restoration of all rights, privileges and immunities, under the constitution and the law, which have been made in pursuance thereof, and that I will forbid and prevent the adoption of any measure of proscription or punishment for what has been done in the past by those setting up or supporting the provisional government “I furthermore solemnly agree to accept the restoration under the constitution existing at the timeef said revolution and that I will abide by and fully execute that constitution with all the guarantees as to persons and property therein contained I furthermore solemn•ly pledge myself and my government if restored to assume all the obligations created by the provisional government in the proper cottrs of administration, including all expenditures for military or police service, it being my purpose, if restored, to assume the government precisely as it existed on the day when it was unlawfully overthrown. “ Witness my hand this 18th or December, 1893 Liliuokalanl’ “■Attest: J. O. Carter.' ’■lt becomes my further duty to advise you, *lr, the executive of the provisional government and your ministers, of the president's determination of the question, which your action And that of the queen devolved upon him, and you are expected to relinquish to her her constitutional authority. “And now, Mr. President and gentlemen of the provisional government, with a deep and solemn sense of the gravity of the situation. Mid with the earnest hope that your answer will be inspired by that high patriotism wh ch targsts all self Interest, la the name and by

the authority of the United States of America, I submit to you the. question: Are you willing to abide by the decls/jn of the president? “President Dole—'The government will take the matter tinder ooisideration and answer yon as siSon as they are ready.* Up to date President Dole has not complied with the demands of Minister Willis to restore the queen, nor will he do so. Minister Willis has taken no steps to enforce compliance.