Honolulu advices contain a copy of a letter sent by U. S. Minister Willis to the Hawaiian government, demand that reparation be made James Durel, an alleged American citizen, of Negro and Indian blood, who was arrested last January and charged with treason. In refutation of the demand the Hawaiian government will prove that Durel aided the queen; that he furthered the conspiracy to reseat the queen, and that his demand of $25,000 is exhorbitant. Hawaii is viewing this action of Minister Willis with serious apprehension. They fear that it indicates active hostility toward them on the part of the American administration, and that it is designed to encourage and lead the way to a series of similar demands from Great Britain, and perhaps other powers, which would be ruinous to Hawaii to comply with.
[tags]Ann Arbor Register, August, 1895[/tags]