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Government that if she surrendered under protest her case -would afterwards
be fairly 
considered by the President of the United States. The Qtueen 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 and the authority which she claimed
as the 
constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands. 
After a patient examination of Mr. Blount's reports the President is satisfied
that 
the movement against the Queen, if not instigated, was encouraged and supported

by the representative of this Government at Honolulu; that he 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 he kept this promise by
causing a 
detachment of troops to be landed from the Boston on the 16th of January,
and 
by recognizing the Provisional Government the next day when it was too feeble
to 
defend itself and the Constitutional Government was able to successfully
maintain 
its authority against any threatening force other than that of the United
States 
already landed. 
The President has therefore determined that he will not send back to the
Senate 
for its action thereon the treaty which he withdrew from that body for further
con- 
sideration on the 9th day of March last. 
In view of these conclusions, I was instructed by the President 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

responsibilities to the whole Hawaiian community, and that it would not be
just 
to put one party at the mercy of the other. I was, therefore, instructed,
at the 
same time, to inform the Queen that when reinstated, that the President expected

that she would pursue a magnanimous course by granting full amnesty to all
who 
participated in the movement against 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 so-called revolution.

All obligations created by the Provisional Government in due course of administra-

tion should be assumed. 
In obedience to the command of the President I have secured the Queen's agree.

ment to this course, and I now read and deliver a writing signed by her and
duly 
attested, a copy of which I will leave with you. 
(The agreement was here read.) 
It becomes my further duty to advise you, sir, the executive of the Provisidnal

Government and your ministers, of the President's determination of the question,

which your action and that of the Queen devolved upon him, and that you are

expected to promptly 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 and with the earnest
hope that 
your answer will be inspired by that high patriotism which forgets all self-interest,

in the name and by the authority of the United States of America, I submit
to you 
the question, "Axe you willing to abide by the decision of the President
I" 
Mr. Willis to Mr. Gresham. 
[ConfidentiaL] 
No. 18.1               LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES9 
Honolulu, December 23, 1893.-12 midnight. 
SIp.: President Dole has just delivered in person at this hour (mid- 
night) the answer of the Provisional Government, declining for reasons 
therein stated to accept the decision of the President of the United 
States, a copy of which is herewith inclosed. 
The revenue cutter Corwin is under sailing orders and will leave 
here in a few minutes for San Francisco. The captain has been 
instructed to slow up, if necessary, and enter the harbor of San Fran- 
cisco at night and to deliver in person the dispatches numbered 14, 15, 
16, 17, 18, and 19 to our dispatch agent at that place. 
The object of this is to enable the President to receive these official