Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 59, 25 November 1893 — Consul-General Wilder Speaks. [ARTICLE]

Consul-General Wilder Speaks.

Exti*cls fw>m H;# laun'īew. He was askeil,” suppose MiuL«iter Willis should reqnest. on tbe part of tue Clevelaud admini»tratiou. that the Provisional Government step dowu and out. what would be the answer' The answer wou!d be that the request eoukl not be granted. The Provisional Goveruiueut would decline to entertain any such propos.il. But if Mr. Willis sliould tbreaten the emplovment of force. what then “ln that case the Hawaiian t»overnmeut could have but oue course to pursne. It wonKl raplv, ‘-lhnt resistance to tbo military or naval power of tbe Uuited States wou!d be useless.” Bnt it wouKl protest with all its moral force against such high-handed outrage. If eompelled to siibmit to the restor tfion of the Queen. it wouKl have, but one request to make. It wouK' sav to Minister Willis: “W he vou have by compulsion pi Queen Lilinokalani again npt.it the throne, staiul aside and let events take their course. ’ Uuless the government of the 1 nitt States backs up the Queen by show of force, the restored Mou archv eoukl not last a day. Tn the event of tho Monarcby being restored and then Ieft to stand or fall—then unqu©stionably there would be b!ood shed and that the next revolution wouKl be snre to eome jnst as soou as the U. S. protectorate of the Monarchy was withdrawn.