Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 140, 16 June 1894 — ADMIRAL WALKER. [ARTICLE]

ADMIRAL WALKER.

I f H!s Mlssion In Hawaii. ■ i [I Nkw Yobk lone 3 —The Her i ald’* Washio>jton correspondent ; tel*»grapbs: Tiie fall signifie«nee . 'of Rear Admiral Wi!ker's assigament to the eommaml of the Pacific sqnadrou bas ieaked ouh It is troe th>*t Admirai W«Uer's , mi8sion bas so oething t > do with the nsval sttion, lwit I have ;t npou absoli;tely relial»le antbori'i ty tbat the pr me object in dts patching Adaiīral Walter to Ha w »i: was far muru imp-iHanl *in : its b aring. At the time his assignment was . |deterinined nimn inf.»nnation jcametotbe Presideut tb«t tbe j Provisional Governme*.t was liai ble to go to pieces at any monienl and tbat tbe adberents uf » J tae dsposed Queen were plottiog a revolution aud were ouly w»iting for their p!ans to ru itura to regam control of tbe Governmont by force. lt was urg le 1 by the Presideiit that tbis won.d lead to ; civil war aiul anarchy; that the Provisional Governmeut woul 1 1 be unahle to restore order and that iu their belp!ess condition President Dole aud his advisers wonld eall upon Great Brit»in or •lapan for assist ince. Hawaii f wouUl be practically uuder British military eouliol aud if England ouee had the upper band tbo Uuited States woiihl : play a miuar part in auv : settleineut Ad niral Walker \vas told by the President that tbe Administra i tion bad no iutentioa of restoring the Q leen, bat, at the sa.ne time, tbis conntry \vould not pennit any otber nution to exercise a dcminating iaAaeiiee in Hawaiiau «tf»irs. Tbe Admirai was invested with diplomatio, as well hs military fenction«. 0f course ! !»e wis not to int j rf-re in any w;>y with Minister »Viilis, but be was ' told tb:;t if il heeame neces»ary t> ’ act he was to act witb the greatest 1 promptness. In c.»se of any outbreak. or in case t.f an «Ueaipl on the p\rt of the Q ieen’s ;.diereuts !•> res >rt to civii war. Ad:nir»l W;lker w,s t > so take advaiit.ige of the situation :»s to liave a v.»i‘je iu the settlemeiit of atf.urs: ai.d, :*b >ve i . , I everytbiug else, in case nec«sity arose f>r f >reign interveuti»ti, tie >s ranking f >reigu officer, being au Admiral, w«s to b- iu comm»nd of the f«>rces mwl t ike the lead ug part 5u everything th it w,is d>n *. Admira! Walker has aent sever .1 mteresting di8p »tches to the Pn*r sident. He has. I am inf >rmel. indulg.-d in s*>me very plain ta*k whieh is highly chiricteristic of tle man. In resi>ectful, but nevertheless unraisti»kable langange, he has t)ld the Presid#nt that it i , would be ab9-«lulely imp >ssible t • , restore the Q ieen and that ail thoughts in that dim:tu>n m : ght is well b** forever aband>ned. His ex ictness rf language a« well as his ineight inU> atfairs b?.vepleised the President, who ad n'res lhcse qua!itĪ8S in the onn even although lhey showed that tbe policy whieh he f*nuerly believed to be the j right one hid been proved t> b» a mialake. Admiral Walker’3 dispatches ats > etite that tbe danger of an outbreak is less to be feared now tban it was when he first assumed c<>mmand, and it ia beiieved his | preseoce has had a g<»d effect. He * has und>ubtedy diplomatic»llv let it be know wbat the attitudof ihe I*nited Ststos is aod m.nle c!early nnderstood the ja»rt ihe n»vai ti*rce »>» tbis country will play lo case fjreiga interveotion is necessary. Ad niral Walker will, from I present indications, soon be buck in this country and in cbirge ol | the Naral Academy, f>r whieh he bas heeu setecied, I —