Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 22, 26 January 1894 — FIAT JUSTITIA. [ARTICLE]

FIAT JUSTITIA.

i llawaifs (Jupeu No (’owanl A Woman Still Holds the Fort. Wlll £ct Only in £cco?dance With LaW. ASGL0-SAI0M STRANGERS ACTING AS TERRIFIERS. Unele Sam Will Protect the Qneen. lVasbingt<m, Jan. 13. Tbe tlispatch (No. 3) whieh Minister Willia sent to his goverument bas hualK' been givon to Congress. It reads as follows: No 3.—Mr. Willis to Secretan' Oresbam. Legation of tbe United States, Honolulu, Noveraber lGth, 1893—Sir; In tbe forenoon of Monday, tbe 13th iust., by pre-arrangement, tbe Queen, accompanied by the royal cbamberlaiu, Mr. J. TV. llobertson, cailed at tbe Legation. No one was present at the half-hour iuterview whieh followed, ber chamberUin having been taken to another room and ConsulGeneral Mills, who had invited her to eome, remained in the front of the house to preveut interruption. After a formal greeting tbe Queeu was iuformed tbat the President of the United States had importaut communication to make to hor and she was asked whether she was willing to receive them alone and in confideuce, assuriug her that this was for her own interest and safety. I theu made kuowu to her the PrendenVs sincere regret thai through ihe u naathorized inlenention of the UnUed States nhe had heen obliged to eurrmder her 8overeign(y and his hope that with her eonneni and co-operation the wrong done lo her and her people inight be redressed. To this she bowed her acknowledgments. I then, said to her: “The President expecU and believes that when reiustated you will show forgiveness aud m!ignauimity;thatyou will wish to be the Queen of all tbe people, both uative and foreign-boru; tbat you will hasteu to secure tbeir love and loyalty, aud to establish peaee, frieudsbip and good governmeut.” After waiting a while, I contiuued: “Tbe President not ouly wisbea to help you, but tenders you his sympathy. Before fully making known to vou his purposes, I desire to know whetber you are willing to answer oertain questions whieh it is mv duty to ask?’ She attswered: *.‘I am wiliing.“ I tben asked: “Should you be restored to the tbrone, would you graut full amnesty, as to life and property. to all thosepersons who have been or who aro now in the Provisional Government, or who have been iustrumental in the overthrow of yonr Govern ment? ’ Sho hesitated a moment. and theu slowly, calmly answered: “There are eeiiain laws of mv Goverument by whieh I wiŪ abide. My decision would be as the law directs.“ I theu said, repeating veiy distinctly her words: *‘lt is then your feeling that these people should be punished? ’ She replied: “lt isi 1 then said to her: “Do.you fully nnderstand the meauiug of every won.1 I have said io you and of every word whieh you have s*ūd to me, and if so. do you stiil have the same opiniouf’ Her answer vas: ‘*I have understood asd mean all I hav» aaul, but I mual leave iha

<lecĪRion of this to my minister5. • I replied: “Sap|«ose it wa» necessarv to make a decision before vou appointed any mioister. aod tbat you were to be asked to issne a general proclamation of royal ananesty. woa!d yoa do it? i She answered: “I have no legal rigbt to do that. and I witboat mv Mioisters or Legislative eonaent woold not do it." Pansing a moment. she continned: “Theso were the eau-ie of tl»e revolution and constitution «>f 11S87. There will never be any | peaee while they are bere. Ttiey j s hould be sent out of the country, I or pnnished and their propeit\ | coufiscated. 1 then s»id: I | have no furtl.er coramunication to make to yoo now. and will liHve nouo until I hear from my Government. whieh will probably be three or four weeks. ” I then inquired wbether she had any fears of her safety at her present resideuce Washington Plaee. ybe replied that she did ! have some fears, that while she hud trusted friends that guarded her house every night they wcre armed only with clubs. and men shabbily dressed had often i been prowliug about the adjoining premises—a school-house with a large yard. I iuformed her tbat I was autborized by thePresident to ofter her protection either on one of our war ships or at the Legation, and desired ber to accept the ofi’er at onee. She declined, saying she believed it was best for her at present to remain at her own residence. I then said to her that at auy mo- | ment, night or day, this otler of our Governmeut was open to her aeeepianee. Mr. Willis, in his confidential dispatch of !November llth, intimated that the questiou as to whether the United St«tes was prepared to protect the person of the Queen had beeu oflicially 1 asked of him by the British Minister Major Wodehousa. Mr. Willis sa3’s: “I replied (to the British Minister) that without refereuce to her royal clairas, the Queen stood in such relation to the United States that she was entitled to, and would receive, the araplest protection at their hands. As a matter of fact I had already »scertained that at present she did not desire our protection. After next Monday, however, and earlier if necessary, I shall insist on her coming to the Legation.” . Mr' Willis, under date of Nov. 11, 1893, make the fo!lowing: “The United States steamships Philadelphia and Adams are eonnected with Honolulu by telephone, but in the event of riot Admirul Iiwin, now in eommami, has made arrangements for rooket signal)iug. There is undoubtedly in this Governraent, a class of reckless, lawless men, who, nnder the im pression tbat they bave the moral support of some of thebetter class citizens, ma}’ at any momeut of bring about a serious condition of aflairs. Fortunately the men at tbe head of the Provisional Government are acknow!edged by all sides to be of the highest integrity and puhlie spirit,which combined with the large raaterial interest they represent, will it is hoped cause them to stand tirmlv and successfully for peaee and good government. TheJapanese Consul-General, Mr. Suburo Fujii, has just called. to sa\' that his people, who now nnmber nearlv one-third of the male popnlation, are ver\* appre hensive of immediate disturbances. He desired to know wbether I would advise him to send for j a man-of war. I declined to give him any advice. He then in- | quired whether his people con!d expect protection from the Uuited States troops. I told him tbat if it was his request, and that if I bis people were non-participants in any trooble, tbat hecould probably rely upon the protection of our Government The Amenean interests here are so extensive, i and all interests are so close that | it is impossible to tonch one without involving all. San Francisco, Jan. 16.—In regard to the iieui published hero on Tuesday last tb«t the ex-Queen of Hawaiī had given up the eontest for the tbrone. aud would suetbe UnitedStates for il«mages. S. Parker, Pnme Minist«r to the ex-Queen has wired Secretarv *

Gresb<tm denying these assertiuns. Botb P*rker and A. PPeterson (the ei Qaeen s Attoraev General) sUte they saw Lili- ; uokalani half an honr before tbey saile<l froti Honf>laln on the Aostralia. aml she was very firm in her *letermination to maiulain ber elaim to the throne. Tho possibility of presenting a elaim for damages Lad never beea mentioned. S in Franc»sco, Jan. 14 —S«-ver-al H.iwaiiana arrived on the Aastralia. Among thera were Capt. Wrn. CIapper. late of the Provisional Governraent poliee. He deciares that «dhereuts of the Government tried to blow np the Qneen with dynamite andthat they put the threatening * placard on Claus Spreckels' gate. E. C. Macfarlane. ex-Minister . of Foreign Affairs, said that eom p rrative qniet prevails in the Islauds. He denies the stories that the Queen’s life is in danger from heart disease. bnt said, on the contrary, th it she is well and that herself and her snpporters were perfectly willing to \rait for the consideration of her case by Congress, and will abide by whatever result may be reached by it.