The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14

| VICTORIA, B. c., March 12.-The Ha-
] waiian steamer Warrimoo. just arrived,
brings confirmation of the report of the
4 enlistment OF Canadian volunteers for
the service of Queen Lilioukalani.
The plan was fully described in dis
! patches sent from here early in January
and at the time they were discredited
| here as false. 1t now appears that their
authors We're in fun possession of in
! side information on the subject
More than am ordinarily large number
Of steerage passengers. many of them
| Euglishmen and Canadians. some wear
! ing military badges, arrived at Honolulu
during January and February. They
had no ostensible employment and We're
understood to be well supplied with
! money. while their sympathies were with
the royalists. They are supposed by the
police TO have been engaged or enlisted
by Sansome of Vancouver. and the mill
tary appearance of many of them has
given the authorities reason to believe
that they are there for the purpose of
| resisting the provisional government.
! The opinion prevailed that the report
previously sent Of the enlistment Of men
! in Canada was d fake. but the presence
OF at least sixty strangers confirms the
| original story. In view of the presence
of these men the provisional government
| has put half the citizens guard under
arms and has passed strict regulations
in respect to the landing of passengers
by steamers. The regulation provides
that upon the arrival of any foreign YES
sci with passengers at any port of the
Hawaiian islands it shall be the duty
Of the master to report the name, nation
ality, last residence. destination. OCcupa-
tiOn and object of coming to Hawaii Of
every such passenger before any of them
are landed
Some months ago w. G.. Smith. editor
of the Star. attacked in his paper
, Charles Wilson. the eX-que5n's marshal
and alleged paramour Wilson had
Smith arrested five times ON suits for
criminal libel. Smith claimed he IN
tended TO subpoena the ex-queen as a
witness. March > the eIs~S aSalia-t
Smith were all dropped ON account. II
is claimed. of the intention of forcing
Liluokalani TO take the witness stana
This is taken as a sign that the royal
lists have given UP hopes oI restorauon
as. in that event, the queen could not
be summoned.
The new law referring to aliens went
into effect March 4 and several arrivals
b. the Warrmoo had some difficulty in
landing. Several men were detained ON
board.
The whaling bark Horatio arrived off
Honolulu March >, seveuty-tWO days out
Of smallpox on board. Two of the
sailors had died of the disease on the
passage. The sick men were cared for
Feb 2S the ex-qUeen gave an interview
to the New York Herald. The eX-queen
wished it distinctly denied that her IN
terest in the restoration Of the mon
archy was wholly persOn~l "Of course
she continued we have naturally
deep personal interest at stake, but YOU
may say that We are deeply sorry ON ac-
count of our patient native people. many
of whom have lost employment by the
overthrow. If anything grieves us sore
~, more sorely than our own annoyance,
it is their distress. Their devotion has
been so marked during our trouble that
we are most grateful They are, Of
course, very anxious about their liberties
for [ assure you that the Hawaiians love
their country. I may say / believe they
are as patriotic as any people in the
world. our subjects are probably more
patient than any other people in the
world and for that matter we have eoun-
selled them To be peaceful and await re-
units
She said she loved the American peo-
pie and American government, but be-
leved that there was as much liberty
in Hawaii under monarchy as in the
United States.
People prospered under the monarchy
and tramps were unknown" said the ex-
queen. The poor were not numerous
in our country, and many white men
made fortunes under the old conditions.
BY the way, there are some serious
problems in your government, as i'm all
civilized countries today. / read that
there are millions of idle and desperate
hungry men hunting for employment in
other civilized countries We are very
sorry to see so many of them coming
TO these islands. and we wish you would
warn them that there is nothing for
them to do here"