The sun., 1895-02-03
LILIU0KALANI ARRESTED.
TINE Ex.QUEEN or HAW1II AC-
cUSED OF HIGH TREASON.


Arms AID Ammurition Found In Ser Hous.
Evidence that she wns Implicated IL
the Recent Uprising -wa.hinE Eton Folks
Think that She Haa Better he Deportes.
LONDON, Feb. o.-The Star publishes n Homo
lulu despatch under date OF Jan. TO- which says
that all OF the leaders Of the recent abortive re-
volt have been arrested, and are on trial before
courts.martial. Three of them pleaded guilty
Of high treason. Ex-Qucen Liliuokalani has
been arrested charged with completely with the
insurgents.
The Government Ia vigorously maintaining
martial law. After the arrest OF the Queen her
house was searched and large quantities OF arms
and ammunition were found.
The search was continued and arms were
found stored away in other places. having btcn
imported for the use Of the insurgents.
The revolt has turned out u complete failure.
WASHINGTON Feb. 2.-Mr. Lorin A. Thurston,
the Hawaiian Minister, when informed OF the
reported arrest of ex-Queen Liliuokalani for
completely In the latest abortve Wilcox insur-
rection, expressed no particular surprise. but
said he had no advices from his Government
about the matter.
Such contingency was not mentioned In the
mail from Honolulu. received by Mr.. Thurston
since the outbreak, but one of the Honolulu
newspapers had significant paragraph saying
that on the day the hostilities began the ex-
Queen had gone to the residence OF San Nowlein,
at Pearl Harbor. about fifteen miles distant
from the capital. As Nowcin was the prlnci-
pal lieutenant Of Wilcox, it is therefore pre-
sumed that Liliuokalan knew something OF the
plans Of the revulutionists and had gone to
Nowlein's house to be out OF harms way when
the fighting began.
Mr.. Thurston said that the next information
about affairs in Hawaii will be received by the
steamship Australia, which is due in San Fran
cisco on Wednesday next. She was scheduled
TO leave Honolulu on the afternoon Of Jan. 30.
two weeks later than the date Of the news cabled
from Auckland.
Speaking of the ex-Qusen. Mr.. Thurston said
that he was confident that his Government
would not have caused her arrest unless IL had
ample evidence of her completely In tho Wilcox
AS the arrest Of Liliuokalani would tend to
aaggrayats the intensity Of the feeling between
sure, therefore, that no such radical step would
nave been taken unless the Goyernment was In
was in in the sSortivs BLOT to oyerthro%
the present Administration.
Neither State nor Navy Department had re-
press dispatches. The United States cruiser
Philadelphia, which left San Francisco on the
arrived in the harbor of Honolulu several days
age; gpio o,,.a Too, elm. ,. .. ,,.,
arms had been found in the residence vacated
by the ex-Queen when she took up her quarters
attention of members CT the Hawaii ian legation.
i was recalled that dynamite had always beenA
He ACQUIRED knowledge of It's properties
while serving as an engineer Tor the spring Val;
Attempted att to % bring it into pay in II The socaed I
Dominis revolution Of July, 1889, which he
hsSadsd S ,sa. and in Which Princess houaaleeh
throne. was said to be implicated. This, OF
- Arr af fslft ha av.
psalsd g Britain M 70 e intervene sa ca &.
were Indications that some disQuieting news in
regard to Hawaiian affairs had been received.
over to the White House TO consult the Presi-
dent Whethsr ,b this IMPLIED request for in
States could not be learned.
The news % caused W .l much comment anne on the Re-
clined to say anything about, it. MIR, Frye
lRep. Me- said "a. that the republic: after l. be-
aVs Shipped ths en os Ii. oGen
at once, and tho time had now arrived when
that course should be pursued without further
Mr.. Platt (Rep., Conn., spoke of the ex-Queen
as Mrs. Dominis. and said she was q citizen on
and II she had been guilty OF treason. should be
punished as any other person might be punished.
she be Immediately transported. These senti-
ments were endorsed by Senators Aldrich,
Members OF the House generally expressed
their qualification that the Government had
acted so promptly. and equal qualification was
shown at the announcement that the ex-Queen
was among those under arrest
Mr.. Boutelle dRep;l; who has been conspic-
uous champion of Hawaii. remarked when ho
read the despatch that the Government ought
now TO deport tho ex-Queen; that she was u
mischief maker; that her home was the rallying
point OF the conspirators against the Govern
ment, and that peace could never be entirely as-
sured so long as she was permitted to remain in
the islands.
Mr. Hit rep. Tl.). member OF the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, and an ardent
friend OF the young republic. spoke particularly
of the complications that might arise in ths
event that some OF the conspirators who may be
condemned to death were British subjects. IL
Great Britain attempted 10 interfere with what
ever punishment the Government may decide
for these men, tho United States will. H. his
opinion, take a hand in the matter and uphold
the Government. He does not see how we could
consistently do otherwise.