The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-15
MORE FROM N0RDH0FF.
HE REPEATS AND REVIEWS HIS
LIBELS.
The Story Of the Trouble With the
Government Official Correspond
ence in re Blount.


a member of the Department of Pc
lice came to me--to my surprise, for |
hadn't asked for guardianship-to say
that two policemen would be sta
toned before the cottage | occupied,
and that if they should telephone to
headquarters larger force would
come. So | am living here under the
rule of set of people who call them
selves "mission,ry children" and hav-
ing to be guarded against the violence
of white men-gentemen of the An
nexation Club.
1t seems that Minister Blount wrote
on Sunday a short note to Mr.. Dole
head of the Provisional Government
stating that Admiral Skerrett had been
told by DR.. J. S. McGrew, promi.
nent Annexationist, that Mr.. Nordhofr
was to be attacked and warning him to
prevent it. To this, Mr.. Dole to-day
Tuesday made official reply, expressing
his regrets that threats should have
been made and saying that measures
had been taken to prevent an outrage,
so that | suppose the Annexation Club
has been told to leave me untouched.
THREATENED WITH SUIT FOR LIBEL.
Yesterday afternoon l received the
following note from the Attorney
General:
DEPARTMENT oE THE ATroRNEY-GEN- |
ERAL, Honolulu, May 20, 1893.
To Mr.. Charles Noydhof- The en-.
closed statement which you have caused to be
published in the New York Herald, and
which has been repubshcd in the Honolulu
Bulletin, is known by this Government to be
false, and is regarded as malicious and libel
lous. Unless you retract the same at once and
give retraction equal publicity with the libel,
proceedings will be instituted against you
have the honor to be, sir, your obedient
servant,
WILLIAM o. SMITH, Attorney General.
Now the statement enclosed is abso-
lutely true, but wrote the Attorney
General a civil letter saying that l
would see if my informant had been
misunderstood by me, which | now
know is not the case, and that if this
was SO | would, of course, make cor
rection, but saying at the same time
that l didn't hold myself responsible
for what appeared in Honolulu papers,
LETTER AND A SUMMONS.
To this presently received the fol-
lowing perenptory and ridiculous re-
ply
DEPARTMENT OF THE ATToRNEY-GEN-
ERAL, Honolulu, May %, 1893.
To Mr.. Charles Noydhof-SIR: No man
is justified in repeating by publication false,
malicious, defamatory, libellous and seditious
sayings by saying that some one told him so.
have the honor to inform you that the letter
and spirit Of my communication Of this date
will be adhered to unless ample reraction is
made. Awaiting your early reply have the
honor to remain yours respectfully,
WILLIAM o. SMITH, Attorney General.
About the same time ] received a
summons to appear before the Provis-
ional Assembly as follows:
In the name of the Provisional Government
Of the Hawaiian Islands, to the Marshall of
the Hawaiian Islands, or his deputy on the
Island Oahu, greeting
WHEREAS by a resolution Of the Executive
and Advisory councils adopted on the twenty
second day of May, 1893, copy of which is
as follows =
"WHEREAs the following statement among
Others has been published in the daily Bulletin
in letter purporting 10 have been written by
Mr.. Charles Nordhof there followed an extract)
and
WHEREAS said statement, so far as it APP
plies TO the Provisional Assembly, is wholly
false,
"ResolVed That said Charles Nordhoff be
cited to appear before this Assembly on Tues
day, the twenty.thrd day of May, at eleven
o'clock A. NJ, to show upon what authority he
based his said assertion"
Now, therefore, you are commanded to cite
Charles Nordhof if he can be found within
your jurisdiction, to appear before the Execu
tive and Advisory councils of the Provisional
Government, at the Council Chamber in Ho
nolulu, on Tuesday, the twenty-third day o.
May 1893, at eleven o'clock, and to answer tc
such complaint as has been made against him
Witness the hand, ETC.,
SANFORD B. DOLE,
President of the Executive and Advisory
councils of the Provisional Government
At Honolulu, this twenty. second day o
May, 1893.
CHARLES T. RODGERS,
Secretary Executive and Advisory Councils
MINISTER BLOUNT's ACTION.
All these papers. | sent to Ministe
Blount, who soon after sent for me anC
directed me positively to pay no atten
ton whatever to any Of them. He sale
that l was an American citizen, writing
for an American paper, and could no
and should not be questioned o
threatened by any one here for what
had written. He ordered me, there
fore, not to obey the summons or ever
to see or write to the Attorney-General
and this morning he drove up to asl
me to come to the legation and remail
there until all danger of an attempt t.
interfere with me by arrest was past
l did this, of course, and returned t
my cottage, with the Minister'S permits
sion, at half-past two this afternoon.
Mr. Nordhof goes on to make eS
tracts from the Honolulu press whic
may be omitted here.
The advertiser is the old and presen
organ of the missionary children" a
we'll as one of the organs of the Pre-
yisional Government. The other organ