St. Paul daily globe., 1895-02-05
WHO FURNISHED ARMS?
WE'RE BRITISH ENIPhICATED
IN RANVAHR?
Authorities Have No Evidence
More Hawaiian Corre-
spondence.


walian correspondence submitted to the
house today Secretary Gresham states
that the department has no information
in regard to arms having been fur
nished by British subjects to persons i'll
rebellion against the government of the
Hawaiian islands, but in telegram
from the United States minister at Hon.
oluu Jan. il, forwarded by way Of San
Francisco, Mr.. Willis says: Arms re-
ported to have been brought from Y AN
couver by Norma"
The department has no information
in regard 10 any intervention by repre-
SentaIives of Great Britain to prevent
the application of martial law by the
Hawaiian government to those con-
earned in the recent rebellion who
claim to be British subjects, or any for
eign representative whatever i'll the
case, other than q statement contained
III a note OF the Hawaiian minister Jan.
20 that 1.-The British commissioner at
Honolulu, Mr.. HaWes. has called upon
the government of Hawaii to give him
assurances that no capital punishment t
will be inflicted upon the insurrection-
lists, there being fifteen Englishmen un-
der arrest, which requested asSuranc e
the government has refused to give"
Under date of Honolulu, Nov. 10.
Minister Willis transmitted to Secre-
tary Gresham the following note of the
same date from Mr.. Hatch. the Ha-
waiian minister Of foreign affairs, add
ing that when he received it he had tel
egraphed the secretary the facts briefly:
department of Foreign Affairs, Hon
olulu, Nov. l0.-Sir: Information has
Just been received at this Office tending
TO show that iilbustering expedition
against this government is being fitted
out in San Francisco, and that one of
the following steam vessels, the RoSalle
or the Alexandria. will be used for the
purpose. The information points more
strongly to the latter. | desire to ask
the good offices Of your government to
prevent the shipment of arms on these
vessels for such purposes.
IF. NJ. HATCH"
On the 9th inst. the Hawaiian charge
d. affairs called at the department on my
invitation, and. in reply to all inquiry.
said he had no information that arms
had been or were to be shipped from
San Francisco tor use aga nsr the gov
ernment OIL avail.
Following this correspondence with
Mr. Willis there was an exchange of
notes between Secretary Gresham and
Mr.. Thurston, the Hawaiian minister
here, which is interesting mainly be-
cause of the insinuation by the latter
that the presence of the American war
ship al Honolulu would be acceptable.
Mr. ThurStOn wrote Jan. 20:
'Sir: L have the honor to inform you
that have received from my goverHs
ment telegraphic communication stat
ing that the insurrection i'll Honolulu
was broken; that several Of the leaders
and their remaining followers were
fugitives in the mountains; that the
British commissioner at Honolulu, Mr.
Hawes, has called upon the government
OF Hawaii to give him assurances that no
capital punishment will be inflicted
uOon the inSurrectioniSts there being fif-
teen Englshmen under arrest. which
assurance the government had refused
to give"
"The presence of the American
mar-Of-war at Honolulu has been
recently the subject of discussion
in the press and elsewhere. 1t does not
lie within my province TO suggest any
course of action on the part Of the
United States concerning such sub
jects. | feel, however, that it is due
to our government and to the
large American population and prop
ertv interests in Hawaii, to state that
although the government of Hawaii is,
and will continue in the future as it has
| been in the past, fully able to maintain
! itself against the attacks OF all domestic
| enemies, in view OF the serious nature
of the charges now pending against a
| large number of both foreigners and
natives, and of other cOmpllcating con.
! ditiOnS, the state Of affairs at the Island
| is critical; as in the event OF further in
| surrectiOn or complication, although the
| government will use every enGeaVor to
! protect foreign citizens and their prop
| erty, it is not impossible that sudden
! CONTINGENCIES may arise, or isolated
acts of violence take place, against
which the government. with its limited
police and military force, may tens
| porarily he unable to afford protection" +"
In his reply Secretary Gresham, Jan.
90, said:
ION receipt of dispatch from Mr..
| Willis yesterday morning on the sub
| ject of tie uprising, which was lmmedl-
| ately given 10 the press, a wal ship was
| dl UHCe OlueIcu W ploCCSu 1lOii Dali
| Francisco to Honolulu to afford needed
protection to any Americans entitled to
1t. That fact was also announced by
the press Saturday afternoon and this
morning, and naturally supposed that
the announcement had attracted your
notice."
Royaiists Must Die.
New YORK, Feb. A special from
Washington says: 1t is learned from an
authoritative source that the Hawaiian
government is seriously considering the
advisability of putting to death the
r0yaIists who were prominent In the
recent revolution against the govern
ment. Information as to the determi-
nation of the government will probably
reach Washington by the next steamer
from the islands, which will be due at
| San Francisco some time next week. Ii
| is already known that eX-Queen Liliuo-
kalani Will be banished, and it is not
impossible that she will arrive in the
| United States Oh the steamer.