No. 17.
Mr. Tracy to Mr. Foster.
Navy Department,
Washington, February 11,
1893. (Received February
11.)
Sir: I have the honor to transmit for your
information a copy of a translation of a cipher dispatch received
this date from the commanding officer of the U. S. S. Boston, at Honolulu, Hawaii.
Very respectfully,
B. F. Tracy,
Secretary of the Navy.
[Inclosure—telegram.]
Mr. Wiltse
to Mr. Tracy.
Honolulu, February 1, 1893. (San Francisco, Cal.,
February 10.)
Capt. Wiltse reports that no change has occurred in the situation
and that until the Government of Hawaii expresses a desire to
have the forces withdrawn, and the minister approves such desire
a battalion will be kept ashore for the protection of the lives
and property of citizens of the United States in the island; he
reports the progress of the Hawaiian Government which is daily
gaining ground and has organized forces; he announces that the
minister plenipotentiary of the United States placed the
Government of Hawaii under the protection of the United States,
during negotiations not interfering with the execution of public
affairs, on this day at 9 a.m. in accordance with the request of
the Provisional Government of Hawaii, and says that he has sent
telegrams of the minister to the Secretary of State.
