The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-05
HAWAIIAN REBELLION.
Moro Correspondence Submitted to
the House OF Representatives..
ENGLAND WAS NOT IMPLICATED
In tho Uprising, So Far rs IL Known
at rrcscnt-A Hut Expressed That
a United States Vessel ut Honolulu
Would DO Dcsirablo--Tho Day In tho
House aud tho Senate. S4

WAsniSGroY. D. O., Feb. 4.-The fol-.
lowing correspondence touching Hawaii.
an affairs was sent to the house Of rep.
rcscntatiycs to-day:
40 The President. ''f
"The secretary Of state, to whom wa.
referred the resolution Of the house
dated February 10, 1896, requesting the
President to transmit to the house OF
representatives all information, in 70.
gard TO arms having been furnished by
British subjects to tho rebels in the
Hawaiian islands; or In regard TO any
intcryen,ions by representatives OF
Great Britain 10 prevent the application
OF martial law as proclaimed by said
government TO those concerned In said
rebellion who claim to bs British sub.
jsc.s. has tho honor to report that the
department has no such information.
In n telegram from tho United States
minister at Honolulu, January II, Mr..
Willis says: ft-t
EARNS are reported to have been
brought from Vancouver by Norma
THE department Of state has no in.
formation in regard to any Intervention
by representatives OF Great Britain 10
prevent the application Of martial law
as proclaimed by the Hawaiian govern.
ment to those concerned in the recent
rebellion who claim to be British sub.
jects, or any foreign representative
whatever In the case, other than the
statement contained in a note OF the
hawaiian minister TO the undersigned
under date Of January 20. 1895. that
the British commissioner at Honolulu.
Mr.. Hawes. has called upon the gov
ernment Of Hawaii TO give him assur-
ance that no capital punishment will be
inflicted upon the insurrectiouis,s,
there being fifteen Englishmen under
arrest, which requested assurance the
government has refused to give
"Copies OF this notco OF Mr.. Thurston's
and OF the reply Of the undersigned are
also annexed. 1F
"W. Q. GRESHAM.
The correspondence referred to is as
follows: 0tsaat
Under date OF Honolulu, November
10, Minister Willis transmitted to Sec.
retary Gresham the following note OF
the same date from Mr.. Hatch, the
Hawaiian minister Of foreign affairs:
Information has Just been received
at this Office tending to show that fill
clustering expedition against this gov.
ernment is being fitted out in San Fran
cisco. / desire TO ask the good offices
OF your government 10 prevent the ship.
mont OF arms on those vessels for such
purpose.
tSigued) "F. NJ. HATCH"
Under date OF November o6, Secre-
tary Gresham acknowledges tho recep-
tion OF the cipher telegram, and con-
tinues:
"On the ninth instant the Hawaiian
charge d'atIaires called at the depart
ment on my invitation, and. in reply to
an inquiry. said he had no information
TINT arms had been or were to be
shipped from San Francisco for use
against the government OF Hawaii. !
then handed him your telegram, which
ne road and remarked that on the same
day lie received telegram from his
government via San Francisco, but it
contained no such information.
tSigned) NV. @. GRESHAM"
Following this correspondence with
Mr.. Willis there was an exchange OF
notes between Secretary Gresham and
Mr.. Thurslon, the Hawaiian minister
bore. which contains an insinuation by
the latter that tho presence fan Amer.
ican warship at Honolulu would be
acceptable.