Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1895 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Advices received at Vietorfa, B. C., March 12, from Honolulu up to March 5,; say the alleged conspirators have all been tried. The natives convicted have, as a rule, been sentenced to five years’ imprison ment at hard labor, the usual fine of $5,000 being remitted by the President. The ex-Queen has ; been sentenced to five years’ imprisoment and to pay a fine of $5,000. She is still confined in a room in the executive building where she was 1 placed on the day of her arrest and is under military guard. Just what is to bo done with Liliuokalani is a question the .government has not yet answered; Certain it is that she will not be kept in the executive building tor five years or placed in theOaha prison. Undoubtedly before the end of the month some proposition will be received from the ex-Qneen’s representative wbsreby she will either take up her residence in one of thd other islands or leave the country, doubtless to go to England. She has a private income of about $10,030 a year which will not be interfered with by the government. Li Hung Chang, the Chinese peace envoy, who left Pekin more than two weeks ago for Japan bearing credentials with full powers from the Chinese Emperor, has not been heard from and his whereabouts are unknown in official circles. The mystery surrounding his disappearance is causing great uneasiness both in China and Japan. The American mail steamship Allianca. Capt. J. A. Crossman. while six miles off the shore of Cuba, March 8, was fired upon with solid shot by a Spanish man-of-war immediately after an exchange of signals had taken place. The Spanish yessel gave chase Jbut the Allianca escaped. Capt. Crossman reported the outrage to Secretary Gresham. Tho Spanish cruiser Reina Regento is reported to have foundered off Tangoir, Morocco, during the recent gale. She had a crew 0f*420 officers and men. and all are believed to have perished. Pieces of one of the cruiser’s boats and semaphore flags are reported to have been picked up along the shore near Coutu and 1< arlia. ~ The turning Moorish mission to Tangier. She left that port, March 10, for Cadiz and has not been seen since. The Fiji Islands were swept by a terrific hurricane a few weeks ago. Reports received at Victoria. B. C., by the Australian mail, give extensive details of the destruction that resulted. A famine is imminent in the islands. Missionary societies are taking steps to afford relief.