[Untitled]
December 20, 1893.—Read, referred
to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
To the Senate of the United
States:
In compliance with a resolution passed by the Senate on the 6th instant,
I hereby transmit reports of the Secretaries of State and of the Navy,
with copies of all instructions given to the respective diplomatic and
naval representatives of the United States in the Hawaiian Islands since
the 4th day of March, 1881, touching the matters specified in the
resolution.
It has seemed convenient to include in the present communication to the
Senate copies* of the
diplomatic correspondence concerning the political condition of Hawaii,
prepared for transmission to the House of Representatives in response to
a later resolution passed by that body on the 13th instant.
Grover Cleveland.
Executive
Mansion,
Washington, December 18,
1893.
The President:
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred a resolution of the
Senate of the United States passed on the 6th instant, requesting
the President—
so far as in his opinion it shall not be
inconsistent with the public interest, to communicate to the
Senate copies of all instructions which may have been given
to any representative of the United States, or any naval
officer thereof, since the 4th day of March, 1881, in regard
to the preservation of public order in Hawaii, or the
protection of the lives and property of American citizens,
or the recognition or support of any government there;
has the honor to lay before the President, with a
view to its transmission to the Senate should he deem proper so to
do, copies of the instructions
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given to the diplomatic representatives of
the United States in the Hawaiian Islands, as described in the said
resolution.
Respectfully submitted.
W. Q. Gresham.
Department of
State,
Washington, December 18,
1893.
