The record-union., 1895-03-13
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

VICTORIA (B. CO. March 12.-The
Mlowera arrived at 4:30 this afternoon,
seven days from Honolulu. She brought
no deported revolutionists. It is under
stood that some were offered, but the
company desired to take no risk in the
matter.
Honolulu advices to March 5th are
Work consequent to the rebellion, so far
as the military organizations are con-
cerned, was practically completed on
Friday, when the Judge-Adv ocate of the
Military Commission announced that
the Government had no more cases to
bring before that body. All cases have
been acted upon, and sentences of only a
few minor offenders have yet to be made
known, The natives convicted have, as
rule, been sentenced to five years. i'm
prisonment at hard labor, the usual fine
of $4,000 being remitted by the President.
The ex-Queen has been sentenced to
five years. imprisonment and to pay a
fine of $1,000. She is still confined in the
room in the executive building where she
was placed on the day of her arrest, and
is under guard of the military. Just
what is to be done with Liluokalani is a
question which the Government has not
yet answered. Certain it is that she will
not be kept IN the executive building for
five years. or placed in the Oahu Prison.
Undoubtedly before the end of the month
some proposition will be received from
the ex-Queen's representatives whereby
she will either take up her residence on
one Of the other islands or leave the
country, doubtless to go TO England. She
has private income of about $4,000 a
year, which will not be interfered with
by the Government. 1t will not be the
policy of the Government to assume an
arbitrary attitude should the ex-Queen
make reasonable proposition.
Though the work of the Military Com
mission is completed, that body will not
be dismissed or martial law declared off
until all those who have signed agree
ments to leave the country have de-
parted. The last batch is due to leave
March 10Th. Should any of these men
show disposition not to comply with
the agreement, they will be promptly
arrested, put on trial before the commits
sion and sentenced. The restrictions of
martial law have been raised to a great
extent. Citizens are allowed on the
streets at night without passes, and the
police have discarded their rifles.
The attitude of the Government in the
deportation of Cranstoun, Mueller and
Johnston is expressed in this mornings
Commercial Advertiser, which says: "The
discussion arising from the deporting of
three political prisoners to Vancouver,
while attracting more or less attention, is
not causing Government officials any
fear of possible derogatory results. The
position of the Government briefly ex-
pressed is: First, the act was justified
by the laws of Hawaii; second, the act
omplained of was done by order of the
Government of Hawaii"
The movement for annexation is gain
ing ground among the natives, and the
formation of an annexation league by
Sam Parker, one of the ex-Queen's Com
missioners to Washington, and other
prominent native Hawaiians and half
whites, will doubtless result in monster
annexation petitions from all parts of
the islands. a remark reported to have
come from a prominent British official
that he expected this thing would be re-
peated in a short time" shows that while
tho superficial attitude Of the English
may be friendly. they have no deep
seated love for the republic or the possi-
bility of the United States controlling
| this territory.
| Stories published in American papers
of tortures practiced upon political pris-
| oners to bring about confessions, have
aroused feeling of Indignation through
out the community. They are thor
oughly and completely without founda-
| ton. Even the royalists condemn the
| yarns, and it is possible that steps will
| be taken to discover whether the articles
| originated here or were manufactured in
| the United States, the latter being tho
| generally accepted version.
| An Act was passed in the Advisory
Council appropriating $4,000 to defray
the expenses of the rebellion, making
the whole expense up to the present time
$3.50