New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-28
HAWAII AT REST AGAIN.
PRESIDENT DOLE DECLARES MARTIAL
LAW To BE At AN END.

POLITICAL PRISONERS. At WORK OK
TIE no>ps-wlLlIs's sNrH TO
PRESIDENT DOLE An
NEXATIoN.
Honolulu March o0-On March IS President
Dole declared martial law To be at an end. III
anticipation Of this step The Coun lis have oe"n
busy for week in considering and passing
various acts deemed necessary 20 proVide lor
the safety OF the Government after martial IA"
ceases Under the new Constitution the leEis-
lative power was restored to the combined f.N-
equity. ana Advisory Councils un; the Legs
lature should meet. or this power th'N ar
making important use The first act is one Sc
curing indemnity to the officers OF the Govern
mcnt and others for acts done under martial law
in SURPRISING the rebellion. II confirms ana
declares lawful all such acts done in good faith
for the purpose OF suppressing the insurr"'uon
either I'm the establishment II military tribuna
or in the arrest. detention deportation. trlal
conviction or sentencing ~ any person charged
with sedition instruction.
Another act supplementary 10 the foregoing
was also passed. which provides for evidence ~
due authority for acts specified and further pro
tects the actors from molcstation by legal
process
The third act prohibits the landing here OF
refugees from justice. or criminals or persons
who have escaped hence to avoid trial, and "Sp"-
cially prohibits the return here of any person d-
ported under martial law or banish"d 10y S'"-
tcnce Of any court. unless such person shaIi nave
received from tho Minister Of Foreign Affairs
permissi N to return. Consi"rabl" p"naio'S are
enacted This at is framed as 20 apply t"
persons who have accepted exile In lieu ~ stand
ing trial Ike Creighton and Ashford
NO. ii 81 ~
tious newspapers. its chief provision being as fol-
lows
II any person is convicted o. the offence - pun,
caiion a. a sedii.ous libel with ref"r"no" 70 ~"
is edi,or publisher proprietor. the Judge or
magistrate irving the cas-" may In adiltl"n 10 me
the further publication % such n"Mhiap"r '9r any
tension OF n new paper shall extend 90 and include
any newspaper that may be started In place ~
such suspen1ed Il n as ei,oT pnblshcr
owner or proprietor thereof
The nfth act. passed on March 49, Is tho one
known as the Dangerous Persons ac'
act provides that any persons having laa,oss
intentions hostile 10 public order or t. IN" Gov
eminent may. upon complaint T. the Attorney
General or Marshal to the deputies u either.
be brought before circuit iudg" and there sum
rnariIy examined. II the intention be- shown -
have existed this per->,n shall be- adjudg"d dan
the Hawaiian Islands II thu Judge be not fully
convinced. he may place tho person und"r bond
\ person so expelled cannot return for ~ years
without the consent Z the Cabnc,. II he DOS
:, return he shall De- guilty - nisdem"au'r and
shall BE- imprisoned for The balance ~ III" six
years
Armed with thos. statutes f'r i,s defence
agains, conspiracy and soiition. the Government
has again committed itself 10 tn" protection OF
the ordinary courts. and the writ ~ hdhras cor
pus resumes ~ sway.
large number 81 political prisoners have been
put 70 work ou m" roads ln Hawaii Among
them are the lea i"rs- Wilcox. GreiE. Widemann
ana Marshal The Fngli~hHau. Packard. AMI
Seward. Ashford AMI o;uiiek Viii b" kept 30 prison
for the present at least.
United states Minister Wills gave a reception
last week {, Admiral H'drisI"r ana me on '"rs %
the Philadclpha. Tor whit large nun Dor ~ invi
tatcns were issued President Dole and VII" WEI
not invited, and only two members Of IN" Cah.-
net received Invitations. This caused a sensation.
President Dol" said in an interview upon III" sub
j"ct: Il attach no important" TO f. Tho r"c"p-
ton "A very informal affair To q question
whether " not his relations with Mr.. Wits were
strained the President answered. Not at all,
not in any way" Il was learned from the Attor-
ney-Genera that Mrs Willis gave invitations by
telephone In most Informal way
Stories with no foundation IN fact hav" been
published I'm san Francs'o to the effect that the
Government 10 opposed to annexation and has
quarrellcd with the American League. when 10
urgent FOR annexation. and That. being afraid 90
the League ana rs leader. Tim" Murray, tn"
Government is enlisting zoo men In San Fran
cisco to hght for II. also that W. -. Smith, the
Attorney General. had a severe alteration with
Murray on the subject OF annexation.
The "X-Qu~rn was observed yesterday morn
ing sitting at her window In the Executive Build
ing listening To the Government band playing in
front. She il as comfortably situated as possible.
aside from her confinement to one par II the
building
The German steamer Braunfels ~ due about
April from the Azores. with 800 abl"-boiied
Portuguese laborers and 900 women and children.
This immigration will steadily continue. as The
result Of Minister Thurson's visit To- Lisbon.
Ninc hundred Japanes" immigrants arrived here
on March II on the steamer Independent. seven
hundred were contract labOrers. II Is expected
t. supplant this japanese immigration by that
OF Portuguese
Nine native rebels were sentenced on March IL
tn iV" years Imprisonment each. These were
the last II the before the Military Commits
sion.