Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 152, 30 Iune 1894 — CORRESPONDENGE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENGE.

[Wf do not boid oarseIrrs rwspoiKibl« oei tbe opiak>os or tbe Bttenu>ce« of for oorr«spoBdeaU. ] EIimīok Holomi a. 1 called at the Stition this morning to interview a man arrested yestei\iay. 1 mjaested to see him bat was informe«llhat be leftatdp.m last evening. Having seen him tbroagh tha openinp in the door, I confronteil the tnrn key with bis mistake. He tben called rae away to be oat of hearing of the general puhlie and informed me it was the orders of the Senior Captain thnt no one was to see the man nntil after his trial for vagrancy. I always thnnght a man was accorded the right of seeing bis friends before conviction. I now ask you the following: Has the Senior Captain of Poliee the right to prevent a man before conviction an interview with his Hien^^' . Are certain islands in tbe»South Paeilie trying to ont-do in 'le*jwti8th a certain countn- rnled by a Czarf Are there no rights for foreigners in the H iwaiian Islands? Are they to be subjected to arrest at the will of those invested with a little anthority and after being detained in a dungeon for a while to be told to get out of the conntrv? Kindly obbge rae by an answer Mr. Editor. Yours obediently, W. H. Coultkk, [There is at present no law and no justice in this country. The raissiouaries have got it all their owu way for a sbort while—Consular Courts will probably be establisbed in a verv short while, ; und justice might then be hoped for. Ed.]