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offenses committed previous TO the date
on which martial law was procialmed
should be tried before q civil court and
Jury. The text of his objection cannot be
obtained at this time but it Is understood
to be of nature to cause the government
S, more uneasiness than anything that mas
taken place since the beginning OF the
rebellion.
It ia understood that Willis has inter-
ested himself in the cases of Louis Mar
shall and Thomas Walker, both OF whom
have claimed the protection OF the United
States Marshall is charged with open
rebellion. Walker pleaded guilty 10
treason.
Admiral Beardslee is a stranger here.
But little is known of his stand in regard
to this Government. In close Govern
rnent circles it is feared that he might CO.
operate with Willis and land forces to
prevent the finding of the court, when 1t
refers to American prisoners, from being
carried out.
Minister Willis was seen this morning.
but he declined to make any statement
for publication. He would not deny or
affirm the fact that he has objected to the
court.
President Dole was seen previous to the
departure of the steamer. He stated that
he was not aware that any written OBJ
lection had been received from the Amer
lean Minister. He admitted that, in the
course of a conversation, Willis implied
that he would object
While the confession of John Cum
mings, one of the rebels, seems to lmpli-
cate Rudolph Spreckels as the one who
furnished the arms 10 the einsurrectionists,
the Government does not seem to have
strong proof of the fact. Among the eX-
Queens papers which were seized by the
Government were found memoranda in
which she says Spreckels advised the use
OF arms, but that she was doubtful about
adopting such desperate measures.
Among her notes was one also with
reference to the appointment by her of a
commission to go to Washington and see
President Cleveland. She says one of the
Commissioners, Sam Parker, tried to sell
his secret to w. @. Irwin. j. o. Carter,
the ex-Queen's counsellor. advised arbi-
tration, and when young SpreckelS ad-
vised force, she said she thought the arbi-
tration plan would please President
Cleveland better.
Regarding the purchase of arms, it is
the impression that young Spreckels did
not purchase the arms himself, but sim
ply advanced money on the Queens ac-
count, and that the arms were purchased
by someone else.
1t is known that the courtmartial has
passed the death sentence on some of the
rebels, presumably Wilcox, Bertelman,
Nowlein, Gulick, Walker, Davies and
Rickard, and sentences of life imprison-
ment on many others. These decisions
have been handed 10 President Dole for
final judgment, and he will decide
whether or not they shall be carried out
1t is certain that nothing will be done
hastily or III spirit OF revenge.
The Queens comment when she had
made note OF Parker's pertidy was How
mean"
sPRECKELS AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. g. Rudolph
Spreckels, who is accused of furnishing
the Hawaiian rebels with arms, is the
youngest son OF Claus Spreckels, and is
about % years old. He has lived in Hon
olulu much OF his life, and, like all of
Spreckels' sons, has plenty of money.
lie is at present in San Francisco. W.
II. CornweIl, who is also wanted in Hon
olulu, is in this city.
HAS NO FORMAL FORCE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Minister Thurs
ton read the Associated Press account OF
the abdication of the ex-Queen with close
interest but refused to hazard an opinion
whether the document signed by the eX-
Queen would affect the general situation
or the attitude of the Royalists.
This action by the ex-Queen has a
familiar ring" said he sit is right in
line with what the rulers of Hawaii have
been in the habit Of doing whenever they
We're in tight place, except that in this
case the situation is worse, and the de-
claration is, of course, more extreme
than has been made before. The old
King did substantially the same thing
once in 1880, when a mass meeting was
held to protest against the Cabinet ne had
appointed, and again in 1887, to save him.
self, he proclaimed the new Constitution,
which practically deprived him of power
Since 1893 the Queen has tried to save
herself by offering to proclaim the old
Constitution, but il was too late aud she
was deposed.
"Of course. this action by the ex-Queen
has no formal force whatever. She was
nothing more than a private citizen and
had no power to abdicate''