The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-11
Minister Thurston on the Sem
tcnccs Of the Rebels.
THE REPUBLIC roo LENIENr.
Kind Treatment of the Royalists Led
to the Plot and Revolt.
Queen LIN Had lsesseA 70 NJ Graceful
10 she Governmsst--T The Ce.rs Mar-
tiai Trials Fair. and Prsssasas nsls
- Jsss aad Eerxiving - AbrAAaa
Linooln.

Lineoln.
waslifngf5n City. Feb. 1o.--IA a.
Thurston. the Hawaiian minister. being
asked whether he had any information
concerning the alleged sentence &c death
of some Of the leaders of the late Ha-
wailan insurfection. and whether. In
his opinion. such sentences, II given.
would be carried out. made the fcliow-
Ing statement.
Il have received no direct cosnmunl-
cation concerning the sentences. nor du
] knew precisely what action will be
takens but from my intimate acltlaitt-
ance with all the Hawaiian authorities
and their characteristics and methods.
can state positively that all trials will
be open and fair: that the accused Will
be allowed the assistance OF counsel OF
their choosing. who will be- granted the
fullest right Of cruSs-exasninafion and
of defense. and that there will be no
convictions which are not based upon
the clearest evidence.
If there Ia any particular policy In
which the Hawaiian government has
erred IN the past two wears Ii hes been
In having beer too lenient In dealing
with those who have continuously
schemed 20 overthrow it. first by kts.ste-
gfc diplomacy and then by forcc. From
its inception the government has exhib-
ited a Iensency towards It's enemies THAI
Is unparalleled In history. This ex-
treme leniency has been a feature of
the administration of President hole.
which has caused criticism froua many
of his strongest supporters. / viii xtala
a few facts in suhstantiation OF what
say. The penalty for treason. ffoala
the foundation to the overthrow of tha
monarchy. was death and confiscatson
OF all property. On the Goth OF January.
1893, three days after It's creation. the
provisional government passed an act
providing an alternative penalty for
treason ~ fine and i1nprisonment,
aTsc otherwise mitigating the harshness
of the former law, Was there ever be-
fore known a government. scare seated
in power. in the midst of enemies. In.
volsed I'm adj the muititudinous piann
attendant upon a reconstruction Of tho
entire system OF government. desoting
its first moments 10 mitigating the pens
allies which might be visited upon liz
enemies II they undertook 10 over-
throw IL?
Again. although the revolution oe
1894 was caused by the attempt of the
queen to abrogate the constitution and
disfranchise nearly every person con-
nected with. the new government, she
has since been treated with tho ut-
most consideration BY the government.
She has been allowed to occupy her
| comfortable residence in Honolulu.
within a block Of the executive build
ing. IN peace and without molestation,
although she has unceasingly. publicly
and privately, plotted for the overthrow
OF the government, and finally made
an arsenal in which were discovered 10
rifles, two dynamite bornbs. pistols,
swords and ammunition in quantities.
Again. although Liliuokalani has made
no claim for compensation. the annexi-
ton commission. In the interest Of
harmony and to avoid even the ap-
pearance OF harshness secured the In
sertion In the proposed annexation
treaty OF clause giving her an annual
pension OF $g0,Oo0, and untal she bwgan
70 openly work for the overfhruw az
the government the salary which Fhe
had received as queen continued 10 bs
| paid 10 her by the provisional goyern-
nent; and until Princess Kalau.ant
came TO Washington City to work for
restoration she also continued to re-
ceiye her former allowance The exc
queen has twice applied TO the govern
sflent for protection against supporters
OF the government, whom she feared
might do her harm, one Of the tiinss
being when she was in the act OF nego-
tiating with Mr.. Willis fsr her restora-
ton and the overthrow of the prpyi-
siofsaI government Upon both ocra-
slons squad Of police WAX detailed to
guard her from harm for as song u
period as she desired tkem. Her onsy
response TO all this treatment has been
the beheailng proposition made to Min-
lister Willis, and a continuous plotting
10 overthrow the government cuIminas-
ing In the last months insurreetl9n.
The royaflsfs have been allowed and
have repeatedly awaited themselves nf
the privilege to associate unFucsessed
in the public square in front If the
executive building at Honolulu. ard
unrestr4gtsssiy 20 pass such resolutions
a. they chose. condefnnsng the govern
raent. protesting against annexation.
against the constitution ard the repsih-
iic and declaring in favor Of sne re-
s,orafIor of the monarchy
zone az the serious features of the aIt-
uasIon in Hawaii is that a number III
leading ins1arrestipnfsfa are what may
he called professional resoIatIonIasH.
The rank and file are ignorant daipes.
Wilcox, the military ieader In the last
insurrecslon, is mentioned az one Of
the leaders wsi1ox's doings on the
island IN the past decade. IN which bs
is put down as a tnrncoat, ready slt
any minute To support the side which
best suited his purposes. give fair idtn
of the material OF which the leaders
and organizers 81 The late lnsurrection
are composed Most Of them are for
eagners THE class and ifs character II
that kind which furnished the conl~
uIune I'm Paris ard the anarchist riots
ia Thfcago
what Is the government @of HAWAII
80 tsaz Is the government 20 cundona
every offense thai can be committed
against the government. ard upon cap.
turing insurrestsonssts In the act -
shooting dcwn its citizens allow fhene
TO again go free. 10 repeat t1r operations
at the first convenient oppcrtunifyf
Amid hoetsIe environment, amid oppo-
sitiun. treachery and revolution at f,frna
and the depressing efYects Of contfnss-
as1ssy hostile iEfiuences from abroad.
President Befe and his associates. 70 tie
best of their limited powers an1 WITH
| All the winsom with which I'D kao
endowed ff1efn. fsAnsafntng their on1ee
bsszstworks Of civilizations Ii tn n