The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16

understood arms were to be landed at
Z kakaako to restore the monarchy under
Lilioukalani She told him the commits
sions were destroyed the morning after
the trouble at Waikeilxi. He helped the
officials search the morning after she
was arrested.
Samuel Nowlein took the stand. He re-
I peated his former testimony Of planning
and executing the uprising He had con-
veIsatOn with the queen before start
ing about the intended uprising at Kakae-
kO. He told her he would do something
that night and explain later on After
/ learning Friday morning that arms had
been landed beyond Diamond Head he
( told the queen about it. She said she
was sorry it had not come off.
/ When cross examined the witness de-
/ clared that he did not after New Years
/ tell the queen anything about the time.
/ place or manner of the uprising. Friday
morning he spoke to her OF the failure
! of the undertaking. She said she had
/ heard of II. He told the queen nothing
I OF new plan Of uprising from Waikiiki.
! W. Q. Smith, the attorney general, tes-
/ tihed that the uprising was entirely un-
! expected The first intimation was toward
/ night on Sunday night that arms had
been landed at Bertlemann's.
! only vague rumors had been previously
! received. Men We're out in every direction,
! but nothing definite could be learned.
/ Nothing was seen OF any vessel.
The government closed its case at II
a. m.
/ Mr.. NeUmann, for the accused, then
called twelve well known residents OF
Honolulu, all but one of whom testified to
a long conference with Kaauwai. the
! eX-queens retainer. They testified that
1 his reputation for truth and veracity was
/ bad, and that they would not believe him
/ on oath if 1t was for his interest TO lie.
/ On the Sth the court required several
/ passages in the eX-queen's statement to
/ be stricken out, before it could be adj
mitted to the record.
/ Mr.. Neumann spoke for an hour, main
tanning that the evidence failed entirely
/ to prove in the accused any knowledge
whatever of the uprising
/ Judge Advocate Kinney responded for
/ forty-five minutes, treating with derision,
/ the possibility Of her ignorance with the
/ chief conspirator, Nowlein, living under
/ her roof. and OF the documents passing
! back and forth between her and Gulick re-
/ lating to the establishment Of the new
/ government at the very time when
/ Waunapolo was prepared to land the arms
/ and the insurrcction was ripe. The trial
! closed at 2;30 y. m.
| An act empowering the marshal to exc
| cute the sentence of the military commits
sop is being pushed rapidly through the
councils.
ON the last day OF the trial long state
ment written by the eX-queen was read
! in court Ia % She said: The moYement
undertaken by The Hawaiians last month
was absolutely commenced without my
| knowledge sanction or assistance direct
I ~ or indirectly, and this fact, in truth, is
well known to those who took part in II.
/ 1 received no information from any one ~
! regard 10 wh4eh ,inen were or which We're
not to be procured. nor of any men who
! were induced or to be induced, TO JOIN In
any such uprising. / do not know why
the information should be withheld from
me- unless with a view TO my personal
saftey, as precautionary measure. 1t
would not have received my sanction ana
/ can assure the gentlemen of this COM
mission that had / known Of any such in
tention. would have dissuaded the promo
ters from such a venture. But 1 Willaadd
that had L known their secrets they would
have been mine and would have been IN
violately preserved
"That 1 intended to change my cabinet
and to appoint certain officers of the king
dom in the event of my restoration,
will admit, but that /. or any one known
to me- had in part. or in whole, established
a new government is not true. Before
Jan "A. 1895, the day upon which formally
abdicated and called upon my people to
recognize the republic of Hawaii as the
only lawful government Of these islands,
and to support that government, ] claim
that l had the right to select q cabinet
in anticipation of possibility, and the his
tory of other governments supports this
right. / was not intimidated into abdIcat-
ing but followed the counsels of able and
generous friends and well wishers. who
advised me that such an act would re-
store neace and good will among my peo-
ple. vitalize the progress and prosperity
of the islands and induce the actual gov
ernment to deal lenently, mercfully and
charitably, impassionately with those who
resorted to arms for the purpose of dis
placing a government in the formation
of which they hadn voice or control, ana
which they themselves had seen estap-
lshed by force Of arms
'sT acted of my own free will and wish
the world to know that / have asked no
immunity or favor for myself, nor pleaded
nv abdication as a petition for mercy.
NV actions were dictated by the sole ann
of doing good to my beloved country and
alleviating the positions and pains of
those who unhappily and unwisely resort
ed TO arms to regain an independence
which they thought had been unJustly
wrested from them. AS you deal with
them. so 1 pray that the Almighty God
NAV deal with you in your hours of trial.
''To nv regret much has been said about
tho danger which has threatened foreign
women and children, and about the blood
thirstfness of Hawiians, and the outrages
which would have been perpetrated by
them If they had succeeded IN thelr at
tempt to overthrow the republic. Those
who know the Hawaiian temper ana dis
position understand that there is no foun-
dation for such fears. The behavior of
the rebels to those foreigners whom they
captured and held, showed that there was
no malignancy in the hearts Of the Hawai-
iaus at all 1t would have been sad in
deed. if the doctrine Of the Christian mis-
sionary fathers, taught TO my people by
them and those who succeeded them
should have fallen like the seed in the
parable, upon barren ground.
II must deny your right to try me in
this manner. and by court which you
have called together for this purpose. In
vour actions you violate your own const-
tuition and laws, which are now the con-
stitution and laws Of the land. There
NAV be in your consciences warrant for
vour action in what you may deem ne
cessity Of the times, but you cannot find
anv such warrant for any such action in
anv settled, civilized or Christian land.
All who uphold you in this unlawful pro-
ceeding may scorn and depise my word,
hut the offence Of breaking and setting |