The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-03
HAWAIIAN RoYALIsTs ARMINo
Several Shipments Reported to Have
Been Made from Puget Sound

PoRr TOWNSEND tWash.), Nov. q.
Dispatches from San Francisco
regarding a contemplated uprising
III the Royslis,s in hawaii To over.
throw the present Government and
place Queen Liliuukalani on the
throne receive part confirmation in
this city. A wcll.known and re-.
sponsible ship broker, who request.
ell that his nam. bo withheld for
the pres mt, made the statement
to-day that he knew OF his own per.
sonal knowledge that large quaint
ties Of firearms and ammunition had
been recently shipped clandestinely
to Hawaii on lumber vessels.
He had heard that a load OF arms
came from the East over the Great
Northern to Puget Sound, where il
was transferred to small tug,
which intercepted two sailing yes.
sells in the straits below Port Towns.
end after they had cleared from the
Custom HOUSE, and there transferred
the cargo.
The shipments were originally
marked rs general merchandise, DIES.
tined for the Sound, hut the car was
side-tracked at q small station near
Underwater and its contents trans.
ferred to the tug. All this occurred
early in September, aud after the
arms were placed on the vessels the
tug returned, and several cipher
kilograms, il is said, were sent to
Honolulu via San Francisco.
That the contraband consignment
was intended for the oyalists there
can bs no doubt, owing to the sur
Tspt'tious movements surrounding
the shipmsnt. II is also stated that
a consignment OF rifles and ear
tridges from the East was received
over the Canadian Pacific Railway
and shipped from Vancouver To San
Francisco on au ocean steamer for
reshipment To Hawaii less than a
year ago. II was marked ~ mer-
cbandise aud consigned TO we'll
known shipping firm IN Honolulu
uni riendly To the new Government.
The Information came To the Gus
toms Department and il was prompt
ly sent To the Secretary Of the
Treasury.
From statements made here by
persons engaged IN business transsc-
lions with vessels in the Hawaiian
trade there is every reason to believe
that army stores and munitions Of
war have been struggled into Ha
wall, and at a Prearranged time
every royalist in the country will
suddenly APPEAR we'll armed and
prepared tn overthrow tho present
Government.
That, taken with the recent asser.
ton OF cert ain royalists in Honolulu
to tho effect that the United States
Government had promised the
Queens ENJOYS who went to Wash
ington not to interfere in case OF
another rebellion, and the present
unsettled condition Of political al,
fairs in the islands, lends much color
to the supposed discovery OF a plot
to violate the neutrality laws be,
tween Hawai- and the United States
Mr.. HASTINGS NOT AFRAID.
WAsnINGToS, Nov. % Frank Hast,
ings,Secretary and Charge d'Aiiaires
Of the Hawaiian Legation here, ID
confident from Information no has
PERSONAL received that the royals,
uprisings and revolutionary move
ments at Honolulu will not mate
rialize. He is assured, too, that even
the natives do not support the view,
Of the white roy alists, who received
a death blow to their hopes whel
the British Government formally
recognized the Dole government
Minister Thurston, who is now il
Portugal enlisting immigration t.
the islands, Is expected back abou
ths first of the nav WAR