The record-union., 1895-05-17


SAN Francisco, May l6.-An evening
paper prints the following: Private let
ters received from Honolulu by the
| steamer Australia declare that a change
of administration will soon occur there,
and that the change is advocated by no
less an important parsonage than ex-
| Minister Thurston. The information
comes from most reliable source and
cannot be questioned.
| According to the letters received here.
all that is preserving the present Govern
| inent is the fact that it possesses the arms
necessary TO quell another outbreak, and
| is exertiEg itself IN its efforts TO prevent
the landing Of contraband arms. 1t is
we'll known that the Government forces
numerically are greatly in the minority,
and no one has been made TO realize this
! fact more than Minister Thurston.
At recent conference between eX-
| Minister Thurston and President Dole
ana other members OF his Cabinet, the
! former declared that the only hope of
realized in placing Princess Kiaulani in
the position which the former monarchy
| proposed that she should some day have.
| MIR. Thurston is reported to have advo-
Gated this step so strongly that President
| Dole and his Cabinet became alarmed,
and have since given the matter many
| hours Of consideration.
Passengers on the Australia have con-
| fided the fact that the republic is on it's
| last legs. Various big organizations are
| breaking away from President Dole, and
the opposing forces, which were some
what subduod after the recent uprising
by the show of arms made by the Gov
ernment, are now becoming bolder.
IAN alarm is likely TO be sounded any
night" remarked one passenger. land if
| it is you can expect TO hear of the down
tall OF the republic. There is no escape
| for it. The people are dissatisfied, and
particularly the Americans, who, if
aroused, will find at their sides all the
assistance they need TO effect a com plete
| change in the Government. Minister
| Thurston's uneasiness has become 80 ap-
parent to tho opposing forces that the
latter have gained more courage. The
fact that Mr.. ThurstoD iavors change is
! no longer a secret, and when he lett
| Honolulu it was common talk that he
was then planning TO carry out to sue
cessful end the conversion Of the repub-
| lie back TO monarchy"
PRISONERS CONVICTED OF TREASON.
SAN Francisco, May l6.-Additional
advices brought from Honolulu by yes
IL,
| have an important bearing upon the
question of the treatment to be accorded
prisoners convicted by court-martiai OF
treason or misprision of treason, and of
persons deported Tor the same offense,
who have appealed to the Government OF
the United States for protection, claiming
to be ciliZens'of that country. The most
notable were the cases of J. Cranston,
deported To Vancouver, and j. f. Bowler,
sentenced 10 i've years. imprisonment and
$1,000 fine. In each OF these cases appeals
were made to the United States Govern
ment for protection. The action OF the
| Department OF state in behalf of these
cases has been made known to the friends
OF the men here, and the formal letters of
Secretary Gresham are now published, as
indicating the attitude the State Depart
ment at Washington has assumed toward
the whole question OF citizenship of
Americans who have become at any time
attached to Hawaii, and particularly rs
showing an essential difference III the
view of this subject taken by the Govern
ments Of the United States and of Great
Britain. as revealed in the attitude of the
/ latter in the case of Walker and Rfckard,
alleged to be British subjects. The cor
respondence is made UP of two letters,
the first, touching the Cranston case, be-
| ing as follows:
''DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
| "WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. %, 1895.
ii. 8. WiitiS, Honotata-DEAR SIR:
l have to acknowledge the receipt of your
| 30. So of the Sth Instant in relation to
affairs in Hawaii, and particularly in re-
| latiOn to the forcible deportation on the
/ ID instant OF three men, one of whom, j.
| Cranst OIL, claims to he citizen of tho
| United States. / inclose herewith copies
of certain dispositions made by Mr..
Cranston on the 1Ith and I7th instant be-
fore Mr.. Peterson, the commercial agent
of the United States at Vancouver.
These deposilions leave the question of
MIR. Cranston's nationality in doubt, and
Mr.. Peterson has been instructed to OBJ
lam further statements from him on that
sub bject.
''Uuder these circumstances, the de-
partment does not instruct you to make
any representations to the Hawaiian
Government in regard to MIR. CranstOn,
but il is proper to express to you, for
your guidance in similar cases, should
they arise, the views here entertained in
regard to the course OF action taken in
that case.
III appears that after having been in
Jail nearly a mouth, without any charges
having been made against him. he was
theu taken under heavy guard to the
steamer, and would, IN spite of his re-
quest to see you, have been deported
without having had a. opportunity then
to do So had it not been for the acci-
dental and timely interpositiOn OF the
British commissioner. You stated that
when you asked the Attorney General
for an explanation OF the proceedings, he
replied thatthe Cabinet had determined to
deport the men in the exercise of the arbi-
trary power conferred by martial law. AS
this was the only explanation he gave, it
is assumed it was all he had to offer, and
he gave it without suggesting any ques-
ton as to MIR. Cranston's nationality.
III the position thus assumed be sound.
the very proclamation OF martial law In
Hawail renders all foreigners there re-
siding, including Americans, liable to ar
rest and deportation without cause and
without any reason other than the fact
that the executive power Wills It. They
may be taken from their homes and buSi-
ness; they may be deprived of their lib
erty and be banished; they may be denied
the ordinary as well as the special treaty
| rights of residents, without ofiense or
misconduct on their part, simply In th9
exercise OF arbitrary power.
20 state such proposition is, IN the
opinion OF the President. to refute it.
Truly vlewed,' says an eminent author,
martial law can only change the admin
lstration of laws, give them rapid force,
and make their penalties certain and
! eiieclual; not abroga,e what was the JUS
tice OF the community before. Civil
courts are in part or fully suspended; but
In reason the new summary tribunals
Should govern themselves in their pro-
ceedings as far as circumstances admit,
by the established principles of Justice,
the same which had before been reeog-
nized IN the courts. bishops Criminal
Law, Sec. 80.