Show TORTURED IN HAWAII british subject complains to the london press london april IS frederick harrlson harrison who says lie he has boon been a resident of 0 Ila viall for seventeen years lias has written to the press from san francisco complaining of the treatment to which 1311 tish subjects have been subjected in hawaii ile he says when the plan 0 ot f revolt was prematurely discovered in january the government seized tho taft pretext to make wholesale arrests I 1 with others wat was confined lit in a crowded filthy prison british subjects and others othera were subjected in prison to tortured in the hope of 0 obtaining evid evidence enco and dragging them into testifying as directed to the credit of 0 england only one man mail sui surrendered to these dastardly methods dark cells hunger being thrust naked into a tank of 0 cold water until the victim fainted threats of execution ec ution arrest of other members of the prisoners prisoner family and bribes are only samples of tile the inath methods employed harrlson harrison also complained that the british government did not take any notice of forwarded to england 11 by british subjects subjected to oppression the st james gaz gazette ette commenting on harrisons Harrl sons letter says the hawaiian Haw alian government applied ft a mild form ot of torture to prison eit accused of Bedi sedition tion against the republic anil and expresses the opinion foil that the ife british foreign office should investigate the cli charees arges made adding if they are true we ate ale bound to withdraw our recognition from this go government ern of rato rate yankee adventurers |