Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-24
THE COUNTRY ABOUT HONOLU LII.

pected to be joined by natives from ali
quarters The government forces making
the first attack foiled that plan.
January 9.--It is now known that the lit
tie steamer Waimanalo landed 600 rifles,
with ammunition, on the night or the 6tn,
beyond Diamond Head, and that about 500
natives, who had been gathering there all
of Sunday, received arms. An attempt had
been made to land those arms on the east
side of Honolulu harhor, at hakaako, on
the night of the 3d. but was frustrated by
the vigilance of the police. The arms had
been recently landed at an out district by
the schooner Norma, from Victoria.
Lieut.. King at the park was reinforced
early on Monday, the It'll. by Lieut.. Coyne.
They had about fifty men and a rifed gun,
with which they kept 100 or $50 natives at
ban on Diamond Head under Capt. Sam
Nowlein. The enemy had an advantage in
firing down on our men, but the shells OF
the rifed gun scattered them. A mile and
a half inland was another large force OF
the rebels holding the Mauumae ridge, back
of Diamond Head. These were under Bob
Wilcox A accommodating force, under Tim
Murray, early on Monday. developed the
fact that Wilcox had a howitzer and could
use IL efficiently. A force or some sixty
men, under Capt. Ziegler was sent out TO
the district, commonly known as Palolo,
with a rfied gun and number of sharp
shooters After considerable fighting dur
ing the afternoon, the rebels were as
lodged but carried off their gun. Some
forty struggling natives surrendered, few
of HON knew how to handle their guns;
Their arms were new. Some of them mad
two and three belts of cartridges.
sheIIed From IL TugbOnt.
During the afternoon the tug Eleu went
ROUND Diamond Head with SharpshooterS
and a gun, and shelled the rebels between
Diamond Head and Waialae. Large num-
beers of them were there in the bushes.
Antoine Rosa's Louse at Waia]ae was she'll
ed, it being depot for arms. The result
of all these operations was the disappear
ance of the enemy 1nto5 the crater. the
bush and elsewhere. The Waialae road be-
came clear. Isenbergg VIA. Kinney and
their families, living at Waialae, came into
town toward night. With them came Mrs:
Pray. Miss Quincy, MIR, Townsend and
others, who had been"capttlred on Sunday
afternoon and held by the rebels at Waia-
lac to prevent their giving information.
There were few casualties on our side in
the Palolo battle. and no serious ones.
number of the rebels were killed and
wounded The country Is covered with
thick chapparal of the thorny lantana.
yet our men plunged boldly in and strug-
gled through under calling. fire. o.
A native was captured with note from
Wilcox to Nowlein proposing that they
Kaala then lying rear koko Head, to the
east OF them, and proceed to the ISLAND of
Maui, and there set up a government. In
consequence the tug Eleu was sent late at
right to the kaala. No attempt was made
on her by the enemy.
Yesterday morning, the Sth, our forces.
who had camped on the field. searched the
crater and other hiding places, tut found
room went over the Nunanu Pail to look
after them on that side of the island. 1
have not yet heard from them.
Rumors of Filibusters.
A very serious alarm was created yester-
day noon by a report that large force of
men from Victoria We're landing at Wal
amaze from two vessels lying off that place.
Some strength was added to this story by
the cutting of the telephone wires to Wal
amaze. a few poles were chopped down. The
steamer Claudipe was at once hurried off
at 30 pm. with guns, sharpshooters and
a strong force of volunteers, to overhaul
the suspected vessels. AT q. m. the wires
had been connected and word came in from
Waianae that a schooner from shore had
been communicating with bark, but that
both had sailed off around Kaena Point. 1t
was believed to be a case of opium snug
Cling. 1t seems quite improbable that there
should have been a shipment here of fill
busters Independent of and separate from
the shipment of arms. They would have
come together. There had been intimations
received of the latter shipment, but of the
former. which would be far mere difficult
to conceal, none whatever.
Nevertheless, the scare was q bad one.
Our active and patriotic American colony
can take care of native and half-white
royalists ard their British and hoodlum
sympathizers. But If they are reinforced
by a strong body of determined white fight
ing men it would overtax our powers Of
defense. We have had no such alarm as
this since Mr.. Cleveland sent the Corwin
down here with orders to restore he queen
fourteen months ago. With 100 strong
whites to head them. the 800 armed IA
tives would become formidable.
An WunteI
Such an apprehension makes us desire
the presence of an American warship whose
duty it doubtless would be to crush any
invasion by men from abroad, especially
from a British province. Such ship ought
by all means to be here in any case. With
500 armed hostiles at large in the country
and large body of British and half-white
sympathizers in the city, it is not meet
that the United States government should
leave the twenty-five millions of American
property and the thousands of Its citizens
in Honolulu thus unprotected 1t Is the
absence of such protection that has en-
boldened the conspirators and brought
about the present rebellion. Even the
presence of British warship might give
us some support. 1t is now very clear
why the British royalist syinpa thizers were
anxious to keep the Hyacinth here.
They have all along been thoroughly in
formed of this conspiracy. AS l have
written before, they feared the conSe-
quences to themselves of the resentment
created by the instruction. They are
probably in no danger unless shown to be
directly implicated. If they are it may go
hard with some Of them. Among our men
in the field and on trying duty In town
the feeling is very strong in favor of in
ficting severe punishment upon the dis
turbers Of the peace, whoTare seeking to
restore a bloodthirsty and heathenzing
queen. Carters death, aroused every re-
publican. The executive body are men OF
great moderation and calmness, and may
be expected to act wisely, but the pressure
will be great upon them for measures Of
severity.
Besides prisoners taken in the act, about
forty suspected persons have been arrest
ed under martial law. This number IN
cludes the larger part Of well-known lead
ers among royalists. Among the arrested
are three former attorney generals, Ash
ford, Creighton and Peterson. O. V. Ash
ford also is arrested. There IS evidence
Of completely against all those who are
captives.
4 Japanese Complication.
Another serious feature at this time is
the continued unrest among the Japanese
laborers. 1t Is not believed to be directly