Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 12, 15 January 1894 — Go Slow. [ARTICLE]

Go Slow.

It will be well to receive witb caution the “news” about the i Hawaiian sitaation whieh dribbles in from various quarters by way of vessels that left Honolulu later than the Iast mail steamer. 13at all indications tend to the conclusion that the Provisional Government does not propose to yield to persuasion and consent to the restoration of the status quo of early January, and that our Government has never had any purpose of employiug unauthorize<l force to restore the dethroned monarch of Hawaii. Uuless something ean be agreed upon between Mr. Willia and the provisional authoritios, Congress will have to take some action for the extrication of the United States Government from the awk- j ! ward predicament in whieh it : was put by Mr. Stevon's otficious-! ness in promoting the annexation • : scbeme. The one thing certain 1 is that annexation will not be tbe solution of the difficultv, " I whether the “legitimate Govern- ; , ment” is restored or not. The j I provisional government was set i i to last ouly until union witb the ; | Unitetl States could be agreed upon, and the Queen relinquish!ed her autbority only until sucb | time as tbe wrong Jone her by i autboritv of tbe United States | sbould be undone by tbe same , auibority. Good faith would | require tbe provisional governi ment to retire now and lei tbe people of the islands settle tbe questious of tbeir futnre Governmen, but good faitb bas bad 1 little to do with theporformances I of tbe ‘ Missionarv Childreu.”— ; -V«u? York