The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-04
To PRESS
DEMANDS
British Claimants
Move to Push
Matters.
ATTORNEY STANLEY
TAKES UP CASES
Arbitration May be Decided Upon
by Washington at Susses.
tion of Great Britain.

Claims of citizens of Great Britain for
compensation for arrest and detention
during 1895 will be pushed with vigor
The committee recently appointed by
the claimants has completed arrange
ments with former Judge w. L. Stan
ley to take up the cases where they
were left by the death of the late Paul
Neumann. The papers have been trans
ferred to the new attorney and the
preparation of the cases will be taken
up as soon as possible. In November
Judge Stanley will leave for his former
home in England, and 1t is thought
that while absent he will prosecute the
matter of the claims before the two
governments.
1t is very probable that the matter
Of these claims of British citizens will
have reached the stage of arbitration
very soon. Some months ago the Brit
ish government took up with Wash
ington the matter of such disposition
of the cases, where it had been left by
& : =
the annexation of these Islands to the
United States.-5 The matter is now un-
der consideration by Secretary of State
Hay, and perhaps the next mail may
to submission. What this decision may
be cannot be forecast, as there are 9TH
! er matters Of claims between the two
governments which may be brought into
the controversy and thus complicate the
local situation.
| The cases which were brought to the
attention of the government first were
those of J. B. Johnstone, Charles E.
Dunwell, James Brown, Lewis ]. Levey,
! M. c. Bailey, F. n. Redward, Thomas
w. Rawlins, Arthur McDowall, F. Har-
| yon, Edward B. Thomas To these
was added that of W. F. Reynolds Lat
er the cases Of Brown and Johnstone
were withdrawn. Other cases were
brought, including that of Edmund
| Norrie, through the Danish Consul.
which like the British cases. Is still in
handled by the same counsel. In thes
matter of Dunwell, the case being Of
different nature from the others. he be-
| ing witness detained by the gov
ernment, it was considered wise to set
tie the matter and the legislature passed
an appropriation OF $1,000 in settlement
of his claim, which was accepted ahd
| the issue closed. ~
| Should the offer of arbitration be ac-
cepted by the United States government
| 1t is understood that the cases would
! be heard by the representative of some
monarchicai European nation, and this
is not relished by some of the men with
sideration of the proposition all the
steps taken by the Republic of Hawaii .
in this matter, and these will show that
the arbitration of the cases was then
broached and the annexation to the
United States was all that prevented
something definite being done three
years ago.
The contention of the republic, that
| there was no ground for any Of the
claims, has not been altered since an
nexation- The correspondence respect
| ing the causes has gone on even up to
! this spring, and that no decision has
been reached by this government is
| thought here to be due to the exist
ence of other matters between the ma
tions, which still may delay final action.