Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 158, 9 Iulai 1894 — THE POLICY OF WILLIS. [ARTICLE]

THE POLICY OF WILLIS.

A Misleading Report. The Unite<l States Minister.Mr. A. S. Willia, has not acted in a very nnpartial manuer since his arrival heie. We presume that Le has obeyed bis instrnctiona, but if be bas,h9bascertain!y d' ne so in a most pcculiar manner. The L*nited States’ administration seems anxious to sneak out of its obligations to the eonstitntionul government of Ha waii at all hazards. Mr. Willis wasordered to comtnunicate with the Queen aud to present to her the conditions whieh the president iroposed on her in his desire to rostore her. Mr. Willia was also instructed to demaud tbe surrender of the provisional government. Howdid he do it? In the first instance. he beld an interview with the Queen, who w«s uuattended and witbont couusel. He allowed her no titue to oonsult her legal advisers or her friends, He put words into her roouth. exatuiued «nd cross-exainined her, aud finally sat down aud wrote to his government, that the Queen insisted in ‘'beheading ’ the leaders of the rebellion. When approaching the proviaional government, be uaturally made the demand on theiu whieh he waa instructed to do. Uo did jo in a most pleaaani manner aud he gavt them all the time they %oani' ed to consuJt and to answer. Subse<iuent reports to his gov erument, sbnws where the sympathies aud inciinations of Mr. Willis aro. He has stateil to Mr. Gresham. that the rebels were nnmaculate, and that the Royalists lacked gtanding,wealtb,and intelligence. And that,in the face of the fact,of whieh he must have boea aware, that the standing, the wealth and the iutelligence of the commnnity are distinctly to be fonnd in the ranks of tbe supporters of the eonstitutional government. Wo repriut now one of bis latest despatches to Mr Greshain in whieh be states that more than two-thinls of the reyistered voters attended at theelection of deleg «tes to the constitutional conveu tion.lf Willishad said more than two-thirds of tbe voters registered fitr that oeeaeion. we would have uo reason to object, but knowiug thnt the term “registered voters” all a!ong has been used as signifying the legal voters of Hawaii, i.e. «bout 14 000, the phr«se used by Mr. Willis is distiuctly misleading His refus«l to forward the protestof the 13,000 members of the Aloha Aina Leagne is equally significaut. IfMr. Willia “believes” that he represents President Cleveland all we ean «ay. is tb«t tbe cbief of the Great j Republic must be a most remark- j «ble weather-cock. Thefollowing v8 Willia desp«tch: Tbe President todav senttothe Senate the followiug dispatcb from Minister Willis: i Mr. WillistoMr Gresb*m.) Legation of tbe United States. { So.4ō.Honolnln.H.I ,M«y 10,*941 Sir: The election of delegate«

for the constitntional convention, held on the 2d inst-, was qniet and orderly. Of the eighteen delegates elect ed, five are native Hawaiians and two are Portogaese. Several others were born here, bnt of L»reign parentage. Tbe vote aetual!y cast was somewhat over two-thirds of tbe registered vote. I will give a more complete «nalysis of the vote when the officiaī etatements appear. Tbe convention will bold its first session on tbe 30th instant. 1 The conditiou of atfairs here remains qniet. On the 10th instant several representatives of the “Hawaiian Patriotic Leagne,” iucluding Hon. Jobn E. Bush and Hon. Joseph Nawahi. preseuted to me a letter, in whieh the “Lea<iae” protests against the action of the provisionaI government in calling a constitutioual convention, from whieh the native Hawaiians, except under a “restrictive and prohibitive oatb,” were eicluded, claiming that tbis act was a “breach of courteay to the United States government, anda violation of its provisional authority.’ ’ ; I explained to them that the Hawaiian qnestion wis now before ; Congress and that I could not receive or forward resolutions of political bodies, except as a part of current history. I do not, j therefore, send you a copy of the Ietter. Very respectfully, etc. Albeht S. Willis.