Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-06-25
IN BEHALF OF THE QUEEN
The Rumored Filibustering Expedition
Against Hawaii.
Clearing of the Schooner G. w. Wat
son From Seattle-Her Alleged
Intentions.

SEATTLE, Wash, June 25.-The schooner
G. w. Watson, which cleared from this
port at the local customs Office last night
with $4,000 feet of lumber for Honolulu,
intends to take on field pieces, small arms
and ammunition off Cape Flattery. A large
shipment of arms and ammunition has
been made to the sound by rail and is now
either stored cached at various points
along the sound in the vicinity of Everett
and Whatcom.
After the Watson rounds Cape Flattery,
it is said, she will dump her big cargo of
lumber into the sea, and a large number of
small sloops and schooners will sail sea-
ward from near the points named, bringing
the new cargo. After the lumber cargo
has gone into the waves it is said that she
will head for a small island in the Ha-
waiian group, which has been selected and
is peculiarly adapted to the landing of the
contraband cargo. If her plans do not
miscarry an insurrecton may be expected
to follow.
A bold scheme is said to have been un-
earthed by the government agents recently.
1t is said that some San Francisco ship
perS and woman in Honolulu who is
worth s2,5OO,000 proposed fitting up a
schooner at this port, with heavy guns and
small arms, and then go to small island
in the Hawaiian group and fortify them
selves 1t was calculated that the strength
of the royalists and the allies of ex-Queen
L:liuokalani in San Francisco would greatly
help out the scheme. 1t is also said a GER
tain man in this city, well known for his
fighting ability, was offered command Of
the expedition at a salary of $3.50 per
month. If successful he was to have a high
position under the royal government
Hawaii on the Alert.
Hawaiian officials have been cognizant
for some time of the plans at San Fran
ri IN mt tn
overthrow the Dole government, and their
agents on the coast have been active in
securing information. News reaching here
from Hawaii has shown that the authori-
ties took a grave view of the matter. A
small government craft, used for customs
purposes, was fitted up with gatling guns
and sent on a cruise around the islands to
watch for the expedition. The land forces
under Col. Mclean, who recently went
from Washington to assume command,
We're put in readiness for the expected
descent. A new Hawaiian law provides
for the exclusion of persons suspected of
having designs against the government.
The Hawaiian legation here is closed for
the summer and the new minister has not
yet arrived The charge daffaires, Mr.
Hastings, is in Maine, but keeps in COM
munication with Washington on pending
business. 1t is lot known whether the
Hawaiian officials have called the attention
of the State Department TO the flibustering
plans
1t is said however, that this would not
be necessary in order to have the United
States authorities act if the expedition has
assumed the definite shape stated in to-
days dispatches from the Pacific coast. 1t
is said that the suppression of filibusterin q
under the neutrality laws applies to Hawaii
exactly as it does to Spain, and the extent
OF this application was shown in the PreSi-
dents recent proclamation and the orders
OF Secretary Olney and Attorney General
Harmon